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Doyle New York: Rare Books, Autographs, and Maps

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Auction Name Rare Books, Autographs, and Maps Total Sales (USD) 100,926.00
Auction Date December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 64,440.00
Sale Number #9151 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 100,840.00
Total Lots 279
Sold Lots 198.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 89,630.00
% of Lots Sold 70.97% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 139,840.00
Unsold Lots 81 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 72.17%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
130

[BASEBALL - NEGRO LEAGUE]. A group of signed documents and rare photographs, some relating to the Negro League player Percy Wilson

 1923 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 9,600.00
32 ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY

Little Women

 1868-69 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,120.00
125

Group of five signed half-tone reproductions of groups of prominent figures, four mounted to paper or thin card, the fifth unmounted

 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 4,800.00
137 [KENNEDY, JOHN FITZGERALD]

The bookplate of President John F. Kennedy

 circa 1961 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,880.00
5

[FORGERY] Two beveled-edged wooden boards extracted from an Italian tempera-painted bookbinding, the upper cover carved & painted with a figure of St. Michael, the lower carved and painted with a variety of arms and an inscription stating that this was th

 ?1890s USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,920.00
94 WOOLF, VIRGINIA

Collection of Chester Page. Autograph letter signed

 1931-12-01 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,792.00
2 BRANT, SEBASTIAN

Stultifera Navis

 1488 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,664.00
24 CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE & ROBERT

A large collection of illustrated Cruikshank titles

 1821 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,408.00
87 RAND, AYN

Atlas Shrugged

 [1957] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,408.00
207 WARD, HERBERT

WARD, HERBERT, Three works

 1911 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,408.00
131

[BASEBALL]. Framed display with a signed photograph of Mickey Mantle and cards signed by the 1951 New York Yankees

 1951 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,280.00
89 VONNEGUT, KURT

The Estate of LeGrand Mellon. Kilgore Trout in Cohoes

 1975 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,216.00
259 BACHELARD, GASTON

[CHAGALL, MARC]. Drawings for the Bible

 -1960 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,216.00
98

[AMERICAN MANUFACTURING]. A mid-19th century manuscript of recipes for a New York City Varnish and Oils manufacturer

 Circa 1855-66 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,152.00
135 MURRAY, JACK

The Property of a New England Family

 1947 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,152.00
218 MACDONALD, CHARLES

[GOLF]. Scotland's Gift: Golf

 1929 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,152.00
65

[AMERICAN LITERATURE]. Two major works of American Literature

 1896 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 1,088.00
123 GRANT, ULYSSES

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

 1885-86 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,088.00
182 SANTOS, JOAO DOS

Histoire de l'Ethiopie orientale, composee en portugais, par le R.P. Jean dos Santos ... et traduite en francois par le R.P. Dom Gaetan Charpy...

 1684 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,088.00
88 VONNEGUT, KURT, JR.

The Estate of LeGrand Mellon

 1969 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,024.00
234 ELIOT, GEORGE

Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life

 1871-72 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,024.00
36 DAVIES, VALENTINE

Miracle on 34th Street

 [1947] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 960.00
191 ORME, EDWARD, publisher

Foreign field sports, fisheries, sporting anecdotes, &c. &c.

 n.d. (but 1823 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 960.00
90 VONNEGUT, KURT, JR.

The Estate of LeGrand Mellon. Self-Portrait

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 896.00
92 VONNEGUT, KURT, JR.

The Estate of LeGrand Mellon. Eleven Kurt Vonnegut first editions

 1963 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 896.00
  • <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> AUGUSTIN (Saint). <i>De civitate Dei.</i> Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> CAUS (SALOMON DE). <i>La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs.</i> Londres, John Norton, 1612. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). <i>La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique.</i> Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000