• 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
279 CONSUELO KANAGA (1894-1978)

The Camellia.

1927; printed 1960s USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
280 EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958)

Pepper (2P).

1929; printed 1950s or before 1958 by Cole Weston USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
281 WILLY RONIS (1910-2009)

Photogram.

Circa 1930s USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
282 EDWARD QUIGLEY (1898-1977)

Palm tree abstraction.

1932 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
283 ALMA LAVENSON (1897-1989)

Eucalyptus Leaves.

1933; printed 1987 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
284 WERNER ROHDE (1906-1990)

Broken Wax Head.

1934 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
285 FLORENCE HENRI (1893-1982)

Nature morte.

1936; printed 1975 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
286 CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN (1905-1985)

The House of the Past.

1948 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
287 CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN (1905-1985)

Lost Paradise for Dead Birds - No. 1.

1951; printed before 1969 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
288 WYNN BULLOCK (1902-1975)

Lynne, Logs, and Doll.

1958 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
289 RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD (1925-1972)

Untitled.

Circa 1961 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
290 MINOR WHITE (1908-1976)

Miner's Shack, Bodie, California.

1964 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
291 MINOR WHITE (1908-1976)

Beginnings, Frosted Window, Rochester, New York.

1962 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
292 PAUL CAPONIGRO (1932- )

Two Sunflowers, Winthrop, MA.

1965 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
293 ADOLF VOIGT & HANS GIEBLER (active 1950s-2000s)

An elegant series of 15 detailed photographs of the moon's surface on 5 panels, depicting waning crescents of the lunar phases.

1964-69 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 Not Sold
294 Lunar Surveyor Mosaic: Day 164, Survey E, Sector 6,5. 1966-68.

Lunar Surveyor Mosaic: Day 164, Survey E, Sector 6,5.

1966-68 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
295 JERRY UELSMANN (1934-2022)

Apocalypse II.

1967; printed 1980s USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
296 JERRY UELSMANN (1934-2022)

Small Woods Where I Met Myself (final version).

1967; printed 1970s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
297 JERRY UELSMANN (1934-2022)

Untitled (Self-portrait in shadow).

1971 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
298 GYORGY KEPES (1906-2001)

Untitled photogram.

1979 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
299 JOHN DUGDALE (1960- )

Platinum print, the image measuring 14x111/4 inches (35.6x28.6 cm.), the sheet 24x21 inches (61x53.3 cm.), with Dugdale's signature, title, date, and edition notation 3/18 in pencil on recto.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
300 CARRIE MAE WEEMS (1953- )

Untitled, from the Africa Series.

1993; printed 1997 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
301 KENRO IZU (1949- )

Still Life #603.

1997; printed 1998 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
302 ARTHUR SIEGEL (1913-1978)

Untitled (window reflection).

1951 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
303 HAROLD EDGERTON (1903-1990)

Milk Drop Coronet.

1957; printed 1970s USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 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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