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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Fine Literature with the Counterculture & the Residents
- Auction Date
- 12/04/2025 - 12/04/2025
- Sale Number
- #852
- Total Lots
- 471
- Sold Lots
- 319.0
- Lots Sold
- 67.73%
- Unsold Lots
- 152
- Total Sales (USD)
- 238,438.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 175,400.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 273,200.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 258,900.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 402,700.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 59.21%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 280 | Lewis, C.S. | The Chronicles of Narnia |
[1950-56] | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 |
| 270 | Herbert, Frank | Dune |
[1965] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 126 | Melville, Herman | Moby Dick or the Whale |
1930 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 123 | McCarthy, Cormac | Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West |
1985 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 80 | Hemingway, Ernest | The Fifth Column - original working script |
[c.1940] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 145 | Orwell, George | Nineteen Eighty-Four |
1949 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 310 | Tolkien, J.R.R. | The Lord of the Rings |
1955-1956 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 276 | Jordan, Robert | The Eye of the World |
[1990] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,062.50 |
| 172 | Stoddard, Charles Warren | For the Pleasure of His Company: An Affair of the Misty City, Thrice Told |
1903 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,812.50 |
| 102 | Livermore, Elizabeth | Zoe; or the Quadroon's Triumph. A Tale for the Times |
1855 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
| 139 | Orwell, George | Down and Out in Paris and London |
1933 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
| 241 | Crichton, Michael | Jurassic Park |
1990 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
| 197 | Adams, Douglas | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
[1980] | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,125.00 |
| 196 | Adams, Douglas | Four signed titles from the Hitchhiker's Guide series |
1980-1992 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 186 | Walker, Alice | The Color Purple |
[1982] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 94 | Johnson, Crockett | Harold and the Purple Crayon |
1955 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 83 | Hemingway, Ernest | The Old Man and the Sea |
1952 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 8 | Austen, Jane | Pride and Prejudice |
[1895] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 251 | Doyle, Arthur Conan | The Hound of the Baskervilles |
1902 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 215 | Burroughs, Edgar Rice | Tarzan of the Apes |
1914 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
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