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Doyle New York

Auction Info

Auction Name
Rare Books, Autographs, and Maps
Auction Date
12/17/2025 - 12/17/2025
Sale Number
#9151
Total Lots
279
Sold Lots
198.0
Lots Sold
70.97%
Unsold Lots
81
Total Sales (USD)
100,926.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
64,440.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
100,840.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
89,630.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
139,840.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
72.17%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
130

[BASEBALL - NEGRO LEAGUE]. A group of signed documents and rare photographs, some relating to the Negro League player Percy Wilson

 1923 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 9,600.00
32 ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY

Little Women

 1868-69 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,120.00
125

Group of five signed half-tone reproductions of groups of prominent figures, four mounted to paper or thin card, the fifth unmounted

 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 4,800.00
137 [KENNEDY, JOHN FITZGERALD]

The bookplate of President John F. Kennedy

 circa 1961 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,880.00
5

[FORGERY] Two beveled-edged wooden boards extracted from an Italian tempera-painted bookbinding, the upper cover carved & painted with a figure of St. Michael, the lower carved and painted with a variety of arms and an inscription stating that this was th

 ?1890s USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,920.00
94 WOOLF, VIRGINIA

Collection of Chester Page. Autograph letter signed

 1931-12-01 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,792.00
2 BRANT, SEBASTIAN

Stultifera Navis

 1488 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,664.00
207 WARD, HERBERT

WARD, HERBERT, Three works

 1911 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,408.00
87 RAND, AYN

Atlas Shrugged

 [1957] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,408.00
24 CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE & ROBERT

A large collection of illustrated Cruikshank titles

 1821 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,408.00
131

[BASEBALL]. Framed display with a signed photograph of Mickey Mantle and cards signed by the 1951 New York Yankees

 1951 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,280.00
89 VONNEGUT, KURT

The Estate of LeGrand Mellon. Kilgore Trout in Cohoes

 1975 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,216.00
259 BACHELARD, GASTON

[CHAGALL, MARC]. Drawings for the Bible

 -1960 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,216.00
218 MACDONALD, CHARLES

[GOLF]. Scotland's Gift: Golf

 1929 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,152.00
135 MURRAY, JACK

The Property of a New England Family

 1947 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,152.00
98

[AMERICAN MANUFACTURING]. A mid-19th century manuscript of recipes for a New York City Varnish and Oils manufacturer

 Circa 1855-66 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,152.00
123 GRANT, ULYSSES

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

 1885-86 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,088.00
182 SANTOS, JOAO DOS

Histoire de l'Ethiopie orientale, composee en portugais, par le R.P. Jean dos Santos ... et traduite en francois par le R.P. Dom Gaetan Charpy...

 1684 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,088.00
65

[AMERICAN LITERATURE]. Two major works of American Literature

 1896 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 1,088.00
234 ELIOT, GEORGE

Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life

 1871-72 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,024.00
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    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
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    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
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  • <b><center>Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Balthus, Emily Brontë. <i>Wuthering Heights,</i> New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Charles Dickens. <i>Complete Works,</i> Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Winston Churchill. First edition of <i>War Speeches,</i> Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. <i>Holy Cats</i> First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
    Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.