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<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10:</b><br>Dr. Seuss, pen, ink & watercolor, calendar illustration, Thomas D. Murphy Company, 1937. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10:</b> Georges Lepape, <i>Sur la Terrasse,</i> gouache & pencil, cover for <i>Vogue,</i> 1930. $8,000 to $12,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10:</b> Charles Dana Gibson, <i>The Coming Game, Yale vs. Vassar,</i> pen & ink, for <i>Life</i> magazine, 1895. $2,000 to $3,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10:</b><br>H.A. Rey, color pencil, charcoal, watercolor & gouache, for <i>Rafi et les 9 singes,</i> 1939. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10:</b> Ernest H. Shepard, pen & ink, for Kenneth Grahame’s <i>Bertie’s Escapade,</i> 1949. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10:</b> Charles Schulz, <i>The Biggest Star Measured So Far,</i> ink & wash, original <i>Peanuts</i> cartoon, published 1961. $8,000 to $12,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10:</b> Saul Steinberg, <i>12 Biographies, A to B,</i> pen & ink with collage, final illustration in his book <i>The Labyrinth,</i> 1960. $12,000 to $18,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10:</b><br>Jo Mielziner, <i>A Streetcar Named Desire,</i> watercolor, graphite & gouache, first color study for the award-winning 1947 production. $7,000 to $10,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10:</b> Charles Addams, <i>Nevermore,</i> watercolor & ink, for <i>The New Yorker,</i> 1973. $12,000 to $18,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10:</b> James Montgomery Flagg, <i>I Should Worry,</i> watercolor, gouache & graphite, cover for <i>Judge</i> magazine, 1914. $5,000 to $7,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10:</b> Edward Gorey, <i>Swan Lake, Hunters/Siegfried, Van Rothbart,</i> watercolor, pen & ink, costume designs, 1975. $8,000 to $12,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10:</b> Ludwig Bemelmans, <i>Sketch for Madeline,</i> gouache & ink. $6,000 to $9,000.
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<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> SHAKESPEARE, William. <i>Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies.</i> The second Impression. London, 1632. £120,000 to £180,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> [GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832)]. <i>Das Römische Carneval.</i> Berlin and Gotha, 1789. £20,000 to £30,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> [SHAKESPEARE, William]. Manuscript part for a contemporary analogue to <i>Henry IV,</i> part I, n.p. [perhaps Oxford or London], n.d. [c.1580s – before c.1620]. £25,000 to £35,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832). <i>Faust. Ein Fragment... Ächte Ausgabe.</i> Leipzig: Georg Joachim Göschen, 1790. £3,000 to £5,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> SHAKESPEARE, William. <i>The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark. As it is now Acted at his Highness the Duke of York's Theatre.</i> London, 1683. £60,000 to £90,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> [GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832)]. <i>Die Leiden des jungen Werthers.</i> Leipzig: Weygand, 1774. £15,000 to £20,000.
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<b>Sotheby’s: English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations.<br>Online now through December 10<b>Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10:</b> Adam Smith. <i>The Wealth of Nations</i>. First edition, 1776. £50,000 to £70,000.<b>Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10:</b> William Shakespeare. <i>Comedies, Histories, Tragedies</i>. 1632, the Second Folio. £70,000 to £100,000.<b>Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10:</b> The Saint Albans Chronicle.] <i>Here begynneth a shorte & a breue table on these cronycles.</i> Westminster : Wynkyn de Worde, 1497. £50,000 to £70,000.<b>Sotheby’s: English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations.<br>Online now through December 10<b>Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10:</b> E.H. Shepherd. “A Very Grand Thing – The Trouble at Owl’s House”. Original ink and watercolour. £40,000 to £60,000.<b>Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10:</b> Charles Darwin. <i>On the Origin of Species</i>. First edition, 1859. £15,000 to £20,000.<b>Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10:</b> William Blake. <i>Illustrations of the Book of Job.</i> 1825 [but 1826]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. <i>Macbeth: A Tragedy.</i> London, 1673. FIRST SEPARATE AND FIRST QUARTO EDITION. THE CHARLTON HESTON COPY. $80,000 to $120,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. <i>In Our Time.</i> Paris, 1924. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. $20,000 to $30,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. <i>Fanshawe, A Tale.</i> Boston, 1828. FIRST EDITION OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. $20,000 to $30,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. <i>Walden; Or, Life in the Woods.</i> Boston, 1854. FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. <i>Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies.