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PBA Galleries: Fine Photography & Art, Fine Press, Fine Bindings
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Photography & Art, Fine Press, Fine Bindings | Total Sales (USD) | 119,778.75 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 02, 2026 - April 02, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 116,800.00 |
| Sale Number | #860 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 180,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 372 | ||
| Sold Lots | 269.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 173,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 72.31% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 268,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 103 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 44.64% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135 | Maciunas, George, editor | Fluxus 1 |
[1964] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 164 | Thiebaud, Wayne | Rivers and Farms |
[2002] | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 244 | Aristophanes | Lysistrata: A New Version by Gilbert Seldes |
1934 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,375.00 |
| 113 | Yamamoto, Masao | Kawa=Flow #1575 |
2002; print: 2013 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,062.50 |
| 159 | Shipley, William, translator | The Maidu Creation Myth |
2002-5 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 270 | Homer | The Iliad [&] The Odyssey |
1931 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,250.00 |
| 147 | L'Oiseau Solaire, l'Oiseau Lunaire, Etincelles |
1967 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,000.00 | |
| 77 | Halsman, Philippe | Halsman / Marilyn |
[1981] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 293 | Churchill, Winston S. | The Second World War |
[1948-1954] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 294 | Phelps, William Lyon, editor | The Novels of Samuel Richardson |
[1901] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 114 | Yamamoto, Masao | Omizuao |
[2003] | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 165 | Tibetan Mandalas, the Ngor Collection |
1983 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 187 | Wikgren, Allen P. | A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English, The Coverdale Bible 1535 |
1974 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 111 | Yamamoto, Masao | A Box of Ku |
[1998] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 134 | Lippmann, Friedrich | Zeichnungen von Albrecht Durer |
1883-1905 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 296 | Dickens, Charles | Works of Charles Dickens. Illustrated Library Edition. |
1874 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 128 | Calder, Alexander | Fleches |
1968 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,187.50 |
| 242 | Bowles, Paul and Ira Yeager | 2137 Tanger Socco |
2011 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 295 | Wheatley, Henry B., editor | The Diary of Samuel Pepys |
[1892] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 180 | Sappho | Poetry of Sappho |
2011 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 260 | Shakespeare, William | The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark |
[1933] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 937.50 |
| 318 | The Aldine Edition of the British Poets bound by Zaehnsdorf |
1830-1852 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 937.50 | |
| 131 | Tales from the One Thousand and One Nights |
2016 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 875.00 | |
| 304 | Woodberry, George Edward, editor. | The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley |
1882 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 875.00 |
| 314 | The Aldine Edition of the British Poets bound by Tout |
1826-1852 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 812.50 |
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Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.” -
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950