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Doyle New York: Rare Books, Autographs, and Maps

Auction Reports

Auction Name	Rare Books, Autographs, and Maps	Total Sales (USD)	100,926.00
Auction Date	December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	64,440.00
Sale Number	#9151	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	100,840.00
Total Lots	279
Sold Lots	198.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	89,630.00
% of Lots Sold	70.97%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	139,840.00
Unsold Lots	81	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	72.17%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
130		[BASEBALL - NEGRO LEAGUE]. A group of signed documents and rare photographs, some relating to the Negro League player Percy Wilson	1923	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 9,600.00
32	ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY	Little Women	1868-69	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 5,120.00
125		Group of five signed half-tone reproductions of groups of prominent figures, four mounted to paper or thin card, the fifth unmounted		USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 4,800.00
137	[KENNEDY, JOHN FITZGERALD]	The bookplate of President John F. Kennedy	circa 1961	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,880.00
5		[FORGERY] Two beveled-edged wooden boards extracted from an Italian tempera-painted bookbinding, the upper cover carved & painted with a figure of St. Michael, the lower carved and painted with a variety of arms and an inscription stating that this was th	?1890s	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,920.00
94	WOOLF, VIRGINIA	Collection of Chester Page. Autograph letter signed	1931-12-01	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,792.00
2	BRANT, SEBASTIAN	Stultifera Navis	1488	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,664.00
24	CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE & ROBERT	A large collection of illustrated Cruikshank titles	1821	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,408.00
87	RAND, AYN	Atlas Shrugged	[1957]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,408.00
207	WARD, HERBERT	WARD, HERBERT, Three works	1911	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,408.00
131		[BASEBALL]. Framed display with a signed photograph of Mickey Mantle and cards signed by the 1951 New York Yankees	1951	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,280.00
89	VONNEGUT, KURT	The Estate of LeGrand Mellon. Kilgore Trout in Cohoes	1975	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,216.00
259	BACHELARD, GASTON	[CHAGALL, MARC]. Drawings for the Bible	-1960	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,216.00
98		[AMERICAN MANUFACTURING]. A mid-19th century manuscript of recipes for a New York City Varnish and Oils manufacturer	Circa 1855-66	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,152.00
135	MURRAY, JACK	The Property of a New England Family	1947	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 1,152.00
218	MACDONALD, CHARLES	[GOLF]. Scotland's Gift: Golf	1929	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,152.00
65		[AMERICAN LITERATURE]. Two major works of American Literature	1896	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 1,088.00
123	GRANT, ULYSSES	Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant	1885-86	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 1,088.00
182	SANTOS, JOAO DOS	Histoire de l'Ethiopie orientale, composee en portugais, par le R.P. Jean dos Santos ... et traduite en francois par le R.P. Dom Gaetan Charpy...	1684	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,088.00
88	VONNEGUT, KURT, JR.	The Estate of LeGrand Mellon	1969	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,024.00
234	ELIOT, GEORGE	Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life	1871-72	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,024.00
36	DAVIES, VALENTINE	Miracle on 34th Street	[1947]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 960.00
191	ORME, EDWARD, publisher	Foreign field sports, fisheries, sporting anecdotes, &c. &c.	n.d. (but 1823	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 960.00
90	VONNEGUT, KURT, JR.	The Estate of LeGrand Mellon. Self-Portrait		USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 896.00
92	VONNEGUT, KURT, JR.	The Estate of LeGrand Mellon. Eleven Kurt Vonnegut first editions	1963	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 896.00

Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 March

Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000

Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.