PBA Galleries: Photography & Fine Art, Fine Press & Fine Bindings - with Natural History & Mountaineering
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photography & Fine Art, Fine Press & Fine Bindings - with Natural History & Mountaineering | Total Sales (USD) | 96,268.75 |
| Auction Date | June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 92,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #840 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 144,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 341 | ||
| Sold Lots | 212 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 159,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 62.17% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 247,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 129 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 38.85% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | Meserve, Frederick Hill | The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln |
1911 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 315 | Rey, Guido | The Matterhorn |
[1907] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 4,062.50 |
| 53 | Maisel, David | The Lake Project 16, 2002 |
2002; print: 2003 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,125.00 |
| 200 | Dickens, Charles | A Christmas Carol |
[1915] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,812.50 |
| 338 | Filippi, Filippo de | Ruwenzori: An Account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy |
1908 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,812.50 |
| 322 | Freshfield, Douglas W. | The Exploration of the Caucasus |
1896 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 122 | Myers, Mark Richard | Commodore Biddle's Squadron Getting Under Way, U.S.S. Columbus and Vincennes 1845 |
1987 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 261 | Dawkins, Richard | The Selfish Gene |
1976 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 326 | Filippi, Filippo de | Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909: An Account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abbruzzi |
1912 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 97 | Craig, Thomas B. | Original oil painting by Thomas B. Craig |
1901 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 213 | Doyle, Arthur Conan | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes |
1892; 1894 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 220 | Carroll, Lewis | Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There |
1872 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 209 | Milne, A. A. | Finely bound set of four Winnie-the-Pooh books |
1962-1963 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 256 | Etching of Charles Darwin with his signature |
No date | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 | |
| 292 | Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth | On Growth and Form |
1917 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,187.50 |
| 155 | Cavafy, C.P. | The Splendour of a Morning |
2016 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 217 | Hammett, Dashiell | The Glass Key |
1931 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 64 | Ruscha, Edward | Every Building on the Sunset Strip |
1966 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 65 | Ruscha, Edward | Real Estate Opportunities |
1970 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 153 | Constitution of the United States: Published for the Bicentennial of its Adoption in 1787 |
1987 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,000.00 | |
| 199 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
[1907] | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 937.50 | |
| 226 | Hunt, John | The Ascent of Everest |
[1953] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 937.50 |
| 259 | Darwin, Charles | The Journey of a Voyage in H.M.S. Beagle by Charles Darwin |
1979 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 937.50 |
| 72 | Photograph album of first Wagnerian productions at Bayreuth Festival Theatre |
[c.1876] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 812.50 | |
| 212 | Dickens, Charles | The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home |
1886 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 812.50 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://pjupgrade-qadev.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
