Auction House Details

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.
Who do I contact if I have questions?
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

July 17, 2025 - July 17, 2025, Fine Literature - Beats & The Counterculture, #842
July 31, 2025 - July 31, 2025, Americana with Zamorano 80 - Travel & Exploration - Maps & 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
August 28, 2025 - August 28, 2025, History of Science - Illustrated Publisher's Bindings from the Morris-Levin Collection - Miniature Books - Children's Literature, #845
September 11, 2025 - September 11, 2025, The Photography Book Collection of Terry Etherton, #846
September 25, 2025 - September 25, 2025, Rare Books & Manuscripts - A PBA Platinum Auction, #847
October 02, 2025 - October 02, 2025, Books in All Fields with Literature, Americana, Maps, Antiquarian, Photographs, Art - Timed Online, #2064
October 09, 2025 - October 09, 2025, Fine Literature: With the Dr. Richard R. Rutter Collection of Oz - Mystery & Sci-Fi - Counterculture & The Beats, #848
October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025, Americana - Z80 - Travel & Exploration - World History - Maps & Views, #849
November 06, 2025 - November 06, 2025, Rare Books, Manuscripts and More! A PBA Platinum Sale, #850
November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025, Rare & Antiquarian Books, #851
December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025, Fine Literature with the Counterculture & the Residents, #852
December 11, 2025 - December 11, 2025, PBA Comics, #3049
December 18, 2025 - December 18, 2025, Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Maps & Views, #853

  • Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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  • Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000