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Rare Book Hub: 69 Auctions Archived, another 41 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 25 June 2021, 69 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ Database; 1 denominated in Danish krone, 24 in euros, 5 in British pounds, 2 in Mexican pesos, and 37 in US dollars.

 

Turnover was $52,847,026 as 81% of all lots sold.  There were 20,777 lots posted and 16,748 changed hands.  The average lot sold for $3,155.

 

 

As we head into summer the downpour will slow.

 

 

11 auctions saw total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Heritage AuctionsComics and Comic Art Signature Auction on June 19th: $22,425,821
Pierre Berge and AssociesA Thousand Dreamy Nights III, Geneviève & Jean-Paul Kahn Library on June 18th: $3,650,593
Robert Siegel GalleriesRarities of the World on June 24th: $2,749,400
Heritage AuctionsHKINF World Paper Money Signature Auction on June 23rd: $2,572,757
Heritage AuctionsThe Mike Coltrane Collection Part 2 Currency Signature Auction on June 25th: $2,405,502
Aste BolaffiRare Books and Autographs - Internet Live on June 22nd: $1,767,664
BonhamsPrints and Multiples on June 23rd: $1,648,038
SothebysBooks and Manuscripts: from Cervantes to Houellebecq - bidstart 6/18 on June 25th: $1,502,087
BonhamsFine Books and Manuscripts on June 24th: $1,352,564
Robert Siegel GalleriesCivil War Special Mail Routes on June 23rd: $1,291,699
RR AuctionMarvels of Modern Music - bidstart 6/17 on June 24th: $1,019,674
 

22 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:

Zwiggelaar AuctionsCollection Tjeerd Deelstra. Fluxus and post-war Conceptual Arts & Counterculture Movement part I on June 21st: 291.50%
Zwiggelaar AuctionsCollection Tjeerd Deelstra. Fluxus and post-war Conceptual Arts & Counterculture Movement part II on June 22nd: 243.02%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 6/4 on June 16th: 200.73%
Pierre Berge and AssociesA Thousand Dreamy Nights III, Geneviève & Jean-Paul Kahn Library on June 18th: 182.47%
Chorley'sFine Art and Antiques on June 22nd: 166.21%
Robert Siegel GalleriesCivil War Special Mail Routes on June 23rd: 152.85%
Heritage AuctionsFeaturing the Michael Ward Collection of Western Americana & Political Signature Auction on June 19th: 144.46%
Zwiggelaar AuctionsBook Auction - Session 3 on June 25th: 136.28%
Lyon and TurnbullRare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs on June 23rd: 130.38%
Heritage AuctionsHKINF World Paper Money Signature Auction on June 23rd: 129.83%
Neal Auction CompanySummer Estates Auction on June 25th: 129.33%
Arenberg AuctionsBooks on June 19th: 128.93%
Robert Siegel GalleriesAmerican Free Franks and Historical Documents on June 22nd: 126.39%
BonhamsFine Books and Manuscripts on June 24th: 122.45%
Forum AuctionsOnline Sale: Books and Works on Paper on June 24th: 122.27%
Bruun RasmussenPrints and Books on June 22nd: 119.35%
Potter and Potter AuctionsSummer Magic Auction on June 19th: 116.47%
BonhamsPrints and Multiples on June 23rd: 116.12%
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 6/15 on June 22nd: 110.93%
Vermot de Pas1st Auction Dedicated Solely to Pokemon Cards on June 10th: 106.59%
ALDEOriginal literary editions from the 19th to the 21st century on June 24th: 103.83%
SothebysBooks and Manuscripts: from Cervantes to Houellebecq - bidstart 6/18 on June 25th: 101.00%


