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Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 09, 2026 - April 09, 2026
Page Size: 51 items in 3 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201 Diane Arbus

Blaze Starr in her living room, Baltimore, MD

1964 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,680.00
202 Diane Arbus

Four People at a Gallery Opening, N.Y.C.

1968 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
203 Helen Levitt

New York (Boy Lifting Skirt)

1942, printed later USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,176.00
204 Garry Winogrand

Diane Arbus (Love-In, Central Park, New York City)

1969, printed before 1984 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,816.00
205 Irving Penn

Cinderella, New York

1946 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,096.00
206 Richard Avedon

Judy Garland in Tramp Costume

1951 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,920.00
207 Roddy McDowall

Selected Images of Judy Garland Performing on 'The Judy Garland Show'

1963, printed later USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 614.40
208 Milton H. Greene

Marilyn Monroe Removing a Stocking (from the Black Sitting)

1956, printed 1980 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,088.00
209 Max Yavno

The Leg, Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles (Silk Stocking)

1949, printed later USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,664.00
210 Brassai

Armoire a glace dans un hotel de passe, rue Quincampoix

1932, printed later USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,792.00
211 Diane Arbus

Pin-up collection at a barber shop, N.Y.C.

1963, printed between 1963 and 1965 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,520.00
212 Michael Childers

Andy Warhol in his New York Studio

1976, printed later USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 832.00
213 Milton H. Greene

Marlene Dietrich

1952, printed 1977 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,088.00
214 George Hurrell

Carole Lombard

1937, printed 1970s USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,048.00
215 George Hurrell

Joan Crawford

1932, printed 1970s USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 435.20
216 Weegee

Burlesque Performer Backstage

c.1950, printed later USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,024.00
217 Bruce Davidson

Marilyn Monroe, Simone Signoret, and Yves Montand, Beverly Hills

1960, printed later USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 960.00
218 Milton H. Greene

Marilyn Monroe with Tiara

1956, printed 1978 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,024.00
219 Philippe Halsman

Marilyn Monroe (for 'LIFE Magazine')

1949, printed 1950s USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,536.00
220 Steve Schapiro

Andy Warhol Mimics Margaret Keane 'Waif', New York City

1965, printed later USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,024.00
221 Cecil Beaton

Andy Warhol and Candy Darling

1969, printed later USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,216.00
222 George Hurrell

Portfolio I

Los Angeles 1979 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,408.00
223 Julius Shulman

Case Study House #22 (Stahl House, Architect Pierre Koenig, Los Angeles)

1960, printed later USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,400.00
224 Max Yavno

The Heiress (Premiere at Carthay Circle)

1949, printed later USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,536.00
225 After Diane Arbus

Triplets in their bedroom, N.J.

1963 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,176.00
  • Sotheby's Book Week
    2 June - 9 July
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.
  • Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
    Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.
    Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.
    Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
    Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.
    Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.”
  • Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935
  • June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.
    Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.
    June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
  • Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950