Michaans Auctions: October Annex Auction, 20481, Alameda, CA

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 13, 2025 - October 13, 2025
Page Size: 27 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
248 Toshusai Sharaku and Utagawa Kunisada

Two Japanese Woodblock Prints, by Toshusai Sharaku and Utagawa Kunisada

USD 200.00 - 250.00 USD 130.00
292 Beth Van Hoesen

Beth Van Hoesen Etching with A Collection of Wonderful Things Book

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 78.00
309

Portfolio of Artworks

USD 300.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
356 Michael Chabon

Five Michael Chabon Books, Including Signed First Editions

USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
357 Ovide; Picasso

Ovide's Metamorphoses with Etchings by Picasso

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 65.00
420

A Splendid Spread, Framed Etching

USD 50.00 - 80.00 USD 6.50
428

Diary of a Civil War Soldier and Senator Henry Clays Obituary

USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 130.00
429 Ruth Danziger

Ein Marchen von Ruth Danziger, 1916, Story

USD 50.00 - 80.00 USD 1.30
437

Three Studio Design Furniture Books

USD 20.00 - 40.00 USD 19.50
473

Collection of Unframed Prints and Etchings

USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 65.00
531 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Book and Stamps

USD 20.00 - 40.00 USD 39.00
576

Lot of Asian Auction Catalogs

USD 20.00 - 40.00 USD 6.50
599

Various Publications, etc.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 USD 26.00
608

Two Chinese Porcelain Table Lamps

USD 20.00 - 40.00 USD 6.50
700

Four German Wartime Publications

USD 40.00 - 60.00 USD 13.00
702

Signed Photos

USD 30.00 - 60.00 USD 32.50
713

Framed Super Bowl XI Pasadena Poster

USD 30.00 - 50.00 USD 26.00
717

Collection of Vintage Records

USD 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
735

Collection of Vintage Books

USD 40.00 - 60.00 USD 6.50
800

Sports Cards, etc.

USD 50.00 - 70.00 USD 143.00
801

Miscellaneous Memorabillia

USD 20.00 - 40.00 USD 26.00
802

Collection of Various Baseball Memorabillia

USD 50.00 - 70.00 USD 130.00
833

MTH 20-20556-1 Norfolk Southern F-7 A Unit Engine.

USD 180.00 - 200.00 USD 117.00
837

Three Framed Prints, Kings

USD 20.00 - 40.00 USD 13.00
854

Three Oktoberfest Posters

USD 10.00 - 30.00 USD 6.50
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: 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.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • 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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  • 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.