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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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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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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
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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.
Galerie Bassenge: Autographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Autographs | Total Sales (EUR) | 76,966.40 |
| Auction Date | October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 53,450.00 |
| Sale Number | #126AUT | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 53,450.00 |
| Total Lots | 138 | ||
| Sold Lots | 79 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 102,380.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 57.25% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 102,380.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 59 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 75.18% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2523 | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von | Eigenhandiger Brief an C. G. Voigt. |
1796 | EUR 9,000.00 - 9,000.00 | EUR 10,880.00 |
| 2635 | Wagner, Richard | Widmung auf dem Umschlagblatt eines Klavierauszugs. |
1868 | EUR 2,800.00 - 2,800.00 | EUR 7,040.00 |
| 2527 | Grass, Gunter | 24 Briefe an Heinrich Vormweg. |
1965-2002 | EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 4,096.00 |
| 2546 | Tolstoi, Leo Graf | Signierte Portratfoto-Postkarte. |
1907 | EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,328.00 |
| 2551 | Woolf, Virginia | Brief an Charlotte Wolff. |
1936 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 3,328.00 |
| 2633 | Schlesinger, Adolph Martin | Geschaftskorrespondenz seiner Musikalienhandlung. |
1797-1834 | EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 2,304.00 |
| 2581 | Friedrich II., der Grosse, Konig von Preussen | Brief an den Markgrafen Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg-Schwedt. |
1765 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,176.00 |
| 2613 | Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig | Brief an Dr. Bosshart in Riehen-Basel. |
1935 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,048.00 |
| 2592 | Lindbergh, Charles | Brief uber die Umgestaltung seiner Farm in Miinnesota |
1936 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,920.00 |
| 2533 | Huxley, Aldous | Abdruck der linken Hand fur eine Chirologin. Dabei 2 weitere Blatter. |
1940 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | EUR 1,664.00 |
| 2571 | Zeiss, Carl | Albumblatt. |
1838 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,664.00 |
| 2605 | Wissmann, Hermann von | Sehr umfangreicher Brief uber die Emin-Pascha- und Stanley-Expeditionen. |
1888 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,408.00 |
| 2506 | Benn, Gottfried | Ansichts-Postkarte. Meran |
1952 | EUR 400.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,216.00 |
| 2615 | Kokoschka, Oskar | Brief an Ludwig Goldscheider uber seine Bucher. |
1963 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,216.00 |
| 2519 | Fouque, Caroline de la Motte | 2 Briefe an A. M. Schlesinger. |
1821 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | EUR 1,152.00 |
| 2543 | Stammbuch des Studenten Wever in Halle (Saale). |
1795-1837 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | EUR 1,152.00 | |
| 2520 | Fouque, Friedrich de la Motte | Brief an den Musikverleger A. M. Schlesinger. Marz |
1821 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,088.00 |
| 2541 | Stammbuch des Johann Christian Nicolai aus Oschatz. |
1770-1813 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,088.00 | |
| 2521 | Fouque, Friedrich de la Motte | Brief an den Musikverleger A. M. Schlesinger. August |
1821 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | EUR 1,024.00 |
| 2529 | Mirat, Crescence Eugenie | Signierter Bank-Wechsel. |
1870 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,024.00 |
| 2580 | Friedrich II., der Grosse, Konig von Preussen | Brief an Ferdinand IV., Konig beider Sizilien. |
1765 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 896.00 |
| 2518 | Fontane, Friedrich | Brief an einen Fontane-Forscher. |
1938 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 832.00 |
| 2616 | Kollwitz, Kathe | Brief uber den Weber-Zyklus. Dabei eine Radierung. |
1917 | EUR 900.00 - 900.00 | EUR 832.00 |
| 2560 | Jussieu, Adrien de | 3 Briefe an Botaniker in Dresden und Wien. |
1839-1844 | EUR 900.00 - 900.00 | EUR 768.00 |
| 2591 | Krain, Herzogtum | Kaiserliche Zoll-Verordnung fur St. Johannes bei Tybein in Krain. |
1644 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | EUR 768.00 |