Heritage Auctions: Rare Book Signature Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare Book Signature Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 2,105,686.00 |
| Auction Date | December 15, 2025 - December 15, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,181,952.00 |
| Sale Number | #6323 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,772,928.00 |
| Total Lots | 610 | ||
| Sold Lots | 567.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,435,552.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 92.95% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 2,153,328.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 43 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 97.79% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45109 | J. R. R. Tolkien. | The Lord of the Rings: comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. |
1954-1955. | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 250,000.00 |
| 45341 | [Robert S. Mulliken]. | Nobel Prize Medal in Chemistry for his development of Molecular Orbital Theory. |
USD 160,000.00 - 240,000.00 | USD 200,000.00 | |
| 45108 | J. R. R. Tolkien. | Autograph manuscript, headed "Further correction desired," being a late revision to The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter VI ("Many Partings"). |
USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 | USD 87,500.00 | |
| 45051 | ELIOT, George [Mary Ann Evans]. | Middlemarch. A Study of Provincial Life. |
December 1871- December 1872. | USD 48,000.00 - 72,000.00 | USD 75,000.00 |
| 45105 | Bram Stoker. | Dracula. |
1897 | USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 | USD 55,000.00 |
| 45037 | John Donne. | Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. |
1633 | USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 |
| 45274 | Edgar Rice Burroughs. | Tarzan of the Apes. |
USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 | |
| 45149 | John James Audubon. | The Bird of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. |
USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 36,250.00 | |
| 45139 | [Georges Braque, illustrator]. [Paul Bonet, binder]. Guillaume Apollinaire. | Si je mourais la-bas. |
1962 | USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
| 45205 | F. Scott Fitzgerald. | Tender is the Night. A Romance. |
USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 | |
| 45059 | Robert Herrick. | Hesperides: or, The Works both Humane & Divine. |
1648 | USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 | USD 26,250.00 |
| 45250 | J. D. Salinger. | The Catcher in the Rye. |
USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 | |
| 45079 | J. Sheridan Le Fanu. | In a Glass Darkly. |
1872 | USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 | USD 23,125.00 |
| 45258 | John Steinbeck. | Of Mice and Men. |
USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 | USD 23,125.00 | |
| 45030 | Charles Dickens. | A Tale of Two Cities. |
1859 | USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
| 45138 | Andreas Vesalius. | De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. |
USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 | |
| 45039 | Daphne du Maurier. | Rebecca. |
1938 | USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00 | USD 21,250.00 |
| 45267 | Isaac Asimov. | I, Robot. |
USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 | USD 20,000.00 | |
| 45228 | John Le Carre. | Group of 21 Mostly Signed First Edition Novels, including his rare first book, Call for the Dead. |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 18,750.00 | |
| 45239 | George Orwell. | Animal Farm. A Fairy Story. |
USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 | USD 16,875.00 | |
| 45229 | Harper Lee. | To Kill a Mockingbird. |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 | |
| 45236 | Margaret Mitchell. | Gone with the Wind. |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 | |
| 45152 | Alexander Hamilton. | Observations on Certain Documents Contained in No. V & VI of "The History of the United States for the Year 1796," in which the Charge of Speculation against Alexander Hamilton, Late Secretary of the Treasury, is Fully Refuted. Written by Himself. |
USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 | USD 15,000.00 | |
| 45240 | George Orwell. | Nineteen Eighty-Four. A Novel. |
USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 | USD 15,000.00 | |
| 45097 | [Sir Walter Scott]. | Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since. |
1814 | USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
