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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 -
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-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000 -
Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old 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 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
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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![<b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 35<br>Matthias C. Sprengel, Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, the first published appearance of the American flag, [1784].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/f0781015-5eab-4da4-863c-33412e7d42b5.jpg "<b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 35<br>Matthias C. Sprengel, Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, the first published appearance of the American flag, [1784].")
