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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. 
Alexander Historical Auctions: Special End of Summer Live Auction 2025
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Special End of Summer Live Auction 2025 | Total Sales (USD) | 128,999.00 | 
| Auction Date | September 10, 2025 - September 10, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 88,780.00 | 
| Sale Number | #91025 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 127,100.00 | 
| Total Lots | 203 | ||
| Sold Lots | 143 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 167,560.00 | 
| % of Lots Sold | 70.44% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 231,200.00 | 
| Unsold Lots | 60 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 55.79% | 
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 266 | THE BEATLES ONLY EXISTING POSTER FROM THEIR 1964 AUSTRALIA CONCERT TOUR  | 
      1964 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 10,400.00 | |
| 268 | TUPAC SHAKUR | TUPAC SHAKUR personal check  | 
      1996 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 8,450.00 | 
| 242 | JEAN-FRANCOIS DE GALAUP, COMTE DE LA PEROUSE  | 
      1764[?], | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,500.00 | |
| 267 | TUPAC SHAKUR | TUPAC SHAKUR A.D.S.  | 
      USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 4,875.00 | |
| 58 | 'J'-STAMPED PASSPORT OF AN AUSTRIAN BANKER  | 
      1939 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 3,900.00 | |
| 1 | HIROHITO | HIROHITO SIGNED DOCUMENT AND AWARD OF THE SACRED TREASURE  | 
      1940 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,250.00 | 
| 284 | CHARLES MANSON | CHARLES MANSON'S CALIFORNIA DEPT OF CORRECTIONS I.D. CARD  | 
      1996 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,250.00 | 
| 33 | IKE'S D-DAY MESSAGE TO TROOPS -- FROM A LIEUTENANT WHO OVERSAW ITS DISTRIBUTION  | 
      1944 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,925.00 | |
| 64 | MEN, IT'S TIME!' German postcard  | 
      1938 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 2,600.00 | |
| 162 | JEFFERSON DAVIS | JEFFERSON DAVIS D.S.  | 
      1864 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,600.00 | 
| 269 | TUPAC SHAKUR'S 1993 N.Y.P.D. SEXUAL ASSAULT MUGSHOT  | 
      1993 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,600.00 | |
| 277 | 'WEEGEE' ARTHUR FELLIG | WEEGEE' ARTHUR FELLIG SET OF NINE EARLY ORIGINAL CRIME PHOTOGRAPHS  | 
      USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,600.00 | |
| 296 | THEODORE 'TED' BUNDY | THEODORE 'TED' BUNDY'S 1975 MUG SHOT  | 
      1975 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,340.00 | 
| 55 | PERIOD GERMAN MAP OF AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU  | 
      circa early 1940s | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,210.00 | |
| 179 | BRADY PHOTOGRAPH OF GENERALS WELSEY MERRITT AND ALFRED TORBERT  | 
      USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 2,210.00 | ||
| 235 | VLADIMIR PUTIN  | 
      USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,210.00 | ||
| 246 | JEAN-PAUL SARTRE | JEAN-PAUL SARTRE: 'ANTI-SEMITE AND JEW'  | 
      USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,080.00 | |
| 142 | ULRIC DAHLGREN | ULRIC DAHLGREN I.S.P.  | 
      USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,950.00 | |
| 151 | CIVIL WAR SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN (80+) signatures  | 
      USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,950.00 | ||
| 270 | '50 CENT' - CURTIS JACKSON'S 1994 COCAINE SALE MUGSHOT  | 
      1994 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,950.00 | |
| 52 | HERMAN GORING'S PHOTO OF ADOLF HITLER AND HIS HENCHMEN  | 
      USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,820.00 | ||
| 94 | 'JUKE JOINT SNIPER' WORLD WAR II ANTI-VENEREAL DISEASE POSTER  | 
      1942 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,820.00 | |
| 56 | GERMAN POLIZEI AND CONCENTRATION CAMP PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM  | 
      USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,560.00 | ||
| 140 | JOHN HUNT MORGAN | JOHN HUNT MORGAN D.S.  | 
      1864 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,430.00 | 
| 238 | 1903 WRIGHT FLYER FLOWN LINEN RELIC  | 
      USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,430.00 |