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Auction Name Rare & Antiquarian Books Total Sales (USD) 49,343.75
Auction Date November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 64,800.00
Sale Number #851 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 99,900.00
Total Lots 383
Sold Lots 180.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 165,700.00
% of Lots Sold 47.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 255,700.00
Unsold Lots 203 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 19.30%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
349

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

[1956] USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,625.00
192 Chagall, Marc

Illustrations for the Bible

[1956] USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,500.00
242 Frei, Georg and Neil Printz, editors

The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonne

2002-2014 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,375.00
19 Bravo, Lola Alvarez

Diego Rivera - press photo

No date USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 937.50
48 Erwitt, Elliott

Personal Exposures

1988 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 812.50
160 Sudek, Josef

Josef Sudek Fotografie

1956 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 687.50
226

Verve: Revue Artistique et Litteraire. Vol. VIII, Nos. 29 et 30

[1954] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
239 Warhol, Andy with Bob Colacello

Andy Warhol's Exposures

1980 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
343

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
63 Garrod, Richard

Virgin River, Zion National Park

c.2000 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 593.75
85 Lange, Dorothea and Paul Schuster Taylor

An American Exodus: A Record of Human Erosion

[1939] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 593.75
165 Von Unwerth, Ellen

Revenge

[2003] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 593.75
338 [Beardsley, Aubrey, et al.]

The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly

1894-1897 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 593.75
215 Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig and Ludwig Glaeser

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Drawings in the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art

[1969] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 562.50
184 Laurvik, J. Nilsen

Is It Art?

1913 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
303

Fifteen miniature books from Wallace Nethery, Shaker Press, Sierra Trails Press, UML-H, Wild Hare Press, Weather Bird Press, Phil Weygand, a Yankee Dauber and The Yellow Kid Press

1964-2003 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
168 Weber, Bruce

Bear Pond

1990 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 468.75
29

Scaffold photograph from the execution of E.W. Hawkins - the last legal hanging in Tucson

1908 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 437.50
127

Photograph album of horse racing in Uruguay

1947-1953 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 437.50
134

Photograph album of U.S. soldier in Kolkata during World War II

1945 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 437.50
183 Ambar Past, Xun Okotz, Xpetra Ernandez, et al.

Incantations of Mayan Women

2005 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 437.50
341

Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back

1983 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 437.50
246 Wyeth, Andrew & Betsy James

Wyeth at Kuerners [and] Christina's World

1976 [and] 1982 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 406.25
276

The Bible in Miniature or a Concise History of the Old and New Testaments

1780 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
28 Bullock, Wynn

Correspondence between Wynn Bullock and William Dellenback

1960-61 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
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    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
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    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
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  • 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