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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
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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
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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.

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Auction Info

Auction Name: Illustration Art Signature Auction
Auction Date: 11/04/2025 - 11/04/2025
Sale Number: #8224
Total Lots: 457
Sold Lots: 443
Lots Sold: 96.94%
Unsold Lots: 14

Total Sales (USD): 3,868,080.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 2,284,960.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 3,427,440.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 2,322,160.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 3,483,240.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 111.05%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
71020	Frank Frazetta (American, 1928-2010)	A Princess of Mars, 1970	1970	USD 1,200,000.00 - 1,800,000.00	USD 1,437,500.00
71076	Frank Xavier Leyendecker (American, 1877-1924)	Pierrot and Columbine, Vanity Fair magazine cover, June 1915	1915	USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00	USD 87,500.00
71001	Chesley Bonestell (American, 1888-1986)	Space Station Under Construction, Sunday Mirror Magazine interior, June 19, 1949	1949	USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00	USD 87,500.00
71051	Ernest Howard Shepard (British, 1879-1976)	Winnie-the-Pooh book cover & interior studies (five works), 1926	1926	USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00	USD 87,500.00
71120	Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)	Ballerina, 1946	1946	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 61,250.00
71075	Joseph Christian Leyendecker (American, 1874-1951)	A Song of Faith, The Delineator magazine interior, December 1905	1905	USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00	USD 60,000.00
71089	Lawrence Toney (American, 20th Century)	Rest-A-While, The Saturday Evening Post cover, August 11, 1928	1928	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 55,000.00
71047	Greg and Tim Hildebrandt (American, 20th Century)	Treebeard, Lord of the Rings calendar, August 1976	1976	USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00	USD 52,500.00
71090	Eugene Iverd (American, 1893-1936)	Halloween Smiles, The Saturday Evening Post cover, November 3, 1934	1934	USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00	USD 47,500.00
71065	Charles Addams (American, 1912-1988)	She Shows Up Every Halloween, New Yorker cartoon, October 30, 1937	1937	USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00	USD 45,000.00
71004	Chesley Bonestell (American, 1888-1986)	Unloading the Space Ship, Rocket to the Moon endpapers and book interior, 1961	1961	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 40,000.00
71085	Dean Cornwell (American, 1892-1960)	Mary Washing Jesus's Feet, The Man of Galilee book interior, 1928	1928	USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00	USD 37,500.00
71139	Alberto Vargas (Peruvian/American, 1896-1982)	Darling, It's My Hat I Want Your Opinion On, Playboy interior, April 1963	1963	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 37,500.00
71096	John Philip Falter (American, 1910-1982)	It's American... To be Democratic, American Airlines advertisement, 1947	1947	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 35,000.00
71098	Tom Lovell (American, 1909-1997)	How Houdini Did It, True: The Man's Magazine interior, December 1954	1954	USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	USD 35,000.00
71008	Norman Saunders (American, 1907-1989)	Polaris and the Goddess Glorian, Fantastic Novels pulp magazine cover, September 1950	1950	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 32,500.00
71044	Gerald Brom (American, b. 1965)	The Last Note, Dragon Magazine cover, November 1998	1998	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 32,500.00
71003	Chesley Bonestell (American, 1888-1986)	Arrival on the Moon, Rocket to the Moon book cover and interior, 1961	1961	USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00	USD 32,500.00
71002	Chesley Bonestell (American, 1888-1986)	The Star-Studded Reaches of Measureless Space, LIFE magazine cover, December 20, 1954	1954	USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00	USD 32,500.00
71038	Michael Whelan (American, b. 1950)	The Gods Laughed paperback cover, 1982	1982	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 27,500.00

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Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
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
Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000