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  • liveSeptember 3, 2026 11:00 AM PDT
  • Berkeley, CA, US

Rare Books, Manuscripts & Art: A PBA Platinum Auction

by PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers

62 lots

Ancient Greek battle tactics image

1: Ancient Greek battle tactics

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold:$1,000
Lord Hatherley photographed... image

2: Lord Hatherley photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron signed

Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
Passed
Paul Celan poems w/ etching... image

3: Paul Celan poems w/ etchings by Gisèle Celan-Lestrange, signed

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold:$5,500
Chagall Jerusalem Windows w... image

4: Chagall Jerusalem Windows with 15 signatures!

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold:$9,000
Stephen Crane ALS to editor... image

5: Stephen Crane ALS to editor of the Critic, 1896

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold:$1,400
Sketchbooks & drawing by in... image

6: Sketchbooks & drawing by interned artist, Henry Fukuhara

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold:$1,600
Complete works of O. Henry ... image

7: Complete works of O. Henry with manuscript page

Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
Passed
Heywood's rare History of W... image

8: Heywood's rare History of Women

Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000
Passed
17th c. account of mythic M... image

9: 17th c. account of mythic Merlin

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold:$1,900
Tom Killion signed prints o... image

10: Tom Killion signed prints of the Bolinas Ridge

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold:$2,750
Lincoln Memorial ed. of Laf... image

11: Lincoln Memorial ed. of Lafrentz's cowboy poems, w/ 50 signed plates

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold:$2,250
Rockwell Kent's masterpiece... image

12: Rockwell Kent's masterpiece, Moby Dick

Estimate: $7,000 - $10,000
Sold:$9,500
Beth Pewther painting of Gl... image

13: Beth Pewther painting of Glenn Todd

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Passed
Poe translated by Baudelair... image

14: Poe translated by Baudelaire, illustrated by Lobel-Riche

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Passed
Hand-colored artist's book ... image

15: Hand-colored artist's book signed by the Dada Queen of Greenwich Village

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold:$6,500
Twain's Jumping Frog 1st ed... image

16: Twain's Jumping Frog 1st edition

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold:$3,250
4 von Gloeden scenes of Tao... image

17: 4 von Gloeden scenes of Taormina, c. 1900s

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold:$1,200
Arion Press Physiology of T... image

18: Arion Press Physiology of Taste signed by Wayne Thiebaud

Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000
Sold:$3,000
Ashendene Press edition of ... image

19: Ashendene Press edition of Thucydides 1930

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold:$4,000
1795 Killer Bible, with pla... image

20: 1795 Killer Bible, with plates by Fittler

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold:$2,000