Peter Benchley Collection
Updated September 29, 2026
| Date | October 29, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | Willow Auction House |
| Location | 2 Frassetto Way, Lincoln Park, New Jersey, 07035 · more auctions in Lincoln Park |
| Lots | 301 |
| Estimates | $60 – $10,000 |
What's in this auction
301 lots, mostly fine art & prints (43), comics & books (25), jewelry & watches (4), sporting goods & outdoors (4). 301 lots have photos and 295 have full descriptions. Pre-sale estimates $60–$10,000 across 295 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog, closing October 29, 2026.
Highest-estimated lots
- Peter Benchley's Jaws T-Shirt, Gift from Steven Spielberg — est. $5,000–$10,000
- Christopher Blossom Oil on Canvas Ship Allerton East River New York — est. $6,000–$8,000
- Thomas Hoyne Oil on Canvas First and Saucy — est. $6,000–$8,000
- Original Jaws Promotional T-Shirt from Peter Benchley’s Collection — est. $2,000–$4,000
- Original Jaws Production T-Shirt, Gifted to Clay Benchley — est. $2,000–$4,000
From the auction house
Peter Benchley Collection
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In this auction (301 lots)
Categories: Fine Art & Prints (43) · Comics & Books (25) · Jewelry & Watches (4) · Sporting Goods & Outdoors (4) · Antiques & Furniture (4) · Pottery, China & Glass (3)
- Lot 1 — Nathaniel Benchley Oil on Canvas Autumnal Landscape
- Lot 2 — Nathaniel Benchley Oil on Canvas Autumn Landscape
- Lot 3 — Nathaniel Benchley Oil on Canvas Whale and Squid
- Lot 4 — Watercolor and Ink Shoreline Landscape
- Lot 5 — Al Hirschfeld Pen and Ink Drawing The Benchley Family
- Lot 6 — Silver Gelatin Portrait of Peter Benchley
- Lot 7 — Chromogenic Print Portrait of Peter Benchley
- Lot 8 — Peter de Sève Watercolor on Paper Peter Benchley
- Lot 9 — Lewis Victor Mays Watercolor on Paper Stormy Marine Seascape
- Lot 10 — Lewis Victor Mays Watercolor Prison Hulk at Portsmouth
- Lot 11 — Christopher Blossom Oil on Canvas Ship Allerton East River New York
- Lot 12 — Thomas Hoyne Oil on Canvas First and Saucy
- Lot 13 — Thomas Hoyne Lithograph Off for the Banks
- Lot 14 — Thomas Hoyne Offset Lithograph Fog Peril
- Lot 15 — Thomas Hoyne Offset Lithograph Race of the Elsies
- Lot 16 — Geoff Hunt Offset Lithograph Blue at the Mizzen
- Lot 17 — Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Hand-Colored Copperplate Engraving Nautical Map Carte des Isles Lucayes
- Lot 18 — Sebastian Münster Hand-Colored Woodcut Map Altera Generalis
- Lot 19 — John Seller Hand-Colored Engraving The Windward Passage
- Lot 20 — Harrison & Sons Map of Turks and Caicos, 19th Century
- Lot 21 — Best Authorities Hand-Colored Engraving West Indies Map
- Lot 22 — Teddy Tucker Offset Lithograph Bermuda Shipwreck Map
- Lot 23 — John Stobart Offset Lithograph Maiden Lane New York in 1800
- Lot 24 — Robert Cruickshank Etching Funeral of the Constitution
- Lot 25 — Lithograph on Textile King Edward VIII Coronation Commemorative Print
- Lot 26 — Ink and Wash on Paper Genealogical Chart The Spanish Kings
- Lot 27 — Thomas Trotter Engraving Samuel Johnson
- Lot 28 — William Doughty after Joshua Reynolds Mezzotint Samuel Johnson
- Lot 29 — 4 After William Hogarth Hand-Colored Engravings Times of the Day
- Lot 30 — 5 James Gillray Thomas Rowlandson and Charles Williams Hand-Colored Etchings
- Lot 31 — Pair of Federal Style Leaded Mirror and Metal Wall Sconces
- Lot 32 — Pair of Neo-Grec Style Marble and Gilt Metal Tazze
- Lot 33 — Regency Burl Wood Octagonal Tea Caddy
- Lot 34 — Lenox Porcelain Boy Scout Tennis Award Bowl Peter Benchley
- Lot 35 — Peter Benchley’s Personal Desk Accessories and Ephemera
- Lot 36 — 6 Animal & Sea Life Figurines from Peter Benchley’s Desk
- Lot 37 — Group of 5 Desktop Accessories and Artifacts
- Lot 38 — 5 Southeast Asian Cast Bronze Elephant and Cobra Weights
- Lot 39 — Carved Hardwood Komodo Dragon Sculpture
- Lot 40 — Pitcairn Island Carved Kou Wood Shark Sculpture
