Past Auction Highlights
Prices achieved at some of our past auctions
1st Edition [CIVIL WAR] Ulysses S. Grant Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, 2 Volumes, Letter Folding, FINE
$150 – $200
$500
1892 1st Edition [Joel Chandler Harris] Black Americana, On The Plantation, New York, D. Appleton & Co.
$125 – $150
$500
c1865 YOSEMITE [Carleton Watkins} Mammoth Albumen Plate “The Three Brothers” SIGNED & Titled in Pencil
$800 – $1000
$2,200
1879 [Stereoview] Nez Perce Chief Joseph & Yellow Bull, Col A.B Meacham & Interpreter
$150 – $200
$850
1860s TWO A.E. Alden [Stereoview] Photography Studio Advertising Saratoga Springs, New York SCARCE
$150 – $200
$1,600
Gen. Elon John Farnsworth [CDV] Civil War Union Army, Killed at Gettysburg, Whitehurst Gallery
$125 – $150
$3,400
c1897 Rare Korean Empire Photograph Album
$1,500 – $2,500
$4,000
Harper Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird, 1960 First Edition
$5,000 – $6,000
$5,000
Oversize Photograph Double Extra First Size American Fire Steam Engine, c1900
$75 – $100
$90
Mechanical Halloween Postcard Ellen Clapsaddle Black Americana Series #1236
$175-200
$225
c1920s Mary Pickford Fairbanks Christmas Card & Snapshot Photos at Pickfair, 1931
$150 – $200
$350
Schmucker White-on-White Variant Embossed Halloween Postcards, John Winsch
$400 – $500
$1,100
Complete Collection of Winsch Mask Set Embossed Halloween Postcards, 1913
$500-600
$1,200
Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises”, 1926 First Edition
$10,000 – $12,000
$12,000
Antique c1920s Savoy Hotel London Fob & Room Key
$100 – $150
$100
Bert Lahr Signed & Inscribed 8×10 Photo, “The Wizard of Oz” Era c1939
$300 – $400
$400
Margaret Mitchell Signed “Gone With the Wind”, 1936 First Edition / First Printing
$8,000 – $10,000
$6,000
Cartier Copper Cigarette Box 1963 Shubert Alley 50th Anniversary & Certificate
$300 – $400
$1,200
Ernest Hemingway “The Old Man And The Sea”, 1952 First Edition / First Printing
$750 – $1,000
$1,900
Lionel Barrymore Original Signed Pencil Sketch “Brush and Rocks”, Framed c1920
$250 – $350
$400
Tallulah Bankhead Signed Photo “Sadie Thompson”, 1935 (Alfredo Valente Studio)
$150 – $200
$250
Truman Capote Signed Breakfast At Tiffany’s, 1958 First Edition / First Printing
$3,000 – $4,000
$3,250
Jack London Signed 1907 Postcard to Blanche Partington + Unpublished Photo
$400-500
$650
Kaloma “Josie Earp” Mystery Photo in Original Frame, 1911
$200 – $300
$225
Paul Fox Cups & Balls, Heavy Stainless Steel Magic Props
$400 – $500
$450
Greater Magic: Richard Kaufman, John Northern Hilliard, 1st Edition 1994
$75-100
$175
Walter Plunkett Signed “Gone With the Wind” Costume Sketches, Set of 5
N / A
$500
Andy Warhol Twice Signed with Drawing, POPism: The Warhol 60s
$400 – $500
$450
Carl Werner’s Nile Sketches, Beautiful Folio & Plates, 1875
$800 – $1,000
$1,200
William Cullen Bryant “Picturesque America” Handsome Folios, 1872-74
$300 – $400
$550
Pictures and Royal Portraits of English & Scottish History, Fine Bindings, 1886
$300 – $400
$700
Dollond Antique Library Telescope with Tripod & Mahogany Case, c1830s
$300 – $400
$300
Boer War, South Africa: Underwood & Underwood Stereoviews Set, 1899
$75 – $100
$200
Sanderson Tropical Hand Camera [Postcard Plate Size], Koilos Shutter, 1910
$750 – $1,000
$500
Works of Shakespeare with Split Double Fore-Edge Paintings, c1870
$600 – $800
$1,800
Zuruly Hannum, PT Barnum’s Circus Sideshow Circassian Beauty CDV, 1870s
N / A
$239
Tintype Photo US Indian War Corporal & Sergeant with Bedroll, c1890s
N / A
$440
