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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. 
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 |