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Rare Book Hub: 38 Auctions Archived, another 54 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 6 December 2019, 38 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 1 in Swiss francs, 13 in euros, 5 in British pounds, 18 in US dollars and 1 in South African rand.  Turnover was $9,920,703 as 10,364 lots were offered and 8,333 sold for an 80% success rate.  Demand continues to outstrip supply in the auction rooms.

 

 

For the week ahead 54 auctions are scheduled.

 

 

1 auction saw its total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

BonhamsFine Books and Manuscripts on December 4th: $2,353,863 

 


7 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered: 

Heritage AuctionsCollection of James Kwis Internet Rare Books on December 5th: 217.38% 
Keys Fine Arts AuctioneersBooks on December 6th: 155.59% 
Christian Hesse AuktionenAnniversary Sale - Part 3 : Books from the 16th to 20th Century on November 23rd: 146.52% 
BonhamsFine Books and Manuscripts on December 4th: 134.90% 
Grogan and CompanyFall Auction on November 17th: 130.97% 
AguttesAristophil - 28 * Germanica on December 4th: 125.45% 
Bruun RasmussenPrints on December 5th: 107.51% 


20 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell: 

Heritage AuctionsU.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 11/26 on December 3rd: 100.00% 
Heritage AuctionsSunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 11/2 on December 1st: 100.00% 
Heritage AuctionsSunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/24 on December 1st: 99.73% 
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 11/26 on December 3rd: 98.71% 
Heritage AuctionsSunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 11/24 on December 1st: 97.10% 
Heritage AuctionsCollection of James Kwis Internet Rare Books on December 5th: 95.99% 
Grogan and CompanyFall Auction on November 17th: 95.65% 
Morphy AuctionsCoin-Op and Advertising - Signs, Posters and Prints on November 21st: 89.91% 
Forum AuctionsOnline Sale: Books and Works on Paper on November 27th: 89.05% 
BonhamsFine Books and Manuscripts on December 4th: 86.51% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 11/15 on November 26th: 86.21% 
North American Auction CompanyNovember Premier Collector Sale - Books, Prints, Signs, Photographs on November 16th: 85.98% 
North American Auction CompanyMontana Antiques on October 26th: 85.95% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 11/15 on November 25th: 85.71% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 11/22 on November 29th: 84.81% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on November 30th: 84.50% 
Bruun RasmussenPrints on December 5th: 83.78% 
North American Auction CompanyAntique and Collector's Auction on September 28th: 83.51% 
SothebysSpace Photography - Online bidstart 11/26 on December 3rd: 83.26% 
Bruun RasmussenPrints on December 3rd: 82.86% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Aguttes MANUSCRIT MUSICAL autographe pour la Sérénade en ré majeur K.185/167a on December 4th Actual price: USD $216,108.
  2. Bonhams On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life on December 4th Actual price: USD $196,209.
  3. Bonhams Vigils on December 4th Actual price: USD $158,373.
  4. Bonhams Wood-engravings. Being a Selection of Eric Gill's Engravings on Wood on December 4th Actual price: USD $158,373.
  5. Bonhams Autograph letter signed ("Florence Nightingale"), to Dawson W. Turner, on December 4th Actual price: USD $158,373.
  6. Bonhams On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection. on December 4th Actual price: USD $131,325.
  7. Bonhams [Hom?rou Ilias metabl?theisa palai eis koin?n gl?ssan] on December 4th Actual price: USD $106,317.
  8. Morphy Auctions 1920'S COCA-COLA OVERSIZED LEADED GLASS DISPLAY BOTTLE. on November 21st Actual price: USD $86,100.
  9. RR Auction Steve Jobs Floppy Disk on December 4th Actual price: USD $84,115.
  10. Christian Hesse Auktionen Sokratische Denkwürdigkeiten für die lange Weile des Publicums zusammengetragen von einem Liebhaber der langen Weile. Mit einer doppelten Zuschrift an Niemand und an Zween. on November 23rd Actual price: USD $79,763.
  11. Sothebys [APOLLO 8] EARTHRISE, AS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE APOLLO 8 CM. VINTAGE LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPH, 24 DECEMBER 1968. on December 3rd Actual price: USD $60,000.
  12. Bonhams Series of some three hundred and fifty autograph letters, mostly signed ("Varnhagen von Ense"), to Charlotte Williams Wynn: a passionate series containing avowals of love and, indeed, his proposal of marriage on December 4th Actual price: USD $57,286.
  13. Bonhams Journal with a companion volume of watercolour illustrations, kept by Edward Pritchard, on December 4th Actual price: USD $57,286.
  14. Bonhams Measure, for Measure [Extracted from the First Folio]. on December 5th Actual price: USD $52,575.
  15. Bonhams The complete original artwork for "Diana and Her Rhinoceros" on December 4th Actual price: USD $49,114.
  16. Bonhams The complete original artwork for "Tim to the Rescue" on December 4th Actual price: USD $49,114.
  17. Bonhams [Erotemata. Incipit: , Greek type on December 4th Actual price: USD $49,114.
  18. Bonhams Fanshawe, A Tale. on December 5th Actual price: USD $47,575.
  19. Aguttes NOTE autographe, [Vienne vers 1817] on December 4th Actual price: USD $47,544.
  20. Bonhams Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, never before Printed in Folio. on December 5th Actual price: USD $43,825.
  21. Christian Hesse Auktionen Grotesche Capriccios: oder neueröffnete Carnevals Redoute. on November 23rd Actual price: USD $39,882.
  22. Aguttes L.A.S. «Beethoven», [Baden début septembre 1823], à Franz Christian KIRCHHOFFER on December 4th Actual price: USD $38,899.
  23. Aguttes L.A.S. «Jos. Haydn», [Vienne 1er juillet 1799], à Johann Baptist von HÄRING on December 4th Actual price: USD $37,459.
  24. Kedem Auctions Ltd. Noam Elimelech on December 3rd Actual price: USD $36,900.
  25. Kedem Auctions Ltd. Collection of Letters Handwritten and Signed by Rabindranath Tagore, Luareate of the Nobel Prize in Literature on December 3rd Actual price: USD $34,440.



