• <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>November & December</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> Tory, Geoffroy. <i>L'Art et science de la vraye proportion des Lettres.</i> Paris 1549. Seconde édition. In-8. Reliure de P.L. Martin. €7,000 to €9,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> Gauguin, Paul. Lettre autographe signée à son ami Émile Bernard. [Le Pouldu août 1889]. Illustrée d'un croquis original. €10,000 to €15,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> [Portulan — Joan Martines, attribué à]. Carte portulan de la côte atlantique de l'Amérique du Sud. [Messine, vers 1570-1591.] €15,000 to €20,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> Zamora, Alonso de. <i>Historia de la provincia de San Antonio del nuevo reyno de Granada...</i> Barcelone, 1701. €10,000 to €15,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> [Chastenet de Puységur, Antoine]. <i>Détail sur la navigation aux côtes de Saint-Domingue...</i> Paris, 1787. €5,000 to €7,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    November & December
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Tory, Geoffroy. L'Art et science de la vraye proportion des Lettres. Paris 1549. Seconde édition. In-8. Reliure de P.L. Martin. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Gauguin, Paul. Lettre autographe signée à son ami Émile Bernard. [Le Pouldu août 1889]. Illustrée d'un croquis original. €10,000 to €15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: [Portulan — Joan Martines, attribué à]. Carte portulan de la côte atlantique de l'Amérique du Sud. [Messine, vers 1570-1591.] €15,000 to €20,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Zamora, Alonso de. Historia de la provincia de San Antonio del nuevo reyno de Granada... Barcelone, 1701. €10,000 to €15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: [Chastenet de Puységur, Antoine]. Détail sur la navigation aux côtes de Saint-Domingue... Paris, 1787. €5,000 to €7,000.
  • <b>Freeman’s, Nov. 13:</b> HEMINGWAY, Ernest. <i>Three Stories and Ten Poems.</i> First edition, inscribed to his cousin, Ruth White Lowry. $60,000-80,000 <b>Freeman’s, Nov. 13:</b> CURTIS, Edward S. <i>The North American Indian...</i> Portfolio and two text volumes. $20,000-30,000 <b>Freeman’s, Nov. 13:</b> A Superb Illuminated Manuscript of Tennyson’s <i>Le Morte d'Arthur,</i> ca. 1910, by Alberto Sangorksi and in an exceptional Riviere binding. $40,000-50,000 <b>Freeman’s, Nov. 13:</b> A Remarkable Epistle from Robert Burns to Frances Dunlop, containing all lines of the first version of "Written in Friars Carse Hermitage" and 12 lines of the first version of "First Epistle to Robert Graham Esq." $20,000-30,000 <b>Freeman’s, Nov. 13:</b> FAULKNER, William. <i>Go Down, Moses.</i> First edition, limited issue, one of 100 copies signed by Faulkner. $10,000-15,000 <b>Freeman’s, Nov. 13:</b> MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. <i>Of Human Bondage.</i> First English edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Maugham, in the rare suppressed dust-jacket. $40,000-50,000 <b>Freeman’s, Nov. 13:</b> An Excessively Rare First Issue and Previously Unrecorded Copy of Shakespeare’s Third Folio. $40,000-60,000 <b>Freeman’s, Nov. 13:</b> AUDUBON, John James. <i>Louisiana Heron, Ardea Ludoviciana.</i> (Plate CCXVII). $30,000-40,000 <b>Freeman’s, Nov. 13:</b> HERBERT, Frank. <i>Dune,</i> 1965. First edition, inscribed by Herbert. $8,000-12,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Three Stories and Ten Poems. First edition, inscribed to his cousin, Ruth White Lowry. $60,000-80,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: CURTIS, Edward S. The North American Indian... Portfolio and two text volumes. $20,000-30,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: A Superb Illuminated Manuscript of Tennyson’s Le Morte d'Arthur, ca. 1910, by Alberto Sangorksi and in an exceptional Riviere binding. $40,000-50,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: A Remarkable Epistle from Robert Burns to Frances Dunlop, containing all lines of the first version of "Written in Friars Carse Hermitage" and 12 lines of the first version of "First Epistle to Robert Graham Esq." $20,000-30,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: FAULKNER, William. Go Down, Moses. First edition, limited issue, one of 100 copies signed by Faulkner. $10,000-15,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Of Human Bondage. First English edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Maugham, in the rare suppressed dust-jacket. $40,000-50,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: An Excessively Rare First Issue and Previously Unrecorded Copy of Shakespeare’s Third Folio. $40,000-60,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: AUDUBON, John James. Louisiana Heron, Ardea Ludoviciana. (Plate CCXVII). $30,000-40,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: HERBERT, Frank. Dune, 1965. First edition, inscribed by Herbert. $8,000-12,000
