Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books and Manuscripts | Total Sales (USD) | 1,440,307.60 |
| Auction Date | April 08, 2025 - April 08, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 798,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #30806 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,233,400.00 |
| Total Lots | 228 | ||
| Sold Lots | 196 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,116,100.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 85.96% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,719,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 32 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 83.75% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | ARISTOTLE. 384-322 B.C.E. | Politica. Oeconomica. |
1469 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 127,500.00 |
| 206 | HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. 1899-1961. | Three Stories & Ten Poems. |
1923 | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 70,350.00 |
| 152 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Ulysses. |
1922 [1923]. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 58,880.00 |
| 161 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Typed Manuscript Annotated with Joyce's autograph corrections and additions, being portions of Book I, Chapters 3 & 4 |
USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 48,640.00 | |
| 124 | BUNYAN, JOHN. 1628-1688. | The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which is to Come.... |
1744 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 38,400.00 |
| 133 | Comprising 7 presentation copies, 14 autograph letters 10 of which are signed, 3 autograph postcards signed, 2 typed postcards (one signed with his holograph initials, one signed in type), 5 typed letters signed, and 2 signed in type: |
USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 38,400.00 | ||
| 123 | SCHULZ, CHARLES. 1922-2000. | Original 8-panel Sunday comic strip, pen and ink and pencil on artist board, |
USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 35,840.00 | |
| 162 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Work in Progress. Volume I. |
1927 [1928]. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 35,840.00 |
| 88 | [INTOLERABLE ACTS.] | An Act for the better regulating the Government of the Province of the Massachusett's Bay, in New-England. |
1774 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 33,280.00 |
| 180 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Autograph Letter Signed ("James Joyce"), to Niall Sheridan regarding O'Brien's and Beckett's , |
USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 33,280.00 | |
| 54 | JEFFERYS, THOMAS. | The West-India Atlas: or, A Compendious Description of the West-Indies. |
1780-[1782]. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 30,720.00 |
| 87 | TOWNSEND ACTS. | Manuscript Document signed by more than 60 townspeople including both men and women of Newburyport, Massachusetts, agreeing to refuse to sell, buy or consume Bohea or Indian Tea "," |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 30,720.00 | |
| 27 | GRAUNT, JOHN. 1620-1674. | Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index and made upon the bills of mortality.... |
1662 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 28,160.00 |
| 122 | SCHULZ, CHARLES. 1922-2000. | Original 8-panel Sunday comic strip, pen and ink and pencil on artist board, |
USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 28,160.00 | |
| 89 | AMERICAN REVOLUTION. | Printed broadsheet, , From Monday, May 29, to Tuesday, May 30, 1775, No. |
[1775] | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 25,600.00 |
| 108 | [KLIMT, GUSTAV. 1862-1918.] | Gustav Klimt, Eine Nachlese. |
[1946]. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 24,320.00 |
| 132 | [GANDHI MOHANDAS K. 1869-1948.] | Gandhiji: His Life and Work. |
1944 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 24,320.00 |
| 139 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | The Holy Office. |
1905 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 24,320.00 |
| 140 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Chamber Music. |
[1907]. | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 21,760.00 |
| 155 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Ulysses. |
1936 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 21,760.00 |
| 170 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Storiella as She is Syung. |
1937 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 19,200.00 |
| 137 | ONASSIS, JACQUELINE KENNEDY. 1929-1994. | Original gouache of Jackie and Lee Radziwill waving farewell from the shore to Aristotle Onassis aboard his Yacht , |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 17,920.00 | |
| 168 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies: A Fragment From Work in Progress. |
1934 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 17,920.00 |
| 34 | PLAYFAIR, WILLIAM. 1759-1823. | The Commercial and Political Atlas: Representing, by Means of Stained Copper-Plate Charts, the Progress of the Commerce, Revenues, Expenditure and Debts of England during the Whole of the Eighteenth Century. |
1786 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 |
| 142 | JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. | Gas From a Burner. |
1912 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 |
