Doyle New York: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare Books, Autographs & Maps | Total Sales (USD) | 372,468.75 |
| Auction Date | November 12, 2019 - November 12, 2019 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 242,550.00 |
| Sale Number | #19bp02 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 370,380.00 |
| Total Lots | 290 | ||
| Sold Lots | 252 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 276,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 86.90% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 421,330.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 38 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 88.40% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 175 | EINSTEIN, ALBERT | Photograph signed on the mount in brown ink below the image "Albert Einstein/Berlin. September 1927." |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 | |
| 272 | [DALI, SALVADOR] CARROLL, LEWIS [=DODGSON, CHARLES LUTWIDGE]. | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
1969 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 62 | VIELE, EGBERT. | The Topography and Hydrology of New York. |
1865 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 107 | HOMER. | [Title in Greek: He tou Homerou Iliados]. Homeri Ilias. |
1747 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 103 | JOHNSON, SAMUEL | A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers... |
1755-1755 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 66 | 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 8,750.00 |
| 247 | Group of four Chuck Jones storyboards from How the Grinch Stole Christmas! |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 | ||
| 171 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES | Autograph letter signed. |
1831 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 16 | STORY, JOSEPH. | Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. |
1833 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 169 | VERTES, MAURICE. | [Ruby Elzy as Serena in "Porgy and Bess"]. |
1935 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,625.00 |
| 110 | BIERCE, AMBROSE GWINNETT | The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce |
1909-12 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 111 | CARROLL, LEWIS [=DODGSON, CHARLES LUTWIDGE] | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. |
1866 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 223 | HOOLA VAN NOOTEN, BERTHE. | Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisies de la flore et de la pomone de l'Ile de Java peints d'après nature. |
1863 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 9 | [CAREY, MATHEW (editor)] | Ten volumes from The American Museum, or, Universal Magazine. |
1787-1792 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,687.50 |
| 102 | AUGUSTINE, SAINT, BISHOP OF HIPPO. | Epistolae Pulcherrimae. |
circa 1490 or circa 1492-3 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,687.50 |
| 177 | EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. | Crusade in Europe |
1948 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,687.50 |
| 185 | [LINCOLN, ABRAHAM] | Petition, dated July 26th, 1864. |
USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,687.50 | |
| 211 | COLLINS, MICHAEL. | Group of 10 small format photographs of the earth, moon and the landing module taken July 20, 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission, with negatives. |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,687.50 | |
| 186 | LINDBERGH, CHARLES A. | We. |
1927 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,375.00 |
| 224 | REPTON, HUMPHRY. | Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening |
1803 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,375.00 |
| 225 | 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 4,375.00 |
| 239 | [SCHMIED, FRANCOIS-LOUIS] WILDE, OSCAR. | Deux Contes. |
1926 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,375.00 |
| 95 | BOSWELL, JAMES | The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, ne |
1791 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 168 | GERSHWIN, GEORGE and HEYWARD, DUBOSE | Porgy and Bess. An Opera in Three Acts. |
1935 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 98 | HOGENBERG, NICOLAUS. | Gratae et laboribus aequae posteritati. Caesareas sanctique patris longo ordine turmas aspice. |
1610 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,437.50 |
