Auction Reports
Christies
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Skybreakers: Between Heaven and Earth
- Auction Date
- 12/12/2025 - 12/12/2025
- Sale Number
- #24589
- Total Lots
- 33
- Sold Lots
- 33.0
- Lots Sold
- 100.00%
- Unsold Lots
- 0
- Total Sales (USD)
- 811,276.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 253,000.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 392,500.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 253,000.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 392,500.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 206.69%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | FRED FREEMAN (1907-1988) | A PORTION OF THE WHEEL-SHAPED SPACE STATION IN CUTAWAY |
circa 1952. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 63,500.00 |
| 44 | CHESLEY BONESTELL (1888-1986) | RETURN OF THE ROCKET SHIP'S THIRD STAGE |
circa 1952. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 60,960.00 |
| 26 | CHESLEY BONESTELL (1888-1986) | ZERO HOUR MINUS FIVE |
circa 1949 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 60,960.00 |
| 46 | RON MILLER (b.1947) AND WERNHER VON BRAUN (1912-1977) | TWO DRAWINGS OF THE LUNAR LANDER |
circa 1992 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 53,340.00 |
| 3 | CHESLEY BONESTELL (1888-1986) | FORMATION OF THE EARTH |
circa 1978. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 44,450.00 |
| 43 | CHESLEY BONESTELL (1888-1986) | SEPARATION OVER THE PACIFIC |
circa 1961. | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 35,560.00 |
| 63 | FRED FREEMAN (1907-1988) and WERNHER VON BRAUN (1912-1977) | EMERGENCY! MAN'S SURVIVAL IN SPACE |
circa 1953 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 35,560.00 |
| 1 | CHESLEY BONESTELL (1888-1986) | MILKY WAY GALAXY |
circa 1975. | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 33,020.00 |
| 60 | CHESLEY BONESTELL (1888-1986) | LAUNCH VEHICLE'S WINGED THIRD STATE AND ITS EMERGENCY EJECTION CAPSULES |
circa 1953. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 33,020.00 |
| 28 | CHESLEY BONESTELL (1888-1986) | THE 1976 VOYAGER MISSION ARRIVES AT SATURN, 16 JANUARY 1980 |
1975 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 33,020.00 |
| 62 | CHESLEY BONESTELL (1888-1986) | REENTRY OF THE BABY SPACE STATION |
circa 1953. | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 30,480.00 |
| 25 | CHESLEY BONESTELL (1888-1986) | ROCKET TO THE MOON |
circa 1945. | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 27,940.00 |
| 78 | RON MILLER (B.1947) | APPROACH TO MARS |
circa 1990. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 27,940.00 |
| 79 | FRED FREEMAN (1907-1988) | CAN WE GET TO MARS? |
circa 1954 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 27,940.00 |
| 59 | FRED FREEMAN (1907-1988) | CUTAWAY OF THE INTERIOR OF UNDERGROUND LUNAR BASE HABITATION AND LABORATORY STRUCTURES |
circa 1952. | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 27,940.00 |
| 24 | CHESLEY BONESTELL (1888-1986) | EARLY STUDIES OF PLANETARY LANDSCAPES |
circa 1940 | USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 |
| 80 | RON MILLER (B.1947) | EXPLORERS OF MARS PREPARING TO RETURN TO EARTH |
circa 1992. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 25,400.00 |
| 2 | CHESLEY BONESTELL (1888-1986) | TWO WORKS: THE SURFACE OF MARS |
circa 1950. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 21,590.00 |
| 76 | FRED FREEMAN (1907-1988) | INSIDE THE 'BABY' SPACE STATION |
circa 1953. | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 20,320.00 |
| 77 | ALEXANDER LEYDENFROST (1888-1961) | TWO WORKS OF NUCLEAR ATTACK ON WASHINGTON, D.C.: MISSILE INTERCEPTION AND EVACUATION ROUTES |
circa 1954. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 20,320.00 |
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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.