Turner Auctions & Appraisals: Libraries, Art, and Ephemera, 41226, South San Francisco

Auction Details

Auction Date
April 12, 2026 - April 12, 2026
Page Size: 188 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
134

Two unsigned original c. 1940s-1950s preliminary advertising art/mock-ups, for Californians Inc. print promotion: "San Francisco from Twin Peaks" and "At Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco."

c. 1940s-1950s USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
135

SUPPLEMENTS TO SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER, W. R. Hearst; Theodore Kytka, photographic birdseye/panorama views of San Francisco, issued after the earthquake, June-August 1906

1906 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
136

1.) OVERLAND MONTHLY, San Francisco Fire Number. Volume No. 5, May 1906.

1906 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
137

PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, SAN FRANCISCO, 1915. A collection of 40 large glass plate negatives

1915 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
138

The People of the State of California document appointing Ralph Ellis (1829-1895) to County Clerk of the County of Sierra, dated September 2, 1857.

1857 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
139

A real estate auction catalog: PUBLIC AUCTION OF REAL ESTATE IN THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. By Selover, Sinton & Co. Auctioneers,

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
140

A real estate auction catalog: EXECUTOR'S SALE OF PARTS OF THE FOLSOM ESTATE. CONSISTING OF LOTS IN THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

N/A USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
141

[OAKLAND/BERKELEY/EMERYVILLE DEVELOPMENT, REAL ESTATE, LAND GRANTS; REALTY COMBINE/SYNDICATE.] A collection of record books, typed/duplicate documents (no signatures)

1850s to 1904, USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
142

The Architect and Engineer of California Pacific Coast States. December 1908, Vol. XV, No. 2.

1908 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
143

Group of ten books concerning San Francisco and the Bay Area, several on the Panama-Pacific Exposition, and others: 1. SIMPSON, ANNA PRATT. Problems Women Solved: …

San Francisco 1915 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
144 LONDON, JACK.

1.) Burning Daylight.

New York 1910 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
145

[DOWNTOWN OAKLAND; EARLY AUTOMOBILES; DEPARTMENT STORES; THEATERS; CITY LIFE.] A collection of sixteen circa 1920s to early 1930s photographs

circa 1920s to early 1930s USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
146

Four large hand-tinted photographs, circa mid to late19th century, depicting streets, businesses, buildings in early Oakland.

N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
147

[DOWNTOWN OAKLAND; CARS/TROLLEYS; COCA-COLA SIGNS.] Eleven circa 1920s to 1930s photographs depicting Oakland street scenes.

circa 1920s to 1930s USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
148 Eston Saxe Cheney (1869-1941)

A circa 1910s album of large format hand-colored photographs.

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
149

[EARLY AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; SAN FRANCISCO, BAY AREA.] A collection of eleven circa late 1920s/1930s aerial photographs of the Bay Area,

circa late 1920s/1930s USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
150

[BAY AREA; AUTOMOBILIA; REAL ESTATE AGENTS; U.S. SECRETARY OF LABOR SIGNATURE; WWI-ERA NURSES.] Four 1910s-1920s framed photographs of Oakland, California,

1910s-1920s USD 100.00 - 120.00 Unknown
151 CLYDE SUNDERLAND (1900-1989).

A circa 1930s aerial photograph;

circa 1930s USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
152

[CALIFORNIA; TROLLEY LINES; TOURISM.] A collection of 19th century photographs of Californians/tourists,

19th century USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
153

1.) [CALIFORNIA CENTRAL VALLEY; WELLS FARGO; SHOPS.] A circa 1900s/1910s album

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
154

Rushing Water, Merced River, circa 1955. Gelatin silver print from Portfolio III,

San Francisco 1960 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
155 Artist: Wilson Davis Ellis (1892-1981).

Title: Wrestlers. Signature: Signed on matte, Wilson D. Ellis.

1936 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
156 Wilson Davis Ellis (1892-1981).

Titles: "Lake Merritt" (Oakland); and "Barn" (2 works). Signature: Signed on mattes, Wilson D. Ellis.

1931; 1938. USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
157 HENRY INN.

Tropical Blooms, Portfolio of 40 Flower Prints from Photographs.

Waikiki, Honolulu 1944 USD 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
158 Artist: Richard Stac ks (1930-2015).

Title: "Sparkle of Spring."

N/A USD 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.