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Blackwell Auctions: October Exceptional Estates Auction

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Auction Name October Exceptional Estates Auction Total Sales (USD) 7,400.25
Auction Date October 24, 2026 - October 24, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 6,500.00
Sale Number #102426 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 13,000.00
Total Lots 40
Sold Lots 21.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 17,700.00
% of Lots Sold 52.50% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 35,400.00
Unsold Lots 19 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 20.91%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
49 Warthen Ferol Sibley (1890-1986)

Summer Squash-3

N/A USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,744.00
76 Tracy Craig (1967-)

Salvation

N/A USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 351.00
90

1866 Montana Gold Rush Letter

1866 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 292.50
103 de Hory Elmyr

15 Books, including: Hommage Series Lithographs

N/A USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 292.50
156 Ali Muhammed

Muhammed Ali with His Family

N/A USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 263.25
309 Stock Mark (1951-2014)

Shovel

1984-85 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 263.25
85

Darkwing Duck Animation Production Cel

1990s USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 234.00
242 Matisse Henri (1869-1954)

La Gerbe

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 204.75
121 Dali Salvador (1904-1989)

Choleric People, Inferno Canto 8

N/A USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 175.50
122 Dali Salvador (1904-1989)

Dante's Men Doubt, Paradise Canto 7

N/A USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 175.50
192 Doolittle Bev

Woodland Encounter

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 175.50
245 Bragg Charles (1931-2017)

The Jury

N/A USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 175.50
263 Dali Salvador (1904-1989)

On the Edge of the Seventh Circle: Enferno 11

circa 1960 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 175.50
162

1971 Topps Brady Bunch Trading Cards

1971 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 117.00
178 Picasso Pablo (1881-1973)

La Ronde de la Jeunese

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 117.00
179 Picasso Pablo

Toros y Toreros

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 117.00
249 Sloan Robert S.

Doing All You Can, Brother

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 117.00
253

Antique African American Photographs

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 117.00
262

1961 Cuban Fundraising Dance Announcement

1961 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 117.00
308 Chia Sandro (1946-)

Painter's Dance

1994 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 117.00
131

Ducktales Animation Production Cel Drawing

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 58.50
  • Heritage, Nov. 18: Orson Welles. Signed Third Revised Final Draft for Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941). July 16, 1940.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Bob Dylan. Autograph manuscript working lyrics to "Man on the Street."
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of the Spanish Ambassador.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Inscribed by the author.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Inscribed by 27 members of the movie cast and crew, including James Dean and Elia Kazan.
  • Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
    Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
    Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 41. Rare First State of the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1595) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 63. The Largest of the Strada "Leo Belgicus" Editions (1632) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 71. Blaeu's Stunning Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas (1640) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 8. Mariette's Rare and Decorative Map of the World Based on the Work of Hondius (1642) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 172. 1775 Edition of the Landmark Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia and Maryland (1775) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 46. Doppelmayr's Fine Celestial Chart (1742) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 212. First Edition Ski Country Map by Pioneer Hal Shelton (1965) Est. $500 - $700
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 732. Ruscelli's Complete Atlas with 69 Maps and Updated Maps of the Continents (1599) Est. $8,000 - $9,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 329. Ortelius' Map of Iceland Surrounded by Sea Monsters (1585) Est. $11,000 - $13,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 600. Heinrich Bunting's Rare Map of Asia in the Form of a Pegasus (1581) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 716. Bible Leaf with Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Magi (1490) Est. $2,000 - $2,300