• 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

Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts, 101925a, LA Assen,

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 19, 2025 - October 19, 2025
Page Size: 27 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
97536550 Celine (Louis-Ferdinand)

Deux lettres, l'une signee a un critique, l'autre autographe

1944 EUR 1,300.00 - 0.00 Not Sold
97993187

Signed portrait of Ernesto Che Guevara

1961 EUR 1,000.00 - 0.00 EUR 844.75
98059806 Emilie von Gleichen-Russwurm geb. von Schiller

34 originale, eigenhandig geschriebene Briefe + zwei umfangreiche handschriftliche lyrische

1870/1850 EUR 8,000.00 - 0.00 EUR 3,706.00
98068347

Enrico Fermi Award (1984) -- Ehrenmappe mit Urkunde -- signiert von US-Prasident Ronald Reagan -- inkl.

EUR 4,000.00 - 0.00 Not Sold
98130679 Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), empereur des Francais

Extraordinaire copie d'epoque du mythique acte d'abdication

1814 EUR 1,000.00 - 0.00 EUR 4,471.18
98230743 Custodie franciscaine de Terre Sainte

Grand diplome franciscain imprime sur parchemin, delivre en Terre Sainte par les franciscains

1666 EUR 900.00 - 0.00 Not Sold
98238236 San Giovanni Paolo II

Ronald Reagan, Stati Uniti, USA, Autografo Papa, Timbro Ufficiale, Vaticano, Presidente Stati Uniti

1982 EUR 2,500.00 - 0.00 EUR 2,943.00
98261563 Antonio Sanez de Reguart

[manuscrito original] Tratado del Pulpo y toda especie de Xibias ; Tratado del Salmon y la Trucha

1780 EUR 550.00 - 0.00 EUR 545.00
98276454 Signe ; Napoleon Bonaparte

Pension pour une veuve de guerre - Chouans

1800 EUR 1,000.00 - 0.00 EUR 1,228.43
98303857 Psalterium iuxta Romanum

[manoscritto di 200 pagine] Salterio Liturgico manoscritto, Spagna, XVI secolo

1550/1575 EUR 11,000.00 - 0.00 Not Sold
98304864 Rene MAGRITTE

Lettre autographe signee a l'editeur Alain Gheerbrant [Surrealisme] [Marcel Marien] [Paul Nouge]]

1945 EUR 1,700.00 - 0.00 Not Sold
98322332 [Joannes Jacobus de Manneville]

[manuscrit] A Jesus-Christ appelant les pecheurs a la penitence, Traite theologique sur le tres

1745/1730 EUR 450.00 - 0.00 Not Sold
98330172 Livre d'heures a l'usage de Chartres

[Book of Hours] Manuscrit de 152 f. enlumine

1420 EUR 10,000.00 - 0.00 EUR 8,175.00
98333945 Escuela europea

Antiguo Cantoral gregoriano 12 paginas. S.XVII

1650 EUR 450.00 - 0.00 Not Sold
98339343 Giulio Giacomo Dumontet

Venise 1848 (documenti, lettere e memorie)

1848 EUR 1,000.00 - 0.00 EUR 599.50
98385868 George Sand

Brief van George Sand aan Felix Duquesnel

1866 EUR 275.00 - 0.00 EUR 300.84
98392098 Victor Barbaudy

[Manuscrit calligraphie des souvenirs d'enfance de Victor Barbaudy + carnets de dessins originaux]

1939 EUR 1,000.00 - 0.00 Not Sold
98398926 Fidel Castro Ruz (1926-1916).

Fotografia de Fidel Castro con dedicatoria y firma, realizada por el gran fotografo Alberto Korda.

1959 EUR 1,000.00 - 0.00 EUR 355.34
98399732 Ernesto "Che" Guevara

Fotografia dedicada y firmada tomada por el celebre fotografo Alberto Korda

1959 EUR 1,500.00 - 0.00 EUR 1,418.09
98425403 Anon.

Ethiopische Ge'ez psalterium/bijbel op perkamenten bladen

1700 EUR 2,000.00 - 0.00 Not Sold
98428917 Pope Pius XI, formerly Achille Ratti (1857-1939)

Autograph signature on a magnificent certificate for the First Communion with portrait

1936 EUR 450.00 - 0.00 Not Sold
98428932 Pope Alexander VI

Spanish Renaissance transcript of the Papal Bull by Pope Alexander VI of 1 October 1496

1530 EUR 4,000.00 - 0.00 Not Sold
98428942 Johann I., ,,der Jager", Konig von Aragonien, 1350 -- 1396. Bestatigungsvermerk mit seinem Handzeichen

Bestatigungsvermerk mit seinem Handzeichen, Barcelona 8. VII.1395, unter einer Urkunde

1395 EUR 4,000.00 - 0.00 Not Sold
98430448 Victor HUGO (1802-1885)

Magnifique lettre autographe signee inedite d'encouragement a un poete brestois

1855/1870 EUR 1,500.00 - 0.00 EUR 1,111.80
98432731 Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) French author, celebrated as a master of the short story

Autograph signed letter to a Madame

1875/1890 EUR 650.00 - 0.00 EUR 599.50
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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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    November 25
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    November 25
  • 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