• 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
  • University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
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    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Solider Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic
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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.

Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers: Important Numismatic Literature, 174, Gahanna

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 04, 2025 - October 04, 2025
Page Size: 499 items in 20 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Arbuthnot, John

TABLES OF ANTIENT COINS, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES, EXPLAINED AND EXEMPLIFIED IN SEVERAL DISSERTATIONS...

London 1754 USD 300.00 - 300.00 USD 330.00
2

[Ars Classica IV]. Naville et Cie. IV. MONNAIES GRECQUES ANTIQUES PROVENANT DES COLLECTIONS DE S.A.I. LE GRAND-DUC ALEXANDRE MICHAILOVITCH, DE SIR ARTHUR EVANS ET D'AUTRES AMATEURS

Lucerne 17--19 juin 1922 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 144.00
3

[Ars Classica VI & VII] Naville et Cie. VI. CATALOGUE DE MONNAIES GRECQUES ANTIQUES EN OR ET EN ARGENT COMPOSANT LA COLLECTION DE FEU CLARENCE S. BEMENT DE PHILADELPHIE (U.S.A.)

Lucerne 28 janvier 1924 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 156.00
4

[Ars Classica VIII] Naville et Cie. VIII. CATALOGUE DE MONNAIES ROMAINES ANTIQUES EN OR, ARGENT ET BRONZE COMPOSANT LA COLLECTION DE FEU CLARENCE S. BEMENT DE PHILADELPHIE (U.S.A.)

Lucerne 25--28 juin 1924 USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 204.00
5

[Ars Classica X]. Naville et Cie. NO. X. CATALOGUE DES MONNAIES GRECQUES ET ROMAINES COMPOSANT LES COLLECTIONS D'UN GRAND INDUSTRIEL DECEDE, DE FEU BARON ALEXANDRE DE PETROWICZ, DE M. LE REV. EDGAR ROGERS, M.A. ET DE PLUSIEURS AUTRES AMATEURS

Lucerne 15--18 juin 1925 USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 168.00
6

[Ars Classica XI] Naville et Cie. XI. CATALOGUE DE MONNAIES ROMAINES ANTIQUES COMPOSANT LA COLLECTION DE H.C. LEVIS, ESQ

Lucerne 18--20 juin 1925 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 132.00
7

Ars Classica. NO. XIII. CATALOGUE DE MONNAIES GRECQUES ET ROMAINES, BIBLIOTHEQUE NUMISMATIQUE, COMPOSANT LES COLLECTIONS DE FEU LE CAV. ROBERTO ALLATINI

Lucerne 27--29 juin 1928 USD 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
8

Ars Classica. NO. XVI. CATALOGUE DE MONNAIES ANTIQUES GRECQUES ET ROMAINES

Lucerne 3 juillet 1933 USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 156.00
9 Babelon, Ernest

ALEXANDRE OU L'AFRIQUE? ETUDE D'ICONOGRAPHIE D'APRES LES MEDAILLES ET LES PIERRES GRAVEES

Paris 1924 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 90.00
10 Babelon, Ernest

TRAITE DES MONNAIES GRECQUES ET ROMAINES

Paris 1927--1932 USD 600.00 - 600.00 USD 660.00
11 Babelon, Ernest

TRAITE DES MONNAIES GRECQUES ET ROMAINES

Bologna 1965--1976 USD 300.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
12 Babelon, Jean, and A. Duquenoy

MEDALLIONS D'OR DU TRESOR D'ARRAS L'ENTREE DE CONSTANCE CHLORE A LONDRES EN 296 APRES J.-C.

Paris 1924 USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
13 Babelon, Jean

CATALOGUE DE LA COLLECTION DE LUYNES

Paris 1924--1936 USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,440.00
14 Babelon, Jean

CATALOGUE DE LA COLLECTION DE LUYNES

Bologna 1977 USD 300.00 - 300.00 USD 510.00
15 Bahrfeldt, M. von

SAMMLUNG ROMISCHER MUNZEN DER REPUBLIK U. DES WEST-KAISERREICHS

Hall-Saale 1922 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 156.00
16

Bank Leu / Leu Numismatik / LHS Numismatik. AUCTION CATALOGUES

Zurich 1972--2009 USD 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
17 Bank Leu, and Munzen und Medaillen

GRIECHISCHE MUNZEN AUS DER SAMMLUNG EINES KUNSTFREUNDES

Zurich 28. Mai 1974 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 78.00
18 Banti, Alberto, and Luigi Simonetti

CORPUS NUMMORUM ROMANORUM

Firenze 1972--1979 USD 300.00 - 300.00 USD 420.00
19 Bastien, Pierre

LE MONNAYAGE DE BRONZE DE POSTUME

Wetteren 1967 USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 204.00
20 Beger, Lorenz

NUMISMATA MODULI MAXIMI VULGO MEDAIGLONI EX CIMELIARCHIO LUDOVICI XIV, POTENTISSIMI GALLIARUM MONARCHAE, AC EXEMPLAR PARISIENSE, SERVATO ET ORDINE NUMISMATUM ET NUMERO XLI TABELLARUM IN GRATIAM ET USUM STUDIOSAE ANTIQUITATUM JUVENTUTIS RECUSA

Eleutheropoli 1704 USD 600.00 - 600.00 USD 840.00
21 Bloesch, Hansjorg

GRIECHISCHE MUNZEN IN WINTERTHUR

Winterthur 1967 and 1987 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 270.00
22 Boehringer, Christof

ZUR CHRONOLOGIE MITTELHELLENISTISCHER MUNZSERIEN 220--160 V. CHR.

Berlin 1972 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 78.00
23 Boudard, P.-A.

ESSAI SUR LA NUMISMATIQUE IBERIENNE, PRECEDE DE RECHERCHES SUR L'ALPHABET ET LA LANGUE DES IBERES

Paris 1859 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 114.00
24 Bourgey, Etienne

ANCIENNE COLLECTION GEORGES MOTTE

Paris 12--15 novembre 1951 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 360.00
25 Barclay V. Head

British Museum. CATALOGUE OF GREEK COINS. ATTICA--MEGARIS--AEGINA

London 1888 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 240.00
  • 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.
  • 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
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  • 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.