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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.
  • 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.

Heritage Auctions: Tuesday US Currency Select Auction, 142539, Dallas

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 23, 2025 - September 23, 2025
Page Size: 460 items in 19 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
84001

Georgia 1776 $1/2 Very Fine.

1776 USD 140.00 - 210.00 USD 444.00
84002

Maryland April 10, 1774 $2/9 Fine-Very Fine.

1774 USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 144.00
84003

Massachusetts 1779 5s Very Good.

1779 USD 220.00 - 330.00 USD 312.00
84004

New Jersey November 20, 1757. 15s About Good; 30s Good.

1757 USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 149.00
84005

New Jersey January 9, 1781 1s New.

1781 USD 320.00 - 480.00 USD 264.00
84006

New York, NY- New York Manufacturing Society 1 Penny June 22, 1790 Harris 23 PMG Very Fine 30.

1790 USD 320.00 - 480.00 USD 252.00
84007

North Carolina July 14, 1760 20s Two Examples Very Good.

1760 USD 160.00 - 240.00 USD 216.00
84008

First Issue Fractional Quintet. Fr. 1229 5C/ Very Fine; Fr. 1230 5C/ About New; Fr. 1230 5C/ Very Fine; Fr. 1243 10C/ Very Fine; Fr. 1281 25C/ PCGS Apparent Very Fine 30.

USD 160.00 - 240.00 USD 228.00
84009

Fr. 1230 5C/ First Issue Two Examples Very Fine; Fr. 1231 5C/ First Issue Very Fine; Fr. 1242 10C/ First Issue Fine; Fr. 1281 25C/ First Issue Two Examples Very Fine; Fr. 1311 50C/ First Issue Very Fine.

USD 160.00 - 240.00 USD 312.00
84010

Fr. 1232 5C/ Second Issue Uncut Horizontal Strip of Five PMG About Uncirculated 55 EPQ.

USD 160.00 - 240.00 USD 288.00
84011

Fr. 1232 5C/ Second Issue Very Fine; Fr. 1233 5C/ Second Issue Two Examples Very Fine or Better; Fr. 1245 10C/ Second Issue Extremely Fine; Fr. 1317 50C/ Second Issue Very Fine.

USD 160.00 - 240.00 USD 192.00
84012

Fr. 1226 3C/ Third Issue Five Examples Very Good or Better; Fr. 1227 3C/ Third Issue Very Good; Fr. 1238 5C/ Third Issue Fine; Fr. 1255 10C/ Third Issue Two Examples Fine or Better; Fr. 1294 25C/ Third Issue Fine; Fr. 1295 25C/ Third Issue Fine; Fr. 1300

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 336.00
84013

Fr. 1291 25C/ Third Issue Extremely Fine; Fr. 1376 50C/ Fourth Issue Stanton Very Fine; Fr. 1381 50C/ Fifth Issue About New.

USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 192.00
84014

Fr. 1257 10C/ Fourth Issue Fine; Fr. 1265 10C/ Fifth Issue Very Fine; Fr. 1307 25C/ Fourth Issue Fine; Fr. 1309 25C/ Fifth Issue Two Examples Fine; Fr. 1376 50C/ Fourth Issue Stanton Fine; Fr. 1381 50C/ Fifth Issue Fine.

USD 140.00 - 210.00 USD 240.00
84015

"CSA" Watermarked Paper Two Half Sheets As Used for Fractional Specimen Notes Very Fine-Extremely Fine.

USD 160.00 - 240.00 USD 186.00
84016

T13 $100 1861 Very Good-Fine; T14 $50 1861 Fine; T18 $20 1861 Fine; T20 $20 1861 Fine.

1861 USD 140.00 - 210.00 USD 192.00
84017

CT31/245 Counterfeit $5 1861 Very Fine-Extremely Fine; CT22/152D Counterfeit $10 1861 Fine; CT19/137 Counterfeit $20 1861 Good.

1861 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 159.00
84018

T39 $100 1862 PF-5 (2) Cr. 290; Cr. 291 Extremely Fine; Very Fine.

1862 USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 154.00
84019

T40 $100 1862 PF-1 Cr. 300 Very Fine; T41 $100 1862 PF-5 Cr. 315 Fine-Very Fine.

1862 USD 140.00 - 210.00 USD 180.00
84020

T40 $100 1862 PF-3 Cr. 302 Fine-Very Fine; T41 $100 1862 PF-25 Cr. 318A Fine.

1862 USD 160.00 - 240.00 USD 169.00
84021

T41 $100 1862 PF-25 Cr. 318A Choice About Uncirculated; T67 $20 1864 PF-10 Cr. 510 very Good-Fine; Baton Rouge, LA- State of Louisiana $5 Oct. 10, 1862 Cr. 10 Fine-Very Fine; Shreveport, LA- State of Louisiana $50 Mar. 10, 1863 Cr. 12 Fine-Very Fine.

1862 USD 180.00 - 270.00 USD 198.00
84022

T58 $20 1863 PF-29 Cr. 428 Fine-Very Fine; T59 $10 1863 PF-19 Cr. 442 Very Fine; T65 $100 1864 PF-2 Cr. 493 Very Fine.

1863 USD 140.00 - 210.00 USD 169.00
84023

T63 50 Cents 1863 Very Good; T65 $100 1864 Very Fine; T66 $50 1864 Very Fine; T67 $20 1864 Two Examples Fine-Very Fine; T68 $10 1864 Two Examples Fine or Better; T69 $5 1864 Two Examples Fine or Better.

1863 USD 160.00 - 240.00 USD 228.00
84024

T66 $50 1864 Fancy Serial Number 56566 PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.

1864 USD 160.00 - 240.00 USD 420.00
84025

T67 $20 1864 Solid Serial Number 88888 PMG Very Fine 25.

1864 USD 160.00 - 240.00 USD 228.00
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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