Doyle New York: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare Books, Autographs & Maps | Total Sales (USD) | 830,462.50 |
| Auction Date | April 17, 2019 - April 17, 2019 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 550,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #19bp01 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 858,300.00 |
| Total Lots | 351 | ||
| Sold Lots | 310 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 656,050.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 88.32% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,015,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 41 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 81.75% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226 | AUSTEN, JANE | Sense and Sensibility: A Novel. In Three Volumes. By a Lady. |
1811 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 |
| 117 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES | The Birds of America from drawings made in the United States and their territories |
1840-1844 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 43,750.00 |
| 249 | MELVILLE, HERMAN | Moby-Dick; or, the Whale. |
1851 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 |
| 291 | HEMINGWAY, ERNEST | Autograph manuscript comprising three drafts of the epilogue of The Dangerous Summer, Hemingway's final published work |
circa 1960 | USD 30,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 |
| 227 | AUSTEN, JANE | Pride and Prejudice: a Novel in three volumes By the Author of "Sense and Sensibility" |
1813 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 31,250.00 |
| 228 | AUSTEN, JANE | Emma: A Novel. In Three Volumes... |
1816 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 31,250.00 |
| 47 | WASHINGTON, GEORGE | Autograph letter signed as President to Otho Holland Williams regarding a shipment of fruit trees from Mount Clara to Mount Vernon. |
1789 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
| 137 | REDOUTÉ, PIERRE-JOSEPH and THORY, CHARLES ANTOINE | Les Roses. |
1817-1824 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
| 15 | HANSON, JOHN | Document signed as President of the United States in Congress Assembled. |
1782 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 |
| 67 | HENRY VIII | Document signed ["Henry R"], |
1546 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 234 | DICKENS, CHARLES | A Christmas carol, in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas. With illustrations by John Leech. |
1844 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 56 | TURGOT, MICHEL ETIENNE and BRETEZ, LOUIS. | Plan de Paris commencé l'Année 1734 ... sous les ordres de Messire Michel Etienne Turgot ... Achevé de Graver en 1739. |
1739 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 74 | [MANUSCRIPT - JAPANESE] | Heike Monogatari. |
circa 1750. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 9 | CULPEPER, NICHOLAS | Pharmacopoeia Londinensis; Or, the London Dispensatory. |
1720 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 333 | SALINGER, J.D. | The Catcher In The Rye. |
1951 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 11 | FORCE, PETER. | American Archives. Fifth Series. Volume I [-III]. |
1848 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 44 | STEDMAN, CHARLES | The History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the American War. |
1794 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 329 | SALINGER, J.D. | Typed letter signed. |
1972 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 38 | [ROOSEVELT, THEODORE] | Hunting Trips of a Ranchman. Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains. |
1891 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 284 | FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT | This Side of Paradise. |
1920 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 31 | MCKENNEY, THOMAS L. & HALL, JAMES. | History of the Indian Tribes of North America... |
1848 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 129 | HOOKER, JOSEPH DALTON, Sir | The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya, being an account ... of the rhododendrons recently discovered in the mountains of Eastern Himalaya ... edited by Sir W. J. Hooker. |
1849-51-51 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 178 | CARROLL, LEWIS | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [and:] Through the Looking Glass, and what Alice found there. |
1866 and 1872 | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,562.50 |
| 52 | [MAINE]GREENLEAF, MOSES. | Map of the State of Maine with the Province of New Brunswick. |
1829 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 123 | ELWES, HENRY JOHN | A Monograph of the Genus Lilium. |
1877-80 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
