Doyle New York: Rare Books, Autographs and Maps
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare Books, Autographs and Maps | Total Sales (USD) | 940,403.10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 16, 2026 - April 16, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 519,150.00 |
| Sale Number | #9180 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 795,690.00 |
| Total Lots | 471 | ||
| Sold Lots | 434.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 580,420.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 92.14% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 887,440.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 37 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 105.97% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 136 | JEFFERSON, THOMAS | Autograph letter signed as President with rare commentary on the arrest of Toussaint Louverture |
June 23, 1802 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 33,250.00 |
| 96 | [MANUSCRIPT]. [Book of Hours]. Manuscript in Latin and French on vellum |
third or fourth quarter of the fifteenth century | USD 30,000.00 - 45,000.00 | USD 26,600.00 | |
| 375 | SCHULZ, CHARLES M. | Original drawing for a Peanuts four-panel strip |
March 26, [1959] | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 26,600.00 |
| 328 | SAUVAN, JEAN BAPTISTE BALTHAZAR | Picturesque Tour of the Seine, from Paris to the Sea: with particulars historical and descriptive... |
1821 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 25,270.00 |
| 97 | [PSALTER]. Illuminated manuscript in Latin on vellum |
late thirteenth century | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 23,940.00 | |
| 376 | SCHULZ, CHARLES M. | Original drawing for a Peanuts four-panel strip |
1956-12-10 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 22,610.00 |
| 135 | JEFFERSON, THOMAS | Autograph letter signed to Charles Willson Peale |
10 March 1809 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 15,960.00 |
| 262 | JOYCE, JAMES and HENRI MATISSE, illustrator | Ulysses |
1935 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 15,960.00 |
| 95 | An album of Company school paintings of Mughal monuments |
early 19th century | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 13,300.00 | |
| 132 | MATHER, COTTON | Autograph manuscript of a sermon or devotional essay, headed "Applic." and beginning "Doth there come to pass nothing in time, except was decreed from Eternity?" |
n.d. (?1685 to 1723) | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,300.00 |
| 212 | SELLA, VITTORIO | A remarkable archive of approximately fifty autograph letters signed by the great alpinist and photographer Vittorio Sella (with a few receipts for photographs sold, etc.), addressed to Charles E. Fay, the eminent American alpinist and educator, who was t |
1902-1927 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 13,300.00 |
| 127 | CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG | A rare signed carte de visite of General Custer by Mathew Brady |
circa 1865 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 12,635.00 |
| 410 | SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM and CRISPIN ELSTED, editor | [BARBARIAN PRESS]. The Play of Pericles Prince of Tyre |
2010 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 12,635.00 |
| 372 | MARTIN, CHARLES ELMER (1910–1955) | [Income tax return nightmare] |
1959-04-11 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 11,970.00 |
| 373 | MARTIN, CHARLES ELMER (1910–1955) | [Raining tax returns] |
1961-04-01 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 11,970.00 |
| 177 | CHATELAIN, HENRI ABRAHAM | Carte Tres Curieuse De La Mer Du Sud Contenant Des Remarques Nouvelles Et Tres Utiles Non Seulement Sur Les Ports et Isles de Cette Mer, Mais aussy sur les principaux Pays de l'Amerique tant Septentrionale que Meridionale, Avec les Noms & la Route des Voy |
1720 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 11,305.00 |
| 277 | MELVILLE, HERMAN | Moby-Dick; or, the Whale |
1851 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,305.00 |
| 362 | TOLSTOY, LEV NIKOLAYEVICH (LEO), Count | The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy |
circa 1904 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 11,305.00 |
| 44 | DIDEROT, DENIS and D'ALEMBERT, JEAN LE ROND | Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers |
1751-77 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 10,640.00 |
| 111 | EINSTEIN, ALBERT | Autograph letter initialed ("E."). Written on the reverse of a letter by the physicist Behram Kurşunoğlu |
early December, 1950 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 10,640.00 |
| 267 | LEARY, TIMOTHY | An important archive of material related to the campaign to release Timothy Leary from prison following his convictions for marijuana possession in California and Texas in early 1970 |
early 1970 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,640.00 |
| 63 | LIBEROTTI, GIOVANNI | Liberotti Impronte [spine title] |
[1820s-1830s] | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 9,975.00 |
| 363 | TOLSTOY, LEV NIKOLAYEVICH (LEO), Count | The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy |
circa 1904 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 9,975.00 |
| 173 | FLAGG, JAMES MONTGOMERY | I Want You For U.S. Army |
1917 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 7,980.00 |
| 300 | STEINBECK, JOHN | Cannery Row |
1945 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 7,980.00 |
