• 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.

Heritage Auctions: Depth of Field: Photographs Showcase Auction, 14228, Dallas

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 10, 2025 - September 10, 2025
Page Size: 192 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
38001 Berenice Abbott (American, 1898-1991)

Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery Between Grand and Hester Streets, October 24, 1935

1935, printed later USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,000.00
38002 Arthur Rothstein (American, 1915-1985)

Walter Latta, 1939

1939, printed later USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 149.00
38003 Toni Frissell (American, 1907-1988)

For Harper's Bazaar, 1949

1949, printed later USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 229.00
38004 Ben Shahn (American, 1898-1969)

Family on Relief Near Urbana, Ohio, 1938

1938, printed later USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 149.00
38005 Marion Post Wolcott (American, 1910-1990)

One of the Wilkins Family Making Biscuits, 1939

1939, printed later USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 275.00
38006 John Vachon (American, 1914-1975)

Meeker County, Minnesota, 1942

1942, printed later USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 149.00
38007 Tim N. Gidal (German, 1909-1996)

Shtetl I and II (12 works), 1932

1932, printed later USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,125.00
38008 Joe Schwartz (American, 1913-2013)

Street Cleaner, Bronx, New York, 1940s

1940s, printed later USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 149.00
38009 Lewis Wickes Hine (American, 1874-1940) et al.

Group of 4 Railroad photographs, circa 1920s

circa1920s, printed later, printed later USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 149.00
38010 Dorothea Lange (American, 1895-1965)

Family on the Road, Oklahoma, 1938

1938, printed later USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 149.00
38011 Emil Otto Hoppe (British, 1878-1972)

Group of 12 Photographs (from Studies of the Russian Ballet), 1913

1913 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 687.50
38012 Unknown Photographer (20th Century)

Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Grandy and Miss Elsa Dietz on a 23-Day Road Trip to California, 1939

1939 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 204.00
38013 Francis Frith (British, 1822-1898)

Pyramids of Saqqara from the Northeast, 1858

1858, printed in 1979 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 179.00
38014 Francis Frith (British, 1822-1898)

The Pyramids of El-Geezeh, 1857

1857, printed in 1979 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 149.00
38015 Unknown Photographer (American, 20th Century)

Indian Chief, circa 1920

circa1920, printed later USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
38016 Edward Sheriff Curtis (American, 1868-1952)

Group of 3

1903-1912, two printed circa 1970s USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 350.00
38017 Mole & Thomas (American, 1889-1983)

The Living Uncle Sam, 1919

1919 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 600.00
38018 Mole & Thomas (American, 1889-1983)

Living Insignia of the Twenty-Seventh Division "New York's Own", 1918-1919

1918-1919 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
38019 Mole & Thomas (American, 1889-1983)

YMCA, circa 1920

circa1920 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
38020 Margaret Bourke-White (American, 1904-1971)

Twelve Soviet Photo-Prints, 1930-1932

1930-1932, printed 1934, printed 1934 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 500.00
38021 Unknown Photographer (20th Century)

Empire State Building Worker over the New York Skyline, 1930

1930 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,062.50
38022 John Ahern (British, 1900-2000)

Steam, King's Cross, 1937

1937 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 149.00
38023 Joe Rosenthal (American, 1911-2006)

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, 1945

1945, printed later USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 750.00
38024 Lewis Wickes Hine (American, 1874-1940)

et al. Group of 4 photographs, circa 1920s

circa1920s, printed later USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 149.00
38025 Weegee (American, 1899-1968)

Emmett Kelly as Weary Willie, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Madison Square Garden, New York, 1943

1943, printed later USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,187.50
  • 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.