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PBA Galleries: Rare Books, Manuscripts and More! A PBA Platinum Sale

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Auction Name Rare Books, Manuscripts and More! A PBA Platinum Sale Total Sales (USD) 166,375.00
Auction Date November 06, 2025 - November 06, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 186,500.00
Sale Number #850 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 287,500.00
Total Lots 100
Sold Lots 42.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 559,500.00
% of Lots Sold 42.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 859,500.00
Unsold Lots 58 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 19.36%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
61 Munster, Sebastian

Die Neuwen Inseln / so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem land India lingen.

1550 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 12,500.00
51 Killion, Tom and Gary Snyder

The High Sierra of California by Tom Killion with Excerpts from the Journals of Gary Snyder and John Muir

2000 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 11,250.00
28 [Espinosa y Tello, Jose]

Relacion del viage hecho por las goletas Sutil y Mexicana en el ano de 1792 para reconocer el estrecho de Fuca [with] Atlas para el Viage de las goletas Sutil y Mexicana...

1802 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 9,375.00
82 Anonymous

Bifolium from the Nuremberg Chronicle comprising folios XII and XIII

1493 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 9,375.00
64 M[arkham, G[ervase]

The Young Sportsman's Delight and Instructor in Angling, Fowling, Hawking, Hunting, ordering Singing Birds, Hawks, Poultry, Conies, Hares, Dogs, &c. and how to Cure them

[c. 1712] USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,750.00
96 Blake, William

Songs of Innocence and Experience

[2003]; [2002] USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 8,750.00
50 Morris, William

The Story of the Glittering Plain, or the Land of Living Men

[1894] USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 8,125.00
30 Euclid

The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used instead of letters for the greater ease of learners

1847 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 7,500.00
21 Carroll, Lewis

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1969 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,875.00
9 null

Biblia Das ist: Die gantze Heilige Schrifft / Deudsch

1607 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,625.00
24 De Bry, Theodore

America Sive Novus Orbis Respectu Europaeorum

1596 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,062.50
39 Harris, Joel Chandler

Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation

1881 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,062.50
45 Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare's Sonnets

1897 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,062.50
25 Shakespeare, William

The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators...

1821 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 3,750.00
58 Machiavelli, Niccolo and Girolamo Cataneo

The Arte of Warre...set foorth in English by Peter Withorne [with] Certaine Waies for the Ordering of Souldiours in battelray, and setting of battailes, after diuers fashions with their manner of marching: And also fugures of certaine new plattes for fort

1588 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 3,750.00
68 Zervos, Christian, editor

Pablo Picasso - catalogue raisonne

1932-1975 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 3,750.00
94 Watts, Alan

In My Own Way: An Autobiography

[1972] USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 3,750.00
17 Karsh, Yousuf, photographer

Winston Churchill, 1941

1941; later print USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 3,125.00
81 Davidson, Thomas and John Forbes

Cantus, songs and fancies: To thre, foure, or five partes, both apt for voices and viols. With a briefe introduction of musick, as is taught in the musick-schoule of Aberdene by T. D. Mr. of Musick

1662 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 3,125.00
87 Stanley, Henry M.

In Darkest Africa: or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria

1890 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,125.00
99 Vancouver, George

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In Which the Coast of North-West America has been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of

1798 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 3,125.00
27 Ellis, W[illiam]

An Authentic Narrative of a Voyage Performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke, in His Majesty's Ships Resolution and Discovery, During the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780; in Search of a North-West Passage Between the Continents of Asia and Ameri

1782 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,812.50
52 Killion, Tom

The Coast of California: Point Reyes to Point Sur

1979 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,812.50
5 Aristotle

The Metaphysics of Aristotle, translated from the Greek, with copious notes, in which the Pythagoric and Platonic dogmas respecting numbers and ideas are unfolded from antient sources. To which is added, a dissertation on nullities and diverging series...

1801 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,500.00
93 Warhol, Andy

Original drawing of a soup can by Andy Warhol on Factory stationery

No date USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,500.00
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.