PBA Galleries: Fine Literature
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Literature | Total Sales (USD) | 148,080.00 |
| Auction Date | December 05, 2019 - December 05, 2019 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 150,050.00 |
| Sale Number | #689 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 240,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 455 | ||
| Sold Lots | 344 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 221,860.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 75.60% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 352,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 111 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 42.04% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Large Kay Boyle archive |
Various dates. | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 3,300.00 | |
| 259 | Bukowski, Charles | Ham on Rye |
1982 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,300.00 |
| 214 | Bukowski, Charles | Original painting by Charles Bukowski |
[n.d.] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 215 | Bukowski, Charles | Original painting of a woman by Charles Bukowski |
[n.d.] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 273 | Bukowski, Charles | Love is a Dog from Hell, Poems 1974-1977 |
1977 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 188 | Wells, H.G. | The Time Machine, An Invention |
1895 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,700.00 |
| 120 | Kafka, Franz | The Trial |
1937 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
| 301 | Bukowski, Charles | War All the Time: Poems 1981-1984 |
1984 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
| 251 | Bukowski, Charles | Dangling in the Tournefortia |
1981 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,280.00 |
| 265 | Bukowski, Charles | Hot Water Music |
1983 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,280.00 |
| 250 | Bukowski, Charles | Dangling in the Tournefortia |
1981 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,160.00 |
| 317 | Burroughs, William S. | The Naked Lunch |
1959 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 179 | Twain, Mark | [Works, i.e.] The Writings of Mark Twain |
1899-1903 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 217 | Bukowski, Charles and Al Purdy | The Bukowski / Purdy Letters: 1964-1974, A Decade of Dialogue |
[1983] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 303 | Bukowski, Charles | We'll Take Them - Sparrow 72 |
September, 1978 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 304 | Bukowski, Charles | The Wedding |
1986 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 159 | Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de | The Little Prince |
[1943] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,680.00 |
| 248 | Bukowski, Charles | The Curtains are Waving and People Walking Through the Afternoon Here and in Berlin and in New York City and in Mexico - with original drawing |
1967 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,680.00 |
| 216 | Bukowski, Charles | There Were No Facials - original ink drawing by Charles Bukowski |
[c.1974] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
| 284 | Bukowski, Charles | Post Office |
1971 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
| 2 | Adams, Douglas | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
[1980] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 185 | Wells, H.G. | The Invisible Man |
1897 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 361 | Kerouac, Jack | On the Road |
1957 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 133 | Sterling, George | The Testimony of the Suns and Other Poems |
1904 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 332 | [Burroughs, William] Lee, William, pseud. | Junkie - inscribed |
1953 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
