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Auction Name Spring Fling Total Sales (USD) 1,912.50
Auction Date April 23, 2025 - April 23, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 3,240.00
Sale Number #18355 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 5,620.00
Total Lots 45
Sold Lots 33.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,140.00
% of Lots Sold 73.33% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 7,160.00
Unsold Lots 12 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 26.71%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
99 Michelle Keim (American, b. 1971)

Quenching tower, Acme Steel, 1998,

 1998 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 200.00
22 Sidney Chafetz (American, 1922-2013)

I Myself Am Good Fortune,

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 162.50
13 Terry P. Speer (American, b. 1946)

Before The Ball,

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
57 Michelle Keim (American, b.1971)

M/V lake Erie Bow, 1999,

 1999 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
75 Edward A. Raffel (American, 20th/21st Century)

Steven

 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 112.50
2 Michelle Keim (American, b. 1971)

Paper Mill, Circleville, Ohio, 1995

 1995 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 100.00
118 By E. George Squier;

Peru - Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas.

 1877 USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 100.00
38

An unattributed photograph of the set (designed by Tiffany Scribner) for Case Western Reserve University MFA in Acting Program's February 2012 production of in IN ARABIA, WE'D ALL BE KINGS

 USD 20.00 - 40.00 USD 87.50
35 By Adolphus W. Greely;

Three Years of Arctic Service, An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-1884 and the Attainment of the Farthest North.

1886 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 75.00
53 Alfred Gockel (German, b. 1952)

Tango I,

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 75.00
92 Symptoms of Being Amused, Color Etching, 19th Century.

Engraved by Henry Thomas Alken (British, 1785-1851).

 1822 USD 40.00 - 60.00 USD 75.00
166 Michelle Keim (American, b. 1971)

Conveyor, Port of Indiana, 1999,

 1999 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 62.50
10 Harold G. Hastings (German-American, 20th Century)

Untitled (Cleveland photographs),

 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 50.00
67

This image, entitled Creative Collaboration, is a result of employee collaboration during the July 2006 Artist-in-Residence of printmaker Lisa Schonberg.

USD 40.00 - 60.00 USD 50.00
95 By George W, DeLong; Edited by His Wife, Emma DeLong.

The Voyage of the Jeannette. The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. DeLong, Lieutenant-Commander U.S.N., and Commander of the Polar Expedition of 1879-1881.

 1888 USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 50.00
174

Arranged and edited by S.L. Berens; The Fram Expedition. Nansen in the Frozen World, Including Earlier Arctic Explorations.

 1897 USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 50.00
55 Marlene Mancini Frost (American, b. 1935)

Untitled (Cathedral),

 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 37.50
113 Douglas Lucak (American, 1959-2022)

On East 72, 1999,

 1999 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 37.50
130 Brian Williams (American/Japanese, b. 1950)

North Dide,

 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 37.50
152 Harold G. Hastings (German-American, 20th Century)

Untitled (Cleveland photographs),

 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 37.50
159 Harold G. Hastings (German-American, 20th Century)

Untitled (Cleveland photographs),

 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 37.50
60 By Alfred Meadows;

A Manual of Midwifery, including the Signs and Symptoms of Pregnancy, Onstetric operations, Diseases of the Puerperal State, Etc., Etc.

1871 USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 25.00
66 P. Menim (Italian, 20th Century),

Firense, Lungarno (Florence, Lungarno),

 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 25.00
110 Harold G. Hastings (German-American, 20th Century)

Untitled (Cleveland photographs),

 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 25.00
139 Harold G. Hastings (German-American, 20th Century)

Untitled (Cleveland photographs),

USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 25.00
  • <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.