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Auction Name Fine Literature with Star Wars & Science Fiction - Children's & Illustrated - d.a. levy, Bukowski & The Beats Total Sales (USD) 142,900.00
Auction Date December 05, 2024 - December 05, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 142,000.00
Sale Number #827 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 222,200.00
Total Lots 450
Sold Lots 288 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 225,200.00
% of Lots Sold 64.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 352,300.00
Unsold Lots 162 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 40.56%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
438 Kelley, Alton

Family Dog Tribute to Dr. Strange poster

1965 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,250.00
241 King, Stephen

The Shining

1977 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,625.00
80 Twain, Mark

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade)

1885 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,437.50
153 Seuss, Dr.

The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins

[1938] USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,437.50
170 Barlowe, Wayne Douglas

Star Wars pop-up book with signed cover art

1977-1978 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,125.00
74 Steinbeck, John

The Pastures of Heaven

1932 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,812.50
48 Mann, Thomas

The Magic Mountain

1927 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,500.00
71 Steinbeck, John

East of Eden

[1952] USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,500.00
240 King, Stephen

Salem's Lot

1975 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,375.00
181

Eleven volumes featuring the art of Ralph McQuarrie

1978-2007 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,250.00
32 Harris, Josel Chandler

Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings, the Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation

1881 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,000.00
175 Guinness, Alec

Signed sketch of Obi-Wan Kenobi

1982 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,000.00
176 Huston, Paul

Paul Huston's Return of the Jedi storyboard folder

[1982] USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,000.00
85 Walker, Alice

The Color Purple

[1982] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,875.00
164 Silverstein, Shel

Where the Sidewalk Ends

[1974] USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,875.00
246 MacDonald, John D.

Five titles by John D. MacDonald

1964-1985 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,875.00
331 Berman, Wallace, editor

Semina 3

[1958] USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,875.00
4 Baldwin, James

Go Tell It on the Mountain

1953 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,750.00
179 Manning, Russ

Four Corrected Star Wars Comic Strip Story Boards

1979 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,750.00
346 Brautigan, Richard

Dreaming of Babylon: A Private Eye Novel 1942

[1977] USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,750.00
392 Cohen, Leonard

You Do Not Have To Love Me

2008 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,500.00
30 Harding, Paul

Tinkers

[2009] USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,375.00
86 Warren, Robert Penn

All the King's Men

[1948] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,375.00
8 Fromm, Erich

The Art of Loving

[1956] USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
301 levy, d.a.

Climbing the Turnpike Fence to Wonder at the Wet Mountainside Wildflowers

1966 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
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