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

Heritage AuctionsThe Mike Coltrane Collection Part 2 Currency Signature Auction on June 25th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsFeaturing the Michael Ward Collection of Western Americana & Political Signature Auction on June 19th: 100.00%
Neal Auction CompanySummer Estates Auction on June 25th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsAlternative Movie Posters on June 22nd: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsTuesday Video Games and Trading Card Games Auction - bidstart 6/15 on June 22nd: 100.00%
Robert Siegel GalleriesCivil War Special Mail Routes on June 23rd: 100.00%
Leland Little AuctionsJune Estate Auction on June 24th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsComic Art & Animation Select Auction- bidstart 6/16 on June 23rd: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsComics and Comic Art Signature Auction on June 19th: 99.72%
Potter and Potter AuctionsSummer Magic Auction on June 19th: 99.60%
Heritage AuctionsComics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 6/13 on June 21st: 99.52%
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 6/15 on June 22nd: 99.47%
Heritage AuctionsHKINF World Paper Money Signature Auction on June 23rd: 99.45%
Schilb AntiquarianRARE BOOKS With NO RESERVE NO BUYERS PREMIUM! on June 20th: 99.02%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on June 19th: 99.00%
Zwiggelaar AuctionsCollection Tjeerd Deelstra. Fluxus and post-war Conceptual Arts & Counterculture Movement part I on June 21st: 98.48%
Heritage AuctionsUS Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 6/15 on June 22nd: 98.36%
Heritage AuctionsMovie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 6/13 on June 20th: 98.23%
Robert Siegel GalleriesAmerican Free Franks and Historical Documents on June 22nd: 97.85%
Zwiggelaar AuctionsCollection Tjeerd Deelstra. Fluxus and post-war Conceptual Arts & Counterculture Movement part II on June 22nd: 94.31%
Forum AuctionsOnline Sale: Books and Works on Paper on June 24th: 94.18%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 6/4 on June 16th: 93.64%
Vermot de Pas1st Auction Dedicated Solely to Pokemon Cards on June 10th: 93.60%
Heritage AuctionsSports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 6/6 on June 20th: 92.94%
Pierre Berge and AssociesA Thousand Dreamy Nights III, Geneviève & Jean-Paul Kahn Library on June 18th: 92.61%
BonhamsFine Books and Manuscripts on June 24th: 91.28%
William H. Bunch Auctions and AppraisalsOnline Only: Timed Eclectic Variety on June 22nd: 90.48%
Robert Siegel GalleriesRarities of the World on June 24th: 89.94%
SkinnerDiscovery Interiors - Online bidstart 6/16 on June 24th: 89.66%
Doyle New YorkFine Literature on June 22nd: 89.19%
Bruun RasmussenPrints and Books on June 22nd: 87.95%
Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 6/4 on June 13th: 86.67%
EldredsSummer Living on June 24th: 86.11%
Cowans AuctionsAmerican Historical Ephemera and Photography on June 25th: 85.29%
Clars Auction GalleryJewelry, Fine Art, Furniture & Decorative Art, Asian Art on June 19th: 83.50%
Chorley'sFine Art and Antiques on June 22nd: 83.33%
Lyon and TurnbullRare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs on June 23rd: 82.96%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 6/4 on June 14th: 80.77%


Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions Detective Comics #27 (DC, 1939) CGC VG/FN 5.0 White pages. on June 19th Actual price: USD $1,125,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions Wally Wood Shock SuspenStories #6 Cover Original Art (EC, 1952). on June 19th Actual price: USD $840,000.
  3. Robert Siegel Galleries 5c Red Brown (1). Canada, 1851, 3p Red, Laid Paper (1; SG 1), on June 24th Actual price: USD $737,500.
  4. Aste Bolaffi Cosmographia. on June 22nd Actual price: USD $603,298.
  5. Heritage Auctions Action Comics #1 (DC, 1938) CGC Conserved FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages. on June 19th Actual price: USD $528,000.
  6. Heritage Auctions Phantom Lady #17 The Promise Collection Pedigree (Fox Features Syndicate, 1948) CGC NM+ 9.6 Pink pages. on June 19th Actual price: USD $456,000.
  7. Heritage Auctions Detective Comics #140 The Promise Collection Pedigree (DC, 1948) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. on June 19th Actual price: USD $456,000.
  8. Heritage Auctions Frank Frazetta Outlaw World (White Apes) Paperback Cover Painting Original Art (Popular Library, 1969). on June 19th Actual price: USD $408,000.
  9. Bonhams Le Cirque on June 23rd Actual price: USD $349,424.
  10. Pierre Berge and Associes Sans titre composition aux quatre couleurs. on June 18th Actual price: USD $346,034.
  11. Heritage Auctions Robert Crumb Arcade the Comics Revue #2 Complete 5-Page Story "Let's Talk Sense about This Here Modern America" Original Art (The Print Mint, 1975). on June 19th Actual price: USD $312,000.
  12. Sothebys Le Livre de la Jungle, 1919. Exceptionnel ex. avec laque de Dunand et plaque en argent de Jouve on June 25th Actual price: USD $301,367.
  13. Pierre Berge and Associes Ulysses.  on June 18th Actual price: USD $300,056.
  14. Robert Siegel Galleries 24c Carmine Rose & Blue, Center Inverted (C3a). VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A WELL-CENTERED EXAMPLE OF THE 1918 24-CENT INVERTED "JENNY" ERROR -- THE MOST FAMOUS STAMP IN AMERICAN PHILATELY. on June 24th Actual price: USD $277,300.
  15. Heritage Auctions Barry Smith Conan the Barbarian #2 Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1970). on June 19th Actual price: USD $264,000.
  16. Heritage Auctions Marvel Spotlight #5 Ghost Rider (Marvel, 1972) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages. on June 19th Actual price: USD $264,000.
  17. Heritage Auctions Petaluma, CA - $20 1875 Fr. 1157 The First National Gold Bank of Petaluma Ch. # 2193 PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45. on June 25th Actual price: USD $204,000.
  18. Heritage Auctions Captain America Comics #74 The Promise Collection Pedigree (Timely, 1949) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages. on June 19th Actual price: USD $204,000.
  19. Heritage Auctions Captain America Comics #36 The Promise Collection Pedigree (Timely, 1944) CGC NM 9.4 Cream to off-white pages. on June 19th Actual price: USD $204,000.
  20. Heritage Auctions Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers The Avengers #1 Story Page 21 Original Art (Marvel, 1963). on June 19th Actual price: USD $180,000.
  21. Bonhams The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven)- 5 May on June 23rd Actual price: USD $174,887.
  22. Robert Siegel Galleries New Orleans La., 5c Brown on White (62X3). used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26), on June 23rd Actual price: USD $171,100.
  23. Heritage Auctions Jack Kirby Esquire September 1966 Illustration Spider-Man and Other Marvel Heroes Original Art (Esquire, 1966). on June 19th Actual price: USD $168,000.
  24. Heritage Auctions Captain America Comics #46 The Promise Collection Pedigree (Timely, 1945) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. on June 19th Actual price: USD $162,000.
  25. Heritage Auctions Detective Comics #114 Double Cover - The Promise Collection Pedigree (DC, 1946) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages. on June 19th Actual price: USD $156,000.