</i> London, 1685. THE FOURTH FOLIO, Brewster/Bentley issue. $20,000 to $30,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> STEIG, WILLIAM. Original maquette and 58 finished drawings for <i>The Agony in the Kindergarten,</i> one of Steig's most important books. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> VERNE, JULES. <i>A Journey to the Centre of the Earth.</i> New York & London, 1872. FIRST EDITION, RARE AMERICAN ISSUE, with Scribner & Welford cancel title. $5,000 to $8,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> KING, STEPHEN. <i>Carrie.</i> New York, 1974. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. $1,200 to $1,800.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 4:</b> APPLE MACINTOSH PROTOTYPE. 1983. The earliest known Macintosh with "Twiggy" drive, one of only two known working machines. $120,000 to $180,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 4:</b> PLATO. <i>Timaeus</i> [AND] <i>Critias</i> [from Ficini's 1484 Opera]. A LANDMARK OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT. $80,000 to $120,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 4:</b> LOVELACE, AUGUSTA ADA. Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London, 1843. FIRST EDITION, JOURNAL ISSUE, MOST IMPORTANT PAPER IN EARLY DIGITAL COMPUTING. $15,000 to $20,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 4:</b> APPLE-1 COMPUTER. Signed by Steve Wozniak, used in development of Apple II. $200,000 to $300,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 4:</b> DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. <i>On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection.</i> London, 1859. FIRST EDITION. $80,000 to $120,000.
Auction Reports
Doyle New York
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
- Auction Date
- 11/12/2019 - 11/12/2019
- Sale Number
- #19bp02
- Total Lots
- 290
- Sold Lots
- 252
- Lots Sold
- 86.90%
- Unsold Lots
- 38
- Total Sales (USD)
- 372,468.75
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 242,550.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 370,380.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 276,200.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 421,330.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 88.40%
Top twenty by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
175 | EINSTEIN, ALBERT | Photograph signed on the mount in brown ink below the image "Albert Einstein/Berlin. September 1927." |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 | |
272 | [DALI, SALVADOR] CARROLL, LEWIS [=DODGSON, CHARLES LUTWIDGE]. | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
1969 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
107 | HOMER. | [Title in Greek: He tou Homerou Iliados]. Homeri Ilias. |
1747 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
62 | VIELE, EGBERT. | The Topography and Hydrology of New York. |
1865 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
103 | JOHNSON, SAMUEL | A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers... |
1755-1755 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
247 | Group of four Chuck Jones storyboards from How the Grinch Stole Christmas! |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 | ||
66 | TURGOT, MICHEL ETIENNE and BRETEZ, LOUIS. | Plan de Paris commencé l'Année 1734 ... sous les ordres de Messire Michel Etienne Turgot ... Achevé de Graver en 1739. |
1739 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
171 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES | Autograph letter signed. |
1831 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
16 | STORY, JOSEPH. | Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. |
1833 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
169 | VERTES, MAURICE. | [Ruby Elzy as Serena in "Porgy and Bess"]. |
1935 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,625.00 |
110 | BIERCE, AMBROSE GWINNETT | The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce |
1909-12 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
111 | CARROLL, LEWIS [=DODGSON, CHARLES LUTWIDGE] | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. |
1866 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
223 | HOOLA VAN NOOTEN, BERTHE. | Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisies de la flore et de la pomone de l'Ile de Java peints d'après nature. |
1863 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
102 | AUGUSTINE, SAINT, BISHOP OF HIPPO. | Epistolae Pulcherrimae. |
circa 1490 or circa 1492-3 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,687.50 |
177 | EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. | Crusade in Europe |
1948 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,687.50 |
185 | [LINCOLN, ABRAHAM] | Petition, dated July 26th, 1864. |
USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,687.50 | |
211 | COLLINS, MICHAEL. | Group of 10 small format photographs of the earth, moon and the landing module taken July 20, 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission, with negatives. |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,687.50 | |
9 | [CAREY, MATHEW (editor)] | Ten volumes from The American Museum, or, Universal Magazine. |
1787-1792 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,687.50 |
186 | LINDBERGH, CHARLES A. | We. |
1927 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,375.00 |
224 | REPTON, HUMPHRY. | Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening |
1803 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,375.00 |