• 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.
  • 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

Potter and Potter Auctions: Cabinet of Curiosities, 1214, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 27, 2025 - September 27, 2025
Page Size: 242 items in 10 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
294 BROWNE, Malcolm (1931-2012)

"The Burning Monk," Press Photograph of Buddhist Monk, Thich Quang Duc Self-Immolating in Saigon in June, 1963

[November 15, 1963] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,125.00
295 LOVERA, Hector Rondon (1933-1984)

"Aid from the Padre," Press Photograph of a Navy Chaplain Administering Last Rites to a Wounded Soldier in the Venezuelan Two-Day Revolt

[Venezuela] [June 4, 1962] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
296 UT, Nick (aka UT, Huynh Cong, b. 1951)

"Napalm Girl," Press Photograph of One of the Most Famous Images from the Vietnam War

[June 8, 1972] USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
297

[OUTLAWS MOTORCYCLE GANG]. Daytona Beach 50th Anniversary Bike Week 1991 Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Intelligence Bulletin, with Numerous Mugshots

[Washington, D. C.] [ca. 1991] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 218.75
298

[MUGSHOTS]. Album of California mugshots

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 406.25
299 WOOLDRIDGE, Clifton (1854-1933)

Vampires Exposed, or Ferreting Out the Woman Grafters

Chicago [1918] USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 500.00
300

Robbers / Mass Meeting To-Night

Chicago 1900 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 187.50
301 BURNHAM, G.P.

Memoirs of the United States Secret Service

Boston 1872 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 187.50
302

Charles Manson Pair of Signed Polaroid Photographs

Corcoran 2006 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,000.00
303 SIMPSON, O.J. (Orenthal James Simpson)

[TRUE CRIME]. I Want to Tell You: My Response to Your Letters, Your Messages, Your Questions

1995 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 281.25
304 MANSON, Charles (1934-2017)

[TRUE CRIME]. Charles Manson Candid Photographs

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 343.75
312 [HARRYHAUSEN, Ray (1920-2013)]

Pair of Signed Movie Stills from "Jason and the Argonauts"

[Hollywood] 1963 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 500.00
336

Bone Gumball Machine

Circa 1980s USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
344

Group of Nearly 30 NASA Glass Slides of the Sun and Moon, Plus 9 Astronomical Negatives

[ca. 20th century] USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
350

Nothing Available sign

Circa 1950s USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 343.75
354

[HOBOS]. The Hobo News

New York 1937 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
355

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate ambrotype of a musician with horn

19th century USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
356

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate tintype of a policeman

19th century USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
357

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Whole plate Niagara Falls ambrotype and ephemera

19th century USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,062.50
358

[CIVIL WAR -- PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate Civil War ambrotype

Circa 1860s USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
359

[CIVIL WAR -- PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate double portrait, with identification. Seated portraits of a husband and wife, Union case, the man identified by a slip of paper originally tucked in the case: "Sgt. Tilman from Albany N.Y./Daddy's friend and comrade

USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 343.75
360

[MODELING]. Approximately 50 photographs of Boston "Hart Girls"

Boston ca. 1950s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
361

Group of 12 Assorted Tintypes

[N.p.] [ca. 19th century] USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 75.00
362

Group of 18 Photographs or CDVs Plus 16 Postcards of Various Subjects

[V.p.] [ca. 19th -- 20th centuries] USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 100.00
366 LYONS, Arthur (1946 -- 2008)

Group of over 30 titles

V.p. ca. 1970s-80s USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
  • 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.
  • 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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