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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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November 25Doyle
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![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cc3f4f98-f195-4049-aca6-329c27fdd27c.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.")
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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.
Brunk Auctions: Fall Modern | Contemporary | Design
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fall Modern | Contemporary | Design | Total Sales (USD) | 72,288.00 |
| Auction Date | October 16, 2025 - October 16, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 51,400.00 |
| Sale Number | #18258 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 80,600.00 |
| Total Lots | 60 | ||
| Sold Lots | 52 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 56,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 86.67% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 88,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 8 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 82.15% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 553 | Alex Katz | Swamp Maple I |
1970 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 14,080.00 |
| 523 | Ellsworth Kelly | Two Yellows |
1973-75 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 524 | Sol Lewitt | Fifteen Equal Arcs from the Midpoint of the Bottom, with All One-, Two-, Three- and Four- Part Combinations of Four Colors |
1990 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 557 | Henry Moore, Animals in the Zoo Portfolio | Edition 30/65, complete set of ten, with the three additional etchings printed on the title page and two text pages |
1980-1981 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,160.00 |
| 514 | Joan Miro | Le sourire aux ailes flamboyantes |
1954 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,584.00 |
| 547 | Jacob Lawrence | The March, from the series The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture, |
1995 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,328.00 |
| 549 | Hughie Lee-Smith | Untitled (Man On Wall) |
circa 1969 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,328.00 |
| 528 | Sol Lewitt | Bands of Lines in Three Directions (SL No.1977.07) |
1977 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,048.00 |
| 555 | Alex Katz | Camp, from the Carnegie Hall 100th Anniversary Portfolio, edition 50/60 |
1990 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,048.00 |
| 526 | Ellsworth Kelly | Black Curve |
1970-72 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 527 | Jennifer Losch Bartlett | Homan-ji, Series I |
1993 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 744 | Richard Anuskiewicz | Reflections VI - Deep Blue |
1979 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 1,664.00 |
| 687 | Bernard Fuchs Original Illustration | Woman under light, #6 chapter 5 illustration for Robert Penn Warren, All the King's Men, The Franklin Library, publisher |
1976 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,536.00 |
| 586 | Jim Dine | Big Red Wrench in Landscape, from Homage a Picasso |
1973 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,280.00 |
| 769 | Leonetto Cappiello, Liqueur Devil Poster | Leonetto Cappiello, Liqueur Devil Poster (French, 1875-1942)B: Maurin Quina, Le Puy |
1906 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,280.00 |
| 506 | Georges Braque | Phaeton, Char 1, edition 61/75 |
1945 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,152.00 |
| 625 | Pierre Alechinsky | Probleme demographique |
1969 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,152.00 |
| 518 | Alexander Calder, Three Lithographs | Red Sun |
1968 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,088.00 |
| 507 | Georges Braque | Helios V, edition 36/75 |
1948 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 522 | Sol Lewitt | Lines and color, straight, not-straight and broken lines using all combinations of black, white, yellow, red and blue for lines and intervals |
1977 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 832.00 |
| 743 | Salvador Dali | Neptune (Poseidon) |
1965 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 768.00 |
| 761 | Two After Joan Miro and One After Marc Chagall | All open edition color lithographs: Ceramiques, from Ceramiques de Miro et Artigas |
1974 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 768.00 |
| 521 | Sol Lewitt | All Combinations of Red, Yellow & Blue Straight, Not-Straight & Broken Lines on Red, Yellow and Blue (SL 1976.03) |
1976 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 704.00 |
| 529 | Sol Lewitt | Untitled, from the Kinderstern Portfolio (SL 1989.09) |
1984 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 704.00 |
| 606 | Robert H. Colescott | Fried Chicken and Fantasy |
1989 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 704.00 |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b69c37e7-f18c-4417-b08b-f00e9b97a413.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.")
