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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.
Sothebys: Photographs Part II
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photographs Part II | Total Sales (USD) | 2,036,953.00 |
| Auction Date | October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,333,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #N11758 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 2,000,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 101 | ||
| Sold Lots | 71 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,707,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 70.30% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 2,570,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 30 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 79.24% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | Ed Ruscha | Gasoline Stations (8 photographs) |
1962, printed in 1989. | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 165,100.00 |
| 118 | Vera Lutter | Pepsi-Cola, Long Island City, VIII, June 24, 1998 |
1998 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 95,250.00 |
| 140 | Diane Arbus | 'A young man in curlers at home on West 20th Street, N. Y. C.' |
1966, printed posthumously | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 76,200.00 |
| 152 | Cindy Sherman | Untitled Film Still #65 |
1980 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 76,200.00 |
| 101 | Ansel Adams | 'Georgia O'Keeffe and Friend (Orville Cox), Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona' |
1937 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 69,850.00 |
| 104 | Ansel Adams | 'Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park' |
circa 1937, printed in 1976. | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 63,500.00 |
| 126 | Irving Penn | 'Mermaid Dress (Rochas), Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn' |
1950, printed in 1980. | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 63,500.00 |
| 141 | Diane Arbus | 'A family on the lawn one Sunday in Westchester, N. Y.' |
1968, printed posthumously | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 60,960.00 |
| 102 | Ansel Adams | 'Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California' |
1944, printed in 1979. | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 57,150.00 |
| 120 | Man Ray | Untitled (Rayograph with Mannequin and Coil) |
1925 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 53,340.00 |
| 121 | Man Ray | Untitled (Rayograph with Egg Beater, Doily, Broom, and Coil) |
1943 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 53,340.00 |
| 146 | Diane Arbus | Two Ladies at the Automat, NYC |
1966, printed posthumously | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 53,340.00 |
| 119 | Vik Muniz | Convergence: Number 10, after Jackson Pollock (from Pictures of Pigment) |
2008 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 48,260.00 |
| 162 | Cindy Sherman | Untitled #554 |
2010, printed in 2012. | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 48,260.00 |
| 174 | Edward Weston | 'Cabbage Sprout' |
circa 1931. | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 48,260.00 |
| 175 | Edward Weston | 'Egg Slicer' |
1930 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 48,260.00 |
| 194 | David Yarrow | Wolf of Main Street II |
2015 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 44,450.00 |
| 142 | Diane Arbus | 'A Jewish giant at home with his parents in the Bronx, N. Y.' |
1970, printed posthumously | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 40,640.00 |
| 172 | Edward Weston | 'Shell and Olla' |
1927, printed no later than 1930. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 40,640.00 |
| 103 | Ansel Adams | 'Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico' |
1941, printed in 1978. | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 |
| 137 | Helmut Newton | 'Big Nude Verina, Nice' |
1993, printed in 1994. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 |
| 173 | Edward Weston | 'Cabbage Leaf' |
1931 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 |
| 200 | Massimo Vitali | Palermo, Mondello Triptych (#2788, #2787, and #2786) |
2007 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 |
| 117 | Bernd and Hilla Becher | Wasserturm |
1978 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 31,750.00 |
| 106 | Ansel Adams | 'Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona' |
1942 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 30,480.00 |