Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.

Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.

Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.

Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300.
Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.

Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.

Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.

Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.

Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950

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Vermot de Pas: NASA Photographs - History of Space Conquest

Auction Reports


Auction Name	NASA Photographs - History of Space Conquest	Total Sales (EUR)	10,911.60
Auction Date	October 17, 2025 - October 17, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	13,000.00
Sale Number	#171095	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	20,200.00
Total Lots	324
Sold Lots	21	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	157,200.00
% of Lots Sold	6.48%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	231,250.00
Unsold Lots	303	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	4.72%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
38	NASA. Apollo 11 mission.	Astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the lunar surface poses for astronaut Neil Armstrong in a historic shot showing Neil Armstrong's silhouette in the reflection of Buzz Aldrin's visor.	July 20, 1969.	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 1,260.00
70	NASA. LARGE FORMAT. Apollo 17 mission.	A superb Earth survey observed from lunar orbit (rotationally cropped).	1972	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 592.20
21	NASA. LARGE FORMAT.	The 1st photograph of the Earth in its entirety taken by Humans in Space.		EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
66	NASA. LARGE FORMAT. APOLLO 17 mission.	Perfect view of the lunar rover.	1972	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
75	Nasa. LARGE FORMAT.	An impressive and rare view of a solar flare observed from the Skylab 4 spacecraft on December 19, 1973.	1973	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
91	NASA. LARGE FORMAT.	Historic photograph of the 1st untethered free-floating man in Space.	1984	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
152	NASA.	Superb view of an Image of a solar flare observed by the Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS) of loops of elements in the active region at different temperatures and wavelengths.	2001	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
153	NASA. LARGE FORMAT.	BLUE MARBBLE.		EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
155	Nasa. LARGE FORMAT.	Spacewalker Lee M.E. Morin assembles new modules for the International Space Station.	April 13, 2002.	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
167	Nasa. LARGE FORMAT.	Magnificent view of the Earth taken by the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging) spacecraft.	2005	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
197	NASA. LARGE FORMAT.	Perfect view of the planet SATURN.	2006	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
217	NASA. LARGE FORMAT.	A superb satellite image of the Earth taken by a weather observation satellite.	2010	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
221	NASA. LARGE FORMAT.	Superb view of the complete disk of planet Earth, with the largest ocean visible: the Pacific Ocean, bordered on the east by the American continent.	2010	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
236	NASA. LARGE FORMAT.	Photographic mosaic of the Arctic Ocean.		EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
237	NASA. GRAND FORMAT.	Exceptional photograph of the globe showing both the photographic capture of three tropical cyclones rotating in the eastern Pacific Ocean on the same day.	2012	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
71	NASA. LARGE FORMAT. APOLLO 17 mission.	View of the lunar module, lunar module pilot, astronaut Harrison H.	1972	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 567.00
63	NASA.	Magnificent liftoff of the Saturn V rocket carrying the astronauts of the Apollo 16 mission to the Moon on April 16, 1972.	1972	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 226.80
16	NASA.	Exceptional view of an Earthrise from lunar orbit.		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 189.00
182	NASA. TITAN, moon of SATURN.	Processing from calibrated red, green and violet filtered images of Titan, taken by Cassini on January 15, 2006. Vintage chromogenic print.	2006	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 189.00
243	NASA. Cassini Mission.	Venus shines like a bright beacon through Saturn's rings in this unique image taken by the Cassini international space probe on November 10, 2012, when the spacecraft was placed in Saturn's shadow.	2012	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 189.00
275	NASA.	Ultraviolet photograph of a solar flare.	2016	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 163.80

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’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.
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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.