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<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> <i>The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by John James Audubon</i> $6,000,000 to $8,000,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> <i>The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by John James Audubon</i> $6,000,000 to $8,000,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> <i>The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by John James Audubon</i> $6,000,000 to $8,000,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> <i>The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by John James Audubon</i> $6,000,000 to $8,000,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> <i>The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by John James Audubon</i> $6,000,000 to $8,000,000.
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<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Currier & Ives, <i>The Mississippi in Time of Peace,</i> hand-colored lithograph, 1865. $6,000 to $9,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Hartmann Schedel, <i>Liber Cronicarum...,</i> Nuremberg, 1493. $40,000 to $60,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Claudius Ptolemaeus, <i>Geographicae Enarrationis Libri Octo,</i> Lyons, 1535. $20,000 to $25,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Thomas Jefferys, <i>The American Atlas,</i> London, 1776-77. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> John Speed, <i>A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World,</i> 20 miniature maps, London, 1665. $2,000 to $3,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> <i>Biblia Das ist: Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft Durch D. Martin Luther Verteutscht,</i> illustrated cartographic Bible, Basel, 1665. $1,500 to $2,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Early Hawaiian-language school geography, Lahainaluna Seminary, 1840. $2,500 to $3,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Cornelis de Jode, <i>Africae Vera Forma, et Situs,</i> Antwerp, 1593. $4,000 to $6,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Maria Vincenzo Coronelli, <i>America Settentrionale Colle Nuove Scoperte Sin All Anno,</i> Venice, 1688. $7,000 to $10,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Johann Christoph Volkamer, <i>Nürnbergische Hesperides,</i> Nuremberg, 1708-1714. $12,000 to $18,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Johann Bayer, <i>Uranometria, Omnium Asterismorum Continens Schemata...,</i> 51 celestial charts, c. 1603. $5,000 to $7,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Manuscript map of Commodore Perry’s Black Ship squadron at Edo Bay, with manuscript sketchbook, ink & watercolor, Japan, c. 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.
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<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> CLEMENS, SAMUEL L. <i>The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.</i> Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1876. $14,000 to $18,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> BATEMAN, JAMES. <i>The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala.</i> London: J. Ridgway & Sons for the author, [1837]-1843. $60,000 to $80,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> WHITMAN, WALT. <i>Leaves of Grass.</i> Brooklyn: [For the author by Andrew and James Rome,] 1855. $150,000 to $200,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> LEE, HARPER. Three “Seckatary Hawkins”-related books inscribed and signed by Harper Lee. $60,000 to $80,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> POE, EDGAR ALLAN. <i>The Raven.</i> New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. $120,000 to $180,000.
Auction Reports
Tooveys
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Antiquarian and Collectors' Books
- Auction Date
- 11/05/2019 - 11/05/2019
- Sale Number
- #110519
- Total Lots
- 237
- Sold Lots
- 225
- Lots Sold
- 94.94%
- Unsold Lots
- 12
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 41,625.33
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 17,120.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 25,550.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 18,530.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 27,610.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 150.76%
Top twenty by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3087 | SALINGER, J.D. | The Catcher in the Rye. |
1966 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,618.50 |
3161 | [BRACK, Wencelaus]. | Vocabularius rerum. |
1509 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,618.50 |
3092 | [Alfred BESTALL et al]. | Rupert the Bear. |
1936-2018. | GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | GBP 1,369.50 |
3065 | DURRELL, Lawrence. | [The Alexandria Quartet]. |
1957-1960. | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,058.25 |
3088 | J.D. SALINGER. | [Two documents typed on paper by the author J.D. Salinger, one of them signed with initials and dated in ink. |
1978 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 996.00 |
3210 | [A collection of bound ephemera relating to the election of a new Member of Parliament for Lewes in 1816. |
1816 | GBP 60.00 - 90.00 | GBP 996.00 | |
3164 | MANUSCRIPT. | [A hand-written compendium of craft and household advice. |
circa 1795-1828 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 684.75 |
3058 | MANUSCRIPT. | [A hand-written series of letters by the Rev. Samuel Cooper. |
n.d. but circa 1770. | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 622.50 |
3004 | MILNE, A.A. | [The Christopher Robin Books.] |
1927-1930 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 547.80 |
3163 | BIBLE, In English. | The New Testament of Our Lord Jesus Christ Translated out of Greeke by Theod. Beza. |
1576 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 498.00 |
3089 | LEE, Harper. | To Kill A Mockingbird. |
1966 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 448.20 |
3141 | HADDON, Mark. | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. |
2003 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 448.20 |
3079 | KIPLING, Rudyard. | The Jungle Book. |
1894 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 423.30 |
3082 | CHINA. - Four Months of War, a Pen and Picture Record of the Hostilities Between Japan and China in and Around Shanghai from August 9th till December 20th, 1937. |
[n.d. but 1938.] | GBP 60.00 - 90.00 | GBP 423.30 | |
3093 | [Alfred BESTALL]. | More Adventures of Rupert. |
GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 423.30 | |
3112 | John GUTHRIE. | Ten Designs for The Two Gentlemen of Verona. |
1925 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 423.30 |
3026 | MILNE, A.A. | [The Christopher Robin Books]. |
1924-1928. | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 423.30 |
3053 | ISHIGURO, Kazuo. | Never Let Me Go. |
2005 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 423.30 |
3080 | DICKENS, Charles. | American Notes, for General Circulation. |
1842 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 398.40 |
3222 | Henry G. PIFFARD. | A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin. |
1891 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 398.40 |