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Leland Little Auctions: September Estate Auction

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Auction Name September Estate Auction Total Sales (USD) 21,240.00
Auction Date September 25, 2025 - September 25, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #235477 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 55
Sold Lots 55.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1396 Ernie Barnes (American, 1938-2009)

Chaos in Cameron

1986 Not Available USD 2,280.00
1413

Collection of Vintage Kenner Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back Figures on Return of the Jedi Cardbacks

1983-4 Not Available USD 1,080.00
1414

Collection of Vintage Kenner Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Figures, Jabba's Palace

1983-4 Not Available USD 960.00
1394 Tom B. Woodburn (American, 1893-1980)

Defend Your Country U.S. Army Poster

1940 Not Available USD 840.00
1072 After Friedrich Salathe (French, 1793-1860)

Aspect General de Naples / Aspect General de Rome

mid 19th century Not Available USD 780.00
1068 Willem Van Nieulandt II (Dutch, 1584-c.1635)

Landscape with the Good Samaritan at the Inn

17th century Not Available USD 720.00
1071 After Valentin de Boulogne (French, 1594 -1632)

Fortune Teller

17th century Not Available USD 720.00
1075 Elizabeth Gould (British, 1804-1841)

Trogon Resplendens

1838 Not Available USD 660.00
1077 Gould & Richter

Four Framed Hummingbird Lithographs by Gould & Richter

Not Available USD 660.00
1402 Tony Fitzpatrick (American, b. 1958)

The Songbird

1995 Not Available USD 660.00
1067 Antonius Wierix, II (Dutch, 1555/59-1604)

Jonah Cast on Shore by the Fish

ca. 1585 Not Available USD 570.00
1079 after John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

White-Fronted Goose, Bien Edition

1860 Not Available USD 540.00
1392

Two Vintage European Travel Posters, Belgium & Granville

circa 1930s Not Available USD 540.00
1078 Gould & Richter

Two Gould & Richter Hummingbird Lithographs

Not Available USD 510.00
1081 Otis Dozier (American, 1904-1987)

Circus Night

1942 Not Available USD 480.00
1399 Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000)

Rudolphe Bresdin

1962 Not Available USD 480.00
1404 Kenneth Heilbron (1903-1997)

Vintage Framed Photograph of Emmett Kelly

circa 1941 Not Available USD 480.00
1415

Collection Vintage Kenner Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Carded Figures, The Battle of Endor

1983-4 Not Available USD 480.00
1073 William Hogarth (English, 1697-1764)

Three Framed Engravings

1745 Not Available USD 450.00
1340 Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786-1864)

Four Woodblock Printed Works on Paper

Not Available USD 450.00
1388 Charley Harper (American, 1922-2007)

Hexit

1980 Not Available USD 450.00
1416

Framed Piece of Duke University Basketball Stadium Flooring with Photograph and Autographs

1997 Not Available USD 450.00
1094 John Allen Wyeth

Two Books by Confederate Veteran and Postwar Physician John Allen Wyeth

1959) Not Available USD 420.00
1117

Three Checks and a Stock Certificate Pertaining to Thomas A. Edison

1928 Not Available USD 420.00
1076 Elizabeth Gould (British, 1804-1841)

Two Prints from John Gould's A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains

19th century Not Available USD 300.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.