Swann Galleries: Fine Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books | Total Sales (USD) | 858,068.00 |
| Auction Date | April 22, 2025 - April 22, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 573,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #2701 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 832,250.00 |
| Total Lots | 361 | ||
| Sold Lots | 316 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 654,050.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 87.53% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 951,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 45 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 90.14% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 305 | Brahe, Tycho & Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655) | Tychonis Brahei Vita, [with] Manuscript presentation leaf from another volume in Brahe's hand inserted |
1654 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 |
| 148 | Picasso, Pablo, illus. (188-1973) & Fernando de Rojas (ca. 1465/73-1541) | La Celestine |
1971 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 |
| 201 | Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883) | Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, William Bell Scott's annotated copy |
1859 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
| 248 | Baum, L. Frank (1856-1919) | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, first edition, illustrator W.W. Denslow's presentation copy |
1900 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
| 154 | Szyk, Arthur (1894-1951) & Cecil Roth, ed. (1899-1970) | The Haggadah, inscribed by Szyk |
1940 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
| 130 | Eluard, Paul (1895-1952) & Picasso, Miro, Tanguy et alia | Solidarite |
1938-04-01 | USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 |
| 60 | Bible in English, King James Translation, Fourth Folio. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New |
1613 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 | |
| 315 | Gassendi, Pierre (1592-1655) | Institutio Astronomica juxta Hypotheseis tam Veterum, quam Copernici, et Tychonis |
1647 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 109 | Thorkelin, Grimur Jonsson (1752-1829) | De Danorum. Rebus Gestis Secul. III & IV. Poema Danicum Dialecto Anglosaxonica. First edition of Beowulf in Anglo Saxon & Danish |
1815 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 223 | Dickens, Charles (1843-1848) | Great Expectations, extra-illustrated first edition |
1861 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 120 | Calder, Braques, Miro, Kandinsky, et alia | Derriere le Miroir, 18 deluxe issues, many signed |
1962-1974 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 177 | Kent, Rockwell (1882-1971), illus. & Herman Melville (1819-1891) | Moby Dick, or The Whale |
1930 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 359 | Turing, Alan (1912-1954) | Computing, Machinery, and Intelligence, published in Mind: a Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy |
1950 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 46 | Timberlake, Henry (1570-1625) | A Relation of the Travells of Two English Pilgrimes |
1631 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 326 | Mashallah ibn Athari (c. 740-815) | De Elementis et Orbibus Coelestibus Liber Antiquus ac Eruditus |
1549 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 340 | Sacrobosco, Johannes de (c. 1195-c. 1256) | Sphaera Mundi |
1485 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 44 | Schweigger, Salomon (1551-1622) | Kurtzer Ausszug der Reysbeschreibung nach Constaninopel und Jerusalem |
1660 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 338 | Riccioli, Giovanni Battista (1598-1671) | Almagestum Novum |
1651 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 72 | Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616) | [Don Quixote in Spanish Printed in England]. Vida y Hechos del Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha |
1738 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 7,250.00 |
| 81 | Ediciti Librorum Prohibitorum. Papal Edicts Banning Books: Six Examples, 1596-1658... |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 7,250.00 | ||
| 167 | Warhol, Indiana, Creely, Ginsberg, et alia. & William Katz, ed. (1926-2003) | Stamped Indelibly |
1967 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 7,250.00 |
| 111 | Albers, Josef (1888-1976) | Interaction of Color |
1963 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,000.00 |
| 303 | Assemani, Giuseppe Simone (1687-1768) | Globus Caelestis Cufico-Arabicus Veliterni Musei Borgiani |
1790 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,500.00 |
| 332 | Perlach, Andreas (1490-1551) | Ephemerides |
1529 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,500.00 |
| 187 | Khayyam, Omar (1048-1131) & Edward Fitzgerald, trans. (1809-1883) | Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe |
[1910] | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
