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Sotheby’s
Book Week
November & DecemberSotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Tory, Geoffroy. L'Art et science de la vraye proportion des Lettres. Paris 1549. Seconde édition. In-8. Reliure de P.L. Martin. €7,000 to €9,000.Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Gauguin, Paul. Lettre autographe signée à son ami Émile Bernard. [Le Pouldu août 1889]. Illustrée d'un croquis original. €10,000 to €15,000.Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: [Portulan — Joan Martines, attribué à]. Carte portulan de la côte atlantique de l'Amérique du Sud. [Messine, vers 1570-1591.] €15,000 to €20,000.Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Zamora, Alonso de. Historia de la provincia de San Antonio del nuevo reyno de Granada... Barcelone, 1701. €10,000 to €15,000.Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: [Chastenet de Puységur, Antoine]. Détail sur la navigation aux côtes de Saint-Domingue... Paris, 1787. €5,000 to €7,000. -
Freeman’s, Nov. 13: HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Three Stories and Ten Poems. First edition, inscribed to his cousin, Ruth White Lowry. $60,000-80,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: CURTIS, Edward S. The North American Indian... Portfolio and two text volumes. $20,000-30,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: A Superb Illuminated Manuscript of Tennyson’s Le Morte d'Arthur, ca. 1910, by Alberto Sangorksi and in an exceptional Riviere binding. $40,000-50,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: A Remarkable Epistle from Robert Burns to Frances Dunlop, containing all lines of the first version of "Written in Friars Carse Hermitage" and 12 lines of the first version of "First Epistle to Robert Graham Esq." $20,000-30,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: FAULKNER, William. Go Down, Moses. First edition, limited issue, one of 100 copies signed by Faulkner. $10,000-15,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Of Human Bondage. First English edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Maugham, in the rare suppressed dust-jacket. $40,000-50,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: An Excessively Rare First Issue and Previously Unrecorded Copy of Shakespeare’s Third Folio. $40,000-60,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: AUDUBON, John James. Louisiana Heron, Ardea Ludoviciana. (Plate CCXVII). $30,000-40,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: HERBERT, Frank. Dune, 1965. First edition, inscribed by Herbert. $8,000-12,000
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Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
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Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
Genazym: Catalog of the Giants, 625, Monsey
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 07, 2025 - September 07, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pri Megadim Original Signature |
USD 70,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 93,750.00 | |||
| 2 | Noda BYehuda and his Beis Din |
USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 93,750.00 | |||
| 3 | Handwritten Haskama by the Chavas Da'as on an Important Manuscript |
USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 77,500.00 | |||
| 4 | Lengthy Halachic Teshuvah Handwritten by Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margalios, Author of Beis Ephraim |
USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 42,500.00 | |||
| 5 | Beis Meir, author's Personal Copy, with Hundreds of Glosses in His Handwriting |
USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 72,500.00 | |||
| 6 | Glosses by Rabbi Akiva Eiger and his son Rabbi Shlomo Eiger |
USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 62,500.00 | |||
| 7 | Three Complete booklets Handwritten by Rabbi Shlomo Eiger |
USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 45,000.00 | |||
| 8 | Miraculous Drashah of Chasam Sofer Saving Jews of Pressburg from Yom Kippur Desecration |
USD 40,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 93,750.00 | |||
| 9 | Discovery! |
USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 52,500.00 | |||
| 10 | Rare Handwritten and Autographed Semichah by the Yeshuos Yaakov |
Lemberg | 1829 | USD 10,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 | |
| 11 | Handwritten Teshuvah of the Shoel U'Meishiv to Rabbi Tzvi Hersch of Liska |
Lvov | 1867 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 | |
| 12 | Personal |
USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 52,500.00 | |||
| 13 | Historical Letter Signed by the Rashash. 1774 |
1774 | USD 80,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 112,500.00 | ||
| 14 | Hidden Treasure of Hungarian Jewish History |
USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 | |||
| 15 | Handwritten Poem by the Son-in-Law of the Maharal of Prague |
1609 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 | ||
| 16 | Rare and Exceptional |
Kushta | 1505 | USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 | USD 231,250.00 | |
| 17 | Sefer Yesod |
Constantinople | 1515 | USD 40,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 82,500.00 | |
| 18 | Sefer Yesod on the Principles of the Talmud |
Constantinople | 1510 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 112,500.00 | |
| 19 | Sefer Yesod |
Kushta | 1514 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 106,250.00 | |
| 20 | Rare Meah Shearim |
Salonika | 1543. First Edition | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 | |
| 21 | The First Kabbalistic Sefer Ever Printed!! |
Venice | 1523 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 | |
| 22 | Fundamental Kabbalistic Sefer |
Mantua | 1558 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 23,750.00 | |
| 23 | The Sacred Piyut Azamer Bishvachin by the Holy Arizal |
Venice | c. 1575 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 | |
| 24 | "Success in all matters and never lacking parnasah" Segulos and Remedies in the Holy Handwriting of Rabbi Chaim Vital |
USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 168,750.00 | |||
| 25 | Manuscript Owned and signed by the Chida. |
late 17th century | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 87,500.00 |