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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. - 
    
    
    
Dominic Winter 
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic 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, 2025Dominic 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, 2025Dominic 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, 2025Dominic 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, 2025Swann, 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, 2025Swann, 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, 2025Swann, 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, 2025Swann, 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. 
Venator and Hanstein: Modern and Contemporary Graphics and Art, Modern Books, 182, Köln
Auction Details
- Auction Date
 - September 27, 2025 - September 27, 2025
 
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 940 | GERHARD MARCKS | Mythisches Gespann 1922 (1971) / Stierkampf IV 1950 / Todesspruch nach Omar Chaijam 1957 / Europa auf dem Stier 1961 / Danksagung zum 80. Geburtstag 1968/69  | 
            1922 (1971) / 1950 / 1957 / 1961 / 1968/69 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 630.00 | |
| 941 | GERHARD MARCKS | Aus: Homer - Odyssee Die Heimkehr Gesaenge XIII-XXIV 1958-1976  | 
            1958-1976 | EUR 800.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,827.00 | |
| 942 | GERHARD MARCKS | Selbstbildnis (nach links) II 1969 / Maria Marcks mit aufgestutztem Kopf / Selbstbildnis von vorn 1971 / Selbstbildnis im Spiegel 1972 (beidseitig) / Liebespaar 1973 / Japanische Geigerin 1973  | 
            1969 / 1971 / 1972/1973 /1973 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 756.00 | |
| 943 | GERHARD MARCKS | Offene Tur 1971 / Kreuz in der Eifel 1973 / Haus in Hain 1974 / Olbruck mit Baumen 1975 / Telegrafenmast im Nebel / Baum mit 2 Kuhen (Ruckseitig: Der Stuhl) / Wolken in der Eifel 1976 / Budlaia  | 
            1971 / 1973 / 1974 /1975 /1976 / | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 630.00 | |
| 944 | BRICE MARDEN | Grid I 1971  | 
            1971 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,890.00 | |
| 945 | MARINO MARINI | Cavaliere I 1972  | 
            1972 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 882.00 | |
| 946 | MARINO MARINI | Cavaliere II 1972  | 
            1972 | EUR 800.00 - 800.00 | EUR 945.00 | |
| 947 | MARINO MARINI | Marino from Goethe 1979  | 
            1979 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 948 | JAVIER MARISCAL | Mundo Marino 1998  | 
            1998 | EUR 400.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 949 | AGNES MARTIN | Aus: On a clear day 1973  | 
            1973 | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 950 | AGNES MARTIN | Aus: On a clear day 1973  | 
            1973 | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,780.00 | |
| 951 | AGNES MARTIN | Aus: On a clear day 1973  | 
            1973 | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,284.00 | |
| 955 | HENRI MATISSE | Vierge et Enfant 1950/1951  | 
            1950/1951 | EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 957 | JONATHAN MEESE | Mama Johnny, Deichtorhallen Hamburg / Sacer Lokus, Stiftung Schloss Neuhardenburg / Kokain, Deichtorhallen Hamburg (2006) 2007  | 
            2007 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | |
| 958 | JONATHAN MEESE | Postkarten 2016-2019  | 
            2016-2019 | EUR 400.00 - 400.00 | EUR 327.60 | |
| 960 | GEORG MEISTERMANN | Ohne Titel  | 
            EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 961 | GEORG MEISTERMANN | Ohne Titel 1953  | 
            1953 | EUR 400.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 965 | JOAN MIRO | Aus: Le lezard aux plumes d'or 1971  | 
            1971 | EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,040.00 | |
| 966 | JOAN MIRO | L'equarisseur au repos 1968  | 
            1968 | EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 967 | JOAN MIRO | Aus: Picasso I Els Reventos 1973  | 
            1973 | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,780.00 | |
| 968 | JOAN MIRO | Le voyageur triste 1955  | 
            1955 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,024.00 | |
| 969 | JOAN MIRO | Mur de la Lune 1958  | 
            1958 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,276.00 | |
| 970 | JOAN MIRO | Lithograph I 1930  | 
            1930 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 971 | JOAN MIRO | Poemas para mirar 1976  | 
            1976 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 972 | JOAN MIRO | Ohne Titel (aus: Liberte des libertes) 1971  | 
            1971 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,386.00 |