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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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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. - 
    
    
    
Dominic Winter 
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter 
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.Dominic Winter 
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.Dominic Winter 
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300. - 
    
    
    
Swann 
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.Swann 
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.Swann 
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.Swann 
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo. 
Christies: The Maillet Daguerreotype Collection, Online
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Maillet Daguerreotype Collection, Online | Total Sales (USD) | 1,618,722.00 | 
| Auction Date | June 26, 2025 - June 26, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 846,100.00 | 
| Sale Number | #24192 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,265,800.00 | 
| Total Lots | 265 | ||
| Sold Lots | 254 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,384,100.00 | 
| % of Lots Sold | 95.85% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 2,088,800.00 | 
| Unsold Lots | 11 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 77.50% | 
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 | ROBERT CORNELIUS (1809-1893) | Portrait of a Woman, c. 1840-41  | 
      c. 1840-41 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 60,480.00 | 
| 105 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | Use of Hydraulics at a California Gold Mine, c. 1851  | 
      c. 1851 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 44,100.00 | 
| 37 | ALBERT STAPFER | Chateau de Talcy, 14 October 1840  | 
      1840 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 40,320.00 | 
| 53 | FRANCIS H. GRICE | Group Lot of Twenty-One Portraits, c. 1845  | 
      c. 1845 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 40,320.00 | 
| 100 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | California Gold Mining Camp, c. 1850  | 
      c. 1850 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 37,800.00 | 
| 25 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | Portrait of a Young Actor, Believed to be John Wilkes Booth, Wearing a Shakespearean Costume, c. 1855.  | 
      c. 1855. | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 35,280.00 | 
| 42 | FRANCISCO DE LEYGONIER (1812-1880) | Two Matadors, c. 1848  | 
      c. 1848 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 35,280.00 | 
| 103 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | California Gold Mining Operations with Numerous Miners Present and Engaged in Work, c. 1850  | 
      c. 1850 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 35,280.00 | 
| 4 | SAMUEL F.B. MORSE (1791-1872) | Portrait of a Young Man, 1839  | 
      1839 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 32,760.00 | 
| 20 | SOUTHWORTH & HAWES (1843-1863) | Medallion of a Young Woman, c.1850  | 
      c.1850 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 32,760.00 | 
| 87 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | Western Exploration, c. 1850  | 
      c. 1850 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 32,760.00 | 
| 13 | JEAN GABRIEL EYNARD (1775-1863) | Beaulieu Manor, Geneve, c. 1845  | 
      c. 1845 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 30,240.00 | 
| 48 | W.G. HELSBY (1828-1891) | City of Valparaiso, Chile, 1857  | 
      1857 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 30,240.00 | 
| 97 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | California Gold Mining Camp and Operations, c. 1850  | 
      c. 1850 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 30,240.00 | 
| 122 | ROBERT CORNELIUS (1809-1893) | Portrait of a Youth, c. 1839  | 
      c. 1839 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 30,240.00 | 
| 93 | WILLIAM C. MAYHEW | View of Fort Gibson and a Portrait of General William Goldsmith Belknap, Commander of Fort Gibson, c.1850  | 
      c.1850 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 27,720.00 | 
| 30 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | Schooner at Dock with Men on Rigging, Great Lakes, 1854  | 
      1854 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 25,200.00 | 
| 43 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | Group Lot of Two Views of the Port of Bastia, Corsica, c. 1845  | 
      c. 1845 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 25,200.00 | 
| 44 | ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES DEFOREST FREDRICKS (1823-1894) | City Hall, Havana, Cuba, c. 1855  | 
      c. 1855 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 25,200.00 | 
| 54 | PLATT D. BABBITT (1822--1879) | Babbitt's Pavilion Covered in Snow, Niagara, c. 1850  | 
      c. 1850 | USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 25,200.00 | 
| 39 | FRANCISCO DE LEYGONIER (1812-1880) | Portrait of a Matador, from Real Life, and Daguerreotype of a Painting of Marie-Louise-Ferdinande de Bourbon, duchesse de Montpensier by Franz Xaver Winterhalter c.1848  | 
      c.1848 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 23,940.00 | 
| 84 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | Maungwudaus (George Henry 1811-1888)  | 
      USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 21,420.00 | |
| 108 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | California Gold Mining Operation, c. 1850  | 
      c. 1850 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 21,420.00 | 
| 198 | UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER | The Dentist, c. 1850  | 
      c. 1850 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 21,420.00 | 
| 15 | JAMES McCLEES AND WASHINGTON L. GERMON (ACTIVE 1848-1855) | Lamp Shop, Philadelphia, 1848  | 
      1848 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 20,160.00 |