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Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950 -
University Archives
Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
Now through Nov. 19University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA AuthenticationUniversity Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002University Archives
Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
Now through Nov. 19University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly ImportantUniversity Archives
Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
Now through Nov. 19University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Solider Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected CavalrymanUniversity Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert ZarelliUniversity Archives
Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
Now through Nov. 19University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie RodellUniversity Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest KnownUniversity Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic -
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Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.
Christies: Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana, 23736, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 16, 2025 - October 16, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106--43 B.C) | Epistolae ad familiares |
Venice | [before 18 September] 1469 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 107,950.00 |
| 2 | CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106--43 B.C.) | Orationes |
Venice | [not after 9 November] 1471 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 60,960.00 |
| 3 | CICERO, Marcus Tullius [pseudo-] | Rhetorica ad C. Herennium and De inventione |
Venice | 8 July 1496 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,715.00 |
| 4 | Compiled by Guillelmus Gallici, Guillelmus Horborch and Bonaguida Cremonensis | ROTA ROMANA -- Decisiones Rotae Romanae |
Rome | 20 November 1472 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 5 | Gaius Caecilius (61--c.113) | Epistolae |
[Rome] | [not after 1 June 1474] | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 19,050.00 |
| 6 | JACOBUS DE VORAGINE (c.1230--1298) | The Golden Legend, sive Lombardica historia |
[Basel] | [not after 1472] | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
| 7 | JACOBUS DE VORAGINE (c. 1230-1298) | The Golden Legend |
Cologne | 1485 | USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 27,940.00 |
| 8 | AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (354--430) | De civitate Dei |
Venice | 2 October 1475 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 24,130.00 |
| 9 | PHILIPPUS DE BERGAMO (d. c.1380) | [CATO, pseudo-]. Disticha de moribus |
Augsburg | 2 November 1475 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 24,130.00 |
| 10 | CATO, Dionysius (c.3rd-4th centuries C.E.) | Cato's Distichs |
[Westminster] | [after 23 December 1483] | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 190,500.00 |
| 11 | ARISTOTELES (384--322 B.C.) | De animalibus |
Venice | 1476 | USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | USD 279,400.00 |
| 12 | DIODORUS SICULUS (fl. 1st century B.C.) | Bibliothecae historicae libri VI |
Venice | 31 January 1476/77 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 |
| 13 | DIODORUS SICULUS (fl. 1st century B.C.) | Bibliothecae historicae libri VI |
Venice | 25 November 1481 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
| 14 | PLUTARCHUS (c.45--c.120) | Problemata |
[Venice] | [c.1477] | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 15 | QUINTILIANUS, Marcus Fabius (c.35--c.100) | Institutiones oratoriae |
[Venice] | [c.1480] | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 |
| 16 | LANDINUS, Christophoros (1424-1498) | Disputationum Camaldulensium libri IV |
[Florence] | [about 1480] | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 |
| 17 | BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS (fl. 1230--1250) | De proprietatibus rerum |
Cologne | 1481 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
| 18 | PIUS II, Pont. Max. (1405--1464) [as Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini] | Abbreviatio supra Decades Blondi |
[Rome] | 1481 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 12,065.00 |
| 19 | MELA, Pomponius (fl. 37-42 A.D.) | Cosmographia, sive de situ orbis |
Venice | 18 July 1482 | USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 | USD 27,940.00 |
| 20 | Gesta Romanorum -- Gesta Romanorum |
[Strasbourg] | [c.1484] | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 | |
| 21 | TACITUS, Gaius Cornelius (c.56--c.117) | Opera |
[Milan] | [c.1487] | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 57,150.00 |
| 22 | PROPERTIUS, Sextus Aurelius (c.55/43--after 15 B.C.) | Elegiae |
Venice | 1 February 1488 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 23 | JACOBUS PHILIPPUS DE BERGAMO (1434--1520) | Supplementum chronicarum |
Venice | 15 May 1490 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 22,860.00 |
| 24 | SCHEDEL, Hartmann (1440--1514) | Liber chronicarum |
Nuremberg | 12 July 1493 | USD 28,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 48,260.00 |
| 25 | LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus (?96-55 B.C.) | De rerum natura |
Venice | 4 September 1495 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 |