• 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
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    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

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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 #888 Bruun Rasmussen Modern Prints and Photographs September 25, 2019 September 26, 2019 68 37 54.41% EUR 1.119 163,305.00 191,300.00 325,750.00 295,375.00 324,912.50 90.68%
2 #10643 Chiswick Auctions Books and Works on Paper September 25, 2019 September 26, 2019 300 230 76.67% GBP 1.312 81,800.00 114,380.00 179,030.00 123,956.25 153,705.75 69.24%
3 #387 Trafford Books Books, Photos & Ephemera, Postcards September 25, 2019 September 27, 2019 54 47 87.04% GBP 1.312 2,836.00 3,672.00 4,238.00 3,191.25 3,957.17 75.30%
4 #1207 Robert Siegel Galleries LIVE INTERNET BIDDING Outstanding Pony Express Covers from the George J. Kramer Collection September 25, 2019 September 27, 2019 33 26 78.79% USD 1.0 1,411,050.00 1,992,500.00 2,096,500.00 1,553,770.00 1,553,770.00 74.11%
5 #1208 Robert Siegel Galleries LIVE INTERNET BIDDING The Clovis Collection of Confederate States Illustrated Covers September 25, 2019 September 27, 2019 214 209 97.66% USD 1.0 282,300.00 399,150.00 419,150.00 413,395.00 413,395.00 98.63%
6 #25714 Bonhams Art Editions and Designs - Prints and Photographs September 25, 2019 September 27, 2019 24 9 37.50% USD 1.0 65,000.00 88,500.00 266,000.00 66,862.00 66,862.00 25.14%
7 #17020 Christies Contemporary Editions - online bidstart 9/11 September 25, 2019 September 27, 2019 111 89 80.18% USD 1.0 296,500.00 445,100.00 577,100.00 488,125.00 488,125.00 84.58%
8 #60672 Dorotheum Globes September 25, 2019 September 27, 2019 27 25 92.59% EUR 1.119 0.00 0.00 0.00 49,459.00 54,404.90
9 #458 Il Ponte Books, Manuscripts and Engravings September 24, 2019 September 26, 2019 230 206 89.57% EUR 1.119 195,820.00 299,960.00 323,290.00 432,562.50 475,818.75 133.80%
10 #L19416 Sothebys Charles Dickens: The Lawrence Drizen Collection September 24, 2019 September 26, 2019 243 171 70.37% GBP 1.312 1,113,860.00 1,580,370.00 2,319,440.00 1,911,324.00 2,389,155.00 82.40%
11 #25907 ALDE Italian Prints September 24, 2019 September 26, 2019 163 99 60.74% EUR 1.119 159,800.00 213,020.00 334,440.00 329,612.50 362,573.75 98.56%
12 #141939 Heritage Auctions U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 9/17 September 24, 2019 September 26, 2019 754 747 99.07% USD 1.0 126,354.00 181,314.00 183,449.00 150,172.20 150,172.20 81.86%
13 #281939 Heritage Auctions World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 9/17 September 24, 2019 September 25, 2019 260 259 99.62% USD 1.0 39,235.00 54,655.00 54,755.00 44,400.40 44,400.40 81.09%
14 #18446 Christies Banksy: I can't believe you Morons actually buy this sh*t - Online bidstart 9/11 September 24, 2019 September 26, 2019 30 30 100.00% USD 1.0 587,000.00 901,000.00 901,000.00 1,122,750.00 1,122,750.00 124.61%
15 #62759 Dorotheum Books and Decorative Prints September 24, 2019 September 26, 2019 315 225 71.43% EUR 1.119 28,500.00 28,500.00 37,310.00 55,712.50 61,283.85 149.32%
16 #1939 Bruun Rasmussen Prints September 23, 2019 September 26, 2019 71 64 90.14% EUR 1.119 20,210.00 22,815.00 28,915.00 20,383.75 22,422.25 70.50%
17 #151938 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 9/15 September 22, 2019 September 24, 2019 179 174 97.21% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 49,487.00 49,487.00
18 #121938 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 9/15 September 22, 2019 September 25, 2019 1035 1032 99.71% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 435,097.00 435,097.00
19 #161938 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 9/15 September 22, 2019 September 24, 2019 524 515 98.28% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 59,336.00 59,336.00
20 #6191 Heritage Auctions The David and Janice Frent Collection Presidential & Political Americana, Part VI September 21, 2019 September 24, 2019 791 717 90.64% USD 1.0 398,440.00 597,660.00 714,000.00 535,971.25 535,971.25 75.07%
21 #953 Eldreds Antiques and Accessories - Books and Prints September 21, 2019 September 26, 2019 62 35 56.45% USD 1.0 8,500.00 14,380.00 24,070.00 7,530.00 7,530.00 31.28%
22 #92119 Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper September 21, 2019 September 24, 2019 200 167 83.50% USD 1.0 67,025.00 127,550.00 143,350.00 46,838.00 46,838.00 32.67%
