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Now in press: 19th Century Shop’s Catalog 170 Great Books and Photos. Please inquire for a copy.

19th Century Shop. The First American Magna Carta. English Liberties. Boston, 1721.

19th Century Shop. Babbage presentation to Peel, the man who killed the Difference Engine 1832

19th Century Shop. The Stamp Act. 1765

Now in press: 19th Century Shop’s Catalog 170 Great Books and Photos. Please inquire for a copy.

19th Century Shop. Central Park Photographs by Prevost 1862

19th Century Shop. Salem Witch Trials. Wonders of the Invisible World 1693

19th Century Shop. Mammoth print of Millie-Christine, "The Carolina Twins" c. 1868
Swann Auction Galleries: Inviting Quality Consignments

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 30: Carte-de-visite album featuring a previously unrecorded image of Harriet Tubman, 1860s. Sold for $161,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 7: Hovhannes Amira Dadian, first world atlas in Armenian, Venice, 1849. Sold for $37,500.

Swann Auction Galleries May 16: T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, privately printed edition, inscribed, London, 1926. Sold for $62,500.

Swann Auction Galleries: Inviting Quality Consignments

Swann Auction Galleries, Feb 14: 22 large-format photographs from NASA missions, 1965-84. Sold for $43,750.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 21: Charles M. Schulz, Here Comes the Big Polar Bear, pen & ink, 4-panel Peanuts comic strip, 1957. Sold for $12,500.

Swann Auction Galleries May 4: Elliott Erwitt, photograph of JFK & Eisenhower, signed by both, 1960. Sold for $32,500.

Swann Auction Galleries: Inviting Quality Consignments

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 9: John Milton, Paradise Lost, first edition, London, 1668. Sold for $22,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 30: Frederick Douglass, Autograph Letter Signed to George Alfred Townsend, Washington, 1880. Sold for $100,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Jan 26: Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, 5 volumes, Paris, 1896-1900. Sold for $47,500.

Swann Auction Galleries: Inviting Quality Consignments

Swann Auction Galleries May 16: James Joyce, Ulysses, first edition, number 724 on handmade paper, Paris, 1922. Sold for $33,750.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 9: Single leaf of the Gutenberg Bible, Mainz, 1455, in a copy of Newton's A Noble Fragment. Sold for $52,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Apr 27: The Book of Mormon, first edition, Palmyra, NY, 1830. Sold for $52,500.
Cowan’s Auctions: An Eclectic Collection: The Library of the Late Dr. Ivan Gilbert of Columbus. June 5-26

Cowan’s, June 5-26: [Voyages and Travel] Churchill's Voyages 1732 - Complete in 6 Volumes. $5,000 - $7,500.

Cowan’s, June 5-26: [Illustrated] Alice by Salvador Dali, Signed and Limited. $3,000 - $5,000

Cowan’s, June 5-26: [Literature] The Little Prince - Signed/Limited First French Edition, 1943; #61 of 260. $5,000 - $7,500

Cowan’s Auctions: An Eclectic Collection: The Library of the Late Dr. Ivan Gilbert of Columbus. June 5-26

Cowan’s, June 5-26: [Literature] Gone With The Wind, 1st in DJ, May, 1936. $1,500 - $2,500

Cowan’s, June 5-26: [Literature - Modern Firsts] Rare Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, Obelisk Press Paris - 1934. $2,000 - $3,000

Cowan’s, June 5-26: [[Sporting - Fishing] Rare - Lee Sturges, Salmon Fishing New Brunswick, 1 of 50 Printed - 7 Original Etchings. $4,000 - $6,000

Cowan’s Auctions: An Eclectic Collection: The Library of the Late Dr. Ivan Gilbert of Columbus. June 5-26

Cowan’s, June 5-26: [Voyages and Travel - Maritime] Rare Ledyard Account of Cook's Last Voyage, 1783 Hartford, Howes "d". $10,000 - $15,000

Cowan’s, June 5-26: [Illustrated - Maxfield Parrish] Knave of Hearts, Scribner's, 1st Hardback Edition, 1925 Parrish Illustrations. $750 - $1,000