- Lot 41 — Male Wild Boar Mandible with Tusks
- Lot 42 — East African Carved Wood Mug with Giraffe Handle
- Lot 43 — African Hand Carved Hardwood Knobkerrie Club
- Lot 44 — Carved Bone Implement
- Lot 45 — Handmade Fixed Blade Knife with Rawhide Wrap and Red Leather Sheath
- Lot 46 — Indian Ethnographic Short Sword and Zoomorphic Scabbard
- Lot 47 — Papua New Guinean Carved Wood Hippo Letter Opener
- Lot 48 — Papua New Guinea Sepik River Cassowary Bone Dagger with Clay Mask Hilt
- Lot 49 — Papua New Guinea Archery Collection and West Yorkshire Regiment Pommel Staff
- Lot 50 — Papua New Guinea Carved Wood Outrigger Canoe Model
- Lot 51 — Papua New Guinea Carved Polychrome Headrest
- Lot 52 — Group of 3 Papua New Guinea Ceremonial Regalia
- Lot 53 — Papua New Guinea Painted Bark Cloth Tapa Fragment
- Lot 54 — 4 New Guinea Highlands Gourd Artifacts
- Lot 55 — Papua New Guinea Etched Bamboo Tobacco Container
- Lot 56 — Plains Sioux Style Beaded Stone War Club
- Lot 57 — Indigenous Style Carved Wood Blowgun
- Lot 58 — Marquesan Carved Volcanic Stone Tiki and Terracotta Pedestal Vessel
- Lot 59 — 2 Pre-Columbian Ceramic Miniature Vessels
- Lot 60 — 3 Antiquities and Ethnographic Objects Including Ceramic Multi-Spout Vessel
- Lot 61 — 3 Ethnic Artifacts Including Snake Vertebrae Necklace and Stone Grinding Tool
- Lot 62 — Egyptian Revival Style Carved Gypsum Relief Block
- Lot 63 — British Museum Resin Lewis Chessman Knight Replica
- Lot 64 — Queen Victoria South Africa 1900 Gift Tin and Medical Collectibles
- Lot 65 — Antique Asian Filigree Paktong and Bamboo Smoking Pipe
- Lot 66 — 2 Willson and Military Protective Goggles With Original Cases
- Lot 67 — 2 WWII US Army Field Supplies Including McCormick Insecticide and Fuel Tablets
- Lot 68 — Isaac & Co. Confederate States Navy Belt Buckle and 2 Commemorative Medals
- Lot 69 — Sunburst Style Brooch and 8 Political and Novelty Pins with Decorative Tin
- Lot 70 — 2 Vari-Vue Richard Nixon Campaign and Soviet Moscow Enamel Pins
- Lot 71 — Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson Lithographed Metal Wastepaper Basket
- Lot 72 — 3 Lyndon B. Johnson and Al Gore Photographs Inscribed to Peter Benchley
- Lot 73 — Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson Signed Photograph, Inscribed to Peter Benchley
- Lot 74 — Isaiah Thomas Laid Paper The Massachusetts Spy Or American Oracle Of Liberty Newspaper
- Lot 75 — Robert Dix Manuscript on Parchment Land Indenture
- Lot 76 — French 13th Century Vellum Bible Leaf Book of Samuel
- Lot 77 — Isabella I of Castile Manuscript Document and Portrait Engraving
- Lot 78 — Ferdinand II of Aragon Signed Manuscript and Raffaello Morghen Portrait Engraving
- Lot 79 — Philip II of Spain Signed Manuscript Royal Decree and P. Piquet Engraving
- Lot 80 — Peter Benchley's Wool Fedora with Leather Hatband
- Lot 81 — Peter Benchley's Brown Fur Felt Fedora
- Lot 82 — Peter Benchley's Resistol Fur Felt Cowboy Hat
- Lot 83 — Peter Benchley's Akubra Pure Fur Felt Snowy River Hat
- Lot 84 — Peter Benchley's Akubra Pure Fur Felt Snowy River Hat
- Lot 85 — Peter Benchley's Fendi Cognac Leather Briefcase Portfolio
- Lot 86 — Peter Benchley's R.D. Gomez Leather Attaché Briefcase
- Lot 87 — Peter Benchley Monogrammed Leather Briefcase
- Lot 88 — Peter Benchley Monogrammed Hartmann Leather Briefcase
- Lot 89 — Peter Benchley's Smith-Corona Sterling Manual Typewriter
- Lot 90 — Peter Benchley’s IBM Correcting Selectric III Typewriter
- Lot 91 — Peter Benchley’s Blue IBM Selectric III Typewriter
- Lot 92 — 2 Piozzi & Boswell Books on Samuel Johnson Including First Edition
- Lot 93 — William E. Young, "Shark! Shark!" Gotham House, 1934
- Lot 94 — 2 Marine Reference Books From Peter Benchley's Personal Library
- Lot 95 — 2 Maritime Reference Books from Peter Benchley's Personal Library
- Lot 96 — 2 Marine Biology Reference Books From Peter Benchley's Personal Library
- Lot 97 — 2 Marine Reference Books From Peter Benchley's Personal Library
