• Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Alken (Henry). Sporting Notions, first edition, T.McLean, 1832-33. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Bardi (Lorenzo). Nuova Raccolta delle piu interessanti Vedute della Citta di Firenze…, Florence, Lorenzo Bardi, [c.1840]. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Crawfurd (John). Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava..., first edition, 1829. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Dawe (George, engraver). The Life of a Nobleman, first edition, Geo. Henderson, [c.1825]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: [Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., Thomas McLean, [1829-51]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Eben (Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron von) and Nicolaus Heideloff. Modèles de l'Uniforme Militaire Adopté dans l'Armée Royale de Suède, Rudolph Ackerman, 1808. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Geissler (J.G.G.) and Friedrich Hempel. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebrauche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tartarischen…, 4 parts in 1, Leipzig and Paris, [1804]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Hunt (Charles). Portraits of Winning Horses...of the Derby, Oaks, & St. Leger, from the Year 1842 to 1849…, Rock Brothers & Payne, 1849. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Kunike (Adolf Friedrich). Zwey hundert und sechzig Donau-Ansichten nach dem Laufe des Donaustromes…, Vienna, Leopold Grund, 1826. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Lasinio (Carlo). [Matrimony], Florence, 1790. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Reinhardt (Joseph). A Collection of Swiss Costumes, in Miniature, second English edition, James Goodwin, [1828]. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Wengen (Gottfried Durst von). Die Öffentliche Maskerade Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1833…, Bamberg, [1833]. £2,000 to £3,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD

Rare Book Monthly

Articles - April - 2015 Issue

109 Auctions in April [so far]

April has become an important month for the world of collectible paper, be they books, manuscripts, maps or ephemera.  The catalyst is the Antiquarian Book Fair in New York but everywhere April is increasingly significant.  Three sales a day, every day simply reflect the changing nature of the field; aging collectors looking to sell and new collectors looking to buy.


Wed. Apr. 1st 
Bonhams. London. Wellington, Waterloo and the Napoleonic Wars. 46 lots 
Ader. PARIS. Photo Books - Collection of Jean-Claude Eidelman, Part 2. 351 lots 
Pierre Berge and Associes. Paris. COLLECTION OF TWO LOVERS OF XIX th CENTURY The Gaston and Albert Tissandier brothers aeronauts and A. 223 lots 
Sothebys. New York. The New York Sale. 42 lots 
Sothebys. New York. Photographs. 188 lots 

Thu. Apr. 2nd 
Swann Galleries. New York. Ascension: A Century of African American Art. 178 lots 
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Americana and Exploration of the West. 749 lots 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 3/6. 220 lots 
Dorotheum . Vienna. Prints Before 1900. 93 lots 

Fri. Apr. 3rd 
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Spring Americana. 44 lots 
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Modern and Antiquarian Books - Art Photography Books. 283 lots 

Sat. Apr. 4th 
Potomack Company. Alexandria. Books, Prints, Manuscripts. 49 lots 

Sun. Apr. 5th 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 3/29. 721 lots 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 3/29. 459 lots 

Mon. Apr. 6th 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Doodle for Hunger Illustration Art Auction Benefiting St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelter - online. 43 lots 
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Old Master Prints. 12 lots 

Tue. Apr. 7th 
Christies. New York. DON MCLEAN'S 'AMERICAN PIE': THE ORIGINAL LYRICS. 1 lots 
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 100 lots 

Wed. Apr. 8th 
Heritage Auctions. New York. Historical Manuscripts. 420 lots 
Heritage Auctions. New York. Rare Books. 1174 lots 
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Old Books and Paper
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps & Documents; Travel, Atlases & Natural History. 541 lots 

Thu. Apr. 9th 
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. The Library of a Gentleman. 289 lots 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Animation Art. 1353 lots 
Swann Galleries. New York. Early Printed, Medical, Scientific and Travel Books. 330 lots 
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Ancient and Modern Books
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 4/2
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Naples Online. 36 lots 

Fri. Apr. 10th 
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics (session 1). 556 lots 
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Pictures and Prints
Neret Minet and Tessier. Paris. Paul Coze Archives - Wakanda. 70 lots 
Beaussant Lefevre. Paris. Asia - Prints. 48 lots 
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Prints
Charlton Hall. West Columbia, SC. 86 Anniversary Auction - Books and Prints. 46 lots 

