Sothebys: By A Lady, N11906, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 15, 2025 - October 15, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queen Elizabeth I | A queen's defense of the realm, and the birth of the British Empire |
1587 | USD 500,000.00 - 700,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2 | Jane Austen | A long and intimate autograph letter signed ("JA"), to Cassandra Austen |
1805 | USD 300,000.00 - 400,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 3 | Jane Austen | "Lines on Maria Beckford," autograph manuscript signed ("Jane Austen") |
ca. 1811 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 127,000.00 | |
| 4 | [Jane Austen] | First edition of "Sense and Sensibility," Austen's first published novel |
London | 1811 | USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | USD 76,200.00 |
| 5 | [Jane Austen] | First edition of "Pride and Prejudice"---Austen's masterpiece |
London | 1813 | USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 6 | [Jane Austen] | First edition of "Mansfield Park," Austen's third novel |
1814 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 50,800.00 | |
| 7 | [Jane Austen] | "Emma," the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy |
London | 1816 | USD 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 | USD 279,400.00 |
| 8 | [Jane Austen]. | First editions, published posthumously, of Austen's final works |
London | 1817 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 9 | [Jane Austen] | The first American edition of "Pride and Prejudice" |
Philadelphia | 1832 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 10 | [Jane Wells] Loudon | Complete set of early editions of "The Ladies' Flower-Garden" and "British Wild Flowers" |
London | 1842-1849 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 12 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning | Autograph letter signed ("Ba."), "I have naturally a melancholy heart & a merry mind..." |
1846 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 13 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning | "Poems Before Congress": an important autograph manuscript |
N.p., | circa 1860 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 14 | George Sand | A striking portrait of the author by Gaspard-Felix Tournachon Nadar |
circa 1864. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 | |
| 16 | Virginia Woolf | Rare letter to her American publishers |
1920 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 11,430.00 | |
| 17 | Vanessa Bell --- [Virginia Woolf] | An exceptional encapsulation of the Bloomsbury Group |
1926 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 | |
| 18 | Virginia Woolf | "A Room of One's Own," first Hogarth edition, with Vanessa Bell jacket |
London | 1929 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 19 | [J.D. Salinger] --- Jane Austen | Austen's novels, inscribed by Salinger to his longtime friend Beth Mitchell |
New York | [1940] | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 20 | Margaret Atwood --- Charles Pachter (illustrator) | A rare illustrated edition of the author's early poetry collection |
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan | 1964 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 21 | Joni Mitchell | Manuscript lyric sheet for Joni Mitchell's "The Dawntreader" ca. 1968 |
ca. 1968 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 | |
| 22 | Madonna | Manuscript lyric sheet for early draft of "Erotica," ca. 1991 |
ca. 1991 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 | |
| 23 | J.K. Rowling | "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," an exceptional first edition |
London | 1997 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 24 | Agnes Martin | "Untitled," a group of four prints |
1998 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 21,590.00 | |
| 27 | Chanel | Success Story Set of 4 Mini Bags With Quilted Trunk, 2020 |
2020 | USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 30 | Jane Austen --- The Women's Prize | A complete set of Austen's six finished novels, extensively annotated by six critically acclaimed women authors, sold to benefit The Women's Prize |
New York | 2024 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