Cowan’s, June 5-26: [Bible - Illustrated - Cartography) Massive Dutch Bible, 1682, Contemporary Colored Maps, Working Brass Clasps. $2,500 - $3,500

Cowan’s Auctions: An Eclectic Collection: The Library of the Late Dr. Ivan Gilbert of Columbus. June 5-26

Cowan’s, June 5-26: [Women Suffrage - Civil Rights - Autographs] A Unique Extra-Illustrated Life of Susan B. Anthony. $15,000 - $20,000

Cowan’s, June 5-26: [18th Century French Manuscript] Unpublished History of Belle-Isle-En-Mer, 1754 With Watercolor Illustration. $10,000 - $15,000

Cowan’s, June 5-26: [Illustrated - Children's - Movable] Wonderful 19th Century Lothar Meggendorfer Moveable Book. $750 - $1,000
Potter & Potter Auctions, July 8: Rare Books & Manuscripts

Potter & Potter Auctions July 8: Walter Gibson's Complete Run of The Shadow. 48 bound volumes, 1931-44. $8,000-12,000

Potter & Potter Auctions July 8: Frederic Shoberl, The World in Miniature: Hindoostan. 6 volumes. $2,000-4,000

Potter & Potter Auctions July 8: A Rare Copy of the Earliest Chicago Newspaper to Report on the Great Fire of 1871. $6,000-8,000

Potter & Potter Auctions, July 8: Rare Books & Manuscripts

Potter & Potter Auctions July 8: Broadside Proclamation by Mayor Roswell B. Mason for the Preservation of Good Order Following the Great Fire of 1871. Chicago. $4,000-6,000

Potter & Potter Auctions July 8: Peter Force Engraving of the Declaration of Independence. One page. Scarce and highly collectable. $15,000-20,000

Potter & Potter Auctions July 8: John Quincy Adams. The Jubilee of the Constitution. A Discourse. First edition. Inscribed. 1839. $3,000-5,000

Potter & Potter Auctions, July 8: Rare Books & Manuscripts

Potter & Potter Auctions July 8: Cuban Revolution: Expedicion y Desembarco del “Granma.” Havana, ca. 1959. With portraits of the Castro brothers & Che Guevara. $150-250

Potter & Potter Auctions July 8: Osuna Ramos. A group of 28 photographs of the Mexican Revolution & aftermath in Mexico City, 1910-1920. 4½ x 6”. $400-600

Potter & Potter Auctions July 8: Charles Bukowski. Hot Water Music. First edition with original signed painting. 1983. $2,000-4,000

Potter & Potter Auctions, July 8: Rare Books & Manuscripts

Potter & Potter Auctions July 8: Alan Ginsberg. Five Page Autographed Letter. Signed. February 10, 1971. $3,000-5,000

Potter & Potter Auctions July 8: Andy Warhol’s Children’s Book. Featuring 12 color illustrations. Signed 5 times. 1983. $5,000-7,000

Potter & Potter Auctions July 8: Albrecht Durer. The Martyrdom Saint John the Evangelist. Woodcut, 1511 edition. $1,000-2,000

Auction Reports

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Auction Info

Auction Name: Rare Books, Autographs and Photographs
Auction Date: 11/22/2016 - 11/22/2016
Sale Number: #16BP02
Total Lots: 602
Sold Lots: 529
Lots Sold: 87.87%
Unsold Lots: 73

Total Sales (USD): 2,188,600.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 1,279,050.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 1,997,250.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 1,513,950.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 2,359,150.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 92.77%

Top twenty by sale price

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Bonhams London: Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts and Photographs. June 14, 2017

Bonhams Jun 14: Ireland - Patrick Pearse & The Easter Rising. The Order of Surrender, typed and signed (“P. H. Pearse”) and dated, 1916. £80,000 to £120,000

Bonhams Jun 14: Portolan chart of the Mediterranean, centered on Sicily. Manuscript on vellum, 1637. £40,000 to £60,000

Bonhams Jun 14: Goya Y Lucientes (Francisco José de). [Tauromaquia] De las diferentes suertes y actitudes del arte de lidiar los toros… 33 etched and aquatint plates. £15,000 to £20,000

Bonhams London: Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts and Photographs. June 14, 2017

