Back

Nye & Company Auctioneers: Chic and Antique Auction

Auction Reports

Auction Name Chic and Antique Auction Total Sales (USD) 18,739.20
Auction Date June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 16,050.00
Sale Number #61225 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 26,900.00
Total Lots 73
Sold Lots 38.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 30,300.00
% of Lots Sold 52.05% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 52,900.00
Unsold Lots 35 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 35.42%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
470 Latoya Ruby Frazier

Grandma Ruby and J.C. in her Kitchen

 2006 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,520.00
579 Jacques Hnizdovsky

Copper Beech

 1985 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,432.00
455 Annie Leibovitz

Annie Leibovitz, Portraits

 2014 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,536.00
544

Portfolio of Unframed Prints

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,216.00
543

Portfolio of Unframed Prints

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,152.00
566 After Andy Warhol

Cow Wallpaper (Pink & Blue)

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 704.00
456 David LaChapelle,

"Artists & Prostitutes"

2005 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 608.00
457 Terry Richardson,

"Terryworld" Batman Art Edition, with acrylic box, Terrybear, and Batman and Robin Prin

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 608.00
545

Portfolio of Unframed Prints

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 576.00
509 Wilmer Wilson

Model Citizen

 2012 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 544.00
546 Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Ambrose Vollard

 c. 1904 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 512.00
511 Nancy Spero

Maypole from "Femfolio"

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 480.00
482 Sylvia Sleigh

Douglas John and Ms. Smith from Femfolio

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 384.00
461

Five Photography Coffee Table Books

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 320.00
508 Erik Thor Sandberg

House

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 288.00
491

Too Eager to Please

 2003 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 256.00
504 Jonathan Lewis

See Candy

 2022 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 256.00
513 Mary Beth Edelson

Godless Head/Soft from "Femfolio"

 2007 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 256.00
562 Robert Kipness

Two Unframed Tree

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 256.00
459 Takashi Murakami

X Louis Vuitton Art, Fashion & Architecture Book Special edition designed by Takashi Murakami.

 2009 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 224.00
540

Portfolio of Unframed Prints

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 224.00
541

Pratt Graphic Art Center Portfolio of Prints

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 224.00
460

Five Fashion Art Photography Coffee Table Books

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 192.00
539

Two Portfolios of Unframed Prints

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 192.00
542

Portfolio of Unframed Prints

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 192.00
  • <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.
  • <b><center>Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!</center></b>
    Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!
  • <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.