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Lot 108 · Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana

Sinclair Lewis, 1912

Hike and the Aeroplane

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Estimate
$10,000–$15,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana, New York · 6 July 2003
Record ID
TB-2026-3473145
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Hike and the Aeroplane, Sinclair Lewis, 1912. Christie's, 6 Jul 2003, lot 108. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3473145.

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Hike and the Aeroplane, Sinclair Lewis, 1912. Christie's, 6 Jul 2003, lot 108. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3473145.

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From the same sale Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana · Jul 2003

LotArtistEstimateResult
Annapolis, 1824-1826 Act for the Relief of Jews in Maryland $2,000–$3,000
John von Neumann, Princeton, 1941 How to Play Poker ... $10,000–$15,000
John F. Kennedy His personal Rosary beads $100,000–$150,000
Baptista de Tortis, 1496 Gratian's Decretum $6,000–$9,000
Leonardus Pachel, 1495 Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermons and Epistles $3,000–$5,000
The R-Printer, about 1473 Vincent of Beauvais's Speculum historiale $10,000–$15,000

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