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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.
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Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’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.
Potter and Potter Auctions: The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes Part IV, 1222, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 25, 2025 - October 25, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 179 | MILLER, Jo | [BINDING]. The Family Jo Miller: A Drawing Room Jest Book |
London | 1848 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 180 | BLITZ, Signor (Antonio Van Zandt, 1810 - 1877) | Fifty Years in the Magic Circle |
San Francisco | 1871 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 181 | [BLOW BOOKS]. Group of 5 Volumes |
V.p. (English and German) | v.d. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 240.00 | |
| 182 | BODIE, Albert Edward (1889 - 1915) | How to Become a Wizard: Introducing Up-to-date Tricks and Illusions |
London and Macduff | ca. 1907 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,080.00 |
| 183 | BODIE, Dr. Walford | Two Bodie Books |
London | 1907 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 184 | [BOOKLETS]. Group of 13 Magic Booklets and Pamphlets |
American and British | late 19th to mid-20th century | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 150.00 | |
| 185 | BOWMAN, Stan | Four Abracadabra Indexes |
Ipswich | 1953 -- 57 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 96.00 |
| 186 | BRADDON, Russell (1921 -- 1995) | The Piddingtons |
London | 1950 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 187 | BUCKLEY, Arthur (1890 - 1953) | More Power! |
Sydney | ca. early 20th century | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 188 | CAGLIOSTRO, Count Alessandro di (Italian, 1743-1795) | Corrispondenza Segreta Sulla Vita Pubblica, E Privata Del Conte di Cagliostro |
Venice | 1791 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 450.00 |
| 189 | [CAULFIELD, James] | The Lives and Portraits of Remarkable Characters |
London | 1820 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 190 | [CHAPBOOKS -- MAGIC]. Eight Instructional Magic Chapbooks |
(ca. 1900) | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 300.00 | ||
| 191 | GIMCRACKIANA, Godfrey (pseudo) | [CHAPBOOKS]. Group of 3. Including: The Comical Budget of Fun and Frolic |
Derby | ca. 1840s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 192 | CHARVET, David (b. 1961) | Alexander the Man Who Knows |
Pasadena | 2007 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 193 | CHAVEZ, Marian | Chavez Studio of Magic |
Los Angeles [?] | 1983 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 194 | [CHUNG LING SOO (William E. Robinson), his copy] | CAROLY. Tours de Cartes faciles pour Jeunes gens |
Paris | n.d. (ca. 1910s) | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 195 | DUCRET, Etienne | [CHUNG LING SOO (William E. Robinson), his copy]. Recreations Mathematiques |
Paris | (ca. 1870s) | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 196 | TOOLE STOTT, Raymond (1910 -- 1982) | [CIRCUS-BIBLIOGRAPHIES]. Circus and Allied Arts: A World Bibliography, 1500-1982 |
Derby | 1958-71 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 197 | CITRON, Gabriel | The Houdini-Price Correspondence |
London | 1998 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 198 | CLARKE, Sidney W. (1864 -- 1940) | The Annals of Conjuring |
Seattle | 2001 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 199 | COMTE, M. | Manuel Complet des Sorciers, ou La Magie Blanche |
Paris | n.d. (ca. 1836) | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 |
| 200 | [DANIELS, Paul (1938 -- 2016)] | Under No Illusion - My Autobiography |
London | 2000 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 510.00 |
| 201 | DAWES, Edwin A. (1925-2023) | Charles Bertram: The Court Conjurer |
Washington | 1997 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 202 | DAWES, Edwin and Michael Bailey (eds.) | Circle Without End |
London | -2005 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 840.00 |
| 203 | David Nixon | DAWES, Edwin and Stephen Short. Entertainer with the Magic Touch |
(West Yorkshire) | -2009 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 330.00 |