Bonhams: Fine Literature, Featuring Two Private Collections
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Literature, Featuring Two Private Collections | Total Sales (USD) | 861,533.50 |
| Auction Date | December 05, 2019 - December 05, 2019 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 500,200.00 |
| Sale Number | #25264 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 754,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 362 | ||
| Sold Lots | 220 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 873,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 60.77% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,315,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 142 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 65.49% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. | Measure, for Measure [Extracted from the First Folio]. |
1623 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 52,575.00 |
| 215 | HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. 1804-1864. | Fanshawe, A Tale. |
1828 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 47,575.00 |
| 12 | SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. | Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, never before Printed in Folio. |
1685 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 43,825.00 |
| 94 | DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN. 1859-1930. | Works. |
1930 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 17,575.00 |
| 159 | COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE. 1789-1851. | The Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757. |
1826 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 17,575.00 |
| 6 | SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1546-1616. | The Tragedy of?Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. As it is now Acted at his Highness the Duke of York's Theatre. Adapted by Sir William Davenant (1606-1668). |
USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 16,325.00 | |
| 98 | GEISEL, THEODOR ("DR. SEUSS"). 1921-1990. | 11 titles: |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 13,825.00 | |
| 121 | STEIG, WILLIAM. 1907-2003. | Original maquette for The Agony in the Kindergarten, |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,575.00 | |
| 315 | THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. 1817-1862. | Walden; Or, Life in the Woods. |
1854 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,575.00 |
| 9 | [SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1654-1616.] | The History of ?King? Lear. Acted at the Duke's Theatre. Reviv'd with Alterations. By N. Tate. |
1681 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,325.00 |
| 118 | STEIG, WILLIAM. 1907-2003. | 58 original ink and wash drawings for About People, each individually titled by the artist in pencil with printers' notes on versos, |
USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,700.00 | |
| 69 | SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. | The Works. Edited by Howard Staunton. |
1881-1882. | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 10,075.00 |
| 314 | THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. 1817-1862. | A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. |
1849 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 10,075.00 |
| 342 | WOLFE, THOMAS. 1900-1938. | Look Homeward, Angel. A Story of the Buried Life. |
1929 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,075.00 |
| 58 | LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH. 1807-1882. | Evangeline ... illuminated by John H Tearle. |
1903 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 9,825.00 |
| 13 | SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616. | Macbeth, A Tragedy: With all the Alterations, Amendments, Additions, and |
1687 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 9,450.00 |
| 185 | FAULKNER, WILLIAM. 1897-1962. | Go Down, Moses and Other Stories. |
1942 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 9,450.00 |
| 192 | FLEMING, IAN. 1908-1964. | Live and Let Die. |
1954 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 9,450.00 |
| 287 | STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968. | The Pastures of Heaven. |
1932 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 9,450.00 |
| 3 | [SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616.] | [Apocryphal play.] The first part of the true & honorable history, of the life of Sir John Old-Castle, the good Lord Cobham ... by William Shakespeare. |
1600 but 1619. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,825.00 |
| 232 | KING, STEPHEN. B.1947. | The complete Dark Tower series in the deluxe issue, 10 books in 13 volumes, all in publisher's cloth with original pictorial dust-jackets and slipcases: |
USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,825.00 | |
| 44 | BURTON, RICHARD F. 1821-1890. | The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night, with Introduction, Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay Upon the History of The Nights. |
1897 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 8,200.00 |
| 104 | KING JR, MARTIN LUTHER. 1929-1968. | Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? |
1967 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,200.00 |
| 133 | WARHOL, ANDY & RALPH THOMAS WARD. | Love is a Pink Cake by Corkie and Andy. |
1952 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,200.00 |
| 46 | DE LA MORE PRESS. OVID. 43 B.C.E-C.17 C.E. | Shakespeare's Ovid Being Arthur Golding's Translation of the Metamorphoses. |
1904 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 7,575.00 |
