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Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Page Size: 383 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
301

Seven volumes from the Philatelist's View of Canada series

Lindsay, Ont. 1984-87 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 200.00
302

Portugallia sive De Regis Portugalliae Regnis et Opibus Commentarius

Lugduni Batavarom 1641 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
303

Fifteen miniature books from Wallace Nethery, Shaker Press, Sierra Trails Press, UML-H, Wild Hare Press, Weather Bird Press, Phil Weygand, a Yankee Dauber and The Yellow Kid Press

1964-2003 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
304

Ten miniature volumes from Square-Rigger Press, Stone-Inge Books, Stone Street Press and Swamp Press

1981-1990 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
305

Twenty-nine Little Nursery Books from Samuel Lowe Company

Kenosha, WI [c.1940] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
306

Four volumes from Shoestring Press

Orinda, California 1981-2003 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 281.25
307

Six volumes by Splendid Press

Mill Valley, California USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
308

Eleven miniature Christian volumes

Various places c.1800-1900 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
309

Eight miniature volumes from The Whippoorwill Press

Frankfort, Kentucky 1974-1983 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
310

Ten miniature books by Xavier Press

Baltimore 1986-2001 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
311

Animation cel from Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

No place c.1988 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
312 Cruikshank, George

George Cruikshank's Table-Book.

London 1869 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
313 Bertrand, Emile

Maison Devambez poster for Massanet's Cendrillon

Paris c.1899 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
314 Caulaert, Jean-Dominique van

Belgian Theater poster - Le Chat Botte at Vieux-Bruxelles

Brussels c.1918 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
315 Crane, Walter

Six books illustrated by Walter Crane

London 1886-1945 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
316 Dahl, Roald

James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story

New York [1961] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
317 Barks, Carl

Visitor from Underground

Scottsdale, AZ 1991 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 343.75
318

Fantasia "Centaurette" animation drawing

[1940] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
319

Fantasia "Centaurette" animation drawing

[1940] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
320

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 50th Anniversary lamppost sign

[1987] USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
321

Snow White's Last Call for Dinner [with] Good Friends, All!

[1947] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
322 Thomas, Frank and Ollie Johnston

The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
323 [Doyle, Richard]

The Christening Procession of Prince Taffy

London 1842 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
324 Jung, C.G.

The Red Book: Liber Novus

New York, London [2009] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
325 Kauffer, E. McKnight

The Art of the Poster: Its Origin, Evolution, & Purpose

London 1944 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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