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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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![<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.")
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.
Bonhams: The Uncanny
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Uncanny | Total Sales (GBP) | 75,392.00 |
| Auction Date | October 29, 2025 - October 29, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 44,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #31485 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 69,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 52 | ||
| Sold Lots | 36 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 69,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 69.23% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 110,600.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 16 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 68.17% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | [POLIDORI (JOHN WILLIAM)] | The Vampyre; A Tale by Lord Byron [in: The New Monthly Magazine, Volume XI Number 63], FIRST APPEARANCE, |
1819 | GBP 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 16,640.00 |
| 18 | The Goonies: A Group of Props, including a Bible and Treasure-Themed Props, |
1985 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 11,520.00 | |
| 1 | Dame Paula Rego R.A. | Death Goes Shopping |
2010 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 6,400.00 |
| 99 | Star Wars: A rare 'Empire Day' poster for The Empire Strikes Back, |
1980 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 6,144.00 | |
| 20 | BARRETT (FRANCIS) | The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer; Being a Complete System of Occult Philosophy, 2 vol. in 1, FIRST EDITION, MONTAGUE SUMMERS'S COPY, 1801 |
1801 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 5,120.00 |
| 80 | Peter Howson OBE | Underground |
1998 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 3,584.00 |
| 49 | Takashi Murakami | Tan Tan Bo |
2004 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,560.00 |
| 22 | Sir Grayson Perry C.B.E., R.A. | Magical Thinking |
Amsterdam 2024 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,432.00 |
| 81 | Damien Hirst | Suiko, from The Empresses |
2022 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,664.00 |
| 105 | Terry O'Neill (British, 1938-2019) | Frank Sinatra on the boardwalk, Miami, |
1968, printed later | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,664.00 |
| 3 | The Connor Brothers | If You've Got A Skeleton |
2017 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,280.00 |
| 42 | Hiroshi Sugimoto (born 1948) | Caribbean Sea, Jamaica, |
1980 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 1,280.00 |
| 82 | Damien Hirst | Nur Jahan, from The Empresses |
2022 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,280.00 |
| 98 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope: British Quad, with Academy Award Credit, |
1978 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,280.00 | |
| 6 | PENNY BLOODS. RADCLIFFE (ANN) | The Mysteries of Udolpho: A Romance, (2) |
[1851] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,088.00 |
| 54 | Ai Weiwei | Everyone is a Dragon |
2024 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,024.00 |
| 56 | CHUMBLEY (ANDREW) | The Dragon Book of Essex, COPY 174 OF 196 DELUXE COPIES, |
2014 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 960.00 |
| 40 | Andre Butzer | Wannsee-Wanderer 1 |
2021-2022 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 896.00 |
| 95 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope: Joe Johnston illustration of the Millennium Falcon cockpit, |
1977 | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 896.00 | |
| 39 | Alma Singer | Day Sale; Evening Sale |
2023 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 768.00 |
| 29 | REGARDIE (ISRAEL) | The Golden Dawn. An Account of the Teaching, Rites, and Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, |
1937-1940 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 640.00 |
| 50 | GAERTNER (JOSEPH, botantist, 1732-1791) | Three original watercolours of Cornish sea anemone, mounted on 7 sheets |
[c.1761] | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 640.00 |
| 2 | Tim Burton: The Nightmare Before Christmas, sketch of Jack Skellington, |
1993 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 614.40 | |
| 26 | HEYDON (JOHN) | Theomagia, or The Temple of Wisdome, |
1664 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 588.80 |
| 15 | [POLIDORI (JOHN WILLIAM)] | The Vampyre; A Tale, by the Right Honourable Lord Byron, |
1819 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 537.60 |
![<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.")
