UPDATE: Results in red = Hammer price with Buyer’s Premium.
The results of today’s New York Sotheby’s Sale No. NO8755: Fine Books and Manuscripts are in: note the unsold items!
LOT 5
Pride and Prejudice: A Novel. London: T. Egerton, 1813
SOLD for $35,000. [estimate: 25,000—35,000 USD]
LOT 50
Sense and Sensibility. London: Printed for the Author and published by T. Egerton, 1811 SOLD for $28,125. [ est: 15,000—25,000 USD]
LOT 51
Pride and Prejudice: A Novel. London: T. Egerton, 1813
SOLD for $20,000. [est: 10,000—15,000 USD]
LOT 52
Mansfield Park.London: Printed for T. Egerton, 1814
SOLD for $5,625. [ est: 6,000—8,000 USD]
LOT 53
Emma: A Novel. London: Printed for John Murray, 1816
UNSOLD [high bid $7,500] [est. 10,000—15,000 USD]
LOT 54
Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion. London, John Murray, 1818
UNSOLD [high bid $4,250] [est. 6,000—8,000 USD]
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The Brontes fared well today: there were two lots of books by all three : Lot 55 sold for $80,500 [Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey]; Lot 56 sold for $33,750. [leather bound 1st editions of Emily, Charlotte and Anne, 17 volumes total].
Visit the Sotheby’s website for more details: browse the online catalogue here.
[Images and description text from the Sotheby’s catalogue]
Jane Austen in Vermont 
Lot 5 sold for $22,500 plus Buyer’s Premium.
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Hello James – Lot 5 was the Pride and Prejudice 1st edition – it sold for $35,000 [includes buyer’s premium] – the other Austen lots were 50 – 54. I have added the final results in red on my post to include the buyer’s premium and the results of Lot 5 – I had signed on after Lot 5 sold and could not get the results until the auction was over.
Sorry this was so confusing! – and thanks for stopping by and helping out…
Deb
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Will our blogs fetch such a tidy sum in the future? Curious minds want to know!
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