Sat. Apr. 11th 
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . Estate Auction. 27 lots 
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics (session 2). 722 lots 

Sun. Apr. 12th 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 4/5
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 4/5
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books
Carlsen Gallery. Greenville, NY. "Spring Fling" ANTIQUE AUCTION - Prints. 55 lots 
OSENAT. FONTAINEBLEAU. The Empire at Fontainebleau

Mon. Apr. 13th 
Bonhams. New York. Fine Books and Manuscripts
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Old Master Prints

Tue. Apr. 14th 
Swann Galleries. New York. Printed and Manuscript Americana. 359 lots 
Rossini. Paris. Prints
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints

Wed. Apr. 15th 
Doyle New York. New York. Rare Books, Maps and Autographs
Doyle New York. New York. Photographs
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Book Sale
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 3/22. 970 lots 

Thu. Apr. 16th 
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Transport Sale. 3 lots 
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Bibliophile
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Literature with Science Fiction and Detective Fiction
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 4/9

Fri. Apr. 17th 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Japanese Prints
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Spring Estates Auction
ALDE. Paris. Heraldry and Geneologic Libray
Beaussant Lefevre. Paris. Works of Art - Prints. 7 lots 
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics (session 3). 733 lots 

Sat. Apr. 18th 
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Printed Art - Internet bidstart 4/3
Heritage Auctions. Beverly Hills. Entertainment and Music Auction. 592 lots 
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. April 18th Auction - Prints, Ephemera
ALDE. Paris. LIBRARY OF AMADEO DELAUNET Y ESNAOLA II
Arader Galleries. New York City. Age of European and American Exploration
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics (session 4). 591 lots 

Sun. Apr. 19th 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 4/12
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 4/12

Mon. Apr. 20th 
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. American History
Sothebys. New York. Sotheby's Designer Showhouse
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics (session 5). 752 lots 

Tue. Apr. 21st 
Bonhams. San Francisco. Prints and Multiples
Tooveys. West Sussex. Antiquarian and Collectors Books
Paige Auction. Portland. Magic of Collection - Prints, Ephemera
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics (session 6). 628 lots 

Wed. Apr. 22nd 
Christies. London -South Kensington. Prints and Multiples
Tooveys. West Sussex. Prints
Ader. PARIS. Judaica

Thu. Apr. 23rd 
Christies. New York. Prints and Multiples
Christies. New York. Prints and Multiples
Freemans. Philadelphia. Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 4/16
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Cape Town. Books - Internet Bidstart 4/16
Christies. London -South Kensington. Travel, Science and Natural History
RR Auction. Amherst. Space Exploration - online bidstart 4/16. 334 lots 
Rossini. Paris. Prints

Fri. Apr. 24th 
Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions. Brussels. Books and Prints
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. 75172 Pforzheim. Books, Autographs and Prints. 6420 lots 
Auctionata. Berlin. Photography and Prints
Auctionata. Berlin. Prints and Editions

Sat. Apr. 25th 
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Prints and Multiples
Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers. Gahanna. Numismatic Books
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Property from the Oprah Winfrey Collection

Sun. Apr. 26th 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 4/19
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 4/19

Mon. Apr. 27th 
Christies. Paris. Books and Manuscripts

Tue. Apr. 28th 
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Interiors: Day 1 - Prints
Doyle New York. New York. Prints and Multiples
Rossini. Paris. Autographs and Photographs
Bonhams. New York. Photographs
Sheppards Irish Auction House. Durrow. Prints

Wed. Apr. 29th 
Bonhams. New York. The World War II 70th Anniversary Sale
PIASA. Paris. Limited Editions
Swann Galleries. New York. Old Master Through Modern Prints
ALDE. Paris. Binders, Books
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Weapons - Photographs
Auctionata. New York. Theme Auction: Icons

Thu. Apr. 30th 
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Books and Works on Paper
Sothebys. London. Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 4/23
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Art and Art Reference - Fine Books in All Fields

Rare Book Monthly

  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas

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