- Lot 98 — 2 Maritime Archaeology Reference Books from Peter Benchley's Personal Library
- Lot 99 — 2 Marine Exploration Reference Books from Peter Benchley's Personal Library
- Lot 100 — 2 Shark Reference Books from Peter Benchley’s Personal Library
- Lot 101 — 3 Maritime and Paleontology Reference Books From Peter Benchley's Personal Library
- Lot 102 — 3 Maritime Reference Books From Peter Benchley's Personal Library
- Lot 103 — 3 Maritime Reference Books from Peter Benchley’s Personal Library
- Lot 104 — 3 Maritime History and Adventure Books from Peter Benchley's Personal Library
- Lot 105 — 3 Undersea Exploration Reference Books from Peter Benchley’s Personal Library
- Lot 106 — 3 Adventure Books from Peter Benchley's Personal Library
- Lot 107 — 3 Maritime History Reference Books From Peter Benchley's Personal Library
- Lot 108 — 4 Nautical and Film History Reference Books from Peter Benchley's Personal Library
- Lot 109 — Doubleday Jaws First Edition Book Jacket, Mounted on Board
- Lot 110 — Peter Benchley Jaws Chinese Softcover Book
- Lot 111 — Peter Benchley Jaws Norwegian Softcover Book (Haisommer)
- Lot 112 — Peter Benchley Jaws Slovenian Hardcover Book (Celjusti)
- Lot 113 — Peter Benchley Jaws Turkish Softcover Book (Denizin Dişleri)
- Lot 114 — Peter Benchley Jaws Italian Softcover Book (Lo Squalo)
- Lot 115 — Peter Benchley Jaws Italian Softcover Book (Lo Squalo)
- Lot 116 — Peter Benchley Jaws German Hardcover Book (Der Weisse Hai)
- Lot 117 — Peter Benchley Jaws German Hardcover Book (Der Weisse Hai)
- Lot 118 — Peter Benchley Jaws Dutch Softcover Book (De Zomer Van De Witte Haai)
- Lot 119 — Jaws 50th Anniversary Hardcover Signed by Wendy Benchley
- Lot 120 — Jaws 50th Anniversary Hardcover Signed by Wendy Benchley
- Lot 121 — Jaws 50th Anniversary Hardcover Signed by Wendy Benchley
- Lot 122 — Jaws 50th Anniversary Hardcover Signed by Wendy Benchley
- Lot 123 — Black & White Jaws Production Still, Bruce and Crew
- Lot 124 — Jaws Production Still, Peter Benchley Interviews Richard Dreyfuss
- Lot 125 — 2 Jaws Production Stills, Peter Benchley and Steven Spielberg
- Lot 126 — 2 Jaws Production Stills: Peter Benchley, Steven Spielberg, and Cast
- Lot 127 — 2 Jaws Production Stills Featuring Peter Benchley and Cast
- Lot 128 — Black and White Jaws Production Stills from Peter Benchley’s Collection
- Lot 129 — Jaws Production Still, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss
- Lot 130 — Jaws Production Still, Chief Brody Climbing the Orca
- Lot 131 — Jaws Film Still, Chrissie Watkins Opening Attack Sequence
- Lot 132 — Jaws Film Still with Lead Cast, Photographic Print
- Lot 133 — 10+ Jaws Production Stills, Gifted to Benchley by Universal
- Lot 134 — 10+ Wendy Benchley Jaws Production Photographs
- Lot 135 — 7 Jaws Illustrations and Cartoons for Peter Benchley Including Arnold Roth and Tony Auth
- Lot 136 — Caricature of Peter Benchley with Shark
- Lot 137 — Paul McPhee Art Print Jaws Film Scene
- Lot 138 — Peter Benchley Signed Jaws Film Still Print
- Lot 139 — Peter Benchley Signed Jaws Film Still Print
- Lot 140 — Roger Kastel Offset Lithograph Time Magazine Cover Jaws
- Lot 141 — James Alan Colman Silver Gelatin Print Jaws at Garden Theatre, 1979
- Lot 142 — MCA Jaws Newsprint Wall Street Journal Promotional Advertisement
- Lot 143 — Peter Benchley’s 1975 Jaws Original One-Sheet Poster
- Lot 144 — Vintage Jaws Cardboard Promotional Movie Display Standee
- Lot 145 — Original Jaws Promotional T-Shirt from Peter Benchley’s Collection
- Lot 146 — Original Jaws Production T-Shirt, Gifted to Clay Benchley
- Lot 147 — Peter Benchley's Jaws T-Shirt, Gift from Steven Spielberg
- Lot 148 — Peter Benchley Signature and Pen Drawing Shark
- Lot 149 — Plastic Great White Shark Signed by Peter Benchley
- Lot 150 — Peter B. Benchley Ceramic Shark Fin Ashtray
- … and 151 more lots
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