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Sotheby’s
Book Week
November & DecemberSotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Tory, Geoffroy. L'Art et science de la vraye proportion des Lettres. Paris 1549. Seconde édition. In-8. Reliure de P.L. Martin. €7,000 to €9,000.Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Gauguin, Paul. Lettre autographe signée à son ami Émile Bernard. [Le Pouldu août 1889]. Illustrée d'un croquis original. €10,000 to €15,000.Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: [Portulan — Joan Martines, attribué à]. Carte portulan de la côte atlantique de l'Amérique du Sud. [Messine, vers 1570-1591.] €15,000 to €20,000.Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Zamora, Alonso de. Historia de la provincia de San Antonio del nuevo reyno de Granada... Barcelone, 1701. €10,000 to €15,000.Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: [Chastenet de Puységur, Antoine]. Détail sur la navigation aux côtes de Saint-Domingue... Paris, 1787. €5,000 to €7,000. -
Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300. -
Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo. -
Freeman’s, Nov. 13: HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Three Stories and Ten Poems. First edition, inscribed to his cousin, Ruth White Lowry. $60,000-80,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: CURTIS, Edward S. The North American Indian... Portfolio and two text volumes. $20,000-30,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: A Superb Illuminated Manuscript of Tennyson’s Le Morte d'Arthur, ca. 1910, by Alberto Sangorksi and in an exceptional Riviere binding. $40,000-50,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: A Remarkable Epistle from Robert Burns to Frances Dunlop, containing all lines of the first version of "Written in Friars Carse Hermitage" and 12 lines of the first version of "First Epistle to Robert Graham Esq." $20,000-30,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: FAULKNER, William. Go Down, Moses. First edition, limited issue, one of 100 copies signed by Faulkner. $10,000-15,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Of Human Bondage. First English edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Maugham, in the rare suppressed dust-jacket. $40,000-50,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: An Excessively Rare First Issue and Previously Unrecorded Copy of Shakespeare’s Third Folio. $40,000-60,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: AUDUBON, John James. Louisiana Heron, Ardea Ludoviciana. (Plate CCXVII). $30,000-40,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: HERBERT, Frank. Dune, 1965. First edition, inscribed by Herbert. $8,000-12,000
Rago Arts and Auctions: The Vault: Masterworks of Comic Art
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Vault: Masterworks of Comic Art | Total Sales (USD) | 267,183.00 |
| Auction Date | September 09, 2025 - September 09, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 266,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #90925b | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 400,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 25 | ||
| Sold Lots | 25 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 266,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 400,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 66.80% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202 | Frank Brunner b.1949 | Adventure Into Fear #16 Cover Original Art |
1973 | USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 48,800.00 |
| 211 | Todd McFarlane b.1961 | Amazing Spider-Man #314 Story Page 13 Original Art |
1988 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 42,700.00 |
| 203 | John Romita, Sr. 1930--2023 | Spidey Super Stories #27 Cover Original Art |
1977 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 31,720.00 |
| 215 | Charles Vess b.1951 | Sandman: A Gallery of Dreams Page 32 Original Art |
1994 | USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 26,840.00 |
| 212 | Todd McFarlane b.1961 | Amazing Spider-Man #311 Story Page 11 Original Art |
1988 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 24,400.00 |
| 217 | Greg Capullo and Todd McFarlane | Spawn #50 Story Page 18B Original Art |
1996 | USD 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 | USD 17,080.00 |
| 210 | John Byrne and Al Gordon | Fantastic Four #274 Story Splash Page 7 Original Art |
1984 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 13,420.00 |
| 224 | Tyler Kirkham b.1982 | Absolute Batman #1 Kirkham Variant Original Cover Art |
2025 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 7,930.00 |
| 222 | Steve McNiven b.1967 | Avengers: Empyre #1 Cover Original Art |
2020 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,710.00 |
| 200 | Lee Elias 1920--1998 | Planet Comics #25 Splash Page 9 Original Art |
1943 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 5,490.00 |
| 208 | Ernie Colon and Dick Giordano | Unexpected #218 Cover Original Art |
1982 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,490.00 |
| 209 | Al Milgrom and Jim Mooney | Spectacular Spider-Man #82 Story Page 10 Original Art |
1983 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 5,124.00 |
| 220 | Jerome Opena b.1991 | Wolverine #1 Cover Original Art |
2014 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,270.00 |
| 206 | Al Milgrom and Jim Mooney | Spectacular Spider-Man #16 Story Page 3 Original Art |
1982 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,416.00 |
| 204 | Jack Kirby and Michael W. Royer | Machine Man #9 Story Page 7 Original Art |
1978 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,684.00 |
| 223 | Simon Bisley b.1962 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 40th Anniversary Cover Original Art and Preliminary Art |
2024 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,684.00 |
| 213 | Herb Trimpe and Mark McKenna | Mighty Thor Annual 15 Story Page 2 Original Art |
1990 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,440.00 |
| 221 | Tony Daniel b.1977 | Batman: Faces of Death D.C. Essentials Cover Original Art |
2018 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,440.00 |
| 201 | Rudy Palais 1912--2004 | Captain Flight Comics #11 Page 45 Original Art |
1947 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,318.00 |
| 216 | Ron Lim and Al Milgrom | Venom: Nights of Vengeance #1 Story Page 13 Original Art |
1994 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,196.00 |
| 214 | Bernie Wrightson 1948--2017 | Punisher P.O.V. #2 Story Page 1 Original Art |
1991 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,074.00 |
| 205 | Jose Delbo and Joe Giella | Wonder Woman #252 Story Page 16 Original Art |
1978 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,952.00 |
| 219 | Greg Land and Jay Leisten | Hawkman #9 Cover Original Art |
2002 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,830.00 |
| 218 | Dan Jurgens and Bob Layton | Captain America #45 Story Page 1 Original Art |
1998 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,778.00 |
| 207 | Keith Pollard b.1950 | Thor #314 Story Page 28 Original Art |
1982 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,397.00 |