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Auction Name Summer Estates Auction Total Sales (USD) 9,132.50
Auction Date June 04, 2025 - June 04, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 7,750.00
Sale Number #60425 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 13,000.00
Total Lots 34
Sold Lots 28.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 9,700.00
% of Lots Sold 82.35% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 16,150.00
Unsold Lots 6 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 56.55%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
72 Yayoi Kusama

YAYOI KUSAMA - DRIVING IMAGE, FLOOR SHOW POSTERS

 1964 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 780.00
33 Edouart Manet

MANET OLYMPIA ETCHING

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 715.00
41 Roman Vishniac

VISHNIAK FACE OF WISDOM CRACOW PHOTO

 1936 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 715.00
28

SIX FRENCH BOTANICALS

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 617.50
32 Pierre Auguste Renoir

PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR - SEATED BATHER

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 520.00
14

FOUR FRENCH CALVARY ENGRAVINGS

 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 487.50
36 Saul Steinberg

SAUL STEINBERG - GUILD HALL EASTHAMPTON - SIGNED

 c.1979 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 455.00
18 Lyonel Feininger

LYONEL FEININGER GREEN BRIDGE ETCHING

 1912 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 422.50
17

FRENCH PALACE ENGRAVINGS

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 390.00
21

"ANEMONE HEPATICA" BOTANICAL COLOR LITHOGRAPH

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 357.50
34 Marc Chagall

CHAGALL APPARITION DE TCHITCHIKOV AU BAL

 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 325.00
35 Joseph C. Leydenecker

LEYENDECKER - ENLIST IN THE NAVY - US WWI POSTER

 c.1917 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 325.00
71 Yayoi Kusama

YAYOI KUSAMA - DRIVING IMAGE - FLOOR SHOW - POSTER

 1965 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 292.50
129

UNCUT SHEET (32) $2 BILLS 1995

 1995 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 292.50
44 Gino Severini

GINO SEVERINI FLEURS & MASQUES TWO STENCIL PRINTS

 1930 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 260.00
20

INSTITUE BERLIN - EGYPTIAN LITHOGRAPH

 1823 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 260.00
15

CIVIL WAR PHOTO GROUP

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 227.50
19 Heinrich Menu von Minutoli

MINUTOLI LITHOGRAPH - THOTH TEMPLE

 1823 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 227.50
22

SIX FRAMED FLORAL BOTANICAL PRINTS

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 195.00
26

BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATIONS ON PAPER

 C1850s USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 195.00
45

SAILBOAT PRINTS - VELSHEDA & MATEOR IV

 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 162.50
60 Joyce Gardner Zavorskas

JOYCE GARDNER ZAVORSKAS - MARSH FLATS

 1983 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 162.50
130 J. A. Simpson and E. S. C. Weiner

THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY-SECOND EDITION

 1998 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 162.50
57 Erich Kahn

ERICH KAHN - THE FAMILY, LINOCUT

 1989 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 130.00
65 William M. Kent

WILLIAM M. KENT - CEPHALOPOD - SLATE PRINT FABRIC

 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 130.00
  • <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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