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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
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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.

Jeschke Jadi Auctions Berlin GmbH: Valuable Books, Prints and Historical Photographs - Day 1, 157a, Berlin

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 24, 2025 - October 24, 2025
Page Size: 1092 items in 44 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
126 Mackensen, August von

Brieftelegramm mit eigenhandiger Unterschrift des General-Feldmarschalls (1849-1945) an Furst Gunther von Schonburg-Waldenburg (1887-1960)

Falkenwalde in Pommern 9. Dez. 1924 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
127 Marx Aveling, Eleanor

Eigenhandige Postkarte mit Unterschrift "Tussy" der Sozialistin (1855-1898) und Tochter Karl Marx' an den Mitbegrunder der SPD Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900) in Berlin.

London 9. Juli 1896 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 486.21
128 Georg von Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Patent zum Gouverneur des grossherzoglichen Sohnes Friedrich Wilhelm (II.) fur Carl Adolph Emil Graf Finck von Finckenstein (1793-1866) mit eigenhandiger Unterschrift von Grossherzog Georg (1779-1860).

Neustrelitz 29. Marz 1826 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 255.90
129 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - Niedersachsen

Gastebuch mit uber 2000 Eintragen und Unterschriften zahlreicher, teils immer wiederkehrender Besucher, darunter viele Adelige und bekannte Personlichkeiten. Mit einigen, meist kleineren Zeichnungen und 1 mont. Photo.

Meist Ludwigslust u. Poggenhagen 1889-1997 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
130 Miller, Henry

Maschinenschriftlicher Brief mit eigenhandiger Unterschrift an Harald Ebner, Leiter des Karl Rauch Verlags.

Big Sur (Kalifornien) 29. Oktober 1958 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
131 Miller, Henry

Sammlung von 3 eigenhandigen Briefen mit Unterschrift an die Photographin Renate Zimmermann (*1934) in Berlin und Munchen.

Reinbek 1961-01-12 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
132 Tertis, Jacques Thibaud u. Franz von Vecsey, Lionel

Sammlung von 3 OPhotographien mit signierten Widmungen fur den Geigenbauer Wilhelm Hermann Hammig. Vintages. Silbergelatineabzuge. Jeweils auf Karton kaschiert.

Berlin 1907 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
133 Muthesius u. Gret Palucca, Eckart

Typoskript mit eigenhandiger Anrede und Unterschrift des deutschen Architekten (1904-1989) sowie eh. Zusatz mit Unterschrift der deutschen Tanzerin (1902-1993) an Afrika von Seefeld (geb. Doring, 1910-1986).

(Hiddensee) 1985-08-26 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
134 Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel

Brief mit eigenhandiger Unterschrift von Herzog Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel (1735-1806) an den Schriftsteller und Verleger Joachim Heinrich Campe (1746-1818).

Braunschweig 5. Jan. 1788 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
135 Adolf I. Georg

Eigenhandiger Brief mit Unterschrift des Fursten Adolf Georg zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1817-1893) an seinen Vetter (Ernst II. von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha? (1818-1893)).

Buckeburg 20. Dez. 1887 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
136

Sammlung von 8 Autographen von deutschen Politikern. 20. Jh. Enthalt: Herbert Wehner (1906-1990). 2 masch. Briefe mit eh. U. an RA Erwin Cuntz / Herrn Hohmann.

Bonn 15. Nov. 1951 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
137 Adalbert von Preussen

Brief des Ober-Commandos der Marine mit eigenhandiger Unterschrift des Prinzen Adalbert von Preussen (1811-1873) an Herrn C. Trutz in Hamburg.

Berlin 20. Sep. 1861 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
138 Friedrich Wilhelm III

Brief mit eigenhandiger Unterschrift des preussischen Konigs an den Kunsthandler Wittich.

Berlin 25. Marz 1816 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
139 Preussen

Sammlung von 12 Autographen. 18./19. Jh. Enthalt: Konig Friedrich II. (1712-1786) Collations-Patent mit eh. U. fur Gedeon von Benoit, Legationsrat und Resident in Warschau, fur das Stift zu Camin.

Berlin 31. Jan. 1764 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,087.58
140 Rachmaninoff, Sergei

Signierte Autogrammkarte des Komponisten Sergei Rachmaninoff.

London 7. Januar 1927 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,862.10
141 Ratzinger, Joseph (Papst Benedikt XVI.)

2 Typoskripte mit eigenhandiger Unterschrift des spateren Papstes in seiner Funktion als Theologieprofessor an den Germanisten Winfried Mogge in Rothefels am Rhein.

Universitat Regensburg u. Pentling 8. Juni u. 23. August 1972 EUR 350.00 - 350.00 EUR 383.85
142 Ruckteschell, Hellmuth von

Sammlung von uber 435 Briefen und Postkarten von und an Marineoffizier Hellmuth von Ruckteschell aus dessen Nachlass. Mit 2 OPhotos, 2 Gouachen, 2 Zeichnungen u.a.

Um 1904-1930 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
143 Carl August von Weimar-Sachsen-Eisenach

Brief mit eigenhandiger Unterschrift des Grossherzogs Carl August von Weimar-Sachsen-Eisenach (1757-1828) an den Regierungsrat Beck in Leipzig.

Weimar 20. Feb. 1827 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
144

Sammlung von 23 meist eigenhandigen, teils maschinenschriftlichen Briefen und Postkarten mit Unterschrift des Schriftstellers Alexander Baldus an Hildegard Gockel aus Sinzig.

meist Koblenz 1946-1948 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,303.10
145 Victoria, Konigin

Siegel und Unterschrift der Konigin Victoria von England.

Um 1890 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
146 Pozzi, Michel

Commentaires et visions de l'humanite (a la) Marne. Mit 7 Gouachen.

Paris 1917 EUR 2,800.00 - 2,800.00 EUR 4,094.40
147

United States Army General Depot Chinon-France. The Friends and Parishioners whereas we desire to our appreciation to Father Victor Joseph Van De Walle for the excellent and untiring services rendered us while our chaplain.

Um 1958 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
148

Tabelle von Ereignissen, Gottern, Potentaten und Daten der judischen, assyrischen, altgriechischen, altagyptischen und romischen Mythologie und Geschichte.

O.O. o. J. (Vermutl. 17. Jahrhundert.) EUR 650.00 - 650.00 Not Sold
149 Antiphonarblatter

Sammlung von drei Antiphonarblattern mit insgesamt einer Bild-Initiale und zwei Fleuronne-Initialen.

Um 1500 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
150 Gutschmid, Alfred von

Wohl eigenhandige Abschrift von: Antiquites de la Perse. Memoire sur la chronologie et l'iconographie des rois Parthes Arsacides par Adrien de Longperier. Mit 5 mont. kl. Zeichnungen von Munzen.

Paris 1853 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 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.