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Auction Name Rare Art Posters from a Private Collection Total Sales (USD) 129,966.00
Auction Date December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 83,600.00
Sale Number #121725a High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 123,700.00
Total Lots 68
Sold Lots 68.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 83,600.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 123,700.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 105.07%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
108

FD-26-OP-1 Grateful Dead 1966 Avalon Ballroom CGC 9.0

 1966 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 27,940.00
109

BG-38-OP-3 Grateful Dead 1966 Fillmore Auditorium CGC 9.8

 1966 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,890.00
149

VG-IV-OP-1 13th Floor Elevators 1967 Houston Music Theatre CGC 6.0

 1967 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 7,620.00
123

BG-8-OP-1 Andy Warhol & The Velvet Underground & Nico 1966 Fillmore Auditorium CGC 9.4

 1966 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,985.00
106

AOR-2.325-OP-1 Joan Baez & Grateful Dead 1966 Mt. Tamalpais Outdoor Theatre CGC 9.8

 1966 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,350.00
148

BG-25-OP-1 13th Floor Elevators 1966 Fillmore Auditorium CGC 8.0

 1966 USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,080.00
107

FD-22-OP-1 Grateful Dead & Sopwith Camel 1966 Avalon Ballroom CGC 9.8

 1966 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,445.00
134

NR-2-OP-1 The Miller Blues Band 1967 The Matrix CGC 9.8

 1967 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,445.00
114

BG-26-OP-1 Jefferson Airplane & Grateful Dead 1966 Fillmore Auditorium CGC 9.4

 1966 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,064.00
121

BG-33-OP-1 The Yardbirds 1966 Fillmore Auditorium CGC 9.6

 1966 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,810.00
155

BG-18-OP-1A The Association 1966 Fillmore Auditorium CGC 9.8

 1966 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,048.00
122

BG-13-OP-1 Lenny Bruce 1966 Fillmore Auditorium CGC 9.8

 1966 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,540.00
113

BG-23-OP-1-A Jefferson Airplane & Grateful Dead 1966 Fillmore Auditorium CGC 9.2

 1966 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,286.00
165

BG-15-OP-1 The Turtles 1966 Fillmore Auditorium CGC 9.6

 1966 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,286.00
132

FD-5-OP-1 Blues Project 1966 Avalon Ballroom CGC 9.4

 1966 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,159.00
120

BG-37-OP-1 Grateful Dead & Jefferson Airplane 1966 Fillmore Auditorium CGC 8.5

 1966 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,112.00
112

FD-33-OP-1 Grateful Dead & Oxford Circle 1966 Avalon Ballroom CGC 9.0

 1966 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,032.00
166

BG-27-OP-1 The Mothers 1966 Fillmore and Scottish Rites Temple CGC 9.4

 1966 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,905.00
146

FD-28-OP-1 13th Floor Elevators 1966 Avalon Ballroom CGC 9.6

 1966 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,524.00
167

President Johnson Funeral Motorcade 1967

 1967 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,524.00
100

FD-38-OP-1 Big Brother & The Holding Company & Oxford Circle 1966 Avalon Ballroom CGC 9.8

 1966 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,397.00
157

BG-18-OP-1A The Association 1966 Fillmore Auditorium CGC 8.5

 1966 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,397.00
164

BG-11-OP-1 The Wailers 1966 Fillmore Auditorium CGC 9.6

 1966 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,397.00
128

FD-27-OP-2 Howlin' Wolf & Big Brother & the Holding Co. 1966 Avalon Ballroom CGC 9.6

 1966 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,320.00
152

AOR-2.217-OP-1 Human Be-In 1967 San Francisco's Golden Gate Park CGC 8.5

 1967 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,143.00
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    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
  • <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.
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    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.
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    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.
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