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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
151 Siskind, Aaron

Autograph letter from Pirkle Jones to Dody Weston Thompson

 Mill Valley, California 1997-11-04 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
152 Sommer, Frederick

Frederick Sommer 1939-1962 Photographs

 New York 1962 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 343.75
153 Sorrenti, Mario

Kate

 New York 2018 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
154 Stackpole, Peter

[Painters giving suspender cables a first coat of aluminum paint]

 San Francisco 1936; vintage print USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
155 Stackpole, Peter

Photograph from Stackpole's Bay Bridge series

 San Francisco 1934; vintage print USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
156 Stillings, Jamey

The Bridge at Hoover Dam

 [Portland, OR] [2011] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
157 Strand, Paul

Autograph letter from Paul Strand to Beaumont Newhall

 1964-08-12 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
158 Sturges, Jock

Jock Sturges: New Work 1996-2000

 New York 2000 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 175.00
159 Sudek, Josef

Fotograf Josef k umelcovym osmdesatinam

 [Prague] [1976] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 343.75
160 Sudek, Josef

Josef Sudek Fotografie

 Prague 1956 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 687.50
161 Maddow, Ben

An Early Warning

 Athens [1981] USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
162 Thompson, Dody Weston

Two typed letters from Dody Weston Thompson to Morley and Fran Baer

 Los Angeles 1969 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
163 Van Dyke, Willard

Church, Rancho de Taos, N.M / Church Storm

 New York Negative c.1930's; print date unknown USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
164 Van Vechten, Carl

Typed letter from Carl Van Vechten to Charles Keeler

 New York 1934-07-02 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
165 Von Unwerth, Ellen

Revenge

 Santa Fe, NM [2003] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 593.75
166 Webb, Alex

From the Sunshine State: Photographs of Florida

 [New York] [1996] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
167 Webb, Alex

Hot Light / Half-Made Worlds: Photographs from the Tropics

 New York 1986 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 312.50
168 Weber, Bruce

Bear Pond

 New York 1990 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 468.75
169 Weber, Bruce

O Rio de Janeiro

 New York 1986 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
170 Wessel, Henry

Henry Wessel

 Gottingen 2006 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
171 Weston, Brett

Brett Weston: A Personal Selection

 Carmel, CA 1986 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
172 Weston, Edward

California and the West [with] Weston's Westons: Portraits and Nudes

 1940; 1989 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
173 Weston, Edward

Neil

 Carmel Negative: 1925; later print USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
174 Weston, Edward

Seeing California with Edward Weston

 [1939] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 137.50
175 White, Minor

Mirrors / Messages / Manifestations

 [Millerton, NY] [1982] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 200.00
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  • <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, <i>Americae pars Borealis,</i> double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, <i>Map of the United States,</i> London and Liverpool, 1827. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, <i>Chart of the World,</i> oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800). <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, <i>A General Atlas,</i> 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 240: Anthony Finley, <i>A New American Atlas,</i> 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 263: John Bachmann, <i>Panorama of the Seat of War,</i> portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, <i>Cosmographei,</i> Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, <i>Epitome Theatri Orteliani,</i> Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, <i>Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae,</i> Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, <i>Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt,</i> 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 341: John James Audubon, <i>Carolina Parrot, Plate 26,</i> London, 1827.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> J.K. Rowling. <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,</i> 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Hooke, Robert. <i>Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses.</i> London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Chappuzeau, Samuel. <i>The history of jewels,</i> first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Sowerby, James. <i>Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions,</i> London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
    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.