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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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![<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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/adccb263-2150-4bb1-90b4-f3e4f9d117ff.png "<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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/67ed1ed4-e535-4e60-b535-67f946723319.png "<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> [Chastenet de Puységur, Antoine]. <i>Détail sur la navigation aux côtes de Saint-Domingue...</i> Paris, 1787. €5,000 to €7,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/53116972-b7d3-4f11-9768-ff58be34521c.png "<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 & DecemberSotheby’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. -
Freeman’s, Nov. 13: HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Three Stories and Ten Poems. First edition, inscribed to his cousin, Ruth White Lowry. $60,000-80,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: CURTIS, Edward S. The North American Indian... Portfolio and two text volumes. $20,000-30,000Freeman’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. $40,000-50,000Freeman’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." $20,000-30,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: FAULKNER, William. Go Down, Moses. First edition, limited issue, one of 100 copies signed by Faulkner. $10,000-15,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Of Human Bondage. First English edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Maugham, in the rare suppressed dust-jacket. $40,000-50,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: An Excessively Rare First Issue and Previously Unrecorded Copy of Shakespeare’s Third Folio. $40,000-60,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: AUDUBON, John James. Louisiana Heron, Ardea Ludoviciana. (Plate CCXVII). $30,000-40,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: HERBERT, Frank. Dune, 1965. First edition, inscribed by Herbert. $8,000-12,000
Auction Reports
Bonhams
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Americana
- Auction Date
- 11/04/2025 - 11/04/2025
- Sale Number
- #30940
- Total Lots
- 31
- Sold Lots
- 24
- Lots Sold
- 77.42%
- Unsold Lots
- 7
- Total Sales (USD)
- 35,059.20
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 25,500.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 41,600.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 33,400.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 53,500.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 65.53%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | signed Abraham Lincoln and William H. Seward, 13 October 1863 | Multilingual Passport for the Whaling Ship Sappho |
1863 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,800.00 |
| 56 | Richard Gillsepie (printer), Anderston, Scotland, c. 1825 | Portrait of Susan Le Baron March Stockwell (1812-94) |
c. 1825 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,096.00 |
| 24 | After John James Audubon | Author Inscribed Title Plate, from Birds of America Vol. 1; |
1844 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,432.00 |
| 125 | After John James Audubon | Ten Lithographs from the Royal Octavo Edition of Birds of America; |
c. 1840 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,536.00 |
| 3 | Auguste Edouart (1789-1861), dated 1839-42 | Nine Framed Silhouettes |
1839-42 | USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,280.00 |
| 218 | After John James Audubon | Turkey Buzzard (Plate CLI), from Birds of America; |
1833 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,152.00 |
| 262 | After John James Audubon | Racoon (Plate LXI), from Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America; |
c. 1845 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 214 | After John James Audubon | Brown headed Worm Eating Warbler (Plate CXCVIII), from Birds of America; |
c. 1834 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 100 | After John James Audubon | Black Backed Gull (Plate CCXLI), from Birds of America; |
1835 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 193 | After John James Audubon | Sandwich Tern (Plate CCLXXIX), from Birds of America; |
1835 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 36 | After John James Audubon | Yellow Redpoll Warbler (Plate CXLV), from Birds of America; |
1832 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 199 | After John James Audubon | American Redstart (Plate XL), from Birds of America; |
c. 1834 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 72 | Auguste Edouart (1789-1861), Boston and Saratoga, 1841-5 |
1841-5 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 832.00 | |
| 147 | Mermaid and Ship Decorated Horn Tumbler |
c. 1840 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 640.00 | |
| 203 | After John James Audubon | Long Haired Squirrel (Plate XXVII), from Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America; |
1844 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 640.00 |
| 105 | FRANK WESTON BENSON | Two Framed Prints: The Start and Bluebills |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 614.40 | |
| 57 | Portrait of Susan Le Baron March Stockwell (1812-94) |
1864 and 1867 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 588.80 | |
| 156 | After John James Audubon | Oregon Flying Squirrel (Plate XV), from Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America; |
c. 1844 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 537.60 |
| 148 | After John James Audubon | American Cross Fox (Plate VI), from Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America; |
1843 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 486.40 |
| 39 | J. Giles | The Great International Caledonian Games Held at Jones Woods New-York City, July 1st 1867 |
1867 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 384.00 |
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