• 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.
  • 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
  • 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
    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

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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 #141950 Heritage Auctions U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 12/3 December 10, 2019 December 11, 2019 609 607 99.67% USD 1.0 100,373.00 144,997.00 145,897.00 104,787.20 104,787.20 71.82%
2 #281950 Heritage Auctions World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 12/3 December 10, 2019 December 11, 2019 180 180 100.00% USD 1.0 25,160.00 36,995.00 36,995.00 30,164.00 30,164.00 81.54%
3 #121949 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 12/1 December 08, 2019 December 10, 2019 858 850 99.07% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 330,087.60 330,087.60
4 #161949 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 12/1 December 08, 2019 December 10, 2019 565 541 95.75% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 55,253.20 55,253.20
5 #151949 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 11/10 December 08, 2019 December 11, 2019 185 179 96.76% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 54,970.00 54,970.00
6 #120719 Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers 20th Century, Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints December 07, 2019 December 13, 2019 88 79 89.77% USD 1.0 110,000.00 179,800.00 224,100.00 176,351.25 176,351.25 78.69%
7 #A191b Koller Auctions Prints and Multiples - Prints December 07, 2019 December 11, 2019 134 117 87.31% CHF 1.03 650,500.00 965,800.00 1,076,500.00 1,196,264.00 1,213,303.64 111.13%
8 #120719 Michaans Auctions Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs December 07, 2019 December 11, 2019 39 23 58.97% USD 1.0 15,200.00 23,300.00 35,000.00 13,080.00 13,080.00 37.37%
9 #61816 Vermot de Pas Comic Strips, Original Boards December 07, 2019 December 13, 2019 602 335 55.65% EUR 1.119 52,560.00 64,300.00 123,810.00 76,954.50 85,690.87 62.16%
10 #120719 Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper December 07, 2019 December 10, 2019 200 175 87.50% USD 1.0 63,850.00 124,550.00 158,250.00 35,596.00 35,596.00 22.49%
11 #120719 Dirk Soulis Auctions Winter Fine Art - Prints December 07, 2019 December 11, 2019 137 134 97.81% USD 1.0 99,800.00 146,075.00 152,325.00 147,939.60 147,939.60 97.12%
12 #41151 Heritage Auctions Music & Entertainment December 07, 2019 December 10, 2019 100 87 87.00% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 9,536.25 9,536.25
13 #120719 Rachel Davis Fine Arts Prints, etc. December 07, 2019 December 11, 2019 180 159 88.33% USD 1.0 40,860.00 71,220.00 79,820.00 64,716.85 64,716.85 81.08%
14 #129 Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH Rare Books, Decorative Prints, Historical Photography December 06, 2019 December 11, 2019 1357 574 42.30% EUR 1.119 264,180.00 363,522.00 800,975.00 427,163.63 472,677.30 53.33%
15 #1199 Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers December Eclectic Auction December 06, 2019 December 11, 2019 78 65 83.33% USD 1.0 4,105.00 8,225.00 9,830.00 2,556.00 2,556.00 26.00%
16 #120619 Brunk Auctions Premier Auctions December 06, 2019 December 11, 2019 62 54 87.10% USD 1.0 101,000.00 155,000.00 221,100.00 140,870.00 140,870.00 63.71%
17 #1839 Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers Books December 06, 2019 December 07, 2019 256 190 74.22% GBP 1.312 4,770.00 6,420.00 10,530.00 16,383.60 21,522.32 155.59%
18 #120619a Catawiki B. V. Art and Photography - Online bidstart 11/29 December 06, 2019 December 10, 2019 25 10 40.00% EUR 1.119 17,850.00 20,750.00 53,950.00 16,886.28 18,702.47 31.30%
19 #120619b Catawiki B. V. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 11/29 December 06, 2019 December 10, 2019 142 122 85.92% EUR 1.119 9,500.00 12,120.00 31,405.00 17,704.87 19,609.13 56.38%
20 #791 Leland Little Auctions Important Single-Owner Collection - Rembrandt and Dali Prints December 06, 2019 December 11, 2019 9 9 100.00% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 92,099.00 92,099.00
21 #120519 Brunk Auctions Emporium Auction - Prints, Books December 05, 2019 December 11, 2019 51 48 94.12% USD 1.0 9,700.00 17,000.00 18,450.00 19,142.00 19,142.00 103.75%
