Doyle New York: Fine Literature
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Literature | Total Sales (USD) | 257,095.00 |
| Auction Date | June 22, 2021 - June 22, 2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 155,800.00 |
| Sale Number | #21fl01 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 244,080.00 |
| Total Lots | 259 | ||
| Sold Lots | 231 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 177,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 89.19% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 276,710.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 28 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 92.91% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | ELIOT, GEORGE | Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life. |
1871-72. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 28,350.00 |
| 218 | SHEPARD, ERNEST H. | Colored drawing of Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet, in an autograph letter signed by Shepard. |
1932 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 16,380.00 |
| 196 | RADCLIFFE, ANN | The Mysteries of Udolpho. |
1794 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 7,560.00 |
| 67 | ELIOT, GEORGE | Scenes of Clerical Life. |
1858 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 6,930.00 |
| 241 | THOREAU, HENRY | A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. |
1849 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,300.00 |
| 32 | BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL, LORD | Don Juan. |
1819-24. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,985.00 |
| 127 | GRAHAME, KENNETH | The Wind in the Willows. |
1908 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,670.00 |
| 39 | CARROLL, LEWIS (CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON) | The Nursery "Alice". |
1890 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 4,725.00 |
| 94 | YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER. | Works. |
1908 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,725.00 |
| 243 | TOLSTOY, LEO, COUNT | Autograph letter signed, in French, seeking an educator for his children. |
1878 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,410.00 |
| 93 | POE, EDGAR ALLAN. | Works. |
1914 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,095.00 |
| 52 | CRANE, STEPHEN | The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War. |
1895 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,465.00 |
| 91 | SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. | The Sonnets. |
1928 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,465.00 |
| 54 | CRANE, STEPHEN | The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War. |
1895 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,150.00 |
| 177 | MELVILLE, HERMAN and KENT, ROCKWELL | Moby Dick; or The Whale. |
1930 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 3,150.00 |
| 30 | BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL, LORD | Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A Romanaut. |
1812-1818. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,835.00 |
| 87 | HAZLITT, WILLIAM. | Liber Amoris: or, the New Pygmalion. |
1823 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,835.00 |
| 101 | CARROLL, LEWIS. | Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. |
1883 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,835.00 |
| 197 | RAND, AYN | Atlas Shrugged. |
1957 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,835.00 |
| 225 | STEINBECK, JOHN | The Grapes of Wrath. |
1939 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,835.00 |
| 141 | IRVING, WASHINGTON | The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. |
1819-20. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,520.00 |
| 71 | ELIOT, GEORGE | Romola. |
1863 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,394.00 |
| 195 | PROUST, MARCEL | Autograph letter signed with comment on the memory of a friendship. |
n.d.. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,394.00 |
| 155 | LE CARRÉ, JOHN | Three volumes inscribed to William Safire. |
USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,268.00 | |
| 40 | CARROLL, LEWIS (CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON) | The first French, German, and Italian editions of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. |
1869; 1869; and 1872 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,142.00 |