23 #566 RR Auction Remarkable Rarities - Featuring Gangsters - bidstart 9/13 September 21, 2019 September 26, 2019 85 61 71.76% USD 1.0 832,800.00 1,040,200.00 2,103,700.00 1,012,267.50 1,012,267.50 48.12%
24 #92019 Catawiki B. V. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 9/13 September 20, 2019 September 24, 2019 131 114 87.02% EUR 1.119 4,025.00 4,975.00 16,140.00 12,422.73 13,665.18 76.97%
25 #61629 Ader Photobooks September 20, 2019 September 25, 2019 293 134 45.73% EUR 1.119 43,140.00 61,550.00 131,750.00 69,524.00 76,476.40 52.77%
26 #683 PBA Galleries Cartography, Exploration & Voyages: The Warren Heckrotte and Margaret Gee Collection (with additions) September 19, 2019 September 21, 2019 223 169 75.78% USD 1.0 158,650.00 247,300.00 315,900.00 184,470.00 184,470.00 58.40%
27 #L19357 Sothebys Banksy Online - bidstart 9/9 September 19, 2019 September 21, 2019 44 44 100.00% GBP 1.312 698,000.00 971,000.00 971,000.00 1,528,125.00 1,910,156.25 157.38%
28 #2516 Swann Galleries 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings September 19, 2019 September 21, 2019 505 368 72.87% USD 1.0 1,550,600.00 2,361,400.00 3,307,800.00 2,129,128.00 2,129,128.00 64.37%
29 #1640 Freemans The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer: Books and Autographs September 19, 2019 September 21, 2019 99 76 76.77% USD 1.0 98,270.00 153,930.00 284,530.00 160,825.00 160,825.00 56.52%
30 #91919 Alaska Auction Prints September 19, 2019 September 24, 2019 43 42 97.67% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,444.97 1,444.98
31 #1641 Freemans Books, Maps and Manuscripts September 19, 2019 September 21, 2019 339 267 78.76% USD 1.0 113,410.00 177,840.00 230,770.00 190,026.00 190,026.00 82.34%
32 #25381 Bonhams Prints and Multiples September 19, 2019 September 21, 2019 349 237 67.91% GBP 1.312 299,000.00 429,100.00 589,350.00 649,039.00 811,298.75 110.13%
33 #50018 Heritage Auctions The David Hall T206 Collection Part II Sports Cards Catalog September 19, 2019 September 24, 2019 525 525 100.00% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,745,184.80 2,745,184.80
34 #91819 Nye & Company Auctioneers Collector's Passion Auction September 18, 2019 September 21, 2019 61 35 57.38% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 16,667.00 16,667.00
35 #2128 Forum Auctions Online Sale: Forever in Fashion: Important Photographs from the Norman Parkinson Archive September 17, 2019 September 21, 2019 60 60 100.00% GBP 1.312 30,600.00 44,600.00 44,600.00 24,882.00 31,102.51 55.79%
36 #91619 Catawiki B. V. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 9/6 September 16, 2019 September 24, 2019 77 60 77.92% EUR 1.119 2,910.00 3,950.00 16,375.00 7,984.25 8,782.74 48.76%
37 #91519 Catawiki B. V. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 9/6 September 15, 2019 September 24, 2019 35 25 71.43% EUR 1.119 3,010.00 3,720.00 14,270.00 3,430.23 3,773.28 24.04%
38 #91319 Mennonite Life Book Auction September 13, 2019 September 24, 2019 397 370 93.20% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 8,971.00 8,971.00
39 #1639C Freemans Photography and Photobooks September 11, 2019 September 21, 2019 253 166 65.61% USD 1.0 106,650.00 165,650.00 217,530.00 98,443.00 98,443.00 45.25%
40 #174 Old World Auctions Maps and Atlases - Internet bidstart 8/28 September 11, 2019 September 26, 2019 827 582 70.37% USD 1.0 284,615.00 352,005.00 464,240.00 276,463.20 276,463.20 59.55%
41 #90719 North American Auction Company Western Antique & Collector Sale September 07, 2019 September 25, 2019 87 78 89.66% USD 1.0 19,075.00 40,300.00 55,100.00 19,536.00 19,536.00 35.46%
42 #BK22 Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood Books, Maps and Prints September 04, 2019 September 21, 2019 507 434 85.60% GBP 1.312 49,840.00 75,350.00 84,645.00 164,407.95 205,510.31 194.23%
43 #81419 Chiswick Auctions Books and Works on Paper August 14, 2019 September 26, 2019 232 144 62.07% GBP 1.312 24,450.00 36,580.00 64,250.00 32,256.25 39,997.75 50.20%
44 #SS6 Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood The Philip Banham collection of Optical Toys, Optical Prints and Stereoscopic March 06, 2019 September 21, 2019 236 162 68.64% GBP 1.312 19,560.00 27,560.00 42,180.00 31,811.49 39,764.63 75.42%
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