22 #689 PBA Galleries Fine Literature December 05, 2019 December 07, 2019 455 344 75.60% USD 1.0 150,050.00 240,900.00 352,200.00 148,080.00 148,080.00 42.04%
23 #1838 Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers Books December 05, 2019 December 07, 2019 643 444 69.05% GBP 1.312 36,200.00 50,530.00 84,740.00 47,974.80 63,022.04 56.61%
24 #55020 Heritage Auctions Fall Sports Card Catalog Auction December 05, 2019 December 10, 2019 3337 3318 99.43% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 9,437,190.10 9,437,190.10
25 #2127 Forum Auctions Forum Auctions @ Artsy: Seasonal Selections December 05, 2019 December 07, 2019 71 38 53.52% GBP 1.312 14,710.00 21,330.00 44,130.00 19,266.00 25,308.77 43.66%
26 #25264 Bonhams Fine Literature, Featuring Two Private Collections December 05, 2019 December 07, 2019 362 220 60.77% USD 1.0 500,200.00 754,700.00 1,315,500.00 861,533.50 861,533.50 65.49%
27 #950 Eldreds Asian Art - Books and Prints December 05, 2019 December 11, 2019 73 44 60.27% USD 1.0 15,400.00 21,950.00 36,400.00 12,762.25 12,762.25 35.06%
28 #891 Bruun Rasmussen Prints December 05, 2019 December 07, 2019 37 31 83.78% EUR 1.119 150,300.00 180,900.00 212,300.00 228,250.00 253,287.64 107.51%
29 #6220 Heritage Auctions Collection of James Kwis Internet Rare Books December 05, 2019 December 07, 2019 848 814 95.99% USD 1.0 89,232.00 133,848.00 137,928.00 299,821.25 299,821.25 217.38%
30 #120419 Purcell Auctioneers Irish Interest Book & Ephemera Auction December 04, 2019 December 10, 2019 687 557 81.08% EUR 1.119 34,465.00 53,775.00 69,910.00 51,408.00 56,885.67 73.53%
31 #114P Galerie Bassenge 21st Century Photography December 04, 2019 December 10, 2019 428 270 63.08% EUR 1.119 262,550.00 262,550.00 402,850.00 410,463.30 454,610.33 101.89%
32 #4016 Heritage Auctions Rare Currency December 04, 2019 December 10, 2019 855 763 89.24% USD 1.0 1,412,600.00 1,951,500.00 2,245,800.00 1,666,705.00 1,666,705.00 74.21%
33 #19PA01 Doyle New York The Angling, Decoy & Americana Collection of John Parmly of Rumson, NJ. online bidstart 11/22 December 04, 2019 December 10, 2019 182 134 73.63% USD 1.0 9,495.00 14,900.00 21,950.00 13,950.00 13,950.00 63.55%
34 #19JJ06 Doyle New York Hunting Books from the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson - Online bidstart 11/22 December 04, 2019 December 10, 2019 101 97 96.04% USD 1.0 13,150.00 20,670.00 21,050.00 24,981.25 24,981.25 118.68%
35 #69 Kedem Auctions Ltd. Rare and Important Items: A Two Part Auction December 03, 2019 December 07, 2019 238 179 75.21% USD 1.0 585,500.00 899,000.00 1,700,000.00 802,283.00 802,283.00 47.19%
36 #120319 Catawiki B. V. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 11/22 December 03, 2019 December 10, 2019 25 21 84.00% EUR 1.119 3,775.00 4,525.00 9,325.00 5,091.39 5,638.99 54.60%
37 #120219 Catawiki B. V. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 11/22 December 02, 2019 December 10, 2019 63 51 80.95% EUR 1.119 4,490.00 6,220.00 14,270.00 9,730.43 10,767.25 68.19%
38 #120119 Catawiki B. V. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 11/22 December 01, 2019 December 10, 2019 42 27 64.29% EUR 1.119 3,090.00 5,933,439.00 9,229,794.00 4,130.01 4,574.22 0.04%
39 #114N Galerie Bassenge Modern Art Part 1 - Prints November 30, 2019 December 10, 2019 164 110 67.07% EUR 1.119 312,150.00 312,150.00 536,700.00 430,315.50 476,597.61 80.18%
40 #1198 Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers 59th Annual Thanksgiving Americana & Fine Art November 29, 2019 December 11, 2019 20 18 90.00% USD 1.0 6,400.00 11,800.00 12,400.00 11,250.00 11,250.00 90.73%
41 #114M Galerie Bassenge Modern Art Part 2 - Prints November 29, 2019 December 10, 2019 343 266 77.55% EUR 1.119 132,770.00 132,770.00 170,610.00 197,464.20 218,702.24 115.74%
42 #114K Galerie Bassenge Prints of the 15th-19th Century November 27, 2019 December 10, 2019 678 456 67.26% EUR 1.119 759,760.00 759,760.00 1,018,270.00 1,069,706.40 1,184,757.61 105.05%
43 #114L Galerie Bassenge A Passion for Prints - A Collection of Classic Printmaking November 27, 2019 December 10, 2019 112 94 83.93% EUR 1.119 332,250.00 332,250.00 368,950.00 488,371.50 540,897.83 132.37%
  • 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
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    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
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    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.
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