Auction House Details

PBA Galleries

Auction House Name PBA Galleries
Site URL https://www.pbagalleries.com
About Us PBA Galleries is the largest and most successful specialty auction house. A 30 year tradition of offering at auction the finest rare books, manuscripts, autographs, maps, atlases, prints and photographs. PBA conducts approximately twenty-five gallery auctions in a calendar year auctions of rare books, manuscripts, historic autographs and archives, maps, atlases, prints and photographs. Most clients place bids on line before the auction through their dynamic bidding platform at www.pbagalleris.com. As a service to clients unable to attend the sale, PBA Galleries accepts absentee bids by fax, phone and email without charge in advance of the sale. Telephone bidding the day of the auction can be scheduled.
Who do I contact if I have questions?
City Berkeley
State California
Country United States
Zipcode 94710
Contact Number (415)989-2665
Buyer's Fee As used herein the term "bid price" means the price at which a lot is knocked down to the purchaser and the term "purchase price" means the aggregate of (a) the bid price (b) a premium of twenty percent (20%) on the first $100,000 of the bid price and fif
Consigner's Fee PBA Galleries charges a commission rate per item of 15% for the first $10,000, and 10% for the amount above $10,000. The commission is all encompassing and includes insurance, cataloguing, storage, advertising, online services, photography and other misce

AUCTION LIST

March 07, 2024 - March 07, 2024, Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps, Prints & Views, #808
March 14, 2024 - March 14, 2024, Books in All Fields with Literature, Americana and Maps - bidstart 3/4, #2058
March 21, 2024 - March 21, 2024, Fine Literature - Beats, and the Counterculture, #809
March 28, 2024 - March 28, 2024, PBA Comics: DC Universe, Part II, #3033
April 04, 2024 - April 04, 2024, Rare and Antiquarian - Illustrated Books, #810
April 18, 2024 - April 18, 2024, Fine Art - Fine Press - Fine Bindings, #811
April 25, 2024 - April 25, 2024, PBA Comics - Pre Code Horror, R. Crumb, Marvel Magazines, and More, #3034
May 02, 2024 - May 02, 2024, Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps, Prints & Views, #812
May 16, 2024 - May 16, 2024, Literature - Beats and Counterculture, #813
May 30, 2024 - May 30, 2024, Rare and Antiquarian, #814
June 13, 2024 - June 13, 2024, Fine Photography, #815
June 20, 2024 - June 20, 2024, Books in All Fields with Literature, Americana & Maps - Fine Press - online 6/10, #2059
June 27, 2024 - June 27, 2024, Elite Americana & Travel, with Rare Cartography - A PBA Platinum Auction, #816
July 11, 2024 - July 11, 2024, Literature - Mysteries - Science Fiction - Counterculture, #817
July 18, 2024 - July 18, 2024, PBA Comics: The Atlas Sale, Part III, Marvel, #3036
July 25, 2024 - July 25, 2024, Rare and Antiquarian - Golf, #818
August 01, 2024 - August 01, 2024, The DC Universe Collection Part 3: The Golden Age, #3037
August 08, 2024 - August 08, 2024, Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps, Prints & Views, #819
August 22, 2024 - August 22, 2024, Fine Art - Fine Press - Fine Bindings, #820
September 05, 2024 - September 05, 2024, Fine Literature - Beats, and the Counterculture, #821
September 19, 2024 - September 19, 2024, Rare Books and Manuscripts - A PBA Platinum Auction, #822
September 26, 2024 - September 26, 2024, Weird Tales and Amazing Stories: A PBA Pulp Sale, #3038

  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000