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Auction Name Maurice Sendak: Artist, Collector, Connoisseur Online Total Sales (USD) 644,238.00
Auction Date June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 321,600.00
Sale Number #23979 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 492,400.00
Total Lots 74
Sold Lots 73.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 322,100.00
% of Lots Sold 98.65% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 493,200.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 130.62%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
130 DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)

Lithograph of Water made of lines, crayon, and two blue washes without green wash

 1980 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 201,600.00
131 DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)

Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book, from Paper Pools

 1980 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 63,000.00
181 MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)

Panorama of children's book characters

 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 25,200.00
132 BEATRIX POTTER (1866-1943)

Studies of mice

 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 20,160.00
169 MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)

New York Is Book Country, 25th Anniversary poster artwork

 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 17,640.00
173 MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)

Wild Thing Playing the Cello

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 13,860.00
167 MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)

Idomeneo, Finale Vision

 1989 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,970.00
178 MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)

Max and the Sea Monster

 C 2009 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 11,970.00
101 ALBRECHT DURER (1471-1528)

St. Christopher Facing Right

 1521 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 11,340.00
104 GEORGE RICHMOND (1809-1896)

The Shepherd - Christ the Good Shepherd

 1827 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 11,340.00
168 MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)

New York Is Book Country, 20th Anniversary poster design

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,710.00
174 MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)

Where the Wild Things Are and Higglety Pigglety Pop!, Glyndebourne poster design

 USD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,710.00
179 WINSOR MCCAY (c.1866/71-1934)

Little Nemo in Slumberland original artwork

 1906 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,450.00
166 MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)

Rosie and Buttermilk, Her Cat, from Really Rosie

 1973 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,820.00
170 MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)

Learning Is a Wild Thing, Brooklyn Children's Museum poster design

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,820.00
102 GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (1720-1778)

The Gothic Arch, from Carceri d'invenzione

 circa 1749-1750 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 7,560.00
112 WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)

Mr. Cumberland

 1827 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 7,560.00
138 CHUCK JONES (1912-2002)

Bugs Bunny on Napkin

 1983 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 7,560.00
158 MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)

Wild Thing fishing from the Brooklyn Bridge

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,560.00
117 JOHANN HEINRICH FUSSLI, HENRY FUSELI, R.A. (1741-1825)

A Witch at Work

 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,930.00
133 BEATRIX POTTER (1886-1943)

Fungi, the magnified leg of a fly, studies of a privet hawk moth and its life-cycle, a jug, a gazelle's head and rabbits

 1896 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 6,930.00
162 MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)

Really Rosie storyboard sketches

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,300.00
105 GEORGE RICHMOND (1809-1896)

The Fatal Bellman

 1827 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,048.00
127 FELIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925)

La Symphonie

 1897 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,048.00
124 FELIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925)

Le Violoncelle, from Instruments de Musique

 1896 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,670.00
  • <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.
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