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Christies: Anime Starts Here: Japanese Subculture Reimagines Tradition
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| Auction Name | Anime Starts Here: Japanese Subculture Reimagines Tradition | Total Sales (USD) | 511,810.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 31, 2026 - March 31, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 159,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #24872 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 240,300.00 |
| Total Lots | 26 | ||
| Sold Lots | 24.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 172,100.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 92.31% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 264,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 2 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 193.65% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Kanagawa oki nami ura (Under the well of the Great Wave off Kanagawa) [“Great Wave”] |
N/A | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 228,600.00 |
| 26 | ITO IKUKO (B. 1961) | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon |
N/A | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 88,900.00 |
| 11 | UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798-1861) | Picture of Retired Emperor Sanuki sending allies (tengu) to rescue Tametomo |
N/A | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 35,560.00 |
| 43 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Kinoe no Komatsu (Pining for love) |
N/A | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 35,560.00 |
| 12 | GODZILLA, 1954 |
1954 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 | |
| 24 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Onden no suisha (Waterwheel at Onden) |
N/A | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 18 | ISHINOMORI SHOTARO (1938-1998) | Kamen Rider: Terror of the Spider Man, 1971 |
1971 | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 21 | Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Giant God Warrior, 1984 |
1984 | USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 12,700.00 | |
| 44 | KAWAHARA KEIGA (1786-1860?) | Mermaid (ningyo) |
N/A | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 20 | SEVEN SAMURAI, 1967 |
1967 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 | |
| 38 | UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) | Someone Who Makes a Fool of People |
N/A | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 40 | TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892) | Oshu adachigahara hitotsuya no zu (The Lonely House on Adachi Moor) |
9th month 1885 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 |
| 32 | TONARI NO TOTORO (MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO), 1989 |
1989 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,556.00 | |
| 19 | TSUBAKI SANJURO, 1961 |
1961 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,794.00 | |
| 27 | IWASAKI ERI (B.1968) | The Scent of Poppy Seed Incense: "Bind the hem of my robe, to keep it within, The grieving soul that has wandered through the skies", 2019 |
2019 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,794.00 |
| 30 | YOKOO TADANORI (B. 1936) | Cat in Japan, 1996 |
1996 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,540.00 |
| 36 | Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Gol and Obaba, 1984 |
1984 | USD 1,800.00 - 2,800.00 | USD 2,413.00 | |
| 17 | AKIRA, 1987 |
1987 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,286.00 | |
| 16 | AKIRA, 1988 |
1988 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,032.00 | |
| 37 | Doraemon and his secret tools |
N/A | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,032.00 | |
| 28 | GHOST IN THE SHELL, 1995 |
1995 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,905.00 | |
| 31 | Doraemon, Besoko and Nobita |
N/A | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,905.00 | |
| 22 | SHIOZAKI KEN (B.1972) | Attack on Titan “Invasion of the Giants”, 2023 |
2023 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,143.00 |
| 39 | TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839–1892) AND TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA (1835–1900) | A group of six theater portrait prints |
1869 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,016.00 |
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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