RMS Queen Mary Original Paint Chips Mounted on Ship’s Burled Wood
N / A
$525
John Steinbeck “Cannery Row”, 1945 First Edition / First Printing
$75 – $100
$125
Pearl S. Buck Signed “Yu Lan, Flying Boy of China”, First Edition 1944
N / A
$350
Civil War Era Child Double Amputee CVD Photograph, 1860s
$40 – $60
$50
Native American CDV Photograph Climbing Bear & Chah-hah-cah, c1860s
$40 – $60
$80
Marilyn Monroe & Charlie McCarthy Original 9×7 CBS Radio Press Photo, 1952
N / A
$159
Elizabeth Taylor Signed Early 8×10 Photo, 1948 MGM Portrait
N / A
$159
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Double Signed 8×10 Candid Photo, 1950s Radio
N / A
$149
Geneva “Breeches” Bible, Christopher Barker Black Letter, 1582
$800 – $1,200
$1,500
Set of Oversize 1950s Marilyn Monroe Photos, Signed by Photographer
N / A
$4,000
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley, 2 Volumes, First Edition 1991
$150-200
$250
Bruce Cervon’s “Castle Notebooks”, Five Volume Set (L&L Publishing)
N / A
$800
Signed Peter Warlock “The Magic of Robert Harbin”, 1970 Limited Edition
N / A
$930
Richard Kaufman “The Complete Works of Derek Dingle”, First Edition
N / A
$146
Signed Robert Albo “Classic Magic Series” 8 Volume Limited Edition Set
N / A
$1,551
Signed J.B. Bobo “The New Modern Coin Magic” + Original Letters
N / A
$111
“The Man Who Was Erdnase”, Limited Edition Signed by Busby, Whaley, Gardner
N / A
$366
Don England’s “Gaffed to the Hilt!”, 1985 Limited Edition 26/110
N / A
$565
Paul Harris “The Art of Astonishment” Deluxe Signed 3 Volume Set
N / A
$482
First Edition, The Card Magic of Edward Marlo, 1993
N / A
$115
Boris Karloff Signed & Inscribed Dramatic 8×10 Photo, 1930s
N / A
$129
Harry Houdini Signed “Elliott’s Last Legacy Card Tricks”, 1923
N / A
$880
1930’s Hollywood Movie Star Autograph Album (240+ Signatures)
N / A
$2,499
Signed & Inscribed by Dai Vernon: Malini and His Magic, 1976
N / A
$256
Spencer Tracy Ink Signed 5×7 Fan Photo, c1940s
N / A
$113
Daguerreotype & Tintype Named Family Gold Filled Locket, c1855
N / A
$235
Olivia de Havilland Ink Signed 5×7 Fan Photo, c1940s
N / A
$56
Civil War Era CDV Photograph, Men at Camp with Native Indian
N / A
$206
Shirley Temple Signed 8×10 Photo, Childhood Block Letters, 1936
N / A
$414
Civil War Confederate Soldiers UCV Reunion Cabinet Card, 1905
N / A
$331
“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, 1884 First Edition / Early Issue
N / A
$1,792
Harper Lee Signed “To Kill A Mockingbird”, 1995 35th Anniversary Edition
N / A
$447
SS Manhattan, United States Lines Ocean Liner Cruise Photo Album, 1940
N / A
$136
Joan Crawford Ink Signed 5×7 Fan Photo, c1940s
N / A
$87
Black Americana Family “Merry Xmas” Christmas Postcard c1915
N / A
$338
Mark Twain Double-Signed 25 Volume Set, “The Writings of Mark Twain”, 1899
N / A
$4,161
Roald Dahl Signed “Danny: The Champion of the World”, 1976
N / A
$331
Walt Whitman Signed “Leaves of Grass” Presentation Copy, 1872
N/A
$3,400
Edwin Sachs “Sleight of Hand” 1895, Owned by Ringling Circus
N / A
$102
Judy Garland Dallas Concert Photos, Andy Hanson Photo Set, 1961
N / A
$450
Saxony Halloween Postcard, Hot Air Balloon & Bonfire #914, 1911
N / A
$90
John F. Kennedy Signed & Inscribed “Profiles in Courage”, 1957
N / A
$3,300
Antique Sulphide Marble with Figure of Children, c1870
N / A
$1,348
“Trois Dialogues de l’Exercice de Savter”, Archange Tuccaro, 1599
N / A
$5,000
The New Testament in Shorthand, Jeremiah Rich Miniature Bible c1660
N / A
$3,506
Arthur Rackham Signed Personal Copy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, 1895
N / A
$550