Lot 1070 · Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts
collection of seventeen autograph letters signed
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- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts, New York · 4 December 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4424552
- Record
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Thomas Frognall Dibdin, collection of seventeen autograph letters signed. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 1070. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4424552.
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Thomas Frognall Dibdin, collection of seventeen autograph letters signed. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 1070. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4424552.
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From the same sale Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts · Dec 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Volume of Six Tracts | — | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Establishment Book | — | $8,000–$10,000 | |
| Scribal copies of two letters | Donne, John. 1573-1631. | $1,000–$1,500 | |
| Speech adjourning the House of Commons | Charles II | $500–$700 | |
| The vith booke of vergills Eneads | Sir John Harington | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| Autograph letter, to James Gillman | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | $2,000–$3,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin | here begyneth a littel tome and hathe to name the lincolne n | $4,375 | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | |
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin | the complete set of the catalogues of the library of earl sp | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin | poems by t.f. dibdin. london: printed for the author, 1797 — | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin | a bibliographical antiquarian and picturesque tour in france | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. | [dickens], the library of fiction, [1836-37], 6 of the origi | Sotheby's, Sep 2019 | ||
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin | The Bibliographical Decameron; or, Ten Days Pleasant Discour | Bonhams, Jun 2013 | ||
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin | specimen bibliotheca britannicae. specimen of a digested cat | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin | bibliotheca steevensiana. a catalogue of the curious and val | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 |
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.