69 total sales reported this week:

Heritage Auctions. The Mike Coltrane Collection Part 2 Currency Signature Auction on June 25th: 100.00%
Cowans Auctions. American Historical Ephemera and Photography on June 25th: 85.29%
Neal Auction Company. Summer Estates Auction on June 25th: 100.00%
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Book Auction - Session 3 on June 25th: 79.25%
Sothebys. Books and Manuscripts: from Cervantes to Houellebecq - bidstart 6/18 on June 25th: 76.63%
Heritage Auctions. Alternative Movie Posters on June 22nd: 100.00%
Moreshet Auctions. Books, Kodesh books, Hassidic books, Rabbinical letters, Manuscripts, Judaika objects and more on June 22nd: 63.79%
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Book Auction - Session 2 on June 24th: 76.74%
Vermot de Pas. Comics - Original Artworks - Animation on June 24th: 34.03%
Swann Galleries. Illustration Art on June 24th: 67.38%
Skinner. Discovery Interiors - Online bidstart 6/16 on June 24th: 89.66%
RR Auction. Marvels of Modern Music - bidstart 6/17 on June 24th: 61.28%
Robert Siegel Galleries. Rarities of the World on June 24th: 89.94%
PBA Galleries. Rare Books and Manuscripts with Food and Drink on June 24th: 72.52%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Discovery in the Backyard - Online Only on June 24th: 77.78%
Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Fine Autographs and Memorabilia on June 24th: 24.44%
Leland Little Auctions. June Estate Auction on June 24th: 100.00%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on June 24th: 94.18%
Finarte. Books, Autographs and Prints on June 24th: 49.14%
Eldreds. Summer Living on June 24th: 86.11%
De Baecque and Associes. ANCIENT BOOKS: THE SPIRIT OF THE XVIIITH CENTURY, LIBRARY OF AN AMATEUR on June 24th: 51.98%
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts on June 24th: 91.28%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Rare Books - Online bidstart 6/17 on June 24th: 21.93%
ALDE. Original literary editions from the 19th to the 21st century on June 24th: 67.09%
Ader. Photographs on June 24th: 44.40%
Pierre Berge and Associes. A Thousand Dreamy Nights III, Geneviève & Jean-Paul Kahn Library on June 18th: 92.61%
Chorley's. Fine Art and Antiques on June 22nd: 83.33%
North American Auction Company. June Western & American Indian Auction w/ Luxury Jewelry on June 19th: 73.63%
Vermot de Pas. 1st Auction Dedicated Solely to Pokemon Cards on June 10th: 93.60%
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Book Auction - Session 1 on June 23rd: 75.85%
Robert Siegel Galleries. Civil War Special Mail Routes on June 23rd: 100.00%
Morton Subastas. Opportunity - Books, Prints - bidstart 6/9 on June 23rd: 45.45%
Lyon and Turnbull. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs on June 23rd: 82.96%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on June 23rd: 76.83%
Ader. Photographs on June 23rd: 33.73%
Heritage Auctions. Comic Art & Animation Select Auction- bidstart 6/16 on June 23rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. HKINF World Paper Money Signature Auction on June 23rd: 99.45%
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Collection Tjeerd Deelstra. Fluxus and post-war Conceptual Arts & Counterculture Movement part II on June 22nd: 94.31%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Online Only: Timed Eclectic Variety on June 22nd: 90.48%
Robert Siegel Galleries. American Free Franks and Historical Documents on June 22nd: 97.85%
Morton Subastas. Books of Mexican and Universal History of the Collection of the Engineer Don Lorenzo Zambrano on June 22nd: 60.00%
Finarte. Photographs: Celebrities on June 22nd: 51.05%
Doyle New York. Fine Literature on June 22nd: 89.19%
Aste Bolaffi. Rare Books and Autographs - Internet Live on June 22nd: 75.68%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints and Books on June 22nd: 87.95%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Video Games and Trading Card Games Auction - bidstart 6/15 on June 22nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 6/15 on June 22nd: 99.47%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 6/15 on June 22nd: 98.36%
Zwiggelaar Auctions. Collection Tjeerd Deelstra. Fluxus and post-war Conceptual Arts & Counterculture Movement part I on June 21st: 98.48%
Schilb Antiquarian. RARE BOOKS With NO RESERVE NO BUYERS PREMIUM! on June 20th: 99.02%
Clars Auction Gallery. Jewelry, Furniture, Art, Asian Art Auction on June 20th: 62.71%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 6/13 on June 20th: 98.23%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 6/13 on June 21st: 99.52%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Comic Albums and Originals on June 19th: 69.38%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Photographs on October 3rd: 0.00%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Summer Magic Auction on June 19th: 99.60%
PosterConnection Inc.. Anniversary Sale - Posters on June 19th: 76.44%
Donald Heald Auctions. Rare Antiquarian and Illustrated Books on June 19th: 27.14%
Clars Auction Gallery. Jewelry, Fine Art, Furniture & Decorative Art, Asian Art on June 19th: 83.50%
Arenberg Auctions. Books on June 19th: 68.07%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 6/11 on June 18th: 76.32%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 6/4 on June 16th: 93.64%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 6/4 on June 15th: 77.50%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 6/4 on June 14th: 80.77%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 6/4 on June 13th: 86.67%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on June 19th: 99.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 6/6 on June 20th: 92.94%
Heritage Auctions. Featuring the Michael Ward Collection of Western Americana & Political Signature Auction on June 19th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics and Comic Art Signature Auction on June 19th: 99.72%


