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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.
  • Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
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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.

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
202

Academie Royale des Medailles et des Inscriptions. MEDAILLES SUR LES PRINCIPAUX EVENEMENTS DU REGNE ENTIER DE LOUIS LE GRAND, AVEC DES EXPLICATIONS HISTORIQUES

Paris 1723 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,500.00
203 Ainslie, General George Robert

ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ANGLO-FRENCH COINAGE: TAKEN FROM THE CABINET OF A FELLOW OF THE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETIES OF LONDON, AND SCOTLAND

London 1830 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 78.00
204 Amaral B. de Toro, Jose de

DICCIONARIO DE NUMISMATICA PORTUGUEZA

Porto 1882 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 204.00
205 Arkheograficheskaia Kommissiia

SOBRANIIe RUSSKIKh MIeDALIeI, IZDANNOIe PO VYSOChAIShIeMU POVIeLENIIu

St. Petersburg 1840--1841 USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 USD 3,300.00
206 Atchison, Darryl [editor]

CANADIAN NUMISMATIC BIBLIOGRAPHY

Victoria 2007 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 108.00
207 Atkins, James

THE COINS AND TOKENS OF THE POSSESSIONS AND COLONIES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

London 1889 USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
208 Atkins, James

THE TRADESMEN'S TOKENS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

London 1892 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 450.00
209 Belfort, A. de

DESCRIPTION GENERALE DES MONNAIES MEROVINGIENNES PAR ORDRE ALPHABETIQUE DES ATELIERS

Paris 1892--1895 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,600.00
210 Bendall, Simon

A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF PALAEOLOGAN COINS

No place of publication 1988 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 270.00
211 Bergsoe, Vilhelm

DANSKE MEDAILLER FRA 1789--1892

Kjobenhavn 1897 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 240.00
212 Bigot, Alexis

ESSAI SUR LES MONNAIES DU ROYAUME ET DUCHE DE BRETAGNE

Paris 1857 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 84.00
213 Bowyer, Robert [publisher]

FINE ENGRAVINGS DEPICTING GOLD AND SILVER MEDIEVAL AND MODERN BRITISH COINS

USD 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
214 Boyne, William

TOKENS ISSUED IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY IN ENGLAND, WALES, AND IRELAND BY CORPORATIONS, MERCHANTS, TRADESMEN, ETC.

London 1858 USD 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
215 Boyne, William

TOKENS ISSUED IN THE SEVENTEENTH, EIGHTEENTH, AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES, IN YORKSHIRE, BY TRADESMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, ETC. IN GOLD, SILVER, BRASS, AND COPPER

Headlingley 1858--1870 USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 510.00
216 Boyne, William

THE SILVER TOKENS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, THE DEPENDENCIES, AND COLONIES

London 1866 USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 120.00
217 Brenner, Elias

THESAURUS NUMMORUM SUEO-GOTHICORUM, STUDIO INDEFESSO ELIAE BRENNERI L. ANNORUM SPATIO COLLECTUS, SECUNDUM SERIEM TEMPORUM DISPOSITUS, ATQUE E TENEBRIS CUM COMMENTATIONE IN APRICUM PROLATUS

Holmiae 1731 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 192.00
218 Breton, P.N.

HISTOIRE ILLUSTREE DES MONNAIES ET JETONS DU CANADA / ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF COINS AND TOKENS RELATING TO CANADA

Montreal 1894 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 270.00
219 Breton, P.N.

HISTOIRE ILLUSTREE DES MONNAIES ET JETONS DU CANADA / ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF COINS AND TOKENS RELATING TO CANADA

Montreal 1894 USD 300.00 - 300.00 USD 390.00
220 Cahn, Erich B.

DIE MUNZEN DES SCHATZFUNDES VON CORCELLES-PRES-PAYERNE

(Bern) -1969 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 90.00
221 Calbeto de Grau, Gabriel

COMPENDIO DE LAS PIEZAS DE OCHO REALES

San Juan 1970 USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 120.00
222 Clain-Stefanelli, Elvira Eliza

NUMISMATIC BIBLIOGRAPHY

Munchen 1985 USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
223 Colbert, R.W., and William D. Hyder

MEDALLIC PORTRAITS OF ADOLF HITLER

El Cajon 1981 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 330.00
224 Cotton, William A.

THE COINS, TOKENS, AND MEDALS OF WORCESTERSHIRE, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND NOTES

Bromsgrove 1885 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 510.00
225 Craig, Sir John

THE MINT: A HISTORY OF THE LONDON MINT FROM A.D. 287 TO 1948

Cambridge 1953 USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 360.00
226 Dalton, R., and S.H. Hamer

THE PROVINCIAL TOKEN-COINAGE OF THE 18TH CENTURY

No place of publication 1910--1918 USD 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
  • 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
  • University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    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
  • 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.