
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.
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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3. Jane Austen | “Lines on Maria Beckford,” autograph manuscript signed ("Jane Austen")
![[Jane Austen] | First edition of "Sense and Sensibility," Austen’s first published novel](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a89547c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F87%2F9f%2Fbd610d95498abcb82e752a66ae79%2Fn11906-d5ykt-t1-07.jpg)
4. [Jane Austen] | First edition of "Sense and Sensibility," Austen’s first published novel
![[Jane Austen] | First edition of "Mansfield Park," Austen's third novel](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/efc8423/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F85%2Fe5%2Fe3d61a3f478ba76aafa01356555d%2Fn11906-dddhs-t1-08.jpg)
6. [Jane Austen] | First edition of "Mansfield Park," Austen's third novel
![[Jane Austen] | "Emma," the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1410cd5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F8b%2Fdc%2Ffa18db2a4c0fa01db968253ec491%2Fn11906-dbjpp-t1-08.jpg)
7. [Jane Austen] | "Emma," the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy
![[Jane Austen]. First editions, published posthumously, of Austen's final works](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b299b1f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F3f%2Fc8%2F45aa1ca240578660fa37dc9db64e%2Fn11906-d5ykv-t2-09.jpg)
8. [Jane Austen]. First editions, published posthumously, of Austen's final works
![[Jane Austen] | The first American edition of "Pride and Prejudice"](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7f54638/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F8d%2Fa0%2F02ab8a9d4febba0f448bc74cb6d8%2Fn11906-d5ykj-t2-05.jpg)
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
![Vanessa Bell — [Virginia Woolf] | An exceptional encapsulation of the Bloomsbury Group](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a68e255/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2204x2193+0+0/resize/150x149!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F8c%2F4e%2F5ac8e6fb4296a834a0db8475fbda%2Fn11906-df8rp-t1-01-a.jpg)
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
![[Beyoncé] | A custom stage costume designed for Beyoncé’s On the Run II Tour performance of “Resentment” on July 25, 2018 in Cleveland, OH](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d8f00be/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1499x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F96%2Fd1%2F7add8b194770b971228e36129479%2Fn11906-dfrbq-t2-01-v1.jpg)
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