Sothebys: Fine Books and Manuscripts - online bidding 11/27
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books and Manuscripts - online bidding 11/27 | Total Sales (USD) | 1,219,440.00 |
| Auction Date | December 10, 2024 - December 10, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 895,800.00 |
| Sale Number | #N11500 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,483,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 94 | ||
| Sold Lots | 71 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,154,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 75.53% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,862,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 23 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 65.47% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1092 | Sendak, Maurice | Original artwork for the inaugural New York is Book Country poster |
1979 | USD 300,000.00 - 600,000.00 | USD 336,000.00 |
| 1034 | [Bronte, Emily, and Anne Bronte] --- Ellis Bell and Acton Bell | Wuthering Heights. A Novel, by Ellis Bell And, Agnes Grey. A Novel, by Acton Bell. |
1847 | USD 90,000.00 - 130,000.00 | USD 102,000.00 |
| 1084 | Mao Tse-Tung | The most effective political messaging of the 20th century signed by the author |
USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 90,000.00 | |
| 1004 | Banneker, Benjamin | Bannaker's Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, and North-Carolina Almanack and Ephemeris, for the Year of our Lord 1796; being Bissextile, or Leap-Year |
1795 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 54,000.00 |
| 1066 | Shakespeare, William | Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. |
1685 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 42,000.00 |
| 1082 | Klimt, Gustav | Eine Nachlese. Herausgegeben von Max Eisler. Wien, Osterreichische Staatsdruckerei 1931 |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 42,000.00 | |
| 1031 | [Austen, Jane] | Emma, A Novel. In Three Volumes. By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice", &C. &C. |
1816 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 31,200.00 |
| 1029 | Washington, George | The Will of General George Washington |
1800 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 26,400.00 |
| 1068 | Stoker, Bram | Dracula. |
1897 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 26,400.00 |
| 1001 | Adams, John | Autograph letter signed ("Your friend, John Adams"), to John Trumbull |
USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 24,000.00 | |
| 1027 | Smith, John | Virginia Discovered and Described by Captain John Smith. |
ca. 1625 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 22,800.00 |
| 1040 | Dickens, Charles | A Christmas Carol. |
1843 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 20,400.00 |
| 1044 | Dickens, Charles | Little Dorrit. |
1857 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 19,200.00 |
| 1025 | Rocque, John | A General Map of North America |
ca. 1763 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 18,000.00 |
| 1005 | Bates, Katharine Lee | Autograph transcript signed ("Katherine Lee Bates") of America the Beautiful, after 1911 |
after 1911 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 15,600.00 |
| 1037 | Clemens, Samuel Langhorne | Adventures of Tom Sawyer. |
1876 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 15,600.00 |
| 1087 | Newton, Sir Issac | Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica... Editio tertia aucta & emendata. |
1726 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 15,600.00 |
| 1016 | Jefferson, Thomas | Notes on the State of Virginia ... Illustrated with a Map, including the States of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. |
1787 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 14,400.00 |
| 1028 | Story, Joseph | Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. |
1833 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 14,400.00 |
| 1052 | (Dickens, Charles) --- Joseph Clayton ("Kyd") Clarke | A Series of 649 Original Character-Studies illustrating the Works of Charles Dickens. |
1885-1889 | USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 13,200.00 |
| 1063 | Shakespeare, William | All's Well that Ends Well. Extracted from Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. |
1632 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 13,200.00 |
| 1057 | Hardy, Thomas | A collection of letters written to James Murray, the lexicographer |
1906-1913 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 12,000.00 |
| 1078 | (Darwin, Charles) | A group of five photographs, ca. 1863-1878 |
ca. 1863-1878 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,800.00 |
| 1017 | Jefferson, Thomas | Autograph (polygraph) letter signed ("Th. Jefferson") to his grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, dates 6 September 1814 |
1814 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,200.00 |
| 1014 | Hancock, John, & Samuel Adams | Three eighteenth-century Massachusetts appointments: |
USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
