• Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia, [col commento di Jacopo della Lana e Martino Paolo Nidobeato, curata da Martino Paolo Nidobeato e Guido da Terzago. Aggiunto Il Credo], 1478
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus, edita da Piero da Figino. Aggiunte le Rime diverse; Marsilius Ficinius, Ad Dantem gratulatio], 1491
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lactantius, Lucius Coelius Firmianus - Opera, 1465
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - Le terze rime di Dante, 1502
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Boccaccio, Giovanni - Il Decamerone. Di messer Giouanni Boccaccio, 1516
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Giordano Bruno - Candelaio comedia del Bruno nolano achademico di nulla achademia; detto il fastidito. In tristitia hilaris: in hilaritate tristis, 1582
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Petrarca, Francesco - Le cose volgari di Messer Francesco Petrarcha, 1504
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Legatura - Manoscritto - Medici - Cosimo III de' Medici / Solari, Giuseppe - I Ritratti Medicei overo Glorie e Grandezze della sempre sereniss. Casa Medici..., 1678
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri con varie annotazioni, e copiosi Rami adornata, 1757
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lot containing 80 printed guides and publications dedicated to travel and itineraries in Italy
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 51. Ortelius' Influential Map of the New World - Second Plate in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $5,500 - $6,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 165. Reduced-Size Edition of Jefferys/Mead Map with Revolutionary War Updates (1776) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 688. Blaeu's Superb Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 105. Striking Map of French Colonial Possessions (1720) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 98. Rare First Edition of the First Published Plan of a Settlement in North America (1556) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 181. Important Map of the Georgia Colony (1748) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 547. Ortelius' Map of Russia with a Vignette of Ivan the Terrible in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 85. Homann's Decorative Map of Colonial America (1720) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 642. Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 748. The Martyrdom of St. John in Contemporary Hand Color with Gilt Highlights (1520) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 298. Scarce Early Map of Chester County (1822) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000
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Canada Book Auctions Limited: Pop and Counter Culture

Auction Reports

Auction Name Pop and Counter Culture Total Sales (CAD) 69,493.75
Auction Date November 05, 2024 - November 05, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) 84,050.00
Sale Number #358451 High Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) 127,350.00
Total Lots 212
Sold Lots 196 Low Estimate of All Lots (CAD) 87,050.00
% of Lots Sold 92.45% High Estimate of All Lots (CAD) 132,350.00
Unsold Lots 16 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 52.51%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
24 Mouse Studios.

Family Dog presents THE GRATEFUL DEAD / OXFORD CIRCLE / SUTTER AT VAN NESS AT AVALON BALLROOM, SAN FRANCISCO.

1966 CAD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 CAD 11,250.00
40 Barrow, Tony [editor].

THE BEATLES. MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR ALBUM. [SIGNED, WITH DRAWINGS BY ALL 4]

1967 CAD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 CAD 4,375.00
43

JERRY GARCIA [GRATEFUL DEAD]. SIGNED PHOTO FRAMED WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING.

CAD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 CAD 3,750.00
42 LENNON, John.

ORIGINAL DRAWING; SELF-PORTRAIT WITH YOKO ONO.

CAD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 CAD 2,500.00
215 Warhol, Andy.

FLOWERS.

Circa 1964 CAD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 CAD 2,375.00
53 Cheret, Jules.

VIN MARIANI. POPULAR FRENCH TONIC WINE.

1894 CAD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 CAD 1,625.00
142 Bukowski, Charles.

HAM ON RYE. [SIGNED ADVANCE COPY]

1982 CAD 200.00 - 300.00 CAD 1,500.00
98 Kerouac, Jack.

PULL MY DAISY. FOR THE FILM BY ROBERT FRANK AND ALFRED LESLIE [SIGNED INSERT].

1961 CAD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CAD 1,250.00
127 Bukowski, Charles.

IT CATCHES MY HEART IN ITS HANDS. Gypsy Lou Series No. 1. [SIGNED]

1963 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 1,187.50
220 Warhol, Andy.

COLOGNE CATHEDRAL, black.

Circa 1985. CAD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 CAD 1,062.50
67 Desloge, Joe; Hoskins, Arthur; Cutler, Hugh C.

