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Nadeau's Auction Gallery: Major Fall Chinese & Americana Auction

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Auction Name Major Fall Chinese & Americana Auction Total Sales (USD) 28,210.00
Auction Date October 25, 2025 - October 25, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 14,900.00
Sale Number #102525 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 27,500.00
Total Lots 41
Sold Lots 29.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 19,700.00
% of Lots Sold 70.73% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 36,600.00
Unsold Lots 12 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 77.08%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
258 John James Audubon (American 1785-1851)

Iceland or Jer Falcon, 1860

USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,525.00
261 James Edmund Allen (American 1894-1964)

Spider Boy, New York City Skyscraper, 1937

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,550.00
481

Approximately 150 Bound Classic Books

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,820.00
189 Seven Civil War Generals Autographs

A framed group of clipped autographs from leading Confederate generals and officers, including General Braxton Bragg, General Wade Hampton, General Fitzhugh Lee, ...

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,690.00
260 Aiden Lassell Ripley (American 1896-1969)

Wild Turkeys

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,560.00
494 William Blake (British 1757-1827)

Illustrations of the Book of Job, Plate 11: "With Dreams upon my Bed thou scarest me & affrightest me with Visions"

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,430.00
482

Approximately 100 Bound Books

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,170.00
396 Thomas Jefferys and Maurille Antoine Moithe

Engraved Map by Thomas Jefferys and Maurille Antoine Moithe

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,040.00
493 William Blake (British 1757-1827)

Illustrations of the Book of Job, Plate 16: "Thou hast fulfilled the Judgment of the Wicked"

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,040.00
495 William Blake (British 1757-1827)

Illustrations of the Book of Job, Plate 10: "The Just Upright Man is Laughed to Scorn"

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,040.00
77 Shiko Munakata (Japanese 1903-1975)

Gautama and Bodhisattvas, 1960

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 650.00
78 Two: Kiyoshi Saito (Japanese 1907-1997)

Dachshund Laying

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 650.00
135 After Christian Remick (American 1726-1773)

Perspective View of the Blockade of Boston, 1768

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 585.00
390 Currier and Ives

Hartford Races in Charter Oak Park

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 585.00
395 Warren & Gillet, with Additions by George Gillett

"Map of Connecticut"

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 585.00
188A Douglas Haig to Percy Chubb

Two Framed Historical WWI Documents to include handwritten letter by General Sir Douglas Haig to Percy Chubb, December 2, 1914

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 520.00
247 John James Audubon (American 1785-1851)

Columbian Black-Tailed Deer, 1847

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 520.00
259 Frank Weston Benson (American 1862-1951)

Shoveller Drake 1920

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 455.00
264B John James Audubon (American 1785-1851) and John Woodhouse Audubon (American 1812-1862)

Caribou or American Reindeer,1847

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 455.00
249 John James Audubon (American 1785-1851) and John Woodhouse Audubon (American 1812-1862)

American Marsh Shrew,1843

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 325.00
254 John James Audubon (American 1785-1851)

Wormwood Hare,1846

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 325.00
136 American School (19th Century)

Two Framed 19th Century American Nautical Pieces to include Captain Ahab and Moby Dick

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 292.50
248 John James Audubon (American 1785-1851) and John Woodhouse Audubon (American 1812-1862)

Tawny Weasel,1840

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 260.00
252 John James Audubon (American 1785-1851)

Marsh Hare, 1843

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 260.00
478

Approximately 50 Leather Bound Books

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 227.50
  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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