• Sotheby’s
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    1-15 October 2025
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. A long and intimate autograph letter signed ("JA"), to Cassandra Austen. $300,000 to $400,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. “Lines on Maria Beckford,” autograph manuscript signed ("Jane Austen"). $100,000 to $150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000.
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  • Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000

Auction Reports

Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers

Auction Info

Auction Name
Thursday Morning at Stair
Auction Date
09/11/2025 - 09/11/2025
Sale Number
#17004
Total Lots
31
Sold Lots
29
Lots Sold
93.55%
Unsold Lots
2
Total Sales (USD)
20,298.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
9,750.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
15,375.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
10,750.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
17,075.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
118.88%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
133

Group of Five Japanese Prints on Silk

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,584.00
214 James Bidgood (1933-2022)

Pink Narcissus: Group of Three

2002 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,768.00
213 David Roberts (1796-1864)

The Temple of Dandour, from Excavated Temples of Abu Simbel, Nubia; and

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,768.00
235 20th Century School

Untitled (Seated Man)

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,496.00
164 Henri Matisse (1869-1954)

Repli, Andre Rouveyre

1947 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,360.00
262 Nancy Graves (1939-1995)

Approaches the Limit of II

1981 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,224.00
14 John Hill (c. 1716-1775)

Eden: or, a Compleat body of Gardening: Plate 12; Plate 27; Plate 28; and

1757 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,088.00
136 Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768-1819)

Cavex Ventricosa

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 952.00
232 Mark Beard (b. 1956)

Johnny III

1976 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 952.00
143 Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

The Face of Virgil (Purgatory: Canto 10)

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 816.00
225 Attributed to Richard Avedon (1923-2004)

Renata Adler; The Proust Group; and Egypt: Four Images

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 816.00
249 Mark Di Suvero (b. 1933)

Tetra

1976 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 816.00
108 Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

Portrait of Berthe Morisot

1892 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 680.00
224 Mark Beard (b. 1956)

Untitled

1995 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 612.00
16 After Olivier Charles de Penne (1831-1897)

Apres la chasse. Repos devant l'atre

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 612.00
149 Johannes Kip (c.1653-1722)

Kingsweston, the Seat of Edward Southwell, Esq.; Miserden, the Seat of

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 544.00
212 Derry Moore (b. 1937)

Chaumella Palace, Hyderabad

1976, date of printing unknown USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 340.00
216 Norman Parkinson (1913-1990)

80th Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen

1980 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 340.00
223 Laura Grisi (1939-2017)

Stripes

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 272.00
236 Laura Grisi (1939-2017)

Stripes

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 272.00

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  • Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 1st privately printed edition, 1901. £40,000-£60,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). Squintina Tabby, Licensed dealer in Tea. £7,000-£10,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). A pair of original illustrations from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. £8,000-£12,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix, illustrator). A Happy Pair, 1st [and only] edition, 1890. £5,000-£8,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter, c. 1920. £3,000-£5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Fairy Caravan, 1st (autographed limited) edition, 1929. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st edition, 1903, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £1,500-£2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, 1st deluxe edition, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £3,000-£5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st deluxe edition, 1903, rare trial binding. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tailor of Gloucester, 1st privately printed edition, December 1902. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter Signed, 26 October 1936. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Signed and Inscribed ICAA Christmas Card, 1938. £1,500-£2,000.