Auction Reports
Neal Auction Company
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- 2025 Unreserved @ Neal
- Auction Date
- 12/17/2025 - 12/17/2025
- Sale Number
- #121725
- Total Lots
- 49
- Sold Lots
- 49.0
- Lots Sold
- 100.00%
- Unsold Lots
- 0
- Total Sales (USD)
- 16,295.50
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 11,475.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 18,025.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 11,475.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 18,025.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 90.40%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 211 | James Michalopoulos | Memory for Constance |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,820.00 |
| 63 | Lilian Snelling | Lilium occidentale |
1933-40 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,040.00 |
| 212 | James Michalopoulos | Why We Love It |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 975.00 |
| 105 | Robert E. Lee Tobacco Card |
1889 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 715.00 | |
| 210 | George Rodrigue | 17th New Orleans International Piano Competition (The Composers) MASNO 25th Anniversary |
2005 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 650.00 |
| 213 | James Michalopoulos | Fish Swish |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 650.00 |
| 214 | Yohanen Simon | Fantastic View |
N/A | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 650.00 |
| 202 | William Tolliver | Learning to Play |
1996 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 650.00 |
| 69 | John Thomas James | Carolina Parrot |
1985 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 650.00 |
| 227 | Earl Hebert | Zydeco Fais Do-Do |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 487.50 |
| 205 | John Thomas Biggers | Birth from the Sea |
N/A | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 455.00 |
| 224 | James Coignard | Symetrie Blanche |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 455.00 |
| 65 | John James Audubon | Louisiana Hawk |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 422.50 |
| 68 | John Thomas James | Mocking Bird |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 422.50 |
| 218 | Louisiana School 20th c. | Chris Owens Club Poster |
N/A | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 422.50 |
| 114 | Two Antique Maps of Europe |
c. 1839, 1669 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 390.00 | |
| 208 | Mark Tobey | Face |
1970 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 206 | Robert Gordy | Seven Figure Oval |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 106 | A New Map of the River Mississipi from the Sea to Bayagoulas |
1761 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 357.50 | |
| 215 | Yves Ganne | Fleurs et Fruits |
N/A | USD 50.00 - 75.00 | USD 325.00 |
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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.
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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.