• Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Freeman’s | Hindman
    Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
    November 14
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: LEROUX, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. FIRST AM. ED, FIRST ISSUE IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. 1911. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds. L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: ORWELL, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Lon., 1949. FIRST EDITION IN A VERY FINE DUST JACKET. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD. A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans. L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: The Federalist. NY, 1788. FIRST EDITION, THICK PAPER COPY. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: SELBY. Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology. Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.
  • Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE
    Le Neptune Oriental
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    CASSAS
    Eaux fortes de la Sicile et quelques vues d’Espagne
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    CASSINI DE THURY
    Carte générale et particulière de la France.
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    JOUY; GARNERAY
    Vues des côtes de France dans l'Océan et dans la Méditerranée
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LA PÉROUSE
    Voyage autour du monde
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LE GENTIL DE LA GALAISIERE
    Voyage dans les Mers de l’Inde
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LICENT
    Hoang Ho, Pai Ho, Loan Ho, Leao Ho. Itinéraires suivis dans le bassin du golfe du Pei Tcheuly
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    FRENCH SCHOOL FROM THE 19th CENTURY
    Panorama d’Athènes
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    PEETERS
    Description des principales villes, havres et isles du golfe de Venise
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    PÉRON; FREYCINET
    Voyage de découverte aux terres australes
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    STACKELBERG
    La Grèce : vues pittoresques et topographiques.
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    VALENTINER
    Atlas des Sonnensystems.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online Sale:
    The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
    Ending 7th November, 2024
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). The Thirteen Problems, first edition, The Crime Club, 1932. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Dumb Witness, first edition, 1937. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Cards on the Table, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. Drop to his Death, first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Berkeley (Anthony). Jumping Jenny, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions
    Online Sale:
    The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
    Ending 7th November, 2024
    Forum, Nov. 7: Marsh (Ngaio). Overture to Death, first edition, The Crime Club, 1939. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". The Beast Must Die, first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Brand (Christianna). Green for Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author, 1939. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, Gollancz, 1928. £6,000 to £8,000.

Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs, 2684, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 31, 2024 - October 31, 2024
Page Size: 315 items in 13 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
228 IRVING PENN (1917-2009)

Two studies of the model Robert Russell in men's wear for the fall/winter line of Emanuel Ungaro.

1984 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
229 SHEILA METZNER (1939- )

Rosemary McGrotha wearing Barry Kieselstein-Cord bracelets, from Life magazine.

1985 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
230 MICHEL COMTE (1953- )

Carla Bruni.

1996 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
232 CATHLEEN NAUNDORF (1968- )

Flower Power - Fashion shot for Valentino Haute Couture, Summer 2008.

2008 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
233 EUGENE ATGET (1857-1927)

Rue Mouffetard, Paris (Marchand de glaces).

1899 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
234 EUGENE ATGET (1857-1927)

Joueur d'orgue [Organ grinder].

1898-99; printed circa 1960 by Berenice Abbott USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
235 ANNE BRIGMAN (1869-1950)

Father and Child.

1920 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
236 MANUEL ALVAREZ BRAVO (1902-2002)

Figures en el Castillo.

1920s; printed 1990s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
237 BRASSAI (1899-1984)

Pair of Lovers, Place d'Italie, Paris.

Circa 1930; printed 1970s USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
238 ILSE BING (1899-1998)

Four Dancers in the Ballet Errante, Paris.

1933; printed 1985 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
239 JACQUES-HENRI LARTIGUE (1894-1986)

Bibi.

1933; printed 1970s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
240 BILL BRANDT (1904-1983)

Coach Party, Royal Hunt Cup Day, Ascot.

1933; printed mid-1950s USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
241 LISETTE MODEL (1901-1983)

Gambler type, Promenade des Anglais, Nice.

1938 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
242 BILL BRANDT (1904-1983)

Domino Players in a North London Pub.

1935; printed 1970s USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
243 LISETTE MODEL (1901-1983)

Sailor and Girl.

Circa 1940; printed 1979 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
244 W. EUGENE SMITH (1981-1978)

The Walk to Paradise Garden.

1948; printed 1957-65 USD 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 Not Sold
245 EDOUARD BOUBAT (1923-1999)

L'Arbre et la Poule [Tree and Chicken].

1950; printed 1990s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
246 ERNST HAAS (1921-1986)

Silver print, the image measuring 10 1/8 inches (25.7 cm.) square, the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with the Haas Studio stamp with Alexander Haas' signature, the title, print date, edition notation "NE (7)," and printer's credit in pencil, a Haa

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
247 BRUCE DAVIDSON (1933- )

Widow of Montmartre, Madame Fauchet, Paris.

1956; printed 2000s USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
248 WILLY RONIS (1910-2009)

Salle des Pas Perdus, Gare Saint Lazare, Paris.

1955; printed 1960s USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
249 WERNER BISCHOF (1916-1954)

A group of 3 scenes, from the Japan series.

1951 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
250 FAN HO (1931-2016)

The Search.

1960 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
251 MARC RIBOUD (1923-2016)

Beijing, Da Sha La Street.

1965; printed 1980s USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
252 HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)

Couple Kissing, Boulevard Diderot, Paris.

1961; printed circa 1980 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
253 MALICK SIDIBE (1936-2016)

Regardez-moi.

1962; printed 2013 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
  • Doyle
    Stage & Screen
    November 14 & 15
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A studio-sanctioned Darth Vader Touring Costume from The Empire Strikes Back. $50,000 to $100,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: An original Al Hirschfeld's illustration of the cast of On Golden Pond. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: The largest trove of personal Grace Kelly letters to come to market. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: An Important Archive of Musical Manuscripts of Truman Capote and Harold Arlen's House of Flowers. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: The archive of an original Merrily We Roll Along Broadway cast member. $5,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: Jerry Herman's Yamaha Model C7 Ebonized Grand Piano. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A large group of Jerry Herman musical posters. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: Group of awards presented to Jerry Herman. $300 to $400.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: Six pages of original art for "The MAD Game of Basebrawl," a complete story published in MAD #167, pages 31-36, June 1974. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A MAD book made for Al Jaffee, containing original art and writings from many MAD contributors. 2011. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A Jaffee-themed MAD Fold-In - "What honor should the creator of the MAD Fold-Ins be given?" $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: MAD Fold-In - "What developing news story has many Americans totally transfixed?" $800 to $1,200.
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