Schilb Antiquarian: Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium | Total Sales (USD) | 19,079.00 |
| Auction Date | October 26, 2025 - October 26, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 54,762.00 |
| Sale Number | #389905 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 111,200.00 |
| Total Lots | 105 | ||
| Sold Lots | 103.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 55,760.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 98.10% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 113,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 2 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 16.85% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | James Sowerby | English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants |
1863 | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,075.00 |
| 92 | Richard Wagner | The Ring of the Niblung: The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie |
1914 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 455.00 |
| 12 | Flavius Josephus | The Works of Flavius Josephus which are extant |
1733 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 405.00 |
| 43 | Edward Gibbon | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
1854 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 405.00 |
| 81 | Lewis Carroll | Alices Adventures in Wonderland |
1895 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 380.00 |
| 24 | James Sowerby | English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants. Vol. 15. |
1802 | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 95 | A.A. Milne | Winnie-the-Pooh |
1926 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 16 | Miguel de Cervantes | Histoire de ladmirable et incomparable Don Quichotte de la Manche |
1777 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 18 | Jean Louis de Lolme | The Constitution of England: or an Account of the English Government |
1784 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 335.00 |
| 64 | Thomas Babington Macaulay | The history of England from accession of James II |
1881 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 320.00 |
| 13 | Biblia, das ist die ganze Heil. Schrift Alten und Neuen Testaments |
1755 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 300.00 | |
| 33 | Crozat [i.e. A. Le Francois] | Manuel de la Geographie de Crozat, par demandes et par reponses |
1833 | USD 399.00 - 800.00 | USD 295.00 |
| 69 | Adelaide A Procter | The Poems |
1884 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 295.00 |
| 102 | Ian Fleming | The Man with the Golden Gun |
1965 | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 290.00 |
| 9 | Benoit Haeften | Le chemin royal de la croix |
1691 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 260.00 |
| 4 | Lewis Bayly | Praxis pietatis, das ist: Uebung der Gottseligkeit |
1683 | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 255.00 |
| 34 | George Cruikshank | My sketch book |
1834 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 255.00 |
| 38 | William V. Moore | Pictorial Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French |
1845 | USD 399.00 - 800.00 | USD 255.00 |
| 94 | Mark Twain | Mark Twains Autobiography, with an Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine, In Two Volumes |
1924 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 255.00 |
| 99 | Ernest Hemingway | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
1940 | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 255.00 |
| 31 | Benjamin Franklin | The Works of the Late Benjamin Franklin; Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary |
1825 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 1 | Henri Estienne | Comicorum Graecorum sententiae, id est gnomai |
1569 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 59 | Albert Jacquemart | A History of Furniture |
1878 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 68 | Lewis Carroll | Rhyme? and reason? |
1888 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 88 | Arthur Quiller-Couch | The Sleeping Beauty, and Other Fairy Tales |
1910 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 235.00 |
![<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.")
