• Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old 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 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
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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.

Doyle New York: Photographs - Contemporary Fine Art, 9068, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 24, 2025 - September 24, 2025
Page Size: 111 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

AMBROTYPE. An unusual Ambrotype of a fireman in a spectacular case

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 384.00
2 COBURN, ALVIN LANGDON (1882-1966)

Alvin Langdon Coburn St. Paul's from the River Thames, 1909

1909 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 512.00
3 CURTIS, EDWARD SHERRIF (1868-1952)

Edward Sherrif Curtis, three folio photogravures from the North American Indian Portfolio.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 544.00
4 CURTIS, EDWARD SHERRIF (1868-1952)

Seven original Edward Curtis photogravures

1907-1930. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,280.00
5 EASTERLY, THOMAS M. (1809-1882)

Thomas M. Easterly, daguerreotype of a young girl

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,480.00
6 CAMERON, JULIA MARGARET (1815-1879)

Julia Margaret Cameron, Mrs. Herbert Duckworth 1865

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,176.00
7

Feet in all their splendor

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 384.00
8 LARTIGUE, JACQUES-HENRI (1894-1986)

Jacques Henri Lartique, Bichonnade, 1905

1905, likely printed 1980s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,024.00
9 MUYBRIDGE, EADWEARD (1830-1904)

Eadweard Muybridge, [Lion], plate 721 from Animal Locomotion 1887

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 512.00
10 REJLANDER, OSCAR GUSTAVE (1813-1875)

Two images by Oscar Gustave Rejlander

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 256.00
11 SOUTHWORTH ALBERT SANDS AND HAWES, JOSIAH JOHNSON

Southworth and Hawes, Robert Charles Winthrop, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, circa

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,792.00
12 RINEHART, FRANK A. (1861-1928)

Frank A. Rinehart, group of four vintage platinum prints

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,216.00
13 SHERMAN, AUGUSTUS FREDERICK (1865-1925)

Augustus Frederick Sherman's portraits of immigrants on Ellis Island

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
14 [LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]

Two important photobooks from the Limited Editions Club

1990 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 768.00
15 ABBOTT, BERENICE (1898-1991)

Berenice Abbott, Newsstand, East 32nd Street and Third Avenue, Manhattan, 1935

1935, printed 1970s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,880.00
16 ABBOTT, BERENICE (1898-1991)

Berenice Abbott, Fifth Avenue Row Houses, Manhattan, 1936

1936, printed later. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,432.00
17 ABBOTT, BERENICE (1898-1991)

Bernice Abbott, James Joyce, [1928]

[1928] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,408.00
18 ADAMS, ANSEL (1902-1984)

Ansel Adams, Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite Valley, California, 1944

1944, likely printed 1960s. USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 28,160.00
19 AVEDON, RICHARD (1923-2004)

Richard Avedon, Francine du Plessix Gray, 1976

1976, likely printed 1970s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
20 ATGET, EUGENE (1857-1927)

Eugene Atget, Balcon et Portail, 97 rue du Bae, Paris, circa 1890

circa 1890. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,792.00
21 BOOTH, ALVIN (b. 1959)

Four works by Alvin Booth

1996-2000, probably printed same. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 640.00
22 BURCKHARDT, RUDY (1914-1999)

Rudy Burckhardt, View of the Empire State Building, 1945

1945, printed 1980s? USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 640.00
23 BURCKHARDT, RUDY (1914-1999)

Rudy Burckhardt, Red Rock Cola, Alabama, 1948

1948, printed 1970s or earlier? USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 448.00
24 CAPONIGRO, PAUL (b. 1932)

Paul Caponigno, Woods, Redding, Connecticut, 1968

1968, printed later. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,160.00
25 CAPONIGRO, PAUL (b. 1932)

Paul Caponigro, Fog and Trees, Redding, 1968

1968, printed 1992. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
  • Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.
    Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.
  • Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300.