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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.
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Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’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.
Christies: Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana | Total Sales (USD) | 5,403,342.00 |
| Auction Date | October 16, 2025 - October 16, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 3,281,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #23736 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 4,633,300.00 |
| Total Lots | 160 | ||
| Sold Lots | 142 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 3,721,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 88.75% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 5,295,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 18 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 102.04% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | COLUMBUS LETTER -- VERARDUS, Carolus (1440-1500) | In Laudem Serenissimi Ferdinandi Hispaniae regis Bethicae & regni Granatae obsidio voctoria & triumphus |
1494 | USD 1,500,000.00 - 2,000,000.00 | USD 1,651,000.00 |
| 11 | ARISTOTELES (384--322 B.C.) | De animalibus |
1476 | USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | USD 279,400.00 |
| 32 | POLO, Marco (1254-1324) | De le maraueliose cose del Mondo |
20 December 1500 | USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | USD 228,600.00 |
| 10 | CATO, Dionysius (c.3rd-4th centuries C.E.) | Cato's Distichs |
[after 23 December 1483] | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 190,500.00 |
| 96 | [AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)] | Pride and Prejudice |
1813 | USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | USD 190,500.00 |
| 1 | CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106--43 B.C) | Epistolae ad familiares |
[before 18 September] 1469 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 107,950.00 |
| 30 | [LANGLAND, William (c.1325--c.1390)] | The Vision of Pierce Plowman |
1550 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 95,250.00 |
| 35 | Gesta proxime per Portugalenses in India, Ethiopia, et aliis orientalibus terris |
November 1506 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 95,250.00 | |
| 101 | [AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)] | Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion |
1818 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 76,200.00 |
| 28 | [GROLIER BINDING] XENOPHON (c.430--c.355 B.C.) | Opera |
1534 | USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 63,500.00 |
| 79 | Le Pastissier Francois |
1655 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 63,500.00 | |
| 112 | GOULD, John (1804-1881) | The Birds of Europe |
1837 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 63,500.00 |
| 2 | CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106--43 B.C.) | Orationes |
[not after 9 November] 1471 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 60,960.00 |
| 110 | LEWIS, James Otto (1799-1858) | The Aboriginal Port Folio; or a Collection of Portraits of the most Celebrated Chiefs of the North American Indians |
[May 1835 - 1838] | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 60,960.00 |
| 21 | TACITUS, Gaius Cornelius (c.56--c.117) | Opera |
[c.1487] | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 57,150.00 |
| 143 | EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955) | Autograph document signed ("Albert Einstein") |
1934-05-18 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 53,340.00 |
| 24 | SCHEDEL, Hartmann (1440--1514) | Liber chronicarum |
12 July 1493 | USD 28,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 48,260.00 |
| 52 | SCHMIDEL, Ulrich (1511-c.1570), [STADEN, Hans (1525-1576)] and others | Neuwe Welt: das ist Warhaffttige Beschreibunge aller schoenen Historien von Erfindung viler unbekanten Koenigreichen, Landschaftten, Insulen und Stedten |
(1524-1559) | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 48,260.00 |
| 98 | [AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)] | Mansfield Park: A Novel |
1814 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 48,260.00 |
| 140 | DOUGLASS, Frederick (1818-1895) | Life and Times of Frederick Douglass |
1881 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 48,260.00 |
| 137 | FROST, Robert (1874-1963) | Autograph manuscript poem signed ("Robert Frost"), entitled "Nothing New" |
1918 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 44,450.00 |
| 148 | EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955) | Photograph signed and inscribed on the outer mat ("Dir lieben Estella Albert Einstein 1940") |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 44,450.00 | |
| 144 | EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955); EINSTEIN, Margot (1899-1986) | An archive of letters, notes, signed photographs, and a book |
1937-1951 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 40,640.00 |
| 16 | LANDINUS, Christophoros (1424-1498) | Disputationum Camaldulensium libri IV |
[about 1480] | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 |
| 25 | LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus (?96-55 B.C.) | De rerum natura |
4 September 1495 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 |