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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.
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.

Heritage Auctions: Autumn Hong Kong World Paper Money Showcase Auction, 64189, Dallas

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 04, 2025 - October 04, 2025

Page Size: 303 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
96001	Bangladesh Peoples Republic 1 Taka ND (1973) Pick 6s Specimen PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.	ND(1973)	Not Available	USD 240.00
96002	Bangladesh Bangladesh Bank 10 Taka ND (1972) Pick 11as Specimen PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.	ND(1972)	Not Available	USD 240.00
96003	Bangladesh Bangladesh Bank 100 Taka ND (1972) Pick 12as Specimen PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.	ND(1972)	Not Available	USD 408.00
96004	Bangladesh Bangladesh Bank 100 Taka ND (1976) Pick 18s Specimen PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.	ND(1976)	Not Available	USD 312.00
96005	Bangladesh Bangladesh Bank 50 Taka ND (1979) Pick 23s Specimen PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.	ND(1979)	Not Available	USD 240.00
96006	Bangladesh Bangladesh Bank 100 Taka ND (1977) Pick 24s Specimen PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.	ND(1977)	Not Available	USD 264.00
96007	Burma Reserve Bank of India 5; 10 Rupees ND (1938) Pick 4; 5 Two Examples PCGS Extremely Fine 40; PMG Choice About Uncirculated 58.	ND(1938)	Not Available	USD 288.00
96008	Burma State Bank 100 Kyats ND (1944) Pick 21s1 Specimen PMG About Uncirculated 53. Malaya Board of Commissioners of Currency 5 Dollars 1.7.1941 Pick 12 KNB12 PMG Choice Very Fine 35.	ND(1944)	Not Available	USD 372.00
96009	Ceylon Government of Ceylon 10 Rupees 10.11.1938 Pick 25b PMG Very Fine 30.	1938	Not Available	USD 432.00
96010	Ceylon Central Bank of Ceylon 100 Rupees 26.10.1970 Pick 78as Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.	1970	Not Available	USD 408.00
96011	China General Bank of Communications, Canton 1 Dollar 1.3.1909 Pick A14c S/M#C126-1a PMG About Uncirculated 53.	1909	Not Available	USD 960.00
96012	China General Bank of Communications, Canton 5 Dollars 1.3.1909 Pick A15br S/M#C126 Remainder PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.	1909	Not Available	USD 1,560.00
96013	China Ta Ch'Ing Government Bank, Hankow 10 Dollars 1.9.1906 Pick A65a S/M#T10-3a Fine.	1906	Not Available	USD 750.00
96014	China Commercial Bank of China 1 Tael 1920 Pick A134s1 S/M#C293-30 Front Specimen PMG About Uncirculated 50.	1920	Not Available	USD 384.00
96015	China Bank of China 10 Dollars Oct. 1930 Pick 69 S/M#C294-172 PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45. China Shantung Min Sheng Bank 10 Yuan 1943 Pick S2774 S/M#S45 PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45.	1930	Not Available	USD 94.00
96016	China Bank of China 1; 5 Yuan 1935 Pick 74a; 77a Two Examples PMG About Uncirculated 55; Choice About Unc 58.	1935	Not Available	USD 99.00
96017	China Bank of China 10 Yuan Jan. 1935 Pick 75 S/M#C294-204 PMG About Uncirculated 55.	1935	Not Available	USD 408.00
96018	China Bank of China 10 Cents 1941 Pick 89s1; 89s2 S/M#C294-250 Front and Back Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 (2). China People's Republic 2 Yuan 1953 Pick 867 S/M#C283-11 PMG Very Fine 30.	1941	Not Available	USD 312.00
96019	China Bank of China 5 Yuan 1941 Pick 93 S/M#C294-262 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64.	1941	Not Available	USD 456.00
96020	China Bank of China, People's Republic 5; 500 Yuan (1942-56) Pick 99; 872 Two Examples PMG Choice Very Fine 35 (2).	1942-56)	Not Available	USD 264.00
96021	China Bank of Communications 1 Choh (Chiao) ND (1914) Pick 113g S/M#C126-51 PMG Extremely Fine 40.	ND(1914)	Not Available	USD 432.00
96022	China Bank of Communications 2 Choh (Chiao) ND (1914) Pick 114f S/M#C126-52b PMG About Uncirculated 53.	ND(1914)	Not Available	USD 432.00
96023	China Bank of Communications 25 Yuan 1941 Pick 160 S/M#C126-260 PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45.	1941	Not Available	USD 240.00
96024	China Central Bank of China 1 Dollar 1923 Pick 171c PMG Fine 12.	1923	Not Available	USD 180.00
96025	China Central Bank of China 1 Dollar 1923 Pick 171d PMG Very Fine 25.	1923	Not Available	USD 384.00

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
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.
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