Bonhams Jun 14: Magna Carta. Engraved Facsimile of the 1215 Magna Carta, engraved by John Pine and printed on vellum, 1733. £10,000 to £15,000

Bonhams Jun 14: Swift (Jonathan). Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World ... by Lemuel Gulliver, 4 parts in 2 vol., first edition, Teerink's "A" edition, 1726. £10,000 to £15,000

Bonhams Jun 14: Darwin (Charles), Robert Fitzroy and Philip Parker King. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, Between the Years 1826 and 1836…, 1839. £10,000 to £15,000

Bonhams London: Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts and Photographs. June 14, 2017

Bonhams Jun 14: Rackham (Arthur). Cinderella, in rags, standing at a window, within a framework of mice, mystical creatures and plants, from "Cinderella", [1919]. £8,000 to £12,000

Bonhams Jun 14: Royal Family - St George's Chapel and Princess Charlotte. Papers of John Fisher, successively Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of Salisbury, overseer of the redecoration of St George's Chapel… £8,000 to £10,000

Bonhams Jun 14: Hemingway (Ernest). Fiesta [The Sun Also Rises], first English edition, Jonathan Cape, [September 1927]. £6,000 to £8,000

Bonhams London: Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts and Photographs. June 14, 2017

Bonhams Jun 14: Barlaeus (Caspar). Rerum per octennium in Brasilia, first edition, Amsterdam, Joannes Blaeu, 1647. £6,000 to £8,000

Bonhams Jun 14: Repton (Humphry and J. Adey). Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening…, first edition, 1816. £5,000 to £7,000

Bonhams Jun 14: United States - Photography. "360 Photos of American Scenery. Collected by Norman Selfe on the Spots Represented in 1884", [1880s]. £4,000 to £6,000
Pierre Bergé and Associés in association with Sotheby’s: De la musique avant toute chose… June 28, 2017

Pierre Bergé and Associés in association with Sotheby’s, Jun 28: Roland de Lassus. [Songs and madrigals]. Album gathering three collections of secular music for tenor. 15.000-20.000 €

Pierre Bergé and Associés in association with Sotheby’s, Jun 28: Richard Wagner. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Original edition corrected and annotated by Wagner. 60.000-80.000 €

Pierre Bergé and Associés in association with Sotheby’s, Jun 28: Claude Debussy. La Damoiselle élue. Lyrical poem, after D.-G. Rossetti. Limited edition of 160 copies. 6.000-8.000 €

Pierre Bergé and Associés in association with Sotheby’s: De la musique avant toute chose… June 28, 2017

Pierre Bergé and Associés in association with Sotheby’s, Jun 28: Stéphane Mallarmé. Handwritten notebook made by Geneviève Mallarmé. No place or date [circa 1910]. 10.000-15.000 €

Pierre Bergé and Associés in association with Sotheby’s, Jun 28: Henri Sauguet. Les Forains. Ballet. Reduction for piano. Original edition. 20.000-30.000 €

Pierre Bergé and Associés in association with Sotheby’s, Jun 28: Athanasius Kircher. Musurgia Universalis sive Ars Magna Consoni et Dissoni in X. Libros digesta. 1650. 30.000-40.000 €

Pierre Bergé and Associés in association with Sotheby’s: De la musique avant toute chose… June 28, 2017

Pierre Bergé and Associés in association with Sotheby’s, Jun 28: François Villon, & Clément Marot. Les Œuvres de François Villon de Paris, Reviewed and gathered by Clement Marot. 15.000-20.000 €

Pierre Bergé and Associés in association with Sotheby’s, Jun 28: Rainer Maria Rilke. Larenopfer (Offrande aux dieux Lares). The second collection of Rainer Maria Rilke, containing ninety poems. 6.000-8.000 €

Pierre Bergé and Associés in association with Sotheby’s, Jun 28: Paul Éluard. Capitale de la douleur. One of the most beautiful poetic collections from the first surrealist wave. 15.000-20.000 €

Pierre Bergé and Associés in association with Sotheby’s, Jun 28: Pierre de Ronsard. Les Amours ... newly augmented by him, and commented by Marc Antoine de Muret. 40.000-60.000 €

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