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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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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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November 25Doyle
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November 25Doyle
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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.
Catawiki B. V.: Literature and Illustrated Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Literature and Illustrated Books | Total Sales (EUR) | 6,236.98 |
| Auction Date | September 21, 2025 - September 21, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 11,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #92125a | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 14,245.00 |
| Total Lots | 49 | ||
| Sold Lots | 25 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 31,005.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 51.02% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 37,815.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 24 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 16.49% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97595195 | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra; Traduccion: T. Smollett; Grabados disenados por Francis Hayman | The History and Adventures of Don Quixote [in Folio Minor] |
1755 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,100.00 | EUR 981.00 |
| 97661835 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Oeuvres Complettes de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
1798 | EUR 700.00 - 850.00 | EUR 545.00 |
| 97558410 | Dante | Comedia di Dante con figure dipinte |
2014 | EUR 500.00 - 650.00 | EUR 436.00 |
| 97775578 | Dante Alighieri/Sandro Botticelli | La Divina Commedia |
1997 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 436.00 |
| 97822677 | Signed; Stephen King | The Dark Half |
1989 | EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 | EUR 425.10 |
| 97267790 | George Orwell | Nineteen Eighty-Four |
1949 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 403.30 |
| 97083944 | Signed, John Ashbery | Some Trees (Poems) |
1956 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 338.99 |
| 97394350 | Dante Alighieri/Evelyn Paul | La Vita Nuova |
1915 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 286.67 |
| 97747799 | Carlo Collodi; Illustrazioni Mario Cerioli; Saggio introduttivo e commenti di Giacomo Biffi | Le avventure di Pinocchio |
2002 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 284.49 |
| 97669531 | Signed; Peter Benchley | Jaws |
1974 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 267.05 |
| 97505686 | Karen Blixen [Isak Dinesen] | Out of Africa |
1937 | EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 226.72 |
| 97663729 | Signed; Edgar Allan Poe / Alois Bilek (ill) | Shadow - Silence (limited edition, no 67/150, signed by illustrator) |
1926 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 171.13 |
| 96853093 | Umberto Eco | Beatus de Liebana |
1982 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 163.50 |
| 97592122 | Giovanni Paolo Marana | Letters writ by a Turkish spy |
1770 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 158.05 |
| 97498598 | Vasily Kamensky; Nikolai Evreinov | [Russian Avant-Garde / Theater] Kniga o Evreinov (1917) + Vvedenie v monodramu (1909). Both 1st Ed. |
1909/1917 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 130.80 |
| 97663827 | R.L. Stevenson / N.C. Wyeth (ill) | Kidnapped |
1913 | EUR 130.00 - 190.00 | EUR 130.80 |
| 97740473 | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra | The History and Adventures of the renowned Don Quixote |
1792 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 130.80 |
| 97569941 | Omero / Elvio Marchionni | Iliade. Saggio introduttivo e commento di Louis Godart. Illustrazioni di Elvio Marchionni |
2002 | EUR 700.00 - 850.00 | EUR 122.08 |
| 97498444 | J.D. Salinger | The Complete Uncollected Short Stories of J. D. Salinger: Volumes 1 and 2 |
1974 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 103.55 |
| 97722125 | Signed, Charlie Mackesy | The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse |
2019 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 103.55 |
| 97826254 | Signed; Salman Rushdie | Luka and the Fire of Life |
2010 | EUR 110.00 - 170.00 | EUR 103.55 |
| 97556923 | Torquato Tasso | Aminta |
1939 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 87.20 |
| 97728782 | Bartolomeo Pinelli | Mitologia illustrata |
1895 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 87.20 |
| 97703719 | Sir George Etherege | She Wou'd, if She Cou'd. A Comedy |
1735 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 76.30 |
| 97767502 | William Ernest Henley/J. W. Waterhouse/Alma Tadema/Edward Poynter/Frank Dicksee/Various | The Graphic Gallery of Shakespeare's Heroines |
1888 | EUR 210.00 - 260.00 | EUR 38.15 |