Swann Galleries: Fine Books and Autographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books and Autographs | Total Sales (USD) | 402,195.00 |
| Auction Date | June 17, 2021 - June 17, 2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 264,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #2573 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 388,950.00 |
| Total Lots | 305 | ||
| Sold Lots | 263 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 321,800.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 86.23% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 471,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 42 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 85.36% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 232 | JOYCE, JAMES. | Ulysses. |
1936 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 |
| 211 | FROST, ROBERT. | FROST, ROBERT. Collected Poems. |
-1930 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
| 95 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Autograph Letter Signed, A.Lincoln, to Whig activist George W. Rives (Hon: G.W. Rives), |
1849 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 308 | (ROGERS, BRUCE.) Homer. | The Odyssey. |
1932 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 251 | RAND, AYN. | We the Living. |
1936 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 6,750.00 |
| 201 | FAULKNER, WILLIAM. | The Sound and the Fury. |
-1929 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 6,500.00 |
| 300 | MIRO, JOAN and PRÉVERT, JACQUES. | Adonides. |
1975 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 6,500.00 |
| 289 | Caxton, William. | The Golden Legend. |
-1892 | USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 244 | NERUDA, PABLO. | Canto General. |
1950 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 6,240.00 |
| 15 | EARHART, AMELIA. | (AVIATION.) EARHART, AMELIA. 20 hrs. 40 mins. Our Flight in the Friendship. |
1928 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
| 234 | KEATS, JOHN. | Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems. |
1820 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,750.00 |
| 178 | Disney Studios, Walt. | Sketch Book [of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]. |
-1938 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,720.00 |
| 9 | (ALBUM.) Guestbook [for the American Embassy at London] containing over 60 signatures, mostly by British or American diplomats, politic |
1951-2 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 5,250.00 | |
| 149 | WAR: "WE ONLY HOPE THAT . | TAGORE, RABINDRANATH. Autograph Letter Signed, to writer Ernest Rhys, |
1914 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
| 31 | EDISON, THOMAS A. | EDISON, THOMAS A. Autograph Quotation Signed: All things come to him who hustles while he waits / Thos A Edison, |
1917? | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 32 | EDISON, THOMAS A. | EDISON, THOMAS A. Typed Letter Signed, to George E. Larrabee, |
1922 | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 125 | PIANO CONCERTO NO. | RACHMANINOFF, SERGEI. Autograph Musical Quotation dated and Signed, S. Rachmaninoff, three bars from his 2nd concerto for piano, |
1933 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 34 | Ian Fleming. | Ian Fleming. Thunderball. Signed and Inscribed, to Penny, by Sean Connery and three other members of the principal cast o |
1964 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 4,750.00 |
| 242 | MITCHELL, MARGARET. | Gone With the Wind. |
1936 | USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 4,420.00 |
| 59 | BOLÍVAR, SIMÓN. | BOLÍVAR, SIMÓN. Letter Signed, Bolivar, as President of Gran Colombia, to Colonel José Félix Blanco, in Spanish, |
1828 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,250.00 |
| 194 | DOSTOYEVSKY, FYODOR. | Crime and Punishment. A Russian Realistic Novel. |
1886 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,250.00 |
| 217 | HELLER, JOSEPH. | Catch-22. |
1961 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 4,250.00 |
| 90 | GARFIELD, JAMES A. | GARFIELD, JAMES A. Partly-printed Document Signed, as President, appointing Charles A. Spencer Postmaster at Sheboygan Falls, WI. |
1881 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 4,000.00 |
| 195 | DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN. | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [and] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. |
1892; 1894 | USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,000.00 |
| 214 | GIBRAN, KAHLIL. | The Prophet. |
1923 | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,000.00 |