A total of 38 sales reported this week:

Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Books on December 6th: 74.22%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Books on December 5th: 69.05%
Forum Auctions. Forum Auctions @ Artsy: Seasonal Selections on December 5th: 53.52%
Bonhams. Fine Literature, Featuring Two Private Collections on December 5th: 60.77%
PBA Galleries. Fine Literature on December 5th: 75.60%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on December 5th: 83.78%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Rare and Important Items: A Two Part Auction on December 3rd: 75.21%
Heritage Auctions. Collection of James Kwis Internet Rare Books on December 5th: 95.99%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Science and Technology - Internet bidstart 11/22 on December 4th: 56.88%
Koller Auctions. Photography on December 2nd: 65.93%
Aste Bolaffi. Sports Memorabilia on December 5th: 60.00%
Aste Bolaffi. Posters on December 4th: 43.23%
Aguttes. Aristophil - 28 * Germanica on December 4th: 78.72%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on December 3rd: 82.86%
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts on December 4th: 86.51%
Bonhams. History of Science and Technology on December 4th: 53.33%
Grogan and Company. Fall Auction on November 17th: 95.65%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on November 27th: 89.05%
Sothebys. Space Photography - Online bidstart 11/26 on December 3rd: 83.26%
Stephan Welz & Co.. Books, Fine Art Prints on November 26th: 48.05%
North American Auction Company. November Premier Collector Sale - Books, Prints, Signs, Photographs on November 16th: 85.98%
North American Auction Company. Montana Antiques on October 26th: 85.95%
North American Auction Company. Antique and Collector's Auction on September 28th: 83.51%
Christian Hesse Auktionen. Anniversary Sale - Part 3 : Books from the 16th to 20th Century on November 23rd: 73.85%
Christian Hesse Auktionen. Anniversary Sale - Part 2 : Private Press Books from The Bear Press, Burgart Presse, Kaldewey Press, on November 23rd: 68.61%
Christian Hesse Auktionen. Anniversary Sale - Part 1 : Modern Art · Photography · Applied Arts on November 23rd: 63.00%
Morphy Auctions. Coin-Op and Advertising - Signs, Posters and Prints on November 21st: 89.91%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/24 on December 1st: 99.73%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 11/26 on December 3rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 11/26 on December 3rd: 98.71%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 11/2 on December 1st: 100.00%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on November 30th: 84.50%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 11/22 on November 29th: 84.81%
Catawiki B. V.. Cartography - Online Bidstart 11/22 on November 28th: 38.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 11/15 on November 26th: 86.21%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 11/15 on November 25th: 85.71%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 11/15 on November 24th: 61.29%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 11/24 on December 1st: 97.10%


