• 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.

Rossini: Film and Music, 168959, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 25, 2025 - September 25, 2025
Page Size: 296 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Fritz the cat

EUR 5.00 - 10.00 EUR 13.64
2

No roses for OSS 117

EUR 5.00 - 10.00 EUR 6.20
3

Set of three posters: The Caribbean Treasure, directed by Edward Ludwig, based on a story by Ellery H. Clarck, Paramount film with John Payne, Arlene Dahl and Sir Cedrid Hardwicke, Cinemato rue Marsoulan, Paris

EUR 5.00 - 10.00 Not Sold
4

Set of two posters: Duos sur canape, a film by Marc Camoletti with Jean Lefebvre, Bernard Menez, Michel Galabru, Marina Vlady and Lorraine Bracco, Films Moliere et Caa coproduction, UGC distribution, ill. Lynch Guillotin, E. Lalande Courbet WIssous.

EUR 5.00 - 10.00 Not Sold
5

Set of two posters: Angel II la vengence, New World Picture, presented by Davis film, starring Betsy Russel, Rory Calhoun, Robert F. Lyons, Ossie Davies, Susan Tyrrell, produced by Sandy Howard and Keith Rubinstein, written and directed by Robert Vincet

EUR 5.00 - 10.00 Not Sold
6

Lot of two posters: La reine des Barbares with Chelo Alonso and jacques Sernas, film by Sergio Greco, eastmancolor

EUR 5.00 - 10.00 EUR 6.20
7

Lot of five posters: Sugar Colt, Hunt Powers, Soledad Miranda, Julian Rafferty, regie franco Giraldi, technicolor, Techniscope, SE LALANDE COURBET

EUR 5.00 - 10.00 Not Sold
8

Set of four posters: Pouce! a film written and imagined by Guy Bedos, directed by Pierre Badel, with Guy Bedos and Sophie Daumier, brought together by Mag Bodard, Editions Grande avenue

EUR 5.00 - 10.00 Not Sold
9

Set of three posters: La rage au poing, a film by Eric Le Hung with Gilles Chevalier, Francoise Dorner, Tony Gatlif, Patrick Jeantet, Philippe Lavot, Frederic Norbert, Marie-Georges Pascal, Sylvain Rougeie, from a screenplay by T. Gatlif, produced by fil

EUR 5.00 - 10.00 Not Sold
10

Set of four posters: Sugar Colt, Hunt Powers, Soledad Miranda, Julian Rafferty, regie franco Giraldi, technicolor, Techniscope, SE LALANDE COURBET

EUR 5.00 - 10.00 EUR 6.20
11

Set of four posters: La cite des femmes, by fellini, with Marcello MAstroianni, Anna Prucnal, Bernice Stegers, Donatella Damiani, Iole Silvani and Ettore Manni, Landi Gaumont

EUR 5.00 - 10.00 Not Sold
12

Set of four posters: Sugar Colt, Hunt Powers, Soledad Miranda, Julian Rafferty, regie franco Giraldi, technicolor, Techniscope, SE LALANDE COURBET

EUR 5.00 - 10.00 EUR 6.20
13

Set of two posters: Return of the Titans, Universel Export, directed by Michele Lupo with Mark Forest, Giuliano Gemma, Jose Greci, Livio Lorenzon, Mimmo Palmara, SAIPP

EUR 5.00 - 10.00 EUR 6.20
14

Set of two posters: 5% de risque, gaumont, Un film de jean Pourtale avec Pierre Michael, Bruno Ganz, Aurore Clement, Jean Pierre Cassel, Jean Pierre Moulin, Alex Metayer , coproduction unite trois, framo diffusion, Orion Paris Paradise Film Bruxelles SE

EUR 5.00 - 10.00 Not Sold
15

Set of two posters: le grand sabordage, a film by Alian Perisson, based on Rejean Ducharme's novel "Le nez qui voque", with Nathalie Drivet, Pascam Bressy and Luce Guilbault, ill. Bagha, co-produced by Dovidis Marianne Citedis , forbidden under 18.

EUR 5.00 - 10.00 Not Sold
16

Set of four posters: Ukkam Ka Ekka, produced by Harakhghand Shah's, starring Samar Roy, Renu Maket, Shalini, Habib, Hiraa Sawant and Bhagwan, director Ravinda Vyas, music by Robin Banerji, Richier Laugier Paris

EUR 5.00 - 10.00 Not Sold
17

Cinema, set of a dozen film posters. Films: "Moll Flanders", "Just un Gigolo", "Solo pour une blonde", "Un homme marche dans la ville", "Hitler ... connais pas", ...

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 49.60
18

Cinema, set of nine film posters. Films: "Les 3 Mousquetaires", "Mefiez-vous fillettes", "L'important c'est d'aimer", "Moi et les Hommes de 40 ans",...

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 49.60
19

Rare Swedish poster for Pierre Gaspard Huit's 1956 film "La mariee est trop belle", starring Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle, Louis Jourdan, Europa film Skandia Moran

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
20

Rare Swedish poster for Claude Autant Lara's 1958 film "En cas de Malheur", starring Brigitte Bardot, Jean Gabin and Edwige Feuillere.

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
21

Rare Swedish poster for Julien Duvivier's 1959 film "La femme et le Pantin", starring Brigitte Bardot & Antonio Vilar, Europa film Skandia Moran

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
22

Rare Swedish poster for Roger Vadim's 1956 film "Et Dieu ...crea la femme", starring Brigitte Bardot, Europa film Skandia Mora

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
23

Rare Swedish poster for Roger Vadim's 1958 film "Les bijoutiers du clair de Lune", starring Brigitte Bardot, based on Albert Vidalie's novel of the same name,

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
24

Rare poster for the film "babette s'en va-t-en guerre", white background, after Lefor Openo, Christian-Jacque film from 1959, with Brigitte Bardot, Colombia, Imp. henon Paris

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 62.00
25

Rare poster for the film "babette s'en va-t-en guerre", blue background, after Lefor Openo, Christian-Jacque film from 1959, with Brigitte Bardot, Colombia, Imp. henon Paris

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 68.20
  • 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.