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PBA Galleries: Fine Photography & Art, Fine Press, Fine Bindings
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Photography & Art, Fine Press, Fine Bindings | Total Sales (USD) | 119,778.75 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 02, 2026 - April 02, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 116,800.00 |
| Sale Number | #860 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 180,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 372 | ||
| Sold Lots | 269.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 173,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 72.31% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 268,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 103 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 44.64% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135 | Maciunas, George, editor | Fluxus 1 |
[1964] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 164 | Thiebaud, Wayne | Rivers and Farms |
[2002] | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 244 | Aristophanes | Lysistrata: A New Version by Gilbert Seldes |
1934 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,375.00 |
| 113 | Yamamoto, Masao | Kawa=Flow #1575 |
2002; print: 2013 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,062.50 |
| 159 | Shipley, William, translator | The Maidu Creation Myth |
2002-5 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 270 | Homer | The Iliad [&] The Odyssey |
1931 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,250.00 |
| 147 | L'Oiseau Solaire, l'Oiseau Lunaire, Etincelles |
1967 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,000.00 | |
| 77 | Halsman, Philippe | Halsman / Marilyn |
[1981] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 293 | Churchill, Winston S. | The Second World War |
[1948-1954] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 294 | Phelps, William Lyon, editor | The Novels of Samuel Richardson |
[1901] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 114 | Yamamoto, Masao | Omizuao |
[2003] | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 165 | Tibetan Mandalas, the Ngor Collection |
1983 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 187 | Wikgren, Allen P. | A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English, The Coverdale Bible 1535 |
1974 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 111 | Yamamoto, Masao | A Box of Ku |
[1998] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 134 | Lippmann, Friedrich | Zeichnungen von Albrecht Durer |
1883-1905 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 296 | Dickens, Charles | Works of Charles Dickens. Illustrated Library Edition. |
1874 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 128 | Calder, Alexander | Fleches |
1968 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,187.50 |
| 242 | Bowles, Paul and Ira Yeager | 2137 Tanger Socco |
2011 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 295 | Wheatley, Henry B., editor | The Diary of Samuel Pepys |
[1892] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 180 | Sappho | Poetry of Sappho |
2011 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 260 | Shakespeare, William | The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark |
[1933] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 937.50 |
| 318 | The Aldine Edition of the British Poets bound by Zaehnsdorf |
1830-1852 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 937.50 | |
| 131 | Tales from the One Thousand and One Nights |
2016 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 875.00 | |
| 304 | Woodberry, George Edward, editor. | The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley |
1882 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 875.00 |
| 314 | The Aldine Edition of the British Poets bound by Tout |
1826-1852 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 812.50 |
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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.