For the week ahead 54 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Dec. 9th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 84 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Holiday Treasures - session 5. 1228 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 11/29. 49 lots
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Gold Coins, Chabad, Amulets and Belongings of Tzaddikim, Kabala & Chassidic books, Manuscripts and L. 45 lots

Tue. Dec. 10th
Swann Galleries. New York. Illustration Art. 277 lots
Artcurial. Paris. Books and Manuscripts. 175 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Books from the Collection of Engineer Don Lorezo Zambrano. 250 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 230 lots
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. Kilkenny. Rare Books, Literature, Collectibles, & Ephmera. 862 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 12/3. 609 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 12/3. 180 lots
Christies. London - King Street. Old Master Prints. 297 lots
Sothebys. London. English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations - Online Bidstart 12/3. 224 lots
Christies. New York. Ansel Adams and the American West: Photographs from the Center for Creative Photography. 86 lots
Hindman Auctions. Chicago. Atlanta Collections - Online. 16 lots
Robert Siegel Galleries. New York. Worldwide Postal History. 895 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 11/29. 30 lots
Robert Siegel Galleries. New York. The Santiago Cruz Large Gold Medal Collection of Colombia SCADTA Air Post Issues. 180 lots

Wed. Dec. 11th
Christies. London - King Street. Shakespeare and Goethe: Masterpieces of European Literature from the Schøyen Collection. 79 lots
Christies. London - King Street. Books, including Science & Natural History. 176 lots
Bonhams. London. Prints and Multiples. 135 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents. 525 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Books and Manuscripts. 218 lots
Doyle New York. New York. Photographs. 104 lots
PIASA. Paris. Editions, featuring Sam Francis Gravures. 230 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Best of British: Editions 1950 - 2019. 120 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Estate Treasures - Fine Art Prints, Books. 14 lots
Christies. London - King Street. Important Books, Atlases, Globes & Scientific Instruments from the Collection of Nico and Nanni Isra. 32 lots
Stockholms Auktionsverk. Stockholm. Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts. 216 lots
Aste Bolaffi. Turin. PostersRare Books and Autographs. 845 lots
Christies. New York. Fashion Photos - Online bidstart 12/2. 51 lots

Thu. Dec. 12th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Modern Literature & First Editions, Children's, Private Press & Illustrated Books. 368 lots
ALDE. Paris. Ancient and XIX Century Books. 224 lots
ALDE. Paris. Original Editions of the 19th to 20th Centuries. 191 lots
Il Ponte. Milan. Photographs. 138 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Marvels of Modern Music - Internet bidstart 12/5. 474 lots
Sothebys. London. The Art of Travel - Online bidstart 12/2. 16 lots
Sothebys. Paris. La Collection Ribes II. 199 lots
Profiles in History. Calabasas Hills. Comic & Illustration Art the Property of a Distinguished American Collector. 211 lots

Fri. Dec. 13th
Charlton Hall. West Columbia, SC. Holiday Sale. 28 lots
Pierre Berge and Associes. Paris. Ancient and Modern Books. 150 lots
Arenberg Auctions. BRUSSEL. Books and Prints. 1203 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 12/6. 135 lots

Sat. Dec. 14th
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Fine Art - Prints - online bidstart 12/6. 38 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . The McHugh Collection of HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT RAILROADIANA. 145 lots
Michael Treloar. Adelaide SA. Autographs, Manuscripts and Signed Books - Online bidstart 11/29. 189 lots
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Winter Magic. 294 lots
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. 75172 Pforzheim. Books, Autographs, Photographs, Prints. 768 lots

Sun. Dec. 15th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 12/8.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 12/8.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 11/17. 187 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Art and Photography - Online bidstart 12/6. 3 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 12/6. 37 lots

Bruce McKinney

 

RBH and AE

 

 

  • 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
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    Starting 10AM CST
    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.