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| Auction Name | Lily Tomlin & Jane Wagner. Wit, Women, & the Art of Collecting, online only | Total Sales (USD) | 108,684.80 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 09, 2026 - April 09, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 99,900.00 |
| Sale Number | #32445 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 154,600.00 |
| Total Lots | 51 | ||
| Sold Lots | 49.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 111,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 96.08% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 171,600.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 2 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 63.34% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 211 | Diane Arbus | Pin-up collection at a barber shop, N.Y.C. |
1963, printed between 1963 and 1965 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 11,520.00 |
| 241 | Imogen Cunningham | Frida Kahlo |
1931, printed posthumously in 1981 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 8,320.00 |
| 201 | Diane Arbus | Blaze Starr in her living room, Baltimore, MD |
1964 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 |
| 226 | Diane Arbus | Lady in a rooming house parlor, Albion, NY |
1963 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 |
| 223 | Julius Shulman | Case Study House #22 (Stahl House, Architect Pierre Koenig, Los Angeles) |
1960, printed later | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 231 | Philippe Halsman | Le Surrealisme C'est Moi |
1954, printed later | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,608.00 |
| 205 | Irving Penn | Cinderella, New York |
1946 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,096.00 |
| 247 | Margaret Bourke-White | Toward Mecca (Muslims Praying at Jami Masjid, Delhi, India) |
1946 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 4,096.00 |
| 227 | Eadweard Muybridge | Animal Locomotion (Plate 247) |
1887 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,328.00 |
| 204 | Garry Winogrand | Diane Arbus (Love-In, Central Park, New York City) |
1969, printed before 1984 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,816.00 |
| 236 | Garry Winogrand | Fort Worth, Texas |
1975, printed later | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,560.00 |
| 203 | Helen Levitt | New York (Boy Lifting Skirt) |
1942, printed later | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,176.00 |
| 225 | After Diane Arbus | Triplets in their bedroom, N.J. |
1963 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,176.00 |
| 214 | George Hurrell | Carole Lombard |
1937, printed 1970s | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,048.00 |
| 206 | Richard Avedon | Judy Garland in Tramp Costume |
1951 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 240 | Yousuf Karsh | Albert Einstein |
1948, printed later | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 210 | Brassai | Armoire a glace dans un hotel de passe, rue Quincampoix |
1932, printed later | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,792.00 |
| 209 | Max Yavno | The Leg, Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles (Silk Stocking) |
1949, printed later | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,664.00 |
| 232 | Philippe Halsman | Philippe Halsman Photographing Salvador Dali |
1954, printed later | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,664.00 |
| 245 | Berenice Abbott | Parallax (Candles) |
c.1960 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,664.00 |
| 219 | Philippe Halsman | Marilyn Monroe (for 'LIFE Magazine') |
1949, printed 1950s | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,536.00 |
| 224 | Max Yavno | The Heiress (Premiere at Carthay Circle) |
1949, printed later | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,536.00 |
| 234 | George Hurrell | Portfolio II |
1979 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,536.00 |
| 238 | Max Yavno | Muscle Beach, Los Angeles |
1949, printed later | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,536.00 |
| 246 | Berenice Abbott | The Operation of Lenses |
c.1960 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,536.00 |
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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 -
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.