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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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![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cc3f4f98-f195-4049-aca6-329c27fdd27c.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.")
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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.
Neal Auction Company: Premier Collections Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Premier Collections Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 566,052.50 |
| Auction Date | September 12, 2025 - September 12, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 304,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #91225 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 481,300.00 |
| Total Lots | 38 | ||
| Sold Lots | 38 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 304,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 481,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 117.61% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | John James Audubon | The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America , |
1845, 1846, 1848 | USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 | USD 273,000.00 |
| 138 | A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. |
[1849]-1861. | USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 | USD 84,500.00 | |
| 443 | Eudora Welty | "Twenty Photographs" |
1930s - early 1940s, print date 1980 | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 33,800.00 |
| 95 | Gustav Baumann | "The Sycamore" |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 26,000.00 | |
| 127 | John Thomas James | "Brown Pelican" Plate 421, from The Birds of America, |
1838 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 26,000.00 |
| 125 | John James Audubon | The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories, by John James Audubon, dpapers and edges. |
1856, New York | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 18,200.00 |
| 143 | The Works of Charles Dickens, |
1881 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 18,200.00 | |
| 128 | "Trumpeter Swan, Young" Plate 376, from The Birds of America, |
1832 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,350.00 | |
| 126 | John James Audubon | The Birds of America, |
1971-1972 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 10,400.00 |
| 122 | John James Audubon | The Quadrupeds of North America, by John James Audubon and Rev. John Bachman, |
1856 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,875.00 |
| 141 | Rex Brasher | Birds and Trees of North America, Chickadee Valley near Kent, CT., [the author], 1929-1932, Volume 3 |
1929-1932 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 4,875.00 |
| 131 | John James Audubon | "Black & Yellow Warbler" Plate 50, from The Birds of America, |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,640.00 | |
| 129 | John James Audubon | "American Bittern" Plate 337, from The Birds of America, |
1836 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,510.00 |
| 134 | "Orchard Oriole" Plate 42, from The Birds of America |
1830 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,510.00 | |
| 142 | The Naturalist's Library, Edinburgh (Lizars), |
1833-1843 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,250.00 | |
| 89 | Frederick Childe Hassam | "Spring in Charleston, South Carolina" |
1925 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,120.00 |
| 468 | Leroy Neimann | "P.J. Clarke's Bar" |
1978 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,990.00 |
| 465 | George Rodrigue | "Space Chair: Split-font Blue and Pink" |
1992 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,860.00 |
| 133 | John James Audubon | Worm-eating Warbler Plate 34, from The Birds of America, |
1827 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,730.00 |
| 467 | Russell Young | "Elvis TCB Gun" |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,730.00 | |
| 135 | John James Audubon | "Black Tern" Plate 280, from The Birds of America, |
1838 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,340.00 |
| 94 | Norman Rockwell | "The Runaway" |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,210.00 | |
| 123 | "Raccoon" Plate 61, from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, |
1845-1848 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,210.00 | |
| 451 | Ida Kohlmeyer | "Quartered" |
1981 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,210.00 |
| 136 | "Townsend's Sandpiper" Plate 428, from The Birds of America, |
1838 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,080.00 |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b69c37e7-f18c-4417-b08b-f00e9b97a413.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.")