For the week ahead 41 are scheduled:

Mon. Jun. 28th
Dorotheum . Vienna. Books and Decorative Graphics. 179 lots
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. American Historical Ephemera and Photography: Timed Online bidstart 6/18. 307 lots
Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH. Berlin-Schoneberg. Modern and Contemporary Art - Modern Photography. 701 lots
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . MPORTANT PRINTS AND DRAWINGS: Old Master, Modern and Contemporary. 226 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 6/18. 80 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 81 lots

Tue. Jun. 29th
Ader. PARIS. Letters and Autograph Manuscripts - Part I. 287 lots
ALDE. Paris. Letters and manuscripts & Victor Segalen Library. 218 lots
Bonhams. New York. Highlights from the Medical Library of the late James Tait Goodrich, Part III - bidstart 6/18. 280 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 6/22. 681 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 6/22. 196 lots
Christies. Paris. Photographs. 118 lots
Bonhams. London. Banksy Online - bidstart 6/21. 29 lots
Hake's Auctions. York. George Washington-signed promissory note for purchase of slaves/ Comics, Pokemon, sports cards, etc. 781 lots
New England Auctions. South Deerfield. Fine Books and Ephemera. 177 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety - bidstart 6/23. 45 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 6/18. 44 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Video Games and Trading Card Games Auction - bidstart 6/22. 22 lots

Wed. Jun. 30th
Aste Bolaffi. Turin. Graphics and Multiples - Internet Live. 214 lots
PIASA. Paris. Prints, Multiples and Illustrated Books. 211 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Books and Works on Paper. 235 lots
Bonhams. Los Angeles. The Curtis Studio Important Photographs and Ephemera from a Distinguished Private Collection. 165 lots
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . Fine Art, Furniture, and Decorative Art - bidstart 6/11. 58 lots
Ader. PARIS. Letters and Autograph Manuscripts - Part II. 206 lots
University Archives. Wilton. RARE AUTOGRAPHS, MANUSCRIPTS & BOOKS. 331 lots
A.H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals. Toronto. Antique Books, Photographs, Maps and Posters. 360 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 6/18. 38 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 6/18. 135 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 6/23. 380 lots

Thu. Jul. 1st
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Prints and Multiples. 144 lots
Artcurial. Paris. Japanese Prints Online- bidstart 6/24. 122 lots
Freemans. Philadelphia. This Important State Paper: Signer Charles Carroll's Copy of the Declaration of Independence. 2 lots
ALDE. Paris. Celine. 236 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 6/25. 21 lots

Fri. Jul. 2nd
Ader. PARIS. Ancient and Modern Books. 227 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 6/25. 74 lots

Sat. Jul. 3rd
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots

Sun. Jul. 4th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 6/20. 204 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 6/27.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 6/27.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 6/25. 52 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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
  • 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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