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Auction Name	Timed Estates Book Collection Blowout - Reference Books, Fiction, Nonfiction & More!	Total Sales (USD)	15,287.50
Auction Date	February 26, 2026 - February 26, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#22626	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	195
Sold Lots	191.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	97.95%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	4	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
41	Lot of 14 books on spiritual philosophy	N/A	Not Available	USD 468.75
54	9 books on hypnosis and mental health therapies, "Mind-Body Communication in Hypnosis" by Milton H. Erickson, "Life Reframing in Hypnosis" Milton H. Erickson, "My Voice Will Go With You" Milton H. Erickson, "Unity and...	N/A	Not Available	USD 343.75
191	Lot of 13 books on Psychology, titles like "People Who Do Things to Eachother" by Hubback, "The Way of Woman by Helen M. Luke and more. All in fair condition	N/A	Not Available	USD 343.75
192	Lot of 12 books on psychology and christianity. Titles like "Theosophy" by Rudolf Steiner, "Self Remembering" by Burton, and more. All in fair condition	N/A	Not Available	USD 343.75
44	9 books about meditation and the journey inward to know oneself, "Anger" Thich Nrat Hanh, "Living Myth" D. Stephenson Bond, "Masculine and Feminine" Gareth S. Hill, "Gathering the Light" V. Walter Odajnyk, "The Forbid...	N/A	Not Available	USD 312.50
87	Large box/opportunity lot of 27 books on psychology and Jungian philosophy	N/A	Not Available	USD 312.50
116	Lot of 14 books on spirituality and psychology; includes works by R.J. Stewart, John P. Conger, H.L. Philp, and more	N/A	Not Available	USD 312.50
30	5 vintage books: History of Ireland in the 18th Century, Volumes 1-5. By William Edward Lecky. London 1898.	N/A	Not Available	USD 281.25
62	Lot of 10 Fiction Books; "Remembering Laughter" Wallace Stegner (First Edition); "Of Mice and Men" John Steinbeck; "The Plutocrat" Booth Tarkington (First Edition); "Franny and Zooey" J.D. Salinger; "To Kill a Mocking...	N/A	Not Available	USD 281.25
75	Lot of 13 books on psychology; includes works by Verena Kast, Murray Stein, and others	N/A	Not Available	USD 281.25
101	Lot of 22 books on spirituality; includes works by Edward Hirsch, J.G. Bennett, Jung Young Lee, and more	N/A	Not Available	USD 281.25
181	Lot of 24 books on psychology and spirituality. Titles like "The Point of Existence" by A.H. Almaas, "Spiritual Beings" by Steiner and more.	N/A	Not Available	USD 281.25
11	2 books: New Physiognomy, OR Signs of Character as Manifested through Temperament and External Forms, and Especially in "The Human Face Divine." By Samuel R. Wells. More than one thousand illustrations. New York 1891. Ps	N/A	Not Available	USD 250.00
40	Lot of 14 books on dreams, spirituality & growth.	N/A	Not Available	USD 250.00
94	Lot of 13 books on spirituality; includes works by Arnold Mindell, Ira Progoff, Robert Grinnell, and more	N/A	Not Available	USD 250.00
96	Lot of 18 books; includes works by Jim Harrison (First Printing), Ernest Hemingway, Herman Melville, and more	N/A	Not Available	USD 250.00
19	4 sbooks by Upton Sinclair, 1 map and 10 personal photos. All books are signed by Sinclair with the exception of the autobiography. Contains special dedication to Sinclair's wife, The Autobiography of Upton Sinclair. New	N/A	Not Available	USD 225.00
43	10 J.R.R. Tolkien books, "The Lord of the Ring Reader's Companion" Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scully x2, "The Children of Hurin" x2, "Brethren and Luthien", "Roverandom", "The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun" x2, "The...	N/A	Not Available	USD 225.00
9	3 books: The Case Against Einstein, by Arthur Lynch. New York 1933, includes someone's personal notes., Space, Gravity and the Flying Saucer, by Leonard G. Cramp. New York 1955., The Hollow Earth, by Raymond Bernard. New	N/A	Not Available	USD 200.00
49	10 books - theosophy, psychosynthesis, psychotherapy, philosophy, and Jungian Literary Criticism, "Psychosynthesis" Roberto Assagioli, M.D. , "The Act of Will" Roberto Assagioli, M.D., "Power in the Helping Profession...	N/A	Not Available	USD 200.00
176	Lot of 11 fiction books. Includes works by John Steinbeck, Hugh Lofting, Gene Stratton Porter, and John Updike. Includes a First Edition "Grapes of Wrath", First Edition "Rabbit is Rich", and First Trade Edition "The ...	N/A	Not Available	USD 200.00
42	Lot of 10 books on consciousness and philosophy of spirituality, "Psyche and Bible" Kluger, "The Heavenly Sophia and the Being Anthroposphia" Sergei O. Prokofieff, "Strange Fruit" Clark Heinrich, "Iconum Biblicarum" M...	N/A	Not Available	USD 175.00
53	9 books on different types of psychotherapy, plus one on printing, "Improvisational Therapy" Bradford P. Keeney, "The Emprint Method" Leslie Cameron-Bandler, David Gordon, Michael Lebeau, "Mind-Body Therapy" Ernest L....	N/A	Not Available	USD 175.00
70	Lot of 18 books; includes works by Ian McEwan, China Mieville, Cormac McCarthy, and more	N/A	Not Available	USD 150.00
78	Lot of 16 books; including works by Cormac McCarthy, Erin Morgenstern, Harry Mulisch, and others	N/A	Not Available	USD 150.00

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 April

Sotheby’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.