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Auction Name Photographs Unlimited Total Sales (USD) 105,979.00
Auction Date November 21, 2025 - November 21, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 92,650.00
Sale Number #112125 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 134,750.00
Total Lots 168
Sold Lots 156.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 107,850.00
% of Lots Sold 92.86% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 157,350.00
Unsold Lots 12 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 67.35%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
202 Abelardo Morell b.1948

1841 Book of Proverbs for the Blind #1

 1995 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 5,016.00
158 Jefferson Hayman b.1969

Male Nude, Back View

 2005 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 3,556.00
263 Max Yavno 1911--1985

Kickoff

 1978 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 3,432.00
156 Jan Groover 1943--2012

Untitled

 1989 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 3,048.00
123 Paul Caponigro 1932--2024

Rock Wall No. 2, West Hartford, Connecticut

 1959 / printed c.1975 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,794.00
133 Gregory Crewdson b.1962

Untitled (Unreleased #4)

 2003 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,794.00
155 Jan Groover 1943--2012

Untitled

 1979 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 2,540.00
203 Abelardo Morell b.1948

Book: Boy with Fruit by Caravaggio

 1993 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 2,413.00
204 Barbara Morgan 1900--1992

Martha Graham: Letter to the World (Kick)

 c.1964 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,413.00
192 Fred Lyon 1924--2022

After Hour Jazz Session, Monterey JazzFest, Cannery Row

 1958 / printed later USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,159.00
168 George Hurrell 1904--1992

Hurrell Portfolio III

 1938 / printed 1979 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,032.00
259 Rachel Perry Welty b.1962

Vogue (Prada)

 2011 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,980.00
186 Louise Lawler b.1947

What Else Could I Do

 1994 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,848.00
179 Michael Kenna b.1953

Manhattan Skyline, Study 1, New York, New York, USA

 2001 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,584.00
187 Louise Lawler b.1947

Three woman/Three chairs

 1990 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,584.00
225 Terry O'Neill b.1938

Natalie Wood in London

 1965 / printed later USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,584.00
126 James Casebere b.1953

Pink Hallway #2

 2000 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,524.00
226 Gesshu Ogawa 1891--1967

Mt. Fuji

 c.1935 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,524.00
228 Matthew Pillsbury b.1973

Pilgrim Hill, Central Park, February 9th

 2013 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,270.00
166 Teun Hocks b.1947

Untitled

 1988 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,143.00
180 Max Koch and Otto Rieth

Untitled (Male Nudes)

 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 1,122.00
132 Linda Connor b.1944

Nun Saying Prayers in Her Family Kitchen, Ladakh, India

 1988 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,080.00
246 Maggie Taylor b.1961

Small Storm; Poet's House (two works)

 1999, 2002 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,080.00
176 Michael Kenna b.1953

Midtown from Union City, Study 1

 2006 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,056.00
178 Michael Kenna b.1953

Palm Trees, Anakena, Easter Island

 2000 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,056.00
  • <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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