• 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.
  • 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

Desa Unicum: Contemporary Prints, 100125, Warszawa

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 01, 2025 - October 01, 2025
Page Size: 124 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Jan Dobkowski (b. 1942)

Untitled, 20th c.

20th c. PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 2,040.00
2 Jan Dobkowski (b. 1942)

Bez tytulu (zestaw 3 prac), 1984

1984 PLN 1,800.00 - 2,600.00 PLN 1,320.00
3 Wojciech Fangor (1922 - 2015)

Untitled, 1967

1967 PLN 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 Not Sold
4 Wojciech Fangor (1922 - 2015)

"M 74", 2005

2005 PLN 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 PLN 78,000.00
5 Wojciech Fangor (1922 - 2015)

"M 65", 1968/2001

1968/2001 PLN 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 PLN 20,400.00
6 Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930 - 2017)

Teka "Katarsis", 1985

1985 PLN 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 Not Sold
7 Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930 - 2017)

Untitled (Crowd), 1985

1985 PLN 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
8 Roman Opalka (1931 - 2011)

"Detail 893147-918533", 1993

1993 PLN 26,000.00 - 35,000.00 PLN 26,400.00
9 Roman Opalka (1931 - 2011)

"A Polish Tank by the Brandenburg Gate" from the cycle "20 Years of Victory", 1965

1965 PLN 10,000.00 - 14,000.00 Not Sold
10 Jerzy Nowosielski (1923 - 2011)

Untitled, 1997

1997 PLN 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 PLN 20,400.00
11 Jerzy Nowosielski (1923 - 2011)

Akt, lata 90. XX w.

lata 90. XX w. PLN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 PLN 6,000.00
12 Izabella Gustowska (b. 1948)

"Beyond Myself VI", 1985

1985 PLN 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 Not Sold
13 Ewa Kuryluk (b. 1946)

"With a Turtle", 1971

1971 PLN 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 PLN 9,000.00
14 Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987)

"Saint Apolonia" Portfolio (a set of 4 prints), 1984

1984 PLN 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 Not Sold
15 Lucjan Mianowski (1933 - 2009)

"Nude in the Interior", 1974

1974 PLN 2,400.00 - 2,800.00 PLN 2,400.00
16 Roman Opalka "Opalka 1965/1 - [?]" (a record + album)

"Opalka 1965/1 - [?]" (a record + album)

PLN 3,000.00 - 0.00 PLN 2,280.00
17 Henryk Stazewski (1894 - 1988)

Tryptyk - 3 sztuki, 1984

1984 PLN 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 PLN 1,680.00
18 Henryk Stazewski (1894 - 1988)

Bez tytulu, 1974/1979

1974/1979 PLN 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
19 Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009)

Untitled, 1976

1976 PLN 20,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
20 Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009)

"Inscriptions", 2006

2006 PLN 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 PLN 12,000.00
21 Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009)

Bez tytulu, lata 90. XX w.

lata 90. XX w. PLN 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 PLN 1,920.00
22 Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009)

Untitled, lata 90. XX w.

lata 90. XX w. PLN 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 PLN 10,200.00
23 Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009)

Bez tytulu, lata 90. XX w.

lata 90. XX w. PLN 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 PLN 1,680.00
24 Jerzy Panek (1918 - 2001)

"Bialy kon", 1959/1991

1959/1991 PLN 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 3,840.00
25 Jozef Gielniak (1932 - 1972)

"Transitus", 1971

1971 PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 15,600.00
  • 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.
  • 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
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