Lot 135 · Fine Books and Manuscripts including the Hidden Wartime Manuscript of Alan Turing
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851.
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- Estimate
- $25,000–$35,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Fine Books and Manuscripts including the Hidden Wartime Manuscript of Alan Turing, New York · 13 April 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1777375
- Record
- first seen 23 Jul 2026 · updated 23 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. Bonhams, 13 Apr 2015, lot 135. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1777375.
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Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. Bonhams, 13 Apr 2015, lot 135. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1777375.
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From the same sale Fine Books and Manuscripts including the Hidden Wartime Manuscript of Alan Turing · Apr 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manuscript on paper, | Recipe Book. | $700–$1,000 | |
| On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation. London: John Mur… | Ricardo, David. 1772-1823. | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| Composition notebook. | Turing, Alan Mathison. 1912-1954. | — | |
| [King, Augusta Ada, Countess of Lovelace. 1815-1852.] | — | $18,000–$20,000 | |
| Historiarum libri aliquot, qui extant, opera et studio Vincentii Obso… | Diodorus Siculus. Fl. 30-60 B.c.e. | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| 2 Manuscripts in Italian, | Claims To The French Throne. | $700–$1,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herman Melville | moby-dick; or, the whale. new york: harper & brothers and lo | $30,647 | Sotheby's, Oct 2016 | |
| Herman Melville | moby dick; or, the whale. new york: harper & brothers, 1851 | Sotheby's, Dec 2014 | ||
| Herman Melville | moby-dick; or, the whale. new york: harper & brothers / lond | Sotheby's, Dec 2012 | ||
| Herman Melville | melville, herman | moby-dick; or, the whale. new york: harpe | Sotheby's, Dec 2018 | ||
| Joyce, James. 1882-1941. | a portrait of the artist as a young man. london: the egoist | Sotheby's, Dec 2019 | ||
| Shakespeare, William. 1564-1616. | a yorkshire tragedie. not so new, as lamentable and true. [w | Sotheby's, Jul 2018 | ||
| Joyce, James. 1882-1941. | Dubliners. 1930. 7th edition. Signed and Inscribed by Joyce | Sotheby's, May 2022 | ||
| Herman Melville | melville, herman | the confidence-man: his masquerade. new y | Sotheby's, Dec 2019 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.