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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 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.
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Gonnelli Casa DAste: Books, Autographs and Manuscripts - Session V

Auction Reports

Auction Name Books, Autographs and Manuscripts - Session V Total Sales (EUR) 90,602.00
Auction Date October 09, 2025 - October 09, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 41,940.00
Sale Number #63E High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 41,940.00
Total Lots 132
Sold Lots 116 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 81,780.00
% of Lots Sold 87.88% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 81,780.00
Unsold Lots 16 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 110.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
614 Rossini Luigi

Rossini Luigi, Le antichita romane ossia raccolta delle piu Interessanti vedute di Roma antica... Roma: presso il negozio Scudellari via Condotti [...]: dai tipi di Mercurj e Robaglia, 1829.

1829 EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 11,970.00
605 Porcacchi Tommaso

Porcacchi Tommaso, L'isole piu famose del mondo [...] intagliate da Girolamo Porro... In Venetia: appresso gli heredi di Simon Galignani, 1604.

1604 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,780.00
584 Ordre de Saint Michel

Ordre de Saint Michel, Statuts de l'Ordre de St. Michel. [Paris]: De l'Imprimerie royale, 1725.

1725 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,024.00
580 Mordant de Launay Jean Claude Mien

Mordant de Launay Jean Claude Mien, Herbier general de l'amateur, contenant la description, l'histoire, les proprietes et la culture des vegetaux utiles et agreable [...] Tome premier [-huitieme]. Paris: Audot, 1816-1827.

1816 EUR 2,200.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 2,772.00
600 Pigafetta Antonio

Pigafetta Antonio, Il viaggio fatti da gli Spagniuoli a torno a' l mondo. [S.l., s.n.]: 1536.

1536 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,772.00
627 Tasso Torquato

Tasso Torquato, La Gerusalemme liberata [...] Con le figure di Giambatista Piazzetta alla sacra real maesta di Maria Teresa d'Austria... In Venezia: stampata da Giambatista Albrizzi q. Girol., 1745.

1745 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,520.00
621 Segato Girolamo, Valeriani Domenico

Segato Girolamo, Valeriani Domenico, Atlante del Basso e Alto Egitto [...] illustrato sui disegni di Denon... Firenze: nello stabilimento posto nei fondacci di Santo Spirito, 1835-37.

1835 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,394.00
604 Pontini Giovanni

Pontini Giovanni, La cacciagione de' volatili, osia L'arte di pigliare uccelli in ogni maniera... In Vicenza: appresso Giandomenico Occhi librajo in Piazza, 1758.

1758 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,890.00
625 Stato Pontificio (Governo)

Stato Pontificio (Governo), Ragguaglio delle cose operate dal Ministero del Commercio, delle Belle Arti [...] dall'anno 1859 al 1864. Roma: Tipografia della Reverenda Camera Apostolica, 1864.

1864 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,890.00
558 Lopez de Gomara Francisco

Lopez de Gomara Francisco, Historia del illustriss. et valorosiss. capitano don Ferdinando Cortes marchese della Valle, et quando discoperse, et acquisto la Nuoua Hispagna... Impressa in Roma: per Valerio, & Luigi Dorici fratelli, 1556.

1556 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,764.00
585 Ortes Giammaria

Ortes Giammaria, Calcolo sopra la verita della storia... Venezia: dalla Tipografia Fracasso, 1815.

1815 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,764.00
588 Palmieri Matteo

Palmieri Matteo, Libro della Vita Civile. (Al colophon:) In Firenze: per gli Heredi di Philippo Giunta, 1529.

1529 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,764.00
589 Paoletti Ermolao

Paoletti Ermolao, Il fiore di Venezia ossia i quadri, i monumenti, le vedute, ed i costumi veneziani... Volume I (-IV). Venezia: Tommaso Fontana Edit., 1837.

1837 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,638.00
598 Piccolomini Alessandro

Piccolomini Alessandro, De la sfera del mondo. Libri quattro in lingua toscana [...] De le stelle fisse. Libro uno con le sue figure, e con le sue tavole... In Venetia: al Segno del Pozzo, 1540.

1540 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,512.00
534 Gonzalez Davila Gil

Gonzalez Davila Gil, Teatro eclesiastico de la primitiva iglesia de las Indias Occidentales... Tomo primero (-segundo). En Madrid: por Diego Diaz de la Carrera, 1649-1655.

1649 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,260.00
642 Vecellio Cesare

Vecellio Cesare, Habiti antichi overo Raccolta di figure delineate dal gran Titiano, e da Cesare Vecellio suo fratello, diligentemente intagliate, conforme alle nationi del mondo... In Venetia: per Combi, & LaNou, 1664.

1664 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,260.00
571 Masini Eliseo

Masini Eliseo, Sacro arsenale, overo Prattica dell'officio della S. Inquisitione ampliata. In Roma: appresso gl'heredi del Corbelletti, 1639. (Al colophon:) In Roma: nella stamperia degl'heredi di Francesco Corbelletti, 1640.

1640 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,197.00
634 Tricasso Patrizio

Tricasso Patrizio, Chyromantia [...] in vulgare tradutta... (Al colophon:) In Venetia: per Io. Francisco & Io. Antonio de Rusconi Fratelli, Adi 18 del mese de Febraio 1524.

1524 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 1,134.00
646 Vigevano Giuseppe

Vigevano Giuseppe, Nisayon Ktav Lashon HaKodesh ossia Saggio di caratteri ebraici ad uso della studiosa gioventu... Mantova, (Reggio [Emilia]: co tipi della societa), 1824.

1824 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,134.00
581 Moro Antonio Lazzaro

Moro Antonio Lazzaro, De' crostacei e degli altri marini corpi... Venezia: Appresso Stefano Monti, 1740.

1740 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,071.00
611 Ripa Cesare

Ripa Cesare, Nova iconologia [...] ampliata ultimamente dallo stesso auttore di trecento imagini... In Padova per Pietro Paolo Tozzi, 1618.

1618 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,071.00
647 Vitruvius Marcus Pollio

Vitruvius Marcus Pollio, L'Architettura [...] colla traduzione italiana e comento del Marchese Berardo Galiani... In Napoli: Nella Stamperia Simoniana, 1758.

1758 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 1,008.00
547 Joni Icilio Federico

Joni Icilio Federico, Riproduzione di una biccherna del XV secolo. Siena: 1460, (ma Siena 1890-1910).

1900 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 945.00
559 Lopez de Gomara Francisco

Lopez de Gomara Francisco, Historia di don Ferdinando Cortes [...] che discopri, & acquisto la nuova Spagna. Parte terza. In Venetia: per Francesco Lorenzini da Turino, 1560.

1560 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 945.00
590 Passeri Bernardino

Passeri Bernardino, Speculum, & exemplar Christicolarum... Romae: 1587. (Al colophon:) Romae: ex typographia Bartholomaei Bonfadini, 1587.

1587 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 EUR 945.00
  • 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
  • University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Solider Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic
  • 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.