  • <b><center>Swann<br>Printed & Manuscript Americana<br>November 20, 2025</center></b> <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 9<br>George Catlin. O-Kee-Pa: A Religious Ceremony; and other Customs of the Mandans. London, 1867. <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 17<br>Benjamin Beal, Unpublished diary of a lieutenant serving in the Invasion of Quebec, 1776. <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 23<br>George Washington, Autograph Letter Signed anticipating the coming British campaign against Philadelphia, 1777. <b><center>Swann<br>Printed & Manuscript Americana<br>November 20, 2025</center></b> <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 35<br>Matthias C. Sprengel, Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, the first published appearance of the American flag, [1784]. <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 120<br>Portfolio of lithograph Civil War portraits by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. and others. Cincinnati, OH, circa 1863. <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 130<br>Eleazar Huntington, engraver. Early broadside engraving of the Declaration of Independence, circa 1820-24. <b><center>Swann<br>Printed & Manuscript Americana<br>November 20, 2025</center></b> <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 175<br>Jeremiah B. Taylor, Letterbook of a frontier Baptist missionary in Kansas with tales of friendly Indians and unfriendly Confederate raiders, 1839-1887. <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 188<br>Jonas Rishel, The Indian Physician, Containing a New System of Practice, Founded on Medical Plants, 1828. <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 201<br>Brigham Young and the First Presidency of the LDS, Commission issued to two Church representatives, 1849. <b><center>Swann<br>Printed & Manuscript Americana<br>November 20, 2025</center></b> <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 293<br>Kuonraden's Vart (Kuonrad's Travels), an illustrated western travel memoir set to verse, circa 1914. <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 311<br>Hermann Stieffel, Early watercolor view of the ruins of a Spanish mission in the Manzano Grant. Manzano, NM, circa 1860-67. <b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 343<br>Vida de San Felipe de Jesus, protomartir del Japon, y patron de su patria Mexico.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript Americana
    November 20, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 9
    George Catlin. O-Kee-Pa: A Religious Ceremony; and other Customs of the Mandans. London, 1867.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 17
    Benjamin Beal, Unpublished diary of a lieutenant serving in the Invasion of Quebec, 1776.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 23
    George Washington, Autograph Letter Signed anticipating the coming British campaign against Philadelphia, 1777.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript Americana
    November 20, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 35
    Matthias C. Sprengel, Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, the first published appearance of the American flag, [1784].
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 120
    Portfolio of lithograph Civil War portraits by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. and others. Cincinnati, OH, circa 1863.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 130
    Eleazar Huntington, engraver. Early broadside engraving of the Declaration of Independence, circa 1820-24.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript Americana
    November 20, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 175
    Jeremiah B. Taylor, Letterbook of a frontier Baptist missionary in Kansas with tales of friendly Indians and unfriendly Confederate raiders, 1839-1887.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 188
    Jonas Rishel, The Indian Physician, Containing a New System of Practice, Founded on Medical Plants, 1828.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 201
    Brigham Young and the First Presidency of the LDS, Commission issued to two Church representatives, 1849.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript Americana
    November 20, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 293
    Kuonraden's Vart (Kuonrad's Travels), an illustrated western travel memoir set to verse, circa 1914.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 311
    Hermann Stieffel, Early watercolor view of the ruins of a Spanish mission in the Manzano Grant. Manzano, NM, circa 1860-67.
    Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 343
    Vida de San Felipe de Jesus, protomartir del Japon, y patron de su patria Mexico.
  • <b><center>University Archives<br>Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books<br>Now through Nov. 19</center></b> <b>University Archives, Nov. 19:</b><br>Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication <b>University Archives, Nov. 19:</b><br>Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content! <b>University Archives, Nov. 19:</b><br>Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002 <b><center>University Archives<br>Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books<br>Now through Nov. 19</center></b> <b>University Archives, Nov. 19:</b><br>Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation" <b>University Archives, Nov. 19:</b><br>Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known! <b>University Archives, Nov. 19:</b><br>Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important <b><center>University Archives<br>Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books<br>Now through Nov. 19</center></b> <b>University Archives, Nov. 19:</b><br>Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Soldier Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill! <b>University Archives, Nov. 19:</b><br>Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman <b>University Archives, Nov. 19:</b><br>Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli <b><center>University Archives<br>Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books<br>Now through Nov. 19</center></b> <b>University Archives, Nov. 19:</b><br>Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell <b>University Archives, Nov. 19:</b><br>Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known <b>University Archives, Nov. 19:</b><br>Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Soldier Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic

