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Auction Name
Spencer Tracy. Collection of a Screen Icon
Auction Date
12/11/2025 - 12/11/2025
Sale Number
#30867
Total Lots
48
Sold Lots
48.0
Lots Sold
100.00%
Unsold Lots
0
Total Sales (USD)
197,597.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
40,900.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
63,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
40,900.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
63,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
313.65%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
46 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. 1899-1961.

The Old Man and the Sea,

1952 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 83,050.00
24 KENNEDY, JOHN F. 1917-1963.

Why England Slept.

1940 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 15,360.00
49

"Peter Pan" and "Tinkerbell" Reproduction Celluloid Print From Peter Pan Signed by Walt Disney

 N/A USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,600.00
44

"Alice" and Friends Mad Tea Party Reproduction Celluloid Print From Alice in Wonderland Signed by Walt Disney

 N/A USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,960.00
28 STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968.

The Moon is Down.

 1942 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 8,320.00
10 STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968.

Tortilla Flats.

1935 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 7,040.00
22 STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968.

The Long Valley.

1939 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 6,400.00
68 KENNEDY, JOHN F. 1917-1963.

Profiles in Courage.

1964 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,888.00
29

"Bambi" Reproduction Celluloid Print From Bambi Signed by Walt Disney

 N/A USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,888.00
43

"Cinderella" and Friends Reproduction Celluloid Print From Cinderella

 N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 5,888.00
42 STREETER, EDWARD. 1891-1976.

Father of the Bride.

1949 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,864.00
7 STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968.

To A God Unknown.

1933 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,328.00
5 STANLEY, HENRY MORTON. 1841-1904.

In Darkest Africa, or the Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria.

 1890 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,072.00
37

"Bongo" and "Lulubelle" Hand Painted Animation Cel From Fun and Fancy Free

 N/A USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,816.00
45 BRADLEY, OMAR NELSON. 1893-1981.

A Soldier's Story.

1951 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,816.00
57

Three Pocket Diaries Belonging to Spencer Tracy

 N/A USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,560.00
72

A Group of Books from the library of Spencer Tracy

 N/A USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,536.00
56 Alois Lecoque

Village scene with spires

 N/A USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,536.00
50

"Lady" and "Tramp" Hand Painted Animation Cel From Lady and the Tramp

 N/A USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,408.00
13

"Little Hiawatha" Hand Painted Animation Cel from Silly Symphonies

 N/A USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,152.00
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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 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.