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Auction Info

Auction Name
20th Annual Between-the-Holidays Auction
Auction Date
12/29/2025 - 12/29/2025
Sale Number
#122925
Total Lots
81
Sold Lots
73.0
Lots Sold
90.12%
Unsold Lots
8
Total Sales (USD)
60,694.40
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
33,200.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
54,600.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
38,800.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
62,400.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
97.27%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
102 ROSE O'NEILL

ROSE O'NEILL (1874-1944) ORIGINAL OIL ILLUSTRATION

 Circa 1925 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 17,220.00
111 ROSE O'NEILL

ROSE O'NEILL (1874-1944) INK ILLUSTRATION WITH KEWPIES

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,460.00
116 ROSE O'NEILL

ROSE O'NEILL (1874-1944) INK ILLUSTRATION WITH KEWPIES

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,337.00
26

A RARE CHIEF OSHKOSH BEER FLANGE SIGN WITH RESTORATION

 USD 500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,214.00
65

SELF FRAMED TIN SIGN FOR ROIG'S CIGARS 5 CENT CIGARS

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,214.00
103 ROSE O'NEILL

ROSE O'NEILL (1874-1944) INDIA INK ILLUSTRATION

 Early 20th Century USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,091.00
123 ROSE O'NEILL

ROSE O'NEILL (1874-1944) GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ILLUSTRATION

 Circa 1930 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,722.00
34

A HANDSOME GLUE CHIP AND REVERSE PAINTED LADIES SHOES

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,722.00
63 ROBERT LOUGHEED

ROBERT LOUGHEED ORIG. WATERCOLOR IN SIGNED 1ST EDITION

 USD 200.00 - 250.00 USD 1,599.00
23

A FINE 1900s GLUE CHIP SIGN REVERSE LETTERED 'PIANOS'

 circa 1900 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,599.00
101

STEAMSHIP BERENGARIA W/ STATUE OF LIBERTY N.Y TIN LITHO

 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,476.00
35

ROBINHOOD BEER SINGLE-SIDED PAINTED STEEL SIGN

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,168.50
55

VELVET TOBACCO PORCELAIN ENAMEL ADVERTISING SIGN

 USD 250.00 - 400.00 USD 1,168.50
70

A TIN FLANGE SIGN LETTERED ''CHEW STAG TOBACCO''

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,107.00
59 JOHN WAYNE AND JIMMY STEWART S

JOHN WAYNE AND JIMMY STEWART SIGNED LETTER AND PHOTO

 USD 200.00 - 250.00 USD 1,045.50
117 ROSE O'NEILL

ROSE O'NEILL (1874-1944) INK ILLUSTRATION WITH KEWPIES

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 984.00
31

OUTSTANDING CONNECTICUT INSURANCE REVERSE PAINTED SIGN

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 984.00
148 . ROSE O'NEILL

A ST. PATRICK'S POSTER WITH KEWPIES COPR. ROSE O'NEILL

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 922.50
46

A 19TH CENTURY SANDED WOOD UNDERTAKER SIGN

 19TH CENTURY USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 861.00
50

STAR TOBACCO PORCELAIN ENAMEL SINGLE-SIDED SIGN

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 861.00
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  • <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Dramatic Works,</i> 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Joyce (James). <i>Ulysses,</i> first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Chaucer (Geoffrey). <i>Troilus and Criseyde,</i> one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Borges (Jorge Luis). <i>Luna de Enfrente,</i> first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Nolli (Giovanni Battista). <i>Nuova Pianta di Roma,</i> Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Roberts (David). <i>The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia,</i> 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Blacker (William). <i>Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing,</i> Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000. <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.