In the fine literature section, there are 5 lots of manuscripts written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Get out your cheque book and don’t forget the 25% Buyer’s premium on the first $100,000!
Lot 12 – GREE : Lot 13 – Rodney Stone, handsome bound volumes: Lot 14 – HOUN, one page beginning of Chapter XIII: Lot 16 – The Prisoner’s Defence: Lot 17 – THOR, 48 pages in two parts.
Now here’s the good part, I downloaded a 51 page pdf file catalogue from the Bonham website. Open it and drool!
The auction will be held at Madison and 56 Street East, Monday 11 April at 10 AM, and the hammer should come down within the hour.
Here is the pdf: S-23644-0-1
Update: I watched this live just now, and the hammer prices in US$ were: —
#12 – GREE $300,000 (started at $110,000: #13 – RODNEY STONE $70,000 (auctioneer mumbled so maybe it was withdrawn): #14 – HOUN $80,000: #16 – Prisoner’s Defence $17,000: #17 – THOR – $220,000 …
2nd Update on 11 April: I reviewed the prices realized from the auction this AM. Apparently only one of the five lots actually sold, and that was THOR at the hammer of $220,000. The 4 other lots did not sell because they did not reach the reserve on the book, but the hammer prices were as I reported above. Now perhaps the auctioneer will sell them above the hammer and below or at the reserve or low estimate? A memorable day for all fans of the great detective. The low reserves are all listed in their catalogue and on the Bonham website under Fine Literature.
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