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PBA Galleries

Auction House Name PBA Galleries
Site URL https://www.pbagalleries.com
About Us PBA Galleries is the largest and most successful specialty auction house. A 30 year tradition of offering at auction the finest rare books, manuscripts, autographs, maps, atlases, prints and photographs. PBA conducts approximately twenty-five gallery auctions in a calendar year auctions of rare books, manuscripts, historic autographs and archives, maps, atlases, prints and photographs. Most clients place bids on line before the auction through their dynamic bidding platform at www.pbagalleris.com. As a service to clients unable to attend the sale, PBA Galleries accepts absentee bids by fax, phone and email without charge in advance of the sale. Telephone bidding the day of the auction can be scheduled.
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City Berkeley
State California
Country United States
Zipcode 94710
Contact Number (415)989-2665
Buyer's Fee As used herein the term "bid price" means the price at which a lot is knocked down to the purchaser and the term "purchase price" means the aggregate of (a) the bid price (b) a premium of twenty percent (20%) on the first $100,000 of the bid price and fif
Consigner's Fee PBA Galleries charges a commission rate per item of 15% for the first $10,000, and 10% for the amount above $10,000. The commission is all encompassing and includes insurance, cataloguing, storage, advertising, online services, photography and other misce

AUCTION LIST

March 13, 2025 - March 13, 2025, Comic Books, Including Pre-Code, Superheroes and Original Art, #3042
March 20, 2025 - March 20, 2025, Americana - Travel - World History - Cartography, #834
March 27, 2025 - March 27, 2025, Books in all Fields with Literature, Americana, Maps, Photographs, Art - Online 12/21, #2062
March 30, 2025 - March 30, 2025, The DC Universe Collection Part 5: Silver and Bronze, #3043
April 03, 2025 - April 03, 2025, Rare and Antiquarian, #835
April 17, 2025 - April 17, 2025, Fine Literature - Beats, and the Counterculture, #836
May 01, 2025 - May 01, 2025, Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Maps & Views, #837
May 15, 2025 - May 15, 2025, Rare and Antiquarian, #838
May 22, 2025 - May 22, 2025, The DC Universe Collection Part 5: Silver, Gold and Bronze, #3045
May 29, 2025 - May 29, 2025, Modern Literature - Beats - Counterculture, #839
June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025, Fine Press - Fine Bindings & More, #840
June 26, 2025 - June 26, 2025, Books in All Fields With Literature, Americana, Maps, Antiquarian, Photographs, Art, #2063
July 03, 2025 - July 03, 2025, Elite Americana & Travel with Rare Maps - A PBA Platinum Auction, #841
July 17, 2025 - July 17, 2025, Fine Literature - Beats & The Counterculture, #842
July 31, 2025 - July 31, 2025, Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps, Prints & Views, #843
August 07, 2025 - August 07, 2025, The DC Universe Collection Part 6: Action Comics and More, #3047
August 14, 2025 - August 14, 2025, Fine Press - Fine Bindings - Fine Art & Illustration, #844

  • <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, <i>Z Mého Detství Drevoryty,</i> Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, <i>Negro Anthology,</i> with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, <i>Woman in the Nineteenth Century,</i> 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, <i>A Raisin in the Sun,</i> inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, <i>Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister,</i> 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 38: Anna Sewell, <i>Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse,</i> 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, <i>Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia,</i> signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, <i>To the Lighthouse,</i> first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, <i>Juste Present,</i> deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000. <b>Swann, May 15:</b> Lot 93: Flor Garduño, <i>The Sonnets of Shakespeare,</i> 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<BR>Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> William Blake | <i>Songs of Innocence and of Experience.</i> Sold: 4,320,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD <b><center>Sotheby's<BR>Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.</i> Sold: 1,920,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Machiavelli | <i>Il Principe,</i> a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Leonardo da Vinci | <i>Trattato della pittura,</i> ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Henri Matisse | <i>Jazz,</i> Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • <center><b>Gonnelli<br>Auction 59<br>Antique prints, paintings and maps<br>May 20th 2025</b></center> <b>Gonnelli:</b> Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€ <center><b>Gonnelli<br>Auction 59<br>Antique prints, paintings and maps<br>May 20th 2025</b></center> Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 € <b>Gonnelli:</b> Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€ <center><b>Gonnelli<br>Auction 59<br>Antique prints, paintings and maps<br>May 20th 2025</b></center> <b>Gonnelli:</b> Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€ <center><b>Gonnelli<br>Auction 59<br>Antique prints, paintings and maps<br>May 20th 2025</b></center> <b>Gonnelli:</b> Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€
    Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€
    Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€
    Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€
    Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€
    Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
  • <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>May 14<br>Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration</center></b> <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). <i>Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece,</i> 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000 <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> <i>Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle,</i> by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000 <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Shackleton (Ernest). <i>The Heart of the Antarctic,</i> 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000 <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>May 14<br>Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration</center></b> <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Drayton (Michael). <i>Poly Olbion...,</i> London: 1622. £2,000-3,000 <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). <i>Ouresiphoites Helveticus,</i> 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000 <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Roberts (Henry, after). <i>Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ...,</i> [1784]. £500-800 <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>May 14<br>Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration</center></b> <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> World. Maffei (Giovanni), <i>Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio...,</i> 1589. £1,200-1,500 <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> World. Ortelius (Abraham), <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> [1598]. £2,000-3,000 <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Bible [English]. [<i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New...,</i> 1613]. £2,000-3,000 <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>May 14<br>Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration</center></b> <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Taylor (John). <i>All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet...,</i> 1630. £1,000-1,500 <b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000