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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 |
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Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 MarchKoller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000. -
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000. -
