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Auction Name EARLY PRINTING, AMERICANA, SCIENCE, PRINTS & EPHEMERA - bidstart 6/12 Total Sales (USD) 73,338.00
Auction Date July 27, 2021 - July 27, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #496 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 175
Sold Lots 167 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 95.43% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 8 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
98 Maxwell, James Clerk.

A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism.

1873 Not Available USD 7,200.00
50 Fisher, R. A.

The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection.

1930 Not Available USD 6,600.00
13

Bible. A new version of the Psalms of David: fitted to the tunes used in churches.

1767 Not Available USD 4,800.00
89 Livius, Titus.

The Romane Histoie...Translated out of Latine into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor in Physicke.

1600 Not Available USD 4,500.00
45 Einstein, Albert.

Autograph Letter Signed, "A. Einstein," to Miss Friedlich, sending thanks for her pledge and support.

1948 Not Available USD 3,300.00
133 Plinius Secundus, Gaius.

The Historie of the World: commonly called the naturall historie...Large woodcut vignette on title; woodcut headpieces and initials.

1635; 1634 Not Available USD 3,300.00
93

Manuscript. Manuscript natural philosophy notebook.

1687-88 Not Available USD 2,040.00
73 Hutchinson, [Thomas].

The History of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay.

1764-1767 Not Available USD 1,920.00
95 Marcellinus, Ammianus.

The Romane Historie...Now translated newly into English...by Philemon Holland.

1609 Not Available USD 1,320.00
14

Bible. [Complete color facsimile of the 42-line Vulgate printed by Johann Gutenberg circa 1455].

1961 Not Available USD 1,080.00
140 Repton, Humphry.

The Red Booksof Humphry Repton.

1976 Not Available USD 1,080.00
172

Westminster Assembly of Divines.

1698 Not Available USD 900.00
64 Hauksbee, Francis; & William Whiston.

A Course of Mechanical, Optical, Hydrostatical, and Pneumatical Experiments.

1714 Not Available USD 840.00
51 Football. Lewis, W. H.

A Primer of College Football.

1896 Not Available USD 780.00
91 Lovell, Robert.

Panzooryktologia; sive, Panzoologicomineralogia; or, A Compleat History of Animals and Minerals.

1661 Not Available USD 780.00
26

Civil War Music.

1860s Not Available USD 720.00
70 Humphreys, David.

An Essay on the Life of the Honorable Major-General Israel Putnam.

1788 Not Available USD 720.00
147 Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.

The Workes.

1620 Not Available USD 720.00
33 Cuvier, Georges.

The Animal Kingdom.

1834-37 Not Available USD 600.00
86

Laws of the United States of America.

1796-1811 Not Available USD 600.00
4 Schalk, Marshall.

Manuscript Report on Beach and Near-Shore Studies Point Barrow, Alaska.

1957 Not Available USD 570.00
6 Auldjo, John.

Narrative of an Ascent...of Mont Blanc.

1828 Not Available USD 570.00
174

World War I. Massive collection of hundreds of letters variously addressed to several members of the Howe's (Phillips & Westney) family of Mass.

Mostly 1911-20 Not Available USD 570.00
20 Burbank, Luther.

His Methods and Discoveries and their Practical Application. Prepared from his Original Field Notes covering more than 100,000 Experiments made during Forty Years devoted to Plant Improvement.

1914-15 Not Available USD 540.00
44 Einstein, Albert.

The Meaning of Relativity.

1923 Not Available USD 540.00
  • 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
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
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    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
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    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
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    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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    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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    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
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    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.
  • Sotheby’s
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    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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