• 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
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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.

Nadeau's Auction Gallery: Major Fall Chinese & Americana Auction, 102525, Windsor

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 25, 2025 - October 25, 2025
Page Size: 41 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
75 Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) and School, 19th Century

Group of Four Framed Japanese Woodblocks

USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
76 Utagawa School, 19th Century

Group of Four Framed Japanese Woodblocks of Kabuki Actors

USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
77 Shiko Munakata (Japanese 1903-1975)

Gautama and Bodhisattvas, 1960

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 650.00
78 Two: Kiyoshi Saito (Japanese 1907-1997)

Dachshund Laying

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 650.00
83

Group of Five Framed Japanese Woodblocks

USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
84 Chinese Scroll Painting After Zhang Zeduan

A large mounted silk scroll painting depicting bustling scenes of daily life along the river, after the celebrated Song dynasty handscroll Qingming Shanghe Tu (Along the River During the Qingming Festival).

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
135 After Christian Remick (American 1726-1773)

Perspective View of the Blockade of Boston, 1768

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 585.00
136 American School (19th Century)

Two Framed 19th Century American Nautical Pieces to include Captain Ahab and Moby Dick

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 292.50
188A Douglas Haig to Percy Chubb

Two Framed Historical WWI Documents to include handwritten letter by General Sir Douglas Haig to Percy Chubb, December 2, 1914

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 520.00
189 Seven Civil War Generals Autographs

A framed group of clipped autographs from leading Confederate generals and officers, including General Braxton Bragg, General Wade Hampton, General Fitzhugh Lee, ...

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,690.00
247 John James Audubon (American 1785-1851)

Columbian Black-Tailed Deer, 1847

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 520.00
248 John James Audubon (American 1785-1851) and John Woodhouse Audubon (American 1812-1862)

Tawny Weasel,1840

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 260.00
249 John James Audubon (American 1785-1851) and John Woodhouse Audubon (American 1812-1862)

American Marsh Shrew,1843

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 325.00
250 John James Audubon (American 1785-1851) and John Woodhouse Audubon (American 1812-1862)

Richardson's Meadow Mouse,1848

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
251 John James Audubon (American 1785-1851)

Tawny Lemming, Back's Lemming,1847

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 130.00
252 John James Audubon (American 1785-1851)

Marsh Hare, 1843

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 260.00
253 John James Audubon (American 1785-1851)

Common Flying Squirrel, 1843

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
254 John James Audubon (American 1785-1851)

Wormwood Hare,1846

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 325.00
255 John James Audubon (American 1785-1851)

Hudson's Bay Squirrel Chickaree Red Squirrel, 1843

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 195.00
256 John James Audubon (American 1785-1851) and John Woodhouse Audubon (American 1812-1862)

Long Tailed Deer,1847

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
257 John James Audubon (American 1785-1851)

Canadian Pouched Rat, 1844

USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
258 John James Audubon (American 1785-1851)

Iceland or Jer Falcon, 1860

USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,525.00
259 Frank Weston Benson (American 1862-1951)

Shoveller Drake 1920

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 455.00
260 Aiden Lassell Ripley (American 1896-1969)

Wild Turkeys

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,560.00
261 James Edmund Allen (American 1894-1964)

Spider Boy, New York City Skyscraper, 1937

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,550.00
  • 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.
  • 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.