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Auction Name Rare Posters Total Sales (USD) 739,527.00
Auction Date March 05, 2025 - March 05, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 665,600.00
Sale Number #30525 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 843,200.00
Total Lots 264
Sold Lots 116.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,268,200.00
% of Lots Sold 43.94% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,593,100.00
Unsold Lots 148 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 46.42%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
213 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864--1901

Confetti

 1894 USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 43,180.00
343

Les Maitres de l'Affiche complete portfolio of 256 plates

 USD 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 33,020.00
212 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864--1901

L'Artisan Moderne

 1896 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 30,480.00
269 Alphonse Mucha 1860--1939

La Dame aux Camelias

 1896 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 30,480.00
203 Paul Colin 1892--1985

Tumulte Noir / Le Cabanon original signed drawing

 1929 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 27,940.00
211 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864--1901

Jane Avril

 1893 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,400.00
271 Alphonse Mucha 1860--1939

Lady in a Straw Hat : Drawing

 c.1900 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 22,860.00
246 Ze'ev Raban 1890--1970

Come to Palestine

 1929 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 22,440.00
207 Paul Colin 1892--1985

Le Tumulte Noir portfolio

 1929 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 17,780.00
224 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864--1901

Elles : Femme en Corset

 1896 USD 20,000.00 - 26,000.00 USD 17,780.00
225 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864--1901

The Chap Book

 1896 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 17,780.00
236 Adolfo Hohenstein 1854--1928

Tosca

 1899 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 17,780.00
290 Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen 1859--1923

Cocorico

 1899 USD 17,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 17,780.00
156 David Dellepiane 1866--1932

Exposition International d'Electricite

 1908 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,510.00
219 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864--1901

Divan Japonais

 1893 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 16,510.00
223 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864--1901

Yvette Guilbert

 1898 USD 17,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 15,240.00
226 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864--1901

Salon des Cent / Exposition Internationale d'Affiches

 1895 USD 14,000.00 - 17,000.00 USD 15,240.00
359 Stephen Frykholm b.1942

Herman Miller Picnic: 22 Posters

 22 USD 17,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 15,240.00
214 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864--1901

May Belfort

 1895 USD 14,000.00 - 17,000.00 USD 13,970.00
264 Alphonse Mucha 1860--1939

Lorenzaccio

 1896 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 13,970.00
275 Alphonse Mucha 1860--1939

Vernost : Drawing

 USD 14,000.00 - 17,000.00 USD 13,200.00
155 Jules Cheret 1836--1932

Folies-Bergere / Dr. Carver

 1880 USD 1,700.00 - 2,000.00 USD 12,700.00
262 Alphonse Mucha 1860--1939

Reverie

 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,220.00
104 Roger Broders 1883--1953

Vichy / Comite des Fetes

 c.1926 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,160.00
216 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864--1901

Marcelle Lender, en Buste

 1895 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,160.00
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.