Auction Reports

Rago Arts and Auctions

Auction Info

Auction Name
Photographs
Auction Date
11/04/2025 - 11/04/2025
Sale Number
#110425
Total Lots
194
Sold Lots
170
Lots Sold
87.63%
Unsold Lots
24
Total Sales (USD)
446,641.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
334,500.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
506,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
429,200.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
640,800.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
69.70%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
182 Michal Rovner b.1957

Crossing

 2012 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 35,560.00
121 Chuck Close 1940--2021

Fuji Mums

 1988 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 25,400.00
160 Tseng Kwong Chi 1950--1990

Untitled (Haring Subway)

 c.1983 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,795.00
159 Tseng Kwong Chi 1950--1990

Untitled (Haring Subway)

 c.1983 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,795.00
131 William Eggleston b.1939

Untitled (Kentucky)

 1983/printed 1999 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,580.00
133 Jeff Brouws b.1955

Freshly Painted Houses

 1991/printed 2004 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,255.00
141 Dawoud Bey b.1953

Nikki and Manting (diptych)

 1992 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,255.00
140 Kwame Brathwaite 1938--2023

Untitled (Grandassas in Car)

 c.1968/printed 2021 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,255.00
251 Ruth Orkin 1921--1985

American Girl in Italy, Florence

 1951/printed 1980 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,920.00
161 George Dureau 1930--2014

Wing Ding at the Mantle

 1978 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 7,620.00
259 Ilse Bing 1899--1998

Puddle, Rue de Valois, Paris

 1932 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 7,620.00
123 Vik Muniz b.1961

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, after Bernini (from the Pictures of Chocolate series)

 2015 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,350.00
228 George A. Tice 1938--2025

Petit's Mobil Station, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

 1974/printed 1989 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,350.00
215 Harry Callahan 1912--1999

Chicago

 c.1947 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,350.00
130 William Eggleston b.1939

Memphis, Tennessee (Red Cart)

 1996/printed 2002 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,096.00
126 David LaChapelle b.1963

Devotion

 2001 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,940.00
214 Ansel Adams 1902--1984

Winter - Forest Detail, Yosemite Valley

 c.1949/printed c.1958-60 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,544.00
170 Horst P. Horst 1906--1999

Electric Beauty, Paris, 1939

 1939/printed later USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,280.00
207 Joel-Peter Witkin b.1939

Canova's Venus Shaun Ariane Montiel

 1982 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,080.00
174 Arno Rafael Minkkinen b.1945

Foster's Pond

 1989 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,016.00
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  • <b><center>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction November 24th</center></b> <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> M. Waldseemüller, <i>Ptolemaeus auctus restitutus,</i> 1520. Est: € 250,000 <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> I. Newton, <i>Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica,</i> 1687. Est: € 100,000 <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> L. Feininger, Collection of 33 comic strips, 1906-1907. Est: € 8,000 <b><center>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction November 24th</center></b> <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b>H. Schedel, <i>Liber chronicarum,</i> 1493. Est: € 30,000 <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> K. Bodmer, Personal Sketchbook with ca. 80 pencil drawings. Est: € 25,000 <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> Collection of 18 Bauhaus postcards <i>“Bauhaus-Ausstellung Weimar 1923.“</i> Est: € 40,000 <b><center>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction November 24th</center></b> <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> Latin Book of hours on vellum, 1505. Est: € 12,000 <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> G. Shaw & F. P. Nodder, <i>Vivarium naturae,</i> 1789-1813. Est: € 10,000 <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> A. de Saint-Exupéry, <i>The Little Prince,</i> 1943. Est: € 6,000 <b><center>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction November 24th</center></b> <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> Ibn Butlan, <i>Tacuini sanitatis,</i> 1531. Est: € 8,000 <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> H. Hesse, <i>Casa Camuzzi in Montagnola,</i> 1927. Est: € 12,000 <b>Ketterer, Nov. 24:</b> Pop Art portfolio <i>Reality & Paradoxes,</i> 1973. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 24th
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: M. Waldseemüller, Ptolemaeus auctus restitutus, 1520. Est: € 250,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: I. Newton, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, 1687. Est: € 100,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: L. Feininger, Collection of 33 comic strips, 1906-1907. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 24th
    Ketterer, Nov. 24:H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 30,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: K. Bodmer, Personal Sketchbook with ca. 80 pencil drawings. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Collection of 18 Bauhaus postcards “Bauhaus-Ausstellung Weimar 1923.“ Est: € 40,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 24th
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Latin Book of hours on vellum, 1505. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: G. Shaw & F. P. Nodder, Vivarium naturae, 1789-1813. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: A. de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, 1943. Est: € 6,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
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    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Ibn Butlan, Tacuini sanitatis, 1531. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: H. Hesse, Casa Camuzzi in Montagnola, 1927. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 24: Pop Art portfolio Reality & Paradoxes, 1973. Est: € 12,000