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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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Doyle
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
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.
Rossini: Furniture, Works of Art & Tableware
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Furniture, Works of Art & Tableware | Total Sales (EUR) | 20,694.36 |
| Auction Date | October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 14,270.00 |
| Sale Number | #168945 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 21,410.00 |
| Total Lots | 78 | ||
| Sold Lots | 34 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 35,215.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 43.59% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 54,240.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 44 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 38.15% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | BUFFET Bernard, 1928-1999 illustrator - Jean COCTEAU | La Voix Humaine, 1957 |
1957 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 9,920.00 |
| 56 | ALCAFORADO (Marianna) | Portuguese letters. |
1946 | Not Available | EUR 2,108.00 |
| 54 | [DALI] DANTE. | La divine comedie, |
1959-1963. | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,612.00 |
| 60 | Emile ZOLA (1840-1902) | Les Quatre Evangiles. |
1899 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,178.00 |
| 41 | CHEVRILLON (Andre) | Un crepuscule d'Islam. |
1930 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 992.00 |
| 70 | An album of philatelic postcards from the Japanese occupation of China (Tientsin). |
EUR 120.00 - 150.00 | EUR 471.20 | ||
| 25 | NOSTRADAMUS. | Les Merveilleuses Centuries & Propheties de Nostradamus. |
1961 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 446.40 |
| 8 | VERNE (Jules) | Around the world in eighty days. |
1988 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 384.40 |
| 40 | RIMBAUD (Arthur) | Les illuminations. |
1969 | EUR 350.00 - 500.00 | EUR 372.00 |
| 50 | REBOUX (Paul) | La maison de danses. |
s.d. [1928]. | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 372.00 |
| 55 | OURY (Marcelle) | Lettre a mon Peintre - Raoul DUFY. |
1965 | EUR 250.00 - 400.00 | EUR 372.00 |
| 2 | Emmanuel-Joseph SIEYES (1748-1836) | Tiers de Paris deputy to the Estates General, Conventionnel (Sarthe), Director. P.A.S. "L'abbe Sieyes grand Vic. de Chartres", |
1790 | EUR 280.00 - 300.00 | EUR 347.20 |
| 16 | MONTHERLANT (Henry de) | Le cardinal d'Espagne |
1960 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 347.20 |
| 64 | LOUIS, Robert. | Normandy towns in the Liberation battle. June 6, 1944. Copyright by R. Louis, 1949. |
1949 | EUR 220.00 - 250.00 | EUR 310.00 |
| 5 | [COLLECTIVE]. Encyclopedie methodique. |
1784-1786. | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 248.00 | |
| 83 | FRENCH ECOLE, EARLY 20th CENTURY | Ponte Mol(e) St. Peter's Day 1908. |
1908 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 223.20 |
| 68 | BLAEU, G. | Moluccae Insulae Celeberrimae. |
1635-1638. | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 124.00 |
| 216 | CHINA, 20th century Erotic album containing five double-page illustrations |
20th century | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 124.00 | |
| 51 | PAGNOL (Marcel) | Topaze. |
1947, | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 99.20 |
| 66 | JANSSON, J. | Tartaria sive Magni Chami Imperium. |
1653-66. | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 99.20 |
| 82 | Alphonse Alexis MORLOT (Isomes 1838 - 1918 Paris) | Riverside landscape |
EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 99.20 | |
| 11 | The Holy Bible. |
1823 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 68.20 | |
| 67 | HOMANN, J. B. | Regnorum Hispaniae et Portugalliae . |
ca. 1750 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 68.20 |
| 9 | CHATEAUBRIAND (Francois Auguste Rene de) | Rene. |
1925 | EUR 70.00 - 100.00 | EUR 62.00 |
| 130 | LEPERE Auguste (1849-1918) | The new bridge |
EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.00 |