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Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.
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Doyle
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
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.
Auction Reports
Swann Galleries
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Old Master Through Modern Prints
- Auction Date
- 10/30/2025 - 10/30/2025
- Sale Number
- #2718
- Total Lots
- 405
- Sold Lots
- 295
- Lots Sold
- 72.84%
- Unsold Lots
- 110
- Total Sales (USD)
- 1,899,310.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 1,112,100.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 1,691,900.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 1,561,000.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 2,363,500.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 80.36%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 311 | Pablo Picasso | Femme au Corsage a Fleurs |
1958 | USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | USD 142,494.00 |
| 258 | Edward Hopper | Night Shadows |
1921 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 73,761.60 |
| 348 | Maurits Cornelis Escher | Sky and Water I |
1938 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 67,056.00 |
| 294 | Blanche Lazzell | My Provincetown Studio |
1933 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 50,292.00 |
| 119 | Rembrandt | Self-Portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill |
1639 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 40,233.60 |
| 245 | William Zorach | Sailing (Provincetown) |
1916 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 36,880.80 |
| 268 | Benton Spruance | The People Work---Morning, Noon, Evening & Night |
1937 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 36,880.80 |
| 141 | Rembrandt | The Blindness of Tobit: The Larger Plate |
1651 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 36,880.80 |
| 295 | Blanche Lazzell | Back Street |
1937 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 36,880.80 |
| 132 | Rembrandt | Abraham and Isaac |
1645 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 33,528.00 |
| 136 | Rembrandt | Canal with an Angler and Two Swans |
1650 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 33,528.00 |
| 116 | Rembrandt | Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael |
1637 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 33,528.00 |
| 310 | Pablo Picasso | Marie-Therese en Femme Torero |
1934 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 31,851.60 |
| 102 | Rembrandt | Woman Reading |
1634 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 31,851.60 |
| 112 | Rembrandt | Self Portrait with Saskia |
1636 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 28,498.80 |
| 352 | Marc Chagall | Le Cirque |
1967 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 26,822.40 |
| 351 | Marc Chagall | Then Said the King in Himself |
1948 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 26,822.40 |
| 396 | Rene Magritte (After) | Le Fils de l'Homme |
1973 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 23,469.60 |
| 314 | Pablo Picasso (After) | Nue au Faubourg St. Honore |
1970 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 21,793.20 |
| 127 | Rembrandt | View of Amsterdam from the Kadijk |
circa1641. | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 21,793.20 |
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