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Rare Book Hub: 41 Auctions Archived, Another 47 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 4 December 2020, 41 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ Database; 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 1 in Danish kroner, 20 in euros, 5 in British pounds, and 14 in US dollars.  Turnover was $14,593,339 as 81% of all lots offered sold.  Sixteen thousand three hundred ninety-three lots were offered and 13,215 changed hands.

 

 

4 auctions saw total proceeds reach a million dollars: 


Sothebys. Music, Continental Books, and Medieval ... - bidstart 11/23 on December 1st: $2,637,796 
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Rare Books on November 30th: $2,358,926 
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Prints on November 27th: $1,866,893 
Artcurial. Limited Edition on December 2nd: $1,428,040 

 


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

Jacksons Auction. Vintage, Modern & Contemporary Masters on December 1st: 214.70% 
Sothebys. Music, Continental Books, and Medieval ... - bidstart 11/23 on December 1st: 159.36% 
Peter Arnold. The Korju Collection of Australiana on November 29th: 124.51% 
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 11/24 on December 1st: 116.89% 
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Auction 24, part III. Photography, Sports, Chess books, Picture postcards, Erotica, Various, Antique on December 2nd: 111.22% 
International Autograph Auctions Europe SL. Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts - Day 2 on December 3rd: 108.02% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on December 3rd: 105.64% 
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 11/13 on November 22nd: 105.02% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 11/13 on November 25th: 103.89% 
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Rare Books on November 30th: 102.02% 


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

Sothebys. Photographs from the Collection of Ginny Willis - bidstart 11/27 on December 4th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. The Mike Coltrane Collection of North Carolina Currency Special Online Auction on November 29th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 11/24 on December 1st: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 11/22 on November 30th: 99.72% 
Heritage Auctions. The Amazing Pulps and Collectibles Comics Auction Featuring the Joe Rainone Collection on December 2nd: 99.56% 
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 11/24 on December 1st: 99.16% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 11/22 on November 29th: 99.11% 
International Autograph Auctions Europe SL. Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts - Day 2 on December 3rd: 96.50% 
International Autograph Auctions Europe SL. Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts - Day 1 on December 2nd: 94.56% 
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 11/15 on November 29th: 94.42% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on December 3rd: 92.79% 
Mirabaud-Mercier Auctioneers. 100% Live Sale: Books, Postcards, Stamps, Works on Paper on November 26th: 92.67% 
Jacksons Auction. Vintage, Modern & Contemporary Masters on December 1st: 90.91% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 11/13 on November 25th: 89.29% 
Cowans Auctions. The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana - Part II on December 3rd: 88.48% 
Purcell Auctioneers. Irish Interest Book & Ephemera Auction on December 2nd: 88.29% 
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 11/13 on November 22nd: 88.10% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 11/13 on November 24th: 85.71% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 11/20 on November 27th: 84.11% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on December 1st: 82.52% 
Eldreds. The Holiday Sale - Online bidstart 11/9 on November 30th: 80.00% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys The Virgo inter virgines in a landscape, on vellum pasted to panel [Flemish (Simon Bening, Bruges?), c.1530–40] on December 1st Actual price: USD $1,967,190.
  2. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Speculum nauticum super navigatione maris, 2 Teile in 1 Band, 1586. on November 30th Actual price: USD $389,783.
  3. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Biblia latina. Handschrift auf Pergament, 12. Jahrhundert on November 30th Actual price: USD $172,404.
  4. Artcurial Le repas frugal - septembre 1904, Paris on December 2nd Actual price: USD $126,995.
  5. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Daphnis & Chloe, 1961. on November 30th Actual price: USD $97,446.
  6. Sothebys Armenian gospel book, illuminated manuscript on vellum, seventeenth century, tooled calf binding on December 1st Actual price: USD $92,929.
  7. Artcurial Françoise - 14 juin 1946 on December 2nd Actual price: USD $79,372.
  8. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Metamorphosen. Lateinische Handschrift, 1462. on November 30th Actual price: USD $74,958.
  9. International Autograph Auctions Europe SL BAO DAI: (1913-1997) His name being Nguyen Phuc Vinh Thuy on December 3rd Actual price: USD $71,464.
  10. Jacksons Auction Untitled (Ocean Surface) - 1972 on December 1st Actual price: USD $70,000.
  11. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Französisches Stundenbuch, Rouen um 1490 on November 30th Actual price: USD $68,962.
  12. Artcurial The New Spirit (Donald Duck) - 1985 on December 2nd Actual price: USD $60,323.
  13. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Purchas his pilgrimes. 5 Bände, 1625-1626. on November 30th Actual price: USD $59,967.
  14. Cowans Auctions Major Martin Delany CDV, circa 1864 on December 3rd Actual price: USD $59,375.
  15. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Distinctiones. Manuskript auf Pergament, um 1300. on November 30th Actual price: USD $58,467.
  16. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Das Werk, 1918. on November 30th Actual price: USD $56,968.
  17. Ketterer Kunst Doerling 309 Orig.-Aquarelle und 3 Orig.-Bleistiftzeichnungen zu "Originaux de publications d´horticulture et d´arboriculture", 1878-1887. on November 30th Actual price: USD $52,471.
  18. Ketterer Kunst Doerling Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands, 8 Bände, 1782-1795. on November 30th Actual price: USD $50,972.
  19. Artcurial Composition aux deux tournesols bleu et vert - 1953 on December 2nd Actual price: USD $47,623.
  20. Bubb Kuyper [Escher, M.C. (1898-1972)]. Drijfhout, A.E. XXIV emblemata, dat zijn zinne-beelden. on November 27th Actual price: USD $45,327.
  21. Artcurial You're in - 1966 / 1967 on December 2nd Actual price: USD $44,448.
  22. Chiswick Auctions Bible, English, Coverdale's Version Biblia the Bible, that is, the Holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe, and newly ouersene and correcte. M.V.XXXVII The Whole Booke of Psalms on December 2nd Actual price: USD $41,879.
  23. Bubb Kuyper [Medieval manuscripts]. "Hier beghinnet die souter van onser liever vrouwen." on November 27th Actual price: USD $41,549.
  24. Sothebys Album of Max Kalbeck, including musical quotations by Brahms, Puccini, Strauss, Grieg, Saint-Saëns and others, 1873-1900 on December 1st Actual price: USD $40,551.
  25. Artcurial Étude pour un portrait du Pape Innocent X d'après Velasquez - 1989 on December 2nd Actual price: USD $38,098.




