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Auction Report
Auction Date
September 12, 2025 - September 12, 2025
Page Size: 38 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
89 Frederick Childe Hassam

"Spring in Charleston, South Carolina"

1925 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,120.00
94 Norman Rockwell

"The Runaway"

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,210.00
95 Gustav Baumann

"The Sycamore"

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 26,000.00
121 John James Audubon

The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America ,

New York 1845, 1846, 1848 USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 273,000.00
122 John James Audubon

The Quadrupeds of North America, by John James Audubon and Rev. John Bachman,

New York 1856 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,875.00
123

"Raccoon" Plate 61, from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,

1845-1848 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,210.00
124 John James Audubon

"Say's Squirrel" Plate 89, from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 422.50
125 John James Audubon

The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories, by John James Audubon, dpapers and edges.

1856, New York USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 18,200.00
126 John James Audubon

The Birds of America,

New York and Amsterdam 1971-1972 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 10,400.00
127 John Thomas James

"Brown Pelican" Plate 421, from The Birds of America,

1838 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 26,000.00
128

"Trumpeter Swan, Young" Plate 376, from The Birds of America,

1832 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,350.00
129 John James Audubon

"American Bittern" Plate 337, from The Birds of America,

1836 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,510.00
130 John James Audubon

"Fox-Coloured Sparrow" Plate 108, from The Birds of America,

1835 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,430.00
131 John James Audubon

"Black & Yellow Warbler" Plate 50, from The Birds of America,

Amsterdam edition USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,640.00
132 John James Audubon

"Olive-sided Flycatcher" Plate 174, from The Birds of America,

1833 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,560.00
133 John James Audubon

Worm-eating Warbler Plate 34, from The Birds of America,

1827 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,730.00
134

"Orchard Oriole" Plate 42, from The Birds of America

1830 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,510.00
135 John James Audubon

"Black Tern" Plate 280, from The Birds of America,

1838 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,340.00
136

"Townsend's Sandpiper" Plate 428, from The Birds of America,

1838 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,080.00
137

"Black Vulture" Plate 106, from The Birds of America,

1831 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,080.00
138

A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds.

London [1849]-1861. USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 USD 84,500.00
139 John (1804) Gould

"Thaumastura Cora", "Bubulcus Russatus" and "Nycticorax Griseus"

USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 650.00
140 John (1804) Gould

"Amazilia Beryllina" Plate 312, from A Monograph of the Trochilidae or Family of Hummingbirds, lithographer Henry Constantine Richter (British, 1821-1902),

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 260.00
141 Rex Brasher

Birds and Trees of North America, Chickadee Valley near Kent, CT., [the author], 1929-1932, Volume 3

1929-1932 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 4,875.00
142

The Naturalist's Library, Edinburgh (Lizars),

London & Dublin, 1833-1843 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,250.00
  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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