PERU 1948: REPORT OF DESLOGE PERUVIAN BOTANICAL EXPEDITION OF 1948

1948 CAD 500.00 - 700.00 CAD 1,000.00
101 Bukowski, Charles; Gannij, Joan Levine [photos / text].

THE CRUELTY OF LOVELESS LOVE. [LIMITED EDITION]

2001 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 1,000.00
181 BURROUGHS, WILLIAM / WARHOL, ANDY / TALLEY, ANDRE LEON.

Signed document giving authorization to publish conversation between Burroughs, Warhol, and Talley.

1980 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 1,000.00
136 Wolfe, Tom.

THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST. [SIGNED BY KEN KESEY].

1969 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 CAD 937.50
219 Warhol, Andy.

COLOGNE CATHEDRAL, yellow.

Circa 1985 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 937.50
18 Wilson, Wes.

THE WAILERS. "IT'S YOU ALONE." QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE. FILLMORE AUDITORIUM. Presented by Bill Graham.

c.1966. CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 875.00
12 Adams, Jon.

COUNTRY JOE AND THE FISH AT THE JABBERWOCK, BERKELEY. Union Logo 6 at lower right. Poster.

CAD 200.00 - 300.00 CAD 750.00
16 Ehlert, William W.

DANSE MACABRE. COUNTRY JOE AND THE FISH. THE GRATEFUL DEAD. AT PAULEY BALLROOM.

c.1969 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 750.00
22

Bill Graham presents JEFFERSON AIRPLANE. GREAT SOCIETY. HEAVENLY BLUES BAND. AT FILLMORE AUDITORIUM.

c.1966. CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 687.50
208

RAUSCHENBERG. OCT 28. CLOISTER SERIES. ALE CANADA. [SIGNED] Poster.

CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 CAD 687.50
15 Mouse Studios (Stanley George Miller).

Family Dog Presents 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS / QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE AT AVALON BALLROOM, SAN FRANCISCO.

c.1966. CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 625.00
21 Mouse Studios (Stanley George Miller).

DAILY FLASH. COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH. AVALON BALLROOM

c.1966. CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 593.75
203 Shore, Stephen; Finkelstein, Nat; et al.

ANDY WARHOL'S INDEX (POP-UP BOOK). [SOFTCOVER + HARDCOVER]

1967 CAD 500.00 - 700.00 CAD 562.50
28 (Griffin, Rick)

POW-WOW. A GATHERING OF THE TRIBE HUMAN BE-IN. SATURDAY JAN. 14 AT THE POLO GROUNDS, GOLDEN GATE, SAN FRANCISCO.

1967 CAD 500.00 - 700.00 CAD 531.25
39 Lang, Michael; Roberts, John; et al.

WOODSTOCK MUSIC & ART FAIR. AQUARIAN EXPOSITION. PROGRAM BOOK.

Circa 1969. CAD 500.00 - 700.00 CAD 531.25
  • Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 37: Archive of the pioneering woman artist Arrah Lee Gaul, most 1911-59. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 66: Letter describing the dropping water level at Owens Lake near Death Valley, long before it was drained, Keeler, CA, 26 July 1904. $3,000 to $4,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 102: To Horse, To Horse! My All for a Horse! The Washington Cavalry, illustrated Civil War broadside, Philadelphia, 1862. $4,000 to $6,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 135: Album of cyanotype views of the Florida panhandle and beyond, 224 photographs, 174 of them cyanotypes, Apalachicola, FL and elsewhere, circa 1895-1896. $1,200 to $1,800
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 154: Catalogue of the Library of the United States, as acquired from Thomas Jefferson, Washington, 1815. $15,000 to $25,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 173: New Englands First Fruits, featuring the first description of Harvard in print, London, 1643. $40,000 to $60,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 177: John P. Greene, Original manuscript diary of a mission to western New York with Joseph Smith, 1833. $60,000 to $90,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 243: P.E. Larson, photographer, Such is Life in the Far West: Early Morning Call in a Gambling Hall, Goldfield, NV, circa 1906. $2,500 to $3,500
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 261: Fred W. Sladen, Diaries of a WWII colonel commanding troops from Morocco to Italy to France, 1942-44. $3,000 to $4,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 309: Los mexicanos pintados por si mismos, por varios autores, a Mexican plate book. Mexico, 1854-1855. $2,000 to $3,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 8: Diaries of a prospector / trapper in the remote Alaska wilderness, 5 manuscript volumes. Alaska, 1917-64. $1,500 to $2,500.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Gonnelli:
    Auction 55
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    November 26st 2024
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€
    Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€
    Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€
    Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€
    Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€