Doyle New York: Rare Books, Autographs and Maps
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare Books, Autographs and Maps | Total Sales (USD) | 843,326.40 |
| Auction Date | November 25, 2025 - November 25, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 443,950.00 |
| Sale Number | #9117 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 680,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 342 | ||
| Sold Lots | 313.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 494,150.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 91.52% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 758,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 29 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 111.21% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM | Sonnets |
1910 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 63,175.00 |
| 5 | [WELSER COLONY IN VENEZUELA] Capitulacion de los Belzares [i.e. Welsers] con la corona de Castilla |
27 March, 1528 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 36,575.00 | |
| 271 | [FLAG] A hand-sewn 21-star American flag commemorating Illinois statehood in 1818 |
Circa 1818-1819 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 36,575.00 | |
| 173 | SCHULZ, CHARLES | Original drawing for a Peanuts four-panel strip, October 17, 1953 |
USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 29,925.00 | |
| 45 | SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE | Prometheus Unbound |
1820 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 26,600.00 |
| 154 | [ARTIST DRAWINGS] Eighteen drawings of hands by an array of major 20th-century artists |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 26,600.00 | ||
| 171 | ADDAMS, CHARLES | Original advertising illustration for the movie How to murder a Rich Uncle |
circa 1957 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 23,940.00 |
| 170 | ADDAMS, CHARLES | Original advertising illustration for the movie How to murder a Rich Uncle |
circa 1957 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 17,290.00 |
| 274 | [FLAG] A scarce 38-Star United States Cavalry Guidon |
Circa 1876-1889 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 14,630.00 | |
| 272 | [FLAG] A 20-Star American flag commemorating Mississippi statehood |
Circa 1817-1818 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 13,300.00 | |
| 273 | [FLAG] A 35-Star American Civil War Cavalry Guidon |
USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 13,300.00 | ||
| 1 | [BOOK OF HOURS] A la louenge de Dieu et de la tressaincte et glorieuse Vierge Marie |
[the almanac dated 1513-29 (so likely printed 1512/13)] | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 10,640.00 | |
| 245 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM and STANTON, EDWARD | Document signed appointing Wesley Merritt Brigadier General |
11 May 1864 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 9,975.00 |
| 78 | DICKENS, CHARLES | Photograph Signed ("Charles Dickens") |
n.d. (1863) | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 9,310.00 |
| 92 | HEMINGWAY, ERNEST & GELLHORN, MARTHA | Photograph inscribed by both Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn for the Idaho sporting guide Taylor Williams |
circa 1939-40 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 9,310.00 |
| 303 | CUSTER, GEORGE | An early portrait of Custer at West Point, including a slip with his bold signature |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 9,310.00 | |
| 4 | [BOOK OF HOURS] Hore intemerate virginis marie secudu[ndum] usum romanum cum pluribus orationibus tam gallico et in latino |
May 8, 1501 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,645.00 | |
| 182 | [SCIENTIFIC RECREATION] Pendulum Autographs [spine title] |
mid- to late-19th century | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 7,980.00 | |
| 304 | CUSTER, GEORGE | A rare signed carte de visite of General Custer by Mathew Brady |
circa 1865 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,980.00 |
| 11 | [RUSSIAN OLD BELIEVERS] [Sinodik] |
late 18th--early 19th century | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 7,315.00 | |
| 119 | WOOLF, VIRGINIA | A Room of One's Own |
1929 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,315.00 |
| 3 | Partially printed assembled hybrid Ferial psalter |
late 16th/early 17th century but with 15th- and 16th-century | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 6,650.00 | |
| 79 | DICKENS, CHARLES | Fourteen uniformly bound volumes of works by Dickens |
1837-1870 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 6,650.00 |
| 110 | STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS | Treasure Island |
1883 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,650.00 |
| 112 | STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER | Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly |
1852 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,650.00 |
![<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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<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>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
