PBA Galleries: Fine Literature with the Counterculture & the Residents
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Literature with the Counterculture & the Residents | Total Sales (USD) | 238,437.50 |
| Auction Date | December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 175,400.00 |
| Sale Number | #852 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 273,200.00 |
| Total Lots | 471 | ||
| Sold Lots | 319.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 258,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 67.73% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 402,700.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 152 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 59.21% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 280 | Lewis, C.S. | The Chronicles of Narnia |
[1950-56] | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 |
| 270 | Herbert, Frank | Dune |
[1965] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 126 | Melville, Herman | Moby Dick or the Whale |
1930 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 80 | Hemingway, Ernest | The Fifth Column - original working script |
[c.1940] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 123 | McCarthy, Cormac | Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West |
1985 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 145 | Orwell, George | Nineteen Eighty-Four |
1949 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 310 | Tolkien, J.R.R. | The Lord of the Rings |
1955-1956 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 276 | Jordan, Robert | The Eye of the World |
[1990] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,062.50 |
| 172 | Stoddard, Charles Warren | For the Pleasure of His Company: An Affair of the Misty City, Thrice Told |
1903 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,812.50 |
| 102 | Livermore, Elizabeth | Zoe; or the Quadroon's Triumph. A Tale for the Times |
1855 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
| 139 | Orwell, George | Down and Out in Paris and London |
1933 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
| 241 | Crichton, Michael | Jurassic Park |
1990 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
| 197 | Adams, Douglas | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
[1980] | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,125.00 |
| 196 | Adams, Douglas | Four signed titles from the Hitchhiker's Guide series |
1980-1992 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 94 | Johnson, Crockett | Harold and the Purple Crayon |
1955 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 186 | Walker, Alice | The Color Purple |
[1982] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 8 | Austen, Jane | Pride and Prejudice |
[1895] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 83 | Hemingway, Ernest | The Old Man and the Sea |
1952 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 215 | Burroughs, Edgar Rice | Tarzan of the Apes |
1914 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 251 | Doyle, Arthur Conan | The Hound of the Baskervilles |
1902 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 43 | Dickens, Charles | Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz" |
1838 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 168 | Steinbeck, John | The Grapes of Wrath |
[1939] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 258 | Goldman, William | The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure |
[1973] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 369 | Bukowski, Charles | Art |
1977 [but December 1976] | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 101 | Lewis, C.S. | Studies in Words |
1960 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
