Doyle New York: Fine Literature, Featuring a Collection of Rudyard Kipling
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Literature, Featuring a Collection of Rudyard Kipling | Total Sales (USD) | 170,161.00 |
| Auction Date | April 15, 2020 - April 15, 2020 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 74,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #20fl01 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 114,600.00 |
| Total Lots | 106 | ||
| Sold Lots | 97 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 82,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 91.51% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 125,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 9 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 135.16% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | KIPLING, RUDYARD | The Jungle Book. |
1894 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 |
| 81 | KIPLING, RUDYARD | Just So Stories. |
1902 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 82 | [KIPLING, RUDYARD] DETMOLD, MAURICE and EDWARD. | Sixteen Illustrations of Subjects from Kipling's "Jungle Book." |
1903 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 55 | THOREAU, HENRY DAVID | The Writings of Henry David Thoreau. |
1906 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 47 | MITCHELL, MARGARET | Gone with the Wind. |
1936 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 5,937.00 |
| 80 | KIPLING, RUDYARD | Kim. |
1901 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,937.00 |
| 69 | KIPLING, RUDYARD and ALICE | Echoes. By Two Writers. |
1884 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,312.00 |
| 70 | KIPKING, RUDYARD | Quartette. The Christmas Annual of the Civil & Military Gazette. By four Anglo-Indian Writers. |
1885 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,312.00 |
| 57 | [TOLSTOY] TOLSTOI, COUNT LEON | War and Peace. A Historical Novel. |
1887 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,687.00 |
| 71 | KIPLING, RUDYARD | Departmental Ditties and other verses. |
1886 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,687.00 |
| 21 | HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. | The Scarlet Letter. |
1850 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,375.00 |
| 104 | KIPLING, RUDYARD | Group of approximately forty volumes by Kipling. |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 4,062.00 | |
| 12 | FAULKNER, WILLIAM | As I Lay Dying. |
1930 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 54 | STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS | Autograph fair copy of his poem "To Will H. Low." |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,437.00 | |
| 84 | KIPLING, RUDYARD | Group of letters and autographs. Comprises An autograph letter signed, |
1905 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 3,437.00 |
| 29 | HEMINGWAY, ERNEST | The Torrents Of Spring. |
1926 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,125.00 |
| 75 | KIPLING, RUDYARD | Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads by... |
1892 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 3,125.00 |
| 67 | ZOLA, ÉMILE | La Verite en Marche. L'Affaire Dreyfus. |
1901 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,812.00 |
| 74 | KIPLING, RUDYARD | The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places. |
1891 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,812.00 |
| 94 | KIPLING, RUDYARD | Rudyard Kipling's Verse. Inclusive edition. |
-1927 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,812.00 |
| 103 | KIPLING, RUDYARD | A collection of approximately a dozen framed portraits, some signed, some with autograph material. |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,500.00 | |
| 73 | KIPLING, RUDYARD | Letters of Marque. |
1891 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,250.00 |
| 102 | [KIPLING, RUDYARD] | A comprehensive collection of bibliographical and related works pertaining to Kipling. |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,250.00 | |
| 88A | KIPLING, RUDYARD | Typed letter signed to The Rev. Frederick Langbridge, St. John's Rectory, Limerick. |
1910 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,125.00 |
| 24 | FREUD, SIGMUND | The Interpretation of Dreams. |
1913 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,125.00 |
