Nate D. Sanders Auctions: May 2025 Auction, 52925, Los Angeles

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 29, 2025 - May 29, 2025

Page Size: 104 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
28	Harper Lee	Harper Lee Christmas Card Signed ''Nelle Harper Lee''			Not Available	Not Sold
29	Harper Lee	Harper Lee Christmas Card Signed ''Nelle Lee'' with Handwritten Note		2005	Not Available	Not Sold
30	Harper Lee	Harper Lee Christmas Card Signed with Handwritten Note			Not Available	Not Sold
31	Harper Lee	Harper Lee Signed VHS Cover of ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' Starring Gregory Peck			Not Available	Not Sold
32	Harper Lee	Harper Lee Signed Card			Not Available	Not Sold
33	H.L. Mencken	Lot of Two H.L. Mencken Initialed Letters from May 1935 -- ''...It will take a powerful argument and a liberal use of alcohol to bring me back to my normal frame of mind...''		1935	Not Available	Not Sold
34	Sylvia Plath	First Edition of Sylvia Plath's Poem ''A Winter Ship'' -- One of Only 60 Copies Extant, Personally Owned by Sylvia Plath	Edinburgh:	1960	Not Available	Not Sold
35	Ayn Rand	Ayn Rand Signed ''Atlas Shrugged'' -- Special 10th Anniversary Limited Edition -- Exceptional, Near Fine Condition	New York:	1967	Not Available	Not Sold
36	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Signed First Edition, First Printing of ''Sweet Thursday'' -- ''...face the future with courage, humility and money...''	New York:	1954	Not Available	Not Sold
37	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck's ''The Grapes of Wrath'' First Printing in First Printing Dust Jacket -- Near Fine Condition	New York:	1939	Not Available	Not Sold
38	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Signed Acceptance Speech for His Nobel Prize for Literature	New York:		Not Available	Not Sold
39	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Autograph Letter Signed -- ''I hate to say this as claimant but I think the best writing I have ever done...''		1959	Not Available	Not Sold
40	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Autograph Letter Signed -- ''Finally I have my form. Strange it was there all the time. I was the last to know...''		1958	Not Available	Not Sold
41	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Autograph Letter Signed ''John Steinbeck'' -- From England Opening with ''Canterbury Tales'', ''Whan that Aprille wip his shoures soote - The droghte of March hath perced to the roote''		1959	Not Available	Not Sold
42	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Signed Presentation Copy of ''The Long Valley'' -- Steinbeck Pokes Fun at the Title of His Book: ''...If this valley had been any longer there would be no point in it. Or is there?...''	New York:	1956	Not Available	Not Sold
43	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Signed Presentation Copy of ''The Pearl'' -- ''...'delightful, brilliant, gorgeous, talented...I have tested this product and certify that the claims made for it are accurate...''	New York:	1958 later printing.	Not Available	Not Sold
44	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Autograph Postcard Signed ''J.S.'' -- Steinbeck Tells His Typist to Ignore Manuscript Pages He Sent Her: ''That stuff is all out''		1958	Not Available	Not Sold
45	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Signed Presentation Copy of ''The Wayward Bus'' -- ''...No need to be wayward just because this book is - but it's fun!...''	London:	1952	Not Available	Not Sold
46	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Signed Presentation Copy of ''The Pastures of Heaven'' -- ''...The pastures of the sky contain...a viper...''	New York:	1951	Not Available	Not Sold
47	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Signed Presentation Copy of His First Novel, ''Cup of Gold'' -- Steinbeck Writes: ''...a lousy book / John Steinbeck''	New York:	1953	Not Available	Not Sold
48	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Postcard Signed ''J.S.'' -- Steinbeck Writes to His Typist Regarding Working on ''Arthur'': ''Stop jittering!...you are the one to do that job.''		1958	Not Available	Not Sold
49	Pablo Picasso	Pablo Picasso Autograph Letter Signed from 1950 Mentioning His Famous Artwork -- ''...The inauguration of the monument (L'homme au Mouton) here in Vallauris is meant to take place on 6th August...''		1950	Not Available	Not Sold
50	Pablo Picasso	Pablo Picasso Autograph Letter Signed from 1954 -- With Prominent Picasso Signature		1954	Not Available	Not Sold
51	Pierre-Auguste Renoir	Pierre-Auguste Renoir Autograph Letter Signed, Likely to Claude Monet -- ''...I forgot to write to you about the Manet sale, which exceeded all expectations because there was nothing...''		1883	Not Available	Not Sold
52	Norman Rockwell	Norman Rockwell Signed Lithograph of His Famous Painting ''Tough Call'' -- Measures 19'' x 25''		1972	Not Available	Not Sold

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Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR

Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR