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Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, 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, 2025Swann, 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
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November 6, 2025Swann, 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
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November 6, 2025Swann, 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-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000Bonhams, 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 - $40,000Old 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 -
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Auction Details
- Auction Date
- August 26, 2025 - August 26, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Marriage-Love and Woman Amongst the Arabs otherwise entitled The Book of Exposition. (Kitab al-Izah fi'Ilm al-Nikah b-it-Tamam w-al-Kamal). |
Paris | 1896 | Not Available | USD 510.00 | |
| 77 | Group of 15 etchings or wood-engravings. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 120.00 | |
| 78 | Fashion. Group of 9 ORIGINAL watercolor illustrations by an accomplished hand. |
Np | 19th-century | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 79 | Faulkner, William | The Mansion. |
New York | 1959 | Not Available | USD 24.00 |
| 80 | Faulkner, William | Requiem for a Nun. |
New York | 1951 | Not Available | USD 48.00 |
| 81 | Faulkner, William | The Town. |
New York | 1957 | Not Available | USD 36.00 |
| 82 | Fine Press. Collection of over 50 volumes. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 270.00 | |
| 84 | Fitzgerald, F. Scott | The Beautiful and the Damned. |
New York | 1922 | Not Available | USD 330.00 |
| 85 | Fitzgerald, F. Scott | All The Sad Young Men. |
New York | 1926 | Not Available | USD 156.00 |
| 86 | Darwinian chess set. The Earth's evolution in chess. |
American | nd | Not Available | USD 270.00 | |
| 87 | Gay Photography. Group of over 150 male nude and gay erotic photographs inserted into 2 albums. |
American | 1950s-60s | Not Available | USD 780.00 | |
| 88 | Gay Sunshine Press. Group of 7 volumes, as listed below. |
San Francisco | vd | Not Available | USD 840.00 | |
| 89 | Gerard, John | Alpha Beta. |
Np | 2005 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 90 | (Ginsberg, Allen) | The Beat Road. Edited by Arthur and Kit Knight. |
(California, PA | 1984 | Not Available | USD 84.00 |
| 91 | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Translation by Gwyn Jones. |
(London) | 1952 | Not Available | USD 300.00 | |
| 92 | Great Fire in New York. View of the Terrific Explosion at the Great Fire in New York From Broad St. - July 19th 1845. |
New York | 1845 | Not Available | USD 132.00 | |
| 93 | Greely, Adolphus W | Three Years of Arctic Service. An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-94. |
New York | 1886 | Not Available | USD 132.00 |
| 94 | Greene, Graham | The Labyrinthine Ways. |
New York | 1940 | Not Available | USD 48.00 |
| 95 | Haydon, Benjamin Robert | Haydon, Benjamin Robert. Autograph Letter Signed, "B. R. Haydon," |
Np | 1828 | Not Available | USD 48.00 |
| 96 | Esther Scroll (Megillah) in Hebrew. |
Europe | 19th-century | Not Available | USD 420.00 | |
| 97 | Heyward, Dorothy | The Pulitzer Prize Murders. |
New York | 1932 | Not Available | USD 48.00 |
| 98 | Hirschfeld, Al | Hirschfeld. Art and Recollections from Eight Decades. |
New York | 1991 | Not Available | USD 48.00 |
| 99 | Hobbes, Thomas | Hobbes, Thomas. The Moral and Political Works. |
London | 1750 | Not Available | USD 1,200.00 |
| 100 | Lippincott, Gary. | London Celebrates. Original watercolor for an illustration in Marianna Mayer's adaptation of Twain's Prince and the Pauper. |
Np | 1992 | Not Available | USD 168.00 |
| 101 | Lippincott, Gary. | Come One & Come All. Original watercolor adapted from his illustrations in Jane Yolen's Come to the Fairies' Ball. |
Np | Circa 2009 | Not Available | USD 390.00 |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b69c37e7-f18c-4417-b08b-f00e9b97a413.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.")
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cc3f4f98-f195-4049-aca6-329c27fdd27c.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.")