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Auction Name October Art Cornucopia Total Sales (USD) 11,264.50
Auction Date October 30, 2025 - October 30, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 7,965.00
Sale Number #103025 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 12,925.00
Total Lots 63
Sold Lots 39.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 12,650.00
% of Lots Sold 61.90% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 20,350.00
Unsold Lots 24 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 55.35%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
171 Salvador Dali

DON QUICHOTTE DE LA MANCHE: THE GOLDEN AGE

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,820.00
169 Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

SET OF FOUR VALERIANA (VALERIAN VARIETIES), PLATE FROM PHYTANTHOZA ICONOGRAPHIA (REGENSBURG, 1737-1745)

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 975.00
162 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

VEDUTA DI PIAZZA NAVONA

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 910.00
116 Rockwell Kent

STARRY NIGHT - 1933

1933 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 780.00
134 Rudolph Carl Gorman

'NIHON'

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 715.00
164 Leopoldo Metlikovitz

POLA / VENEZIA GIULIA, ITALIAN RAILWAY POSTER, CIRCA 1925

CIRCA 1925 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 487.50
159 Odilon Redon

IL TOMBE DANS L'ABIME, LA TETE EN BAS from TENTATION DE SAINT-ANTOINE - 1896

1896 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 422.50
132 Leroy Neimann

BLUE HOCKEY

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 390.00
143

SHIPS OF THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 390.00
158 Odilon Redon

CHEVAL AILE - WINGED HORSE - 1894

1894 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 390.00
115 Rockwell Kent

TROUBADOUR from THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 325.00
120 Ogden Minton Pleissner

CLOVE VALLEY

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 260.00
131 Leroy Neimann

OLYMPIC VILLAGE, MUNICH, 11 A.M. SEPT. 5TH

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 260.00
133 Benjamin Levy

LADY IN BLUE

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 227.50
125 Lawrence Beall Smith

PARTY SHUTES, 1952

1952 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 195.00
154 Jacques (1592) Callot

TITLE PAGE FROM "VARIE FIGURE GOBBI"; SMALL, MASKED MALE FIGURE PLAYING A VIOLIN; MASKED, SMALL MALE FIGURE WITH RIGHT HAND GRASPING HAT AND LEFT HAND GRASPING SWORD HILT; ...

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 195.00
178 Peter Jarver

TWILIGHT INFERNO, DARWIN NORTHERN TERRITORY

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 195.00
113 JOHN MCRAE

THE PERILS OF OUR FOREFATHERS and another print

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 162.50
121 Stow Wengenroth

FOG AT SEA

USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 162.50
150

SHORT-HEADED SALMON & SILVERY SALMON PLATE

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 162.50
179 Armando Morales

FIGURAS MUJERERS - 1970

1970 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 162.50
127 Michael Mazur

A GROUP OF FOUR PRINTS

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 130.00
129 Al Hirschfeld

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION 1988

1988 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 130.00
144

CUTTER YACHT CHRISTABEL IN THE ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB RACE, 1862

1862 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 130.00
161 Athos Menaboni

RED WINGED BLACKBIRD

USD 50.00 - 150.00 USD 130.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <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>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <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. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
    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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