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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.
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers: Thursday Morning at Stair
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Thursday Morning at Stair | Total Sales (USD) | 20,298.00 |
| Auction Date | September 11, 2025 - September 11, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 9,750.00 |
| Sale Number | #17004 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 15,375.00 |
| Total Lots | 31 | ||
| Sold Lots | 29 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 10,750.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 93.55% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 17,075.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 2 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 118.88% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 133 | Group of Five Japanese Prints on Silk |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,584.00 | ||
| 213 | David Roberts (1796-1864) | The Temple of Dandour, from Excavated Temples of Abu Simbel, Nubia; and |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,768.00 | |
| 214 | James Bidgood (1933-2022) | Pink Narcissus: Group of Three |
2002 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,768.00 |
| 235 | 20th Century School | Untitled (Seated Man) |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,496.00 | |
| 164 | Henri Matisse (1869-1954) | Repli, Andre Rouveyre |
1947 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,360.00 |
| 262 | Nancy Graves (1939-1995) | Approaches the Limit of II |
1981 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,224.00 |
| 14 | John Hill (c. 1716-1775) | Eden: or, a Compleat body of Gardening: Plate 12; Plate 27; Plate 28; and |
1757 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,088.00 |
| 136 | Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819) | Cavex Ventricosa |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 952.00 | |
| 232 | Mark Beard (b. 1956) | Johnny III |
1976 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 952.00 |
| 143 | Salvador Dali (1904-1989) | The Face of Virgil (Purgatory: Canto 10) |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 816.00 | |
| 225 | Attributed to Richard Avedon (1923-2004) | Renata Adler; The Proust Group; and Egypt: Four Images |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 816.00 | |
| 249 | Mark Di Suvero (b. 1933) | Tetra |
1976 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 816.00 |
| 108 | Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) | Portrait of Berthe Morisot |
1892 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 680.00 |
| 16 | After Olivier Charles de Penne (1831-1897) | Apres la chasse. Repos devant l'atre |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 612.00 | |
| 224 | Mark Beard (b. 1956) | Untitled |
1995 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 612.00 |
| 149 | Johannes Kip (c.1653-1722) | Kingsweston, the Seat of Edward Southwell, Esq.; Miserden, the Seat of |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 544.00 | |
| 212 | Derry Moore (b. 1937) | Chaumella Palace, Hyderabad |
1976, date of printing unknown | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 340.00 |
| 216 | Norman Parkinson (1913-1990) | 80th Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen |
1980 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 340.00 |
| 223 | Laura Grisi (1939-2017) | Stripes |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 272.00 | |
| 236 | Laura Grisi (1939-2017) | Stripes |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 272.00 | |
| 211 | After Edmund Caldwell (1852-1930) | A Distinguished Foreigner; and A Foreigner Extinguished |
1889 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 170.00 |
| 119 | After Jacques Rigaud (c. 1680-1754) | View of the Royal Palace of Choisy; and View of the Palace and |
1755 and 1757. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 136.00 |
| 210 | Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) | Untitled (Landscape with Figure) |
1972 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 136.00 |
| 248 | After Richard Walker (b. 1955) | Civilization |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 136.00 | |
| 140 | James Carlin (1909-2005) | Ballerinas |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | USD 102.00 |