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Quinn's Auction Galleries: Fall Rare Book, Manuscript, and Ephemera Auction

Auction Reports

Auction Name Fall Rare Book, Manuscript, and Ephemera Auction Total Sales (USD) 39,223.95
Auction Date November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 34,580.00
Sale Number #692726 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 55,500.00
Total Lots 169
Sold Lots 113.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 48,840.00
% of Lots Sold 66.86% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 79,400.00
Unsold Lots 56 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 49.40%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Edward Curtis

24 Vols. The North American Indian | Reference Ed.

1997 USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 USD 2,794.00
170 Schneider, Otto J.

Portrait of Mark Twain. Signed l.r. by artist, center by Mark Twain

Copyright 1906 USD 120.00 - 240.00 USD 1,905.00
117 James D. Watson

Signed Sketch of DNA Molecule James D. Watson

Undated USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,143.00
129

9 Early Colonial Newspapers

1735-1797 USD 120.00 - 240.00 USD 1,016.00
9

5 Vols. Literature. Easton Press.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 825.50
19

4 volumes of fairy tales. 1. Grimm's Fairy Tales." Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 825.50
27 Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, illustrated by Seth Eastman

6 volumes "History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States."

2014 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 762.00
37 Jules Verne

2 Vols. Jules Verne. 1. "In Search of the Castaways."

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 762.00
94 Edwards, Jonathan

Observations on Important Theological Subjects

1793 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 762.00
17

3 Vols Roberts' Holy Land, Egypt Etc

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 698.50
23

4 volumes of history. 1. 2 volumes. "Froissart's Chronicles."

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 698.50
29

6 volumes on literature. 1. "The Three Musketeers." Alexandre Dumas.

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 698.50
30 Victor Hugo

6 volumes by Victor Hugo. 1. "Les Miserables."

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 698.50
31 John James Audubon

7 Vols. Audubon's Birds Of America.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 698.50
36

10 Vols. Game of Thrones.

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 698.50
6

7 Vols. Travel. Easton Press.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 635.00
16 Charles Dickens

3 volumes, all editioned. 1. The Adventures of Oliver Twist.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 571.50
25

History - 5 volumes. 1. The Landmark Thucydides" and "The Landmark Herodotus."

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 571.50
28 McKenney, Thomas L.

History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs.

2010 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 571.50
148

Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland.

circa 1755 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 571.50
15 Mark Twain

3 volumes of Mark Twain. 1. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 539.75
82 Faulkner, William

[Signed] A Fable

1954 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 539.75
169 John Gould and Henry Richter

Ramphastos Erythrorhynchos and Ramphastos Inca (Toucans)

circa 1854 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 539.75
24 Alexander Dumas.

5 Vols. The Count of Monte-Cristo.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 508.00
32 Cervantes, illustrated by Gustave Dore

Don Quixote. Easton Press.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 508.00
  • 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.