PBA Galleries: Fine Photography, Books and Images
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Photography, Books and Images | Total Sales (USD) | 126,518.75 |
| Auction Date | March 06, 2025 - March 06, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 136,200.00 |
| Sale Number | #833 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 167,465.00 |
| Total Lots | 366 | ||
| Sold Lots | 258 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 187,800.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 70.49% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 248,265.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 108 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 50.96% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | Kent, Rockwell | Kent's suppressed statement to McCarthy confronting House Committee on Un-American Activities with the Alex and Martha Geckler collection of letters, books, and prints |
1913-1955 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 344 | Leon Pinelo, Antonio de | Question Moral: Si el Chocolate quebranta el ayuno Eclesiastico |
1636 | USD 3,000.00 - 1,700.00 | USD 3,437.50 |
| 234 | Berman, Wallace, editor | Semina 4 |
1959 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,812.50 |
| 76 | Audubon, John James | Wild Turkey - Male |
1840-44 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,125.00 |
| 24 | Leifer, Neil | Ali KO's Cleveland Williams |
Negative: 1966; later print | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 246 | Chagall, Marc | Dessins pour la Bible |
[1960] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 247 | Chagall, Marc | Illustrations for the Bible |
[1956] | USD 2,000.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 157 | Ainslie, Patricia & Paul Ritscher | Endgrain: Contemporary Wood Engraving in North America |
1994 | USD 2,000.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 123 | Fittler, James | Battle of the Nile, fought Augt. 1, 1798 |
1802 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 274 | Picasso Lithographe [with] Picasso, Peintre-Graveur |
1949-1964 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 138 | Three hand-colored maritime aquatints |
1768-1784 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,375.00 | |
| 172 | Aikin, Lucy | Memoirs of the Court of King James the First |
1823 | USD 400.00 - 200.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 22 | Klein, William | Cadillac, New York |
Negative: 1955; later print. | USD 2,000.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 42 | Ronis, Willy | Les Amoreux de la Bastille / The Lovers of the Bastille |
Negative: 1957; later print | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 102 | Kenojuak Ashevak | Talelayu Opitlu (Talelayu With Owl) |
1979 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 163 | Stevenson, Robert L. | The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Vailima Edition |
1922-1923 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 171 | Adams, W.H. Davenport | The Mysteries of the Ocean. From the French of Arthur Mangin |
1874 | USD 400.00 - 200.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 218 | Schanilec, Gaylord | American Crow: Report from Quarantine |
2021 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 300 | Green, Herbert W. | Mixed Drinks. A Manual for Bar Clerks |
1895 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 303 | Middleton, Scudder | Dining Wining and Dancing in New York |
1938 | USD 700.00 - 350.00 | USD 1,187.50 |
| 154 | Constitution of the United States: Published for the Bicentennial of its Adoption in 1787 |
1987 | USD 1,000.00 - 550.00 | USD 1,125.00 | |
| 155 | Melville, Herman | Moby Dick; or, The Whale. |
[1981] | USD 500.00 - 650.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 307 | Shaw, Charles G. | Nightlife: Vanity Fair's Intimate Guide to New York After Dark |
[1931] | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 212 | Whitman, Walt | Wrenching Times |
1991 | USD 1,500.00 - 750.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 215 | Logue, Mary | A House in the Country |
1994 | USD 700.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,000.00 |