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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.
  • Doyle
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  • 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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Jeschke Jadi Auctions Berlin GmbH: Valuable Books, Prints and Historical Photographs - Day 2

Auction Reports

Auction Name Valuable Books, Prints and Historical Photographs - Day 2 Total Sales (EUR) 263,410.66
Auction Date October 25, 2025 - October 25, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 210,940.00
Sale Number #157b High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 210,940.00
Total Lots 818
Sold Lots 251 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 666,920.00
% of Lots Sold 30.68% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 666,920.00
Unsold Lots 567 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 39.50%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1235 Rabel, Daniel und Merian, Maria Sibylla

Histoire generale des insectes de Surinam et de toute l'Europe.

1771 EUR 18,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 23,031.00
1369 Dumeril u. G.(abriel) Bibron, M.(arie) A.(ndre) C.(onstant)

Erpetologie generale, ou Histoire naturelle complete des reptiles

1834-54 EUR 9,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 16,633.50
1249 Knorr, Georg Wolfgang

De Natuurlyke Historie der Versteeningen, of uitvoerige Afbeelding en Beschryving van de Versteende Zaaken

1773 EUR 15,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 14,074.50
1404 Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe

Recherches sur les poissons fossiles

1833-1843 EUR 3,600.00 - 3,600.00 EUR 8,956.50
1315 Athanasius Kircher

Ars magna lucis et umbrae in decem libros digesta

1646 EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 8,060.85
1260 Zieten, Karl Hartwig Fr. D. von

I. Die Versteinerungen Wurttembergs: oder naturgetreue Abbildungen der in den vollstandigsten Sammlungen, namentlich der in dem Kabinet des Oberamts-Arzt Dr. Hartmann befindlichen Petrefacten

1830-1833 EUR 7,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 7,293.15
1400 Schlegel, Hermann

Abbildungen neuer oder unvollstandig bekannter Amphibien, nach der Natur oder dem Leben entworfen, herausgegeben mit einem erlauternden Texte begleitet

1837-44 EUR 5,500.00 - 5,500.00 EUR 5,629.80
1598

Grossbritannien.

um 1800-1820 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,990.05
1178 Bonanni, Filippo

Musaeum Kircherianum sive Musaeum A. P. Kirchero in Collegio Romano Societatis Jesu... nuper restitutum, auctum, descriptum, Icobnibus illustratum.

1709 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,606.20
1403 Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe

Monographie des poissons fossiles du vieux gres rouge ou systeme devonien (old red sandstone) des Iles Britanniques et de Russie

1844-1845 EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 EUR 4,350.30
1906 Mahyeu, Peter

Monsieur Peter Mahysen von Sr. Kaiserl. Konigl. Majestat, wie auch vn Sr. Lonigl. Majestat von Spanien priviligierten Bereuters verschiedene Reitkunste nach den wahren Originalen dargestellt

o.D.wohl um 1780/1790 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,838.50
1266 Cuvier, Georges

Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles, ou l'on retablit les caracteres de plusieurs animaux dont les revolutions du globe ont detruit les especes

EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,582.60
1360 Rumph (Rumphius), G. E

Thesaurus Imaginum Piscium Testaceorum, Quales sunt Cancri, Echini, Echinometra, Stellae Marinae, &c

1711 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,582.60
1242 Fuchs, Leonhart

De historia stirpium commentarii insignes,

1542 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,198.75
1524 Radziwill (Mikolaj Krzysztof) Nicolaus Christophorus

Jerosolymitana peregrinatio Illustrissimi Principis

1753 EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,198.75
1255 Schwartz, F. Albert

Ansichten der Rudersdorfer Kalkberge

1864 EUR 2,800.00 - 2,800.00 EUR 2,814.90
1651

Freyburg in der Schweiz, Blick von der Saane uber die Brucke auf die Stadt

um 1830 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,559.00
1655 Gusinde, Martin

Die Feuerland-Indianer. Ergebnisse meiner vier Forschungsreisen in den Jahren 1918-1924 ...

1931-39 u.1974 EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,559.00
1662

Union atlas, containing new and improved maps of all the Empires (...)

1812 EUR 1,300.00 - 1,300.00 EUR 2,559.00
1666

Sammlung von ca. 320 OPhotographien der Berliner Missionsgesellschaft in Deutsch-Ostafrika. Wohl aus dem Nachlass des Missionars Wilhelm Hahn (1872-1960).

Meist um 1905-1916, einige bis 1936 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,559.00
1267 Wolfart, Peter

Historiae naturalis Hassiae inferioris. Pars prima

1719 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,431.05
1578 Bougainville, Louis Antoine, Comte de

Voyage autour du monde par la fregate du roi La Boudeuse et la flute L'Etoile, en 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769

1771 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,367.08
1217 Clavius, Christoph

In Sphaeram Ioannis de Sacro Bosco

1581 EUR 1,600.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 2,303.10
1247 Darwin, Charles

Naturwissenschaftliche Reisen nach den Inseln des grunen Vorgebirges, Sudamerika, dem Feuerlande, den Falkland-Inseln, Chiloe-Inseln, Galapagos-Inseln, Otaheiti...

1844 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 2,175.15
1143 Perret, Jacques

Architectura et Perspectiva etlicher Festungen, Statt, Kirchen, Schlosser und Hauser, wie die auffs starckeste, zierlichste und bequemste konnen gebawet oder auffgerichtet werden

1613 EUR 1,600.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 1,983.23
  • 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
  • University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Solider Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic
  • 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.