41 total sales reported this week:

Sothebys. Collection Neumann-Hug – Bauhaus : une Inspiration on December 4th: 69.23%
Sothebys. Photographs from the Collection of Ginny Willis - bidstart 11/27 on December 4th: 100.00%
PBA Galleries. Fine Art - Photography and Prints - Illustrated Books on December 3rd: 61.43%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on December 3rd: 92.79%
Cowans Auctions. The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana - Part II on December 3rd: 88.48%
Aguttes. Online Only - Contemporary Art - bidstart 11/20 on December 3rd: 27.50%
Galerie Bassenge. 19th - 21st Century Photography on December 2nd: 58.70%
Chiswick Auctions. Erotica: Objects of Desire - Live Online on December 2nd: 51.75%
Artcurial. Limited Edition on December 2nd: 75.00%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Estates Auction on December 3rd: 60.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Amazing Pulps and Collectibles Comics Auction Featuring the Joe Rainone Collection on December 2nd: 99.56%
Jacksons Auction. Vintage, Modern & Contemporary Masters on December 1st: 90.91%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on December 1st: 82.52%
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Auction 24, part III. Photography, Sports, Chess books, Picture postcards, Erotica, Various, Antique on December 2nd: 79.61%
Purcell Auctioneers. Irish Interest Book & Ephemera Auction on December 2nd: 88.29%
International Autograph Auctions Europe SL. Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts - Day 2 on December 3rd: 96.50%
International Autograph Auctions Europe SL. Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts - Day 1 on December 2nd: 94.56%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art and Fine Art Prints - bidstart 10/30 on December 2nd: 62.75%
Chiswick Auctions. Photographica on December 3rd: 67.79%
Chiswick Auctions. Books and Works on Paper on December 2nd: 59.13%
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Auction 24 Part II: Topography, Atlases, Comics, Asian arts, Fine arts incl. Art nouveau Jaap van Da on December 1st: 76.07%
Sothebys. Music, Continental Books, and Medieval ... - bidstart 11/23 on December 1st: 64.10%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 11/24 on December 1st: 99.16%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 11/24 on December 1st: 100.00%
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Prints on November 27th: 71.96%
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Auction 24 Part I: Children's books, Literature, Old books, Manuscripts, Cookbooks, Amsterdam, Topog on November 30th: 74.51%
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Rare Books on November 30th: 68.42%
Eldreds. The Holiday Sale - Online bidstart 11/9 on November 30th: 80.00%
Dorotheum . Autographs, Manuscripts and Certificates on November 30th: 72.84%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 11/22 on November 29th: 99.11%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 11/22 on November 30th: 99.72%
Peter Arnold. The Korju Collection of Australiana on November 29th: 78.99%
Mirabaud-Mercier Auctioneers. 100% Live Sale: Books, Postcards, Stamps, Works on Paper on November 26th: 92.67%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 11/20 on November 27th: 84.11%
Catawiki B. V.. Cartography - Bidstart 11/20 on November 27th: 45.45%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 11/13 on November 25th: 89.29%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 11/13 on November 24th: 85.71%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 11/13 on November 23rd: 79.65%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 11/13 on November 22nd: 88.10%
Heritage Auctions. The Mike Coltrane Collection of North Carolina Currency Special Online Auction on November 29th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 11/15 on November 29th: 94.42%

