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Doyle New York: Rare Books, Autographs, and Maps

Auction Reports

Auction Name Rare Books, Autographs, and Maps Total Sales (USD) 100,926.00
Auction Date December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 64,440.00
Sale Number #9151 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 100,840.00
Total Lots 279
Sold Lots 198.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 89,630.00
% of Lots Sold 70.97% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 139,840.00
Unsold Lots 81 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 72.17%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
130

[BASEBALL - NEGRO LEAGUE]. A group of signed documents and rare photographs, some relating to the Negro League player Percy Wilson

1923 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 9,600.00
32 ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY

Little Women

1868-69 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,120.00
125

Group of five signed half-tone reproductions of groups of prominent figures, four mounted to paper or thin card, the fifth unmounted

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 4,800.00
137 [KENNEDY, JOHN FITZGERALD]

The bookplate of President John F. Kennedy

circa 1961 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,880.00
5

[FORGERY] Two beveled-edged wooden boards extracted from an Italian tempera-painted bookbinding, the upper cover carved & painted with a figure of St. Michael, the lower carved and painted with a variety of arms and an inscription stating that this was th

?1890s USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,920.00
94 WOOLF, VIRGINIA

Collection of Chester Page. Autograph letter signed

1931-12-01 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,792.00
2 BRANT, SEBASTIAN

Stultifera Navis

1488 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,664.00
24 CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE & ROBERT

A large collection of illustrated Cruikshank titles

1821 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,408.00
87 RAND, AYN

Atlas Shrugged

[1957] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,408.00
207 WARD, HERBERT

WARD, HERBERT, Three works

1911 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,408.00
131

[BASEBALL]. Framed display with a signed photograph of Mickey Mantle and cards signed by the 1951 New York Yankees

1951 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,280.00
89 VONNEGUT, KURT

The Estate of LeGrand Mellon. Kilgore Trout in Cohoes

1975 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,216.00
259 BACHELARD, GASTON

[CHAGALL, MARC]. Drawings for the Bible

-1960 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,216.00
98

[AMERICAN MANUFACTURING]. A mid-19th century manuscript of recipes for a New York City Varnish and Oils manufacturer

Circa 1855-66 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,152.00
135 MURRAY, JACK

The Property of a New England Family

1947 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,152.00
218 MACDONALD, CHARLES

[GOLF]. Scotland's Gift: Golf

1929 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,152.00
65

[AMERICAN LITERATURE]. Two major works of American Literature

1896 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 1,088.00
123 GRANT, ULYSSES

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

1885-86 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,088.00
182 SANTOS, JOAO DOS

Histoire de l'Ethiopie orientale, composee en portugais, par le R.P. Jean dos Santos ... et traduite en francois par le R.P. Dom Gaetan Charpy...

1684 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,088.00
88 VONNEGUT, KURT, JR.

The Estate of LeGrand Mellon

1969 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,024.00
234 ELIOT, GEORGE

Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life

1871-72 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,024.00
36 DAVIES, VALENTINE

Miracle on 34th Street

[1947] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 960.00
191 ORME, EDWARD, publisher

Foreign field sports, fisheries, sporting anecdotes, &c. &c.

n.d. (but 1823 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 960.00
90 VONNEGUT, KURT, JR.

The Estate of LeGrand Mellon. Self-Portrait

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 896.00
92 VONNEGUT, KURT, JR.

The Estate of LeGrand Mellon. Eleven Kurt Vonnegut first editions

1963 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 896.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
  • Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.