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Neal Auction Company: Louisiana Purchase Auction - Session II

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Auction Name Louisiana Purchase Auction - Session II Total Sales (USD) 32,890.00
Auction Date November 21, 2025 - November 21, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 22,200.00
Sale Number #112125 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 33,300.00
Total Lots 28
Sold Lots 28.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 22,200.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 33,300.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 98.77%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
407 Alia Ali

Chromatic Crests

 2021 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,900.00
720 George Rodrigue

Bears a Resemblance: Black

 1995 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,120.00
724 Andrew A. Bucci

Candy Box and Abstract Composition

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,990.00
717 Frank Relle

Solomon, Lesseps, Mirabeau and Coolidge

 2007 or 2009 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,600.00
533 Margaret Stones

Flora of Louisiana

 1981 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,340.00
532 Margaret Stones

Flora of Louisiana

 1981 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,210.00
402 Pablo Picasso

Buste d'Homme (Bloch 4)

 1905, later print date 1913 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,560.00
462 Caroline Durieux

Angel

 1953 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,300.00
461 Ida Kohlmeyer

For the Grecian Gala

 1980/1981 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,105.00
463 Caroline Durieux

Bayou Cemetery

 1953 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,105.00
722 Andrew A. Bucci

Figure , Untitled: Figure , Figures and Face

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,105.00
723 Andrew A. Bucci

Yellow Abstract , Yellow Abstract #2 and Yellow Abstract #3

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,105.00
716 James Michalopoulos

Deliberating Distance

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,040.00
721 Andrew A. Bucci

Daphne Variation , Untitled , Untitled: Abstract , Bird , Study and Figure

 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,040.00
400

Vintage French Railway Poster

 1930s USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 910.00
616 Jean Seidenberg

Female Head

 1984 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 845.00
531 Morris Henry Hobbs

A Royal St. Patio, New Orleans", "Old Fan Window", "Old Houses along the River Quimper", "The Atchafalaya and The Village Depot"

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 715.00
401 Leonetto Cappiello

Mossant, 1938

 1938 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 650.00
718 Robert Gordy

Women with Fruit, Green Nile, Women Climbing Stairs and Folly

 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 650.00
617 William Walmsley

Ding Dong Daddy - Dog Biscuits and Help . . Ding Dong Daddy Crap Course . .

USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 455.00
623 Richard Estes

Arch, St. Louis

 1972 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 422.50
397

Antique French Creme Soleil Advertising Poster

 c. 1925 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 325.00
530 C. Bennette Moore

Old Brulatour Courtyard

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 325.00
398

Vintage French Vetements Le Pelican Advertising Poster

 c. 1935 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 292.50
399

Vintage French Advertising Poster

 c. 1945 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 227.50
  • <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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