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Grant Zahajko Auctions: Books: Signed & 1st Editions, Rocket Mail + Historical Items

Auction Reports

Auction Name Books: Signed & 1st Editions, Rocket Mail + Historical Items Total Sales (USD) 77,139.80
Auction Date March 19, 2025 - March 19, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 70,060.00
Sale Number #364201 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 118,775.00
Total Lots 855
Sold Lots 788.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 75,260.00
% of Lots Sold 92.16% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 127,725.00
Unsold Lots 67 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 60.39%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
8 Castaneda

Teachings of Don Juan

1968 USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,159.00
66 Frank Herbert

God Emperor of Dune

1981 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,159.00
158 Katherine Dunn

Geek Love

1989 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 2,159.00
518A Eric Porter (8)

The Beatles Early Photos

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,778.00
62 Terry Brooks

Sword of Shannara

1977 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 1,651.00
17 Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Slaughter House-Five

1969 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 1,524.00
129 Katherine Dunn

Geek Love

1989 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 1,397.00
36 Michael Shaara

The Killer Angels

1974 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,206.50
204 Charles Dana Gibson

Eighty Drawings Including The Weaker Sex. The Story of a Susceptible Bachelor

1903 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 1,016.00
342 Rudyard Kipling

Just So Stories

1902 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 698.50
30 Valentine Davies

Miracle on 34th Street

1947 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 635.00
61 Terry Brooks

Elfstones of Shannara

1982 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 571.50
177 Katherine Dunn

Geek Love

1989 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 571.50
331 Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 571.50
49 Katherine Dunn

Geek Love

1989 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 539.75
60A John Fowles

The Collector

1963 USD 250.00 - 450.00 USD 539.75
87 Marilynne Robinson

Two (2) Marilynne Robinson first editions Include: 1) Housekeeping

1980 USD 75.00 - 150.00 USD 539.75
20 Donna Tartt

The Secret History

1992 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 508.00
99 Charles Frazier

Cold Mountain

1997 USD 75.00 - 150.00 USD 508.00
173 Irvine Welsh

Trainspotting

1996 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 508.00
344 Winston S. Churchill

Painting as a Pastime

1948 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 508.00
131 Irvine Welsh

Trainspotting

1996 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 476.25
34 Malcolm Lowry

Under the Volcano

1947 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 444.50
121 Marty Reisman

The Money Player

1974 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 444.50
398 Rachel L. Carson

The Sea Around Us

1951 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 444.50
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    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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