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Schilb Antiquarian: Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium

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Auction Name Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium Total Sales (USD) 26,205.00
Auction Date May 11, 2025 - May 11, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 56,656.00
Sale Number #367982 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 115,200.00
Total Lots 104
Sold Lots 103.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 57,155.00
% of Lots Sold 99.04% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 116,200.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 22.55%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
97 MILNE, A.A.

Winnie-the-Pooh

1926 USD 995.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,125.00
40 BALME, Joshua Rhodes

American States, Churches, and Slavery.

1862 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,000.00
19 JACOB, William

An historical inquiry into the production and consumption of the precious metals

1831 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 860.00
64 CARROLL, Lewis

Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel

1881 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 700.00
78 WILLIAMSON, Mary L.

Life of Robert E. Lee, for children.

1895 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 700.00
89 KIPLING, Rudyard

The writings in prose and verse of Rudyard Kipling

1908-1919. USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 660.00
85 POE, Edgar Allan

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

1904 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 650.00
98 POE, Edgar Allan;

Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by Harry Clarke.

1933 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 610.00
25 PATTERSON, A.W.

History of the backwoods, or, The region of the Ohio : authentic, from the earliest accounts, embracing many events, notices of prominent pioneers, sketches of early settlements

1843 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 550.00
31 DEFOE, Daniel

The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe

1854 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 510.00
54 BROWN, John [edit.]

Browns self-interpreting family Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments ; to which are annexed an extensive introduction ; marginal references and illustrations

ca.1860-1875 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 455.00
100 HEMINGWAY, Ernest

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1940 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 430.00
59 TURNER, Joseph Mallord William

The Turner gallery; a series of...engravings

ca.1878 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 420.00
63 GRANT, James

Cassells old and new Edinburgh its history, its people and its places

1882 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 410.00
68 periodical

Journal des Demoiselles

1885 USD 795.00 - 1,600.00 USD 410.00
57 CARROLL, Lewis

The hunting of the snark: an agony in eight fits

1876 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 405.00
21 BUFFON, Georges Louis Lecrec

OEuvres completes de Buffon avec les supplemens, augmentees de la classification de G Cuvier...

1835-36] USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 390.00
80 TWAIN, Mark

Following the equator, a journey around the world.

1897 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 390.00
67 VERNE, Jules

Vingt mille lieues sous les mers.

1883 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 375.00
24 PECK, John Mason

A guide for emigrants : containing sketches of Illinois, Missouri, and adjacent parts

1843 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 365.00
39 GRIMM, Jacob & Wilhelm

Household stories collected by the Brothers Grimm

1861 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 350.00
69 STOWE, Harriet Beecher

Uncle Toms cabin: a tale of life among the lowly

1887 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 335.00
82 BUEL, James

The Great Operas: the romantic legends upon which the masters of song have founded their famous lyrical compositions

1899]. USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 335.00
26 SUTHERLAND, Alexander

Achievements of the Knights of Malta

1846 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 330.00
55 TWAIN, Mark

Mark Twains sketches, new and old.: Now first published in complete form.: Sold only by subscription

1875 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 320.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    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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