PBA Galleries: Beats and the Counterculture with other Fine Literature - Part 2
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Beats and the Counterculture with other Fine Literature - Part 2 | Total Sales (USD) | 62,844.00 |
| Auction Date | January 30, 2014 - January 30, 2014 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 67,920.00 |
| Sale Number | #525 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 104,650.00 |
| Total Lots | 387 | ||
| Sold Lots | 219 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 115,030.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 56.59% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 176,610.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 168 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 35.58% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 341 | Pessoa, Fernando | Antinous: A Poem |
1918 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
| 287 | Archive of original photographs of the Hemingway family |
1900-1950 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 | |
| 142 | Human Be-In Poster - January 14, 1967 - signed by Stanley Mouse |
1967 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,160.00 | |
| 296 | Irving, Washington | Works |
1895-97 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
| 167 | Typescript essay "Much Ado About Almost Nothing" on LSD and its effects, along with letter from Timothy Leary and related material |
1963 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 373 | Wister, Owen | The Virginian |
1902 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
| 342 | Pound, Ezra | Cathay: For the Most Part from the Chinese of Rihaku, from the Notes of the Late Ernest Fenellosa, and the Decipherings of the Professors Mori and Ariga |
1915 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 3 | Barton, Rick and David Nelson | The Penis is an Angry Face |
1966 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 42 | Cherkovski, Neeli, et. al. | Sore Dove Press presents Meat/Beat: A Broadside Series |
2006 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 720.00 |
| 274 | Eliot, T.S. | Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats |
[1939] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 720.00 |
| 314 | Merrill, James | Nine works by James Merrill - six of them signed |
Various dates | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 660.00 |
| 344 | Pynchon, Thomas | V. |
[1963] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 660.00 |
| 312 | Melville, Herman | Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile - First and Second Issues of the First Edition |
1855 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 371 | Wilde, Oscar | Ravenna |
1878 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 267 | Conrad, Joseph | Three first American editions of Joseph Conrad |
Various dates | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 570.00 |
| 355 | Steinbeck, John | The Grapes of Wrath |
[1939] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 570.00 |
| 366 | Ward, Lynd | Lynd Ward's Last Unfinished Wordless Novel |
2001 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 570.00 |
| 125 | Hirschman, Jack | Collection of Jack Hirschman works |
Various dates | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 540.00 |
| 47 | Cohen, Leonard | You Do Not Have To Love Me |
2008 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 510.00 |
| 216 | Smith, Patti | Two volumes of poetry by Patti Smith, each signed |
Various dates | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 510.00 |
| 313 | Melville, Herman | Moby Dick. Or, The Whale |
1975 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 510.00 |
| 345 | Pynchon, Thomas | V. - Advance Reading Copy |
[1963] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 510.00 |
| 100 | Ginsberg, Allen | Howl and Other Poems |
[1956] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 365 | Twain, Mark | The Prince and the Pauper. A Tale for Young People of All Ages |
1882 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 370 | Whitman, Walt | Leaves of Grass |
1860-61 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 480.00 |
