• 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.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’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, 2025
    Dominic 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, 2025
    Dominic 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, 2025
    Dominic 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, 2025
    Dominic 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, 2025
    Swann, 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, 2025
    Swann, 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, 2025
    Swann, 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, 2025
    Swann, 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.
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Christies: Arts of Asia online

Auction Reports

Auction Name Arts of Asia online Total Sales (USD) 1,350,137.00
Auction Date September 25, 2025 - September 25, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 295,600.00
Sale Number #23499 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 459,400.00
Total Lots 135
Sold Lots 121 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 325,100.00
% of Lots Sold 89.63% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 505,900.00
Unsold Lots 14 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 266.88%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
180 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Kanagawa oki nami ura (Under the well of the Great Wave off Kanagawa) ["Great Wave"]

USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 508,000.00
181 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Gaifu kaisei (Fine wind, clear weather) ["Red Fuji"]

late 1831 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 228,600.00
182 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Sanka hakuu (Storm below the summit) ["Black Fuji"]

late 1831 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 114,300.00
186 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Awa, Naruto no fuha (Wind and waves at Naruto, Awa Province)

circa 1853 USD 8,500.00 - 12,000.00 USD 24,130.00
215 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

Shiba Zojoji (Zojoji Temple, Shiba)

1925 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 24,130.00
177 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Poem by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki Ason

circa 1835-36 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 13,970.00
178 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Tokaido Ejiri Tago no ura ryakuzu (Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tokaido)

circa 1830-31 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 13,970.00
216 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

Shiba Zojoji (Zojoji Temple in Shiba)

1925 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,700.00
256 YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)

Kanchunjanga (Kanchenjunga)

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 11,430.00
267 YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)

Sharamaru Gaaden (Shalimar Garden, Lahore)

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 10,160.00
187 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Ryogoku hanabi (Fireworks, Ryogoku)

8th month 1858 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,525.00
219 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

Nikko gaido (The road to Nikko)

1930 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 9,525.00
222 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

Inokashira no haru no yoru (Spring evening at Inokashira)

1931 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 9,525.00
247 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

Hiraizumi Konjikido (Konjiki Hall at Hiraizumi)

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 9,525.00
265 YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)

Hikaru umi (Glittering sea)

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 9,525.00
230 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

Kameido no fuji (Wisteria at Kameido)

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 8,890.00
255 YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)

Kanchunjanga, gogo (Kanchenjunga, afternoon)

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 8,890.00
185 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Kanbara yoru no yuki (Evening snow at Kanbara)

circa 1834 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,255.00
228 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

Soshu Maekawa no ame (Rain at Maekawa)

1932 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 8,255.00
179 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Joshu Ushibori (Ushibori in Hitachi Province)

circa 1830-31 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 7,620.00
293 ISHIWATA KOITSU (1897-1987)

A group of four prints

1931-32 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,985.00
250 YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)

Naiagara bakufu (Niagara Falls)

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,096.00
246 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

Matsuyamajo meigetsu (Full moon over Matsuyama Castle)

1953 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,715.00
223 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

Meguro Fudodo (Fudo Hall in Meguro)

1931 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,334.00
254 YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)

Kanchunjanga, asa (Mount Kangchenjunga, morning)

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,334.00
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  • Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950