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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
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.
Sothebys: Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1900–1990
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1900–1990 | Total Sales (USD) | 312,166.00 |
| Auction Date | October 21, 2025 - October 21, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 368,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #N12005 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 555,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 45 | ||
| Sold Lots | 45 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 368,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 555,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 56.25% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Dorothea Lange | Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California |
1936, printed in 1955. | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 40,640.00 |
| 25 | Robert Frank | Tulip, Paris |
1950, printed in 1962. | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 |
| 26 | Harry Callahan | Eleanor |
1948, probably printed in the 1950s | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 |
| 76 | Garry Winogrand | Selected Images (4 photographs) |
1957, printed in 1974 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 19,050.00 |
| 77 | Henry Wessel, Jr. | Henry Wessel |
1968-86, printed in 1987 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 19,050.00 |
| 3 | Harold Edgerton | Harold Edgerton: Ten Dye Transfer Photographs |
1938-73, printed in 1985, | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 64 | Harry Callahan | Weed, Aix-en-Provence |
1958 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 18 | Dorothea Lange | Ditched, Stalled and Stranded, San Joaquin Valley, California |
1936, printed in 1965 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 48 | Helen Levitt | New York (Girl in Window) |
circa 1971. | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 81 | Aaron Siskind | Kentucky 15 |
1949 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 43 | Helen Levitt | N. Y. (Masked Children in a Tree) |
circa 1942, printed later. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 50 | Walker Evans | Main Street, Saratoga Springs, New York |
1931, printed in 1971 by James Dow. | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 74 | Larry Fink | Making Out 1957-1980 |
1957-1980, printed in 1980 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 80 | Aaron Siskind | Chicago 9 |
1948 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 6,096.00 |
| 37 | Yasuhiro Ishimoto | Untitled (Head in Silhouette) |
circa 1950. | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 5,715.00 |
| 21 | Dorothea Lange | No Rain, Idle in Town During the Great Drought, Sallisaw, Oklahoma |
1936, printed in 1962. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,080.00 |
| 53 | Aaron Siskind | Aaron Siskind: 75th Anniversary Portfolio |
1936-76, printed in 1979, | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,080.00 |
| 49 | Louis Stettner | Manhattan from the Promenade, Brooklyn, New York |
1956, printed in 1978 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 5,080.00 |
| 79 | Yasuhiro Ishimoto | Selected Abstract Studies (6 Photographs) |
circa 1950, printed circa 1953. | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 4,826.00 |
| 38 | Yasuhiro Ishimoto | Selected Images of Children (6 photographs) |
circa 1950-1960. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 4,445.00 |
| 73 | Aleksandr Rodchenko | Rodchenko: Never Seen Before |
1924-31, printed in 1993 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 4,445.00 |
| 24 | Walker Evans | Allie Mae Burroughs, Hale County, Alabama (Alabama Tenant Farmer Wife) |
1936, printed in 1971 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 |
| 42 | Helen Levitt | N. Y. (Three Kids in Masks) |
circa 1940, printed in 1995. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 |
| 70 | Edward Weston | Rafael Sala |
1924 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 |
| 69 | Maurice Tabard | Untitled (Photomontage) |
1929 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 |