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Michaans Auctions: Summer Fine Auction

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Auction Name Summer Fine Auction Total Sales (USD) 18,330.00
Auction Date June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 23,600.00
Sale Number #19560 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 33,900.00
Total Lots 12
Sold Lots 7.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 86,600.00
% of Lots Sold 58.33% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 115,900.00
Unsold Lots 5 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 15.82%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
5043 Andy Warhol,

Jacqueline Kennedy III, screenprint

1966 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 9,750.00
5109

Collection of Chinese Pith Painting Albums

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,950.00
5047 Burton Morris,

Herd on the Street Suite, serigraphs

1997 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,820.00
5111

Collection of Chinese Pith Painting Albums

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,430.00
5048 Jenny Holzer,

Selection for Living, work on paper

1999 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,300.00
5042 Alexander Calder and Carlos Franqui,

Lo Oscuro Invade

1970 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,235.00
5110

Collection of Chinese Pith Paintings

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 845.00
  • 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.
  • 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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