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PBA Galleries: Fine Literature with Beats & the Counterculture
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Literature with Beats & the Counterculture | Total Sales (USD) | 211,481.25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 19, 2026 - February 19, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 203,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #857 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 315,200.00 |
| Total Lots | 501 | ||
| Sold Lots | 392.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 265,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 78.24% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 410,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 109 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 51.47% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beier, Ulli, ed. | 20 issues of Black Orpheus: A Journal of African and Afro-American Literature |
1957-1966 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 11,875.00 |
| 107 | Lewis, C.S. | C.S. Lewis handwritten letter, 1961 |
1961 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 10 | Cameron, James | Titanic: A Screenplay |
1996 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 57 | Dumas, Alexandre | Celebrated Crimes |
1895 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 121 | Milne, A.A. | When We Were Very Young |
[1924] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 458 | Dalyell, John Graham | The Darker Superstitions of Scotland: Illustrated From History and Practice |
1834 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 431 | Bukowski, Charles | At Terror Street and Agony Way |
1968 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,437.50 |
| 317 | Etienne (pseud. of Dom Orejudos, aka Stephen) | Bob's Service Station [with] The Rawhide Male, No. 4 |
[c. 1970s] | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,125.00 |
| 437 | Bukowski, Charles | The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills |
1969 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,125.00 |
| 125 | O'Hara, John | Appointment in Samarra |
[1934] | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
| 138 | Steinbeck, John & Edward F. Ricketts | Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research |
1941 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
| 388 | Steward, Samuel (aka Phil Sparrow or Phil Andros) | Sailor, watercolor |
1953 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
| 445 | Bukowski, Charles | Love is a Dog from Hell, Poems 1974-1977 |
1977 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
| 449 | Bukowski, Charles | Post Office |
1971 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
| 46 | Dickens, Charles | Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz" |
1838 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,250.00 |
| 89 | Hemingway, Ernest | The Old Man and the Sea |
1952 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 366 | Bruce of Los Angeles | 12 photographs of a model |
[c. 1960s] | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 168 | Twain, Mark | Mark Twain's Autobiography |
1924 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 316 | null | Set of Erotic French translucent playing cards |
c.1860s | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 334 | null | 104 issues of ONE Magazine |
1954-1966 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 325 | null | 141 novels from the "Adonis Classic" series |
1975-1982 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 102 | Kipling, Rudyard | Poems: 1886-1929 |
1930 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 216 | Card, Orson Scott | Ender's Game |
[1985] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 185 | Wallace, David Foster | Consider the Lobster and Other Essays |
[2005] | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 88 | Hemingway, Ernest | A Farewell to Arms |
1929 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.