Heritage Auctions: Rare Book Signature Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare Book Signature Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 2,105,686.00 |
| Auction Date | December 15, 2025 - December 15, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,181,952.00 |
| Sale Number | #6323 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,772,928.00 |
| Total Lots | 610 | ||
| Sold Lots | 567.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,435,552.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 92.95% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 2,153,328.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 43 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 97.79% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45109 | J. R. R. Tolkien. | The Lord of the Rings: comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. |
1954-1955. | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 250,000.00 |
| 45341 | [Robert S. Mulliken]. | Nobel Prize Medal in Chemistry for his development of Molecular Orbital Theory. |
USD 160,000.00 - 240,000.00 | USD 200,000.00 | |
| 45108 | J. R. R. Tolkien. | Autograph manuscript, headed "Further correction desired," being a late revision to The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter VI ("Many Partings"). |
USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 | USD 87,500.00 | |
| 45051 | ELIOT, George [Mary Ann Evans]. | Middlemarch. A Study of Provincial Life. |
December 1871- December 1872. | USD 48,000.00 - 72,000.00 | USD 75,000.00 |
| 45105 | Bram Stoker. | Dracula. |
1897 | USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 | USD 55,000.00 |
| 45037 | John Donne. | Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. |
1633 | USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 |
| 45274 | Edgar Rice Burroughs. | Tarzan of the Apes. |
USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 | |
| 45149 | John James Audubon. | The Bird of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. |
USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 36,250.00 | |
| 45139 | [Georges Braque, illustrator]. [Paul Bonet, binder]. Guillaume Apollinaire. | Si je mourais la-bas. |
1962 | USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
| 45205 | F. Scott Fitzgerald. | Tender is the Night. A Romance. |
USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 | |
| 45059 | Robert Herrick. | Hesperides: or, The Works both Humane & Divine. |
1648 | USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 | USD 26,250.00 |
| 45250 | J. D. Salinger. | The Catcher in the Rye. |
USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 | |
| 45079 | J. Sheridan Le Fanu. | In a Glass Darkly. |
1872 | USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 | USD 23,125.00 |
| 45258 | John Steinbeck. | Of Mice and Men. |
USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 | USD 23,125.00 | |
| 45030 | Charles Dickens. | A Tale of Two Cities. |
1859 | USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
| 45138 | Andreas Vesalius. | De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. |
USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 | |
| 45039 | Daphne du Maurier. | Rebecca. |
1938 | USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00 | USD 21,250.00 |
| 45267 | Isaac Asimov. | I, Robot. |
USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 | USD 20,000.00 | |
| 45228 | John Le Carre. | Group of 21 Mostly Signed First Edition Novels, including his rare first book, Call for the Dead. |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 18,750.00 | |
| 45239 | George Orwell. | Animal Farm. A Fairy Story. |
USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 | USD 16,875.00 | |
| 45229 | Harper Lee. | To Kill a Mockingbird. |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 | |
| 45236 | Margaret Mitchell. | Gone with the Wind. |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 | |
| 45152 | Alexander Hamilton. | Observations on Certain Documents Contained in No. V & VI of "The History of the United States for the Year 1796," in which the Charge of Speculation against Alexander Hamilton, Late Secretary of the Treasury, is Fully Refuted. Written by Himself. |
USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 | USD 15,000.00 | |
| 45240 | George Orwell. | Nineteen Eighty-Four. A Novel. |
USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 | USD 15,000.00 | |
| 45097 | [Sir Walter Scott]. | Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since. |
1814 | USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9d2762bc-9f26-47ef-96de-1c28070e19f6.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df7dd9ac-f0d0-4cb3-a44d-2731758530e4.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/c40bad29-8cb5-4347-a0fd-5361d39e84a5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b7fdee12-4803-4d32-9330-a5729091cb92.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a06cc0dd-7619-45e9-b155-5ad75ed7b2e5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7f9e9df2-b83a-40aa-a1b7-a535a02705d5.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/1832c377-f148-4e66-ba22-33bef01d81a7.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df958814-0689-4876-8b73-cfe5c0c6ad24.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for <i>Belshazzar’s Feast,</i> [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5ac2876b-2794-47d3-9df7-c4a002016bd6.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for <i>Belshazzar’s Feast,</i> [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000")
