• 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.
  • 19th Century Shop
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    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
  • 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
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    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
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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No Sale Number Auction House Sale Name Date of Auction Archived Date Total Lots Lots Sold % Lots Sold CURR Exch. Rate Low Est. Lots Sold High Est. Lots Sold High Est. All Lots Total Sales Total Sales In $ % Total Sales / High Est.
1 #2512 Swann Galleries Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Color Plate Books June 06, 2019 June 07, 2019 399 328 82.21% USD 1.0 453,850.00 687,875.00 827,475.00 867,039.00 867,039.00 104.78%
2 #60619 PIASA Asian Art - Books and Prints June 06, 2019 June 07, 2019 89 58 65.17% EUR 1.119 38,320.00 51,660.00 67,420.00 182,208.00 204,072.96 270.26%
3 #113P Galerie Bassenge 19th-21st Century Photography June 05, 2019 June 06, 2019 366 167 45.63% EUR 1.119 141,800.00 141,800.00 372,000.00 243,576.90 272,806.12 65.48%
4 #60519 Nye & Company Auctioneers Estate Treasures - Fine Art Prints, Books June 05, 2019 June 06, 2019 31 18 58.06% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 11,731.25 11,731.25
5 #n10086 Sothebys Important Judaica - Books, Prints, Manuscripts June 05, 2019 June 06, 2019 21 13 61.90% USD 1.0 136,000.00 188,000.00 668,000.00 756,125.00 756,125.00 113.19%
6 #17699 Christies Beyond the Horizon: The Mopelia Collection of Atlases and Travel Books June 05, 2019 June 06, 2019 203 123 60.59% GBP 1.312 1,411,100.00 2,083,700.00 4,065,300.00 2,301,000.00 2,922,270.00 56.60%
7 #2511 Swann Galleries Illustration Art June 04, 2019 June 05, 2019 205 154 75.12% USD 1.0 356,000.00 524,450.00 678,550.00 666,780.00 666,780.00 98.27%
8 #OL-19 Kedem Auctions Ltd. Online Auction: Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture June 04, 2019 June 07, 2019 363 266 73.28% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 105,635.00 105,635.00
9 #886 Bruun Rasmussen Modern and Contemporary Prints June 04, 2019 June 05, 2019 58 31 53.45% EUR 1.119 111,150.00 127,500.00 215,850.00 173,931.25 194,803.00 80.58%
10 #60419 William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals Eclectic Variety June 04, 2019 June 05, 2019 34 34 100.00% USD 1.0 2,740.00 5,480.00 5,480.00 4,141.80 4,141.80 75.58%
11 #141923 Heritage Auctions Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 5/28 June 04, 2019 June 06, 2019 761 753 98.95% USD 1.0 116,796.00 169,399.00 175,239.00 121,184.60 121,184.60 69.15%
12 #281923 Heritage Auctions Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 5/28 June 04, 2019 June 05, 2019 206 206 100.00% USD 1.0 32,845.00 45,150.00 45,150.00 38,348.80 38,348.80 84.94%
13 #1923 Bruun Rasmussen Prints June 03, 2019 June 05, 2019 59 45 76.27% EUR 1.119 28,965.00 34,090.00 40,750.00 40,575.00 45,444.00 99.57%
14 #58857 Dorotheum Autographs, Manuscripts, Documents June 03, 2019 June 05, 2019 315 186 59.05% EUR 1.119 0.00 0.00 0.00 118,750.00 133,000.00
15 #121922 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/26 June 02, 2019 June 04, 2019 782 780 99.74% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 300,170.40 300,170.40
16 #161922 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/26 June 02, 2019 June 04, 2019 500 487 97.40% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 64,569.60 64,569.60
17 #151922 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 5/5 June 02, 2019 June 04, 2019 212 212 100.00% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 79,077.00 79,077.00
18 #113W Galerie Bassenge Master Graphics of German Classics June 01, 2019 June 05, 2019 40 31 77.50% EUR 1.119 160,400.00 160,400.00 232,100.00 217,833.00 243,972.96 93.85%
19 #113N Galerie Bassenge Modern Art Part 1 - Prints June 01, 2019 June 06, 2019 132 104 78.79% EUR 1.119 196,200.00 196,200.00 279,950.00 282,998.40 316,958.21 101.09%
20 #60119 Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper June 01, 2019 June 04, 2019 174 138 79.31% USD 1.0 42,050.00 82,750.00 104,150.00 22,060.50 22,060.50 21.18%
21 #584 Eldreds Antiques and Accessories - Books and Prints May 31, 2019 June 04, 2019 55 42 76.36% USD 1.0 8,970.00 14,240.00 18,710.00 10,830.00 10,830.00 57.88%
22 #113M Galerie Bassenge Modern Art Part 2 - Prints May 31, 2019 June 06, 2019 345 284 82.32% EUR 1.119 135,900.00 135,900.00 165,570.00 214,548.90 240,294.81 129.58%
23 #50014 Heritage Auctions 1915 Cracker Jack PSA Set Registry Auction May 30, 2019 June 04, 2019 176 176 100.00% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,406,926.80 1,406,926.80
24 #113L Galerie Bassenge Creatures - Fine Art Prints May 30, 2019 June 05, 2019 67 40 59.70% EUR 1.119 85,540.00 85,540.00 137,140.00 155,754.90 174,445.50 113.57%
25 #1914 Tajan Prints and Illustrated Books May 29, 2019 June 04, 2019 270 134 49.63% EUR 1.119 93,530.00 124,650.00 230,280.00 243,945.00 273,218.40 105.93%
26 #113K Galerie Bassenge 15th-19th Century Prints May 29, 2019 June 05, 2019 705 444 62.98% EUR 1.119 866,400.00 866,400.00 1,167,500.00 1,279,421.40 1,432,951.96 109.59%
27 #11b Adams Amsterdam Auctions NRC Veiling - Art Sale Online - Session 2: Modern and Contemporary Art - bidstart 5/3 May 28, 2019 June 03, 2019 252 204 80.95% EUR 1.119 280,950.00 412,350.00 549,750.00 385,106.94 431,319.78 70.05%
28 #52819 Jacksons Auction Spectacular Toy and Collectibles Auction - Advertising, signs, displays May 28, 2019 June 04, 2019 56 55 98.21% USD 1.0 3,025.00 5,160.00 5,510.00 11,576.00 11,576.00 210.09%
29 #11a Adams Amsterdam Auctions NRC Veiling - Art Sale Online - Session 1: Fine Art - bidstart 5/3 May 27, 2019 June 03, 2019 252 190 75.40% EUR 1.119 210,650.00 317,050.00 452,850.00 279,096.03 312,587.53 61.63%
30 #2529 Ferraton Rare Books May 24, 2019 June 04, 2019 848 698 82.31% EUR 1.119 67,930.00 100,195.00 125,390.00 173,781.25 194,635.00 138.59%
31 #51519 University Archives An Astounding Collection of Declaration Signers May 15, 2019 June 03, 2019 292 253 86.64% USD 1.0 412,390.00 486,765.00 782,215.00 530,091.00 530,091.00 67.77%
32 #1918 Tajan Online - Prints February 14, 2019 June 04, 2019 210 105 50.00% EUR 1.119 32,330.00 45,970.00 82,080.00 49,973.00 55,969.76 60.88%
  • 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
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    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
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    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:
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    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.
  • 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
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