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Please note that the results listed on this page are inclusive of any Sotheby's Premiums and exclusive of any applicable taxes and costs, unless otherwise noted.
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1 October - 15 October 2025 • New York
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3 Jane Austen | “Lines on Maria Beckford,” autograph manuscript signed ("Jane Austen")
4 [Jane Austen] | First edition of "Sense and Sensibility," Austen’s first published novel
6 [Jane Austen] | First edition of "Mansfield Park," Austen's third novel
7 [Jane Austen] | "Emma," the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy
8 [Jane Austen]. First editions, published posthumously, of Austen's final works
9 [Jane Austen] | The first American edition of "Pride and Prejudice"
11 Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785–1861), portrait of | Seated half-length, in a white dress holding a red book
14 George Sand | A striking portrait of the author by Gaspard-Félix Tournachon Nadar
15 Violet Trefusis — Vita Sackville-West | The Doge’s Ring
16 Virginia Woolf | Rare letter to her American publishers
17 Vanessa Bell — [Virginia Woolf] | An exceptional encapsulation of the Bloomsbury Group
21 Joni Mitchell | Manuscript lyric sheet for Joni Mitchell’s “The Dawntreader” ca. 1968
22 Madonna | Manuscript lyric sheet for early draft of “Erotica,” ca. 1991
24 Agnes Martin | "Untitled," a group of four prints
25 Taylor Swift | 1989—Big Machine Records, 2014—signed by Swift
26 [Beyoncé] | A custom stage costume designed for Beyoncé’s On the Run II Tour performance of “Resentment” on July 25, 2018 in Cleveland, OH
28 Pair of Lorraine West "Abstract Palette" earrings, brass
Worn by Suki Waterhouse | Style worn by Beyoncé, Zendaya, Mary J. Blige, Viola Davis, and Jennifer Hudson
29 Private Estate Experience at Cathiard Vineyard with Head Winemaker Justine Labbé
30 Jane Austen — The Women's Prize | A complete set of Austen’s six finished novels, extensively annotated by six critically acclaimed women authors, sold to benefit The Women's Prize