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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
Autographs
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
Autographs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152 | [Phillips, Edward] | The New World of Words: or, A Universal English Dictionary. |
London | 1696 | Not Available | USD 360.00 |
| 153 | Photographs. Collection of over 60 original angling photographs. |
Mostly American | 1930s-60s | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 154 | Photographs. Collection of over 40 original hunting photographs. |
Mostly American | 1940s-60s | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 155 | Photography. Album of about 200 inserted photographs. |
Hawaii | 1946-48 | Not Available | USD 84.00 | |
| 156 | Boas, Gary Lee. | New York Sex. |
(Paris | 2003) | Not Available | USD 108.00 |
| 157 | Afanador, Ruven. | Torero. Poems by Gloria Maria Pardo Vargas. |
(Zurich and New York | 2001) | Not Available | USD 96.00 |
| 158 | Alair Gommes. | Reproductions of Gommes' photographs. |
(Paris | 2001) | Not Available | USD 48.00 |
| 159 | Sander, August. | Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts. |
Koln | 2010 | Not Available | USD 60.00 |
| 160 | Photography. Group of 6 volumes, as listed below. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 390.00 | |
| 161 | Pitts, J. Martin | Twenty-Four Nudes. Linocuts by Pitts. |
(London) | 1985 | Not Available | USD 96.00 |
| 162 | Jack the Giant Killer. |
New York | 1932 | Not Available | USD 72.00 | |
| 163 | Postal History. Group of 18 letters. |
American | 19th-century | Not Available | USD 360.00 | |
| 164 | Posters. Group of 3, as listed below. |
American | 1914-18 | Not Available | USD 72.00 | |
| 165 | Posters. Group of 6, as listed below. |
American | 1914-18 | Not Available | USD 72.00 | |
| 166 | Posters. Group of 3, as listed below. |
American | 1914-18 | Not Available | USD 48.00 | |
| 167 | Posters. Group of 4, as listed below. |
Vp | 1940s | Not Available | USD 96.00 | |
| 168 | Priestley, Joseph | A General View of The Arguments for the Unity of God; and against the Divinity and Pre-Existence of Christ...24 pages. |
Philadelphia | 1794 | Not Available | USD 36.00 |
| 171 | Sewel, William. | Die Geschichte von dem Ursprung, Zunehmen und Fortgang des ... |
Jena | 1742 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 172 | Russian Peridicals |
Vp | 1774 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 173 | Group of 7 theological pamphlets, bound in 1 volume. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 156.00 | |
| 174 | Savage, James | The History of the Castle and Parish of Wressle, in the East Riding of the County of York. |
London | 1805 | Not Available | USD 48.00 |
| 175 | Schwartz, Aubrey | Mothers & Children. |
Not Available | USD 360.00 | ||
| 176 | Seutter, Mattaeus | Die Churfurstliche Haubt und Residenz Stadt Munchen. |
Munich | 1730s | Not Available | USD 192.00 |
| 177 | Shelley, Percy Bysshe | A Una Alondra/To A Skylark. Spanish Translation by Miguel Alfredo Olivera. |
(Buenos Ayres | 1972 | Not Available | USD 60.00 |
| 178 | Siam Manuscript | Medical manuscript [phaets?t]. |
Thailand | 19th-century | Not Available | USD 180.00 |
![<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.")