Auction Reports
Leland Little Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- December Estate Auction
- Auction Date
- 12/17/2025 - 12/17/2025
- Sale Number
- #121725
- Total Lots
- 38
- Sold Lots
- 38.0
- Lots Sold
- 100.00%
- Unsold Lots
- 0
- Total Sales (USD)
- 22,680.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 0.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 0.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 0.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 0.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- Inf%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1014 | Three Highly Collectible Mid-19th-Century Photographs |
N/A | Not Available | USD 2,640.00 | |
| 1089 | Auguste Edouart (French-American, 1789-1861), | Silhouette of a an Unknown Family |
Circa 1830 | Not Available | USD 1,320.00 |
| 1013 | Southern Carte de Visite Album with Confederate Generals and Civilians |
N/A | Not Available | USD 1,320.00 | |
| 1055 | "The Honest Lawyer" Painted Wood Pub Sign |
Second half 20th century | Not Available | USD 1,320.00 | |
| 1425 | Paul Jacoulet (French, 1902-1960) | Paul Jacoulet (French, 1902-1960), Femme Tatouee De Falalap |
Circa 1935 | Not Available | USD 1,320.00 |
| 1010 | Easton Press Leather-Bound Library of the Civil War |
1996-1998. | Not Available | USD 1,140.00 | |
| 1019 | Hayden's Influential Maps and Panoramas of the Mountain West, Including an Early Map of Yellowstone |
[1883] | Not Available | USD 1,140.00 | |
| 1428 | A Group of Three Japanese Woodblock Prints |
N/A | Not Available | USD 1,140.00 | |
| 1372 | Three Framed Vintage French Ship Posters |
N/A | Not Available | USD 780.00 | |
| 1022 | J. Edgar Abernathy | J. Edgar Abernathy's North Carolina Framed Penwork, Blissful Be Thy Life |
1892 | Not Available | USD 660.00 |
| 1023 | Richard W. Rummell (American, 1848-1924), | University of North Carolina |
N/A | Not Available | USD 660.00 |
| 1430 | Haku Maki (Japanese, 1924-2000) | Haku Maki (Japanese, 1924-2000), Four Woodblock Prints |
N/A | Not Available | USD 600.00 |
| 1021 | North Carolinian's Photo Album Devoted to 1940s Country Music Stars |
1939 | Not Available | USD 570.00 | |
| 1374 | Henry Fletcher (English, fl. 1710-1750), | Pair of Botanical Engravings from Twelve Months of Flowers |
1730 | Not Available | USD 570.00 |
| 1009 | Three Military History Titles from Easton Press, Signed Collector's Editions |
1995, 1997, 2003. | Not Available | USD 570.00 | |
| 1429 | A Group of Five Modern Japanese Prints |
N/A | Not Available | USD 540.00 | |
| 1011 | (22) Titles from The Easton Press's The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written |
1976-1980. | Not Available | USD 540.00 | |
| 1015 | Seven 19th-Century Portrait Photographs |
19th-Century | Not Available | USD 480.00 | |
| 1370 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), | Veduta degli avanzi superiori delle Terme di Diocleziano a S. Maria degli Angeli |
circa 1760 | Not Available | USD 450.00 |
| 1371 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), | Veduta degli avanzi del Foro di Nerva |
circa 1760 | Not Available | USD 450.00 |
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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.