 


For the week ahead 47 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Dec. 7th
Forum Auctions. London. Best of British. 138 lots
Sothebys. London. Old Master Prints including Property from the Collection of the Late Walter L. Strauss - bidstart 11. 30 lots
Richard Opfer Auctioneering, Inc.. Timonium. Book Auction. 254 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 11/27. 90 lots

Tue. Dec. 8th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 12/1. 657 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 10/12. 187 lots
Bellmans Auctioneers and Valuers. Billinghurst, West Sussex. Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts including Fine Bindings and Science Books from the Collection of. 200 lots
Sothebys. London. English Literature, History, Children's Books - bidstart 12/1. 224 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 11/27. 47 lots

Wed. Dec. 9th
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Photography. 137 lots
OSENAT. FONTAINEBLEAU. Books and Manuscripts. 244 lots
Ader. PARIS. Antiquarian and Modern Books - Modern Illustrated Books. 218 lots
Bonhams. London. Prints and Multiples. 350 lots
Christies. London -South Kensington. Valuable Books and Manuscripts. 280 lots
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. Kilkenny. Rare Books, Literature and Collectors' Sale. 1302 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs and Artifacts: Featuring Science and Technology- bidstart 11/20. 1155 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Prints and Multiples. 115 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Photographs Monthly Online. 144 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 11/27. 150 lots
Bonhams. New York. Prints and Multiples - Online, bidstart 12/2. 167 lots
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . Judaica Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Objects.

Thu. Dec. 10th
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Books. 695 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Comic Books. 500 lots
Stockholms Auktionsverk. Stockholm. Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts. 170 lots
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. 75172 Pforzheim. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques. 3748 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The TMNT Auction: Heroes in a Half-Shell ((Monthlong Auction)). 113 lots
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Constantia. Rare Books - Online bidstart 12/3. 575 lots
Arenberg Auctions. BRUSSEL. Prints and Drawings. 1525 lots
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Carlisle. Antiquarian and Collectible Books. 326 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Mr. Laurenchet's Library of Oenology - Wine and Spirits. 253 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Fall Sports Collectible Catalogue Auction. 3748 lots
Bonhams. New York. Highlights from the Medical Library of the late James Tait Goodrich. 131 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Prints and Multiples - Online, bidstart 11/30. 82 lots

Fri. Dec. 11th
Bonhams. New York. Fine Books and Manuscripts. 272 lots
Revere Auctions. St. Paul. Fine Books and Antiques. 182 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Paper Collectables. 99 lots

Sat. Dec. 12th
Heritage Auctions. Beverly Hills. Animation Art. 2025 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. Prints & Drawings, Fine and Decorative Arts. 369 lots
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Fine Art Prints, Books - online bidstart 12/4. 41 lots
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Winter Magic Auction. 220 lots
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Paris. Comic Strips. 618 lots

Sun. Dec. 13th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 12/6.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 12/6.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 11/29.
Carlsen Gallery. Greenville, NY. F. D. Cawley Estate.
OSENAT. FONTAINEBLEAU. THE INCREDIBLE COLLECTION - 65 POSTERS BY JACQUES FARIA 1898-1956 AND VARIOUS. 65 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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.
  • 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.