• 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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    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
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  • 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
    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
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    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.

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1 #hk0580 Sothebys Boundless: Contemporary Art June 11, 2015 June 12, 2015 31 26 83.87% HKD 0.13 7,107,000.00 9,509,000.00 10,539,000.00 11,072,500.00 1,439,425.00 105.06%
2 #36173 Bloomsbury Auctions Bibliophile June 11, 2015 June 12, 2015 427 345 80.80% GBP 1.48 62,220.00 88,550.00 115,410.00 92,251.00 142,989.05 79.93%
3 #201524 Heritage Auctions Rare Books - Internet bidstart 6/4 June 11, 2015 June 12, 2015 237 209 88.19% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 15,606.25 15,606.25
4 #857 Bruun Rasmussen Prints and Photographs June 10, 2015 June 12, 2015 100 70 70.00% EUR 1.09 232,910.00 269,100.00 368,600.00 389,093.75 439,675.81 105.56%
5 #11606 Christies Modern Literature: The Personal Collection of Anthony Hobson June 10, 2015 June 12, 2015 250 226 90.40% GBP 1.48 139,550.00 208,850.00 236,250.00 406,408.00 629,932.40 172.02%
6 #2387 Swann Galleries Art, Press & Illustrated Books June 10, 2015 June 12, 2015 376 312 82.98% USD 1.0 364,950.00 543,050.00 744,400.00 486,134.00 486,134.00 65.31%
7 #61015 Dominic Winter Book Auctions PRINTED BOOKS, MAPS & EPHEMERA, NATURAL HISTORY & FISHING BOOKS, SPORTING ART, TAXIDERMY & FOSSILS; and Children's and Illustrated Books June 10, 2015 June 12, 2015 720 618 85.83% GBP 1.48 159,690.00 239,240.00 305,930.00 304,163.35 471,454.09 99.42%
8 #10414 Christies Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts June 09, 2015 June 12, 2015 286 243 84.97% GBP 1.48 303,050.00 457,050.00 566,750.00 731,275.00 1,133,476.25 129.03%
9 #2809T Skinner Gentleman's Auction - Online Bidstart 5/28 June 08, 2015 June 12, 2015 20 11 55.00% USD 1.0 5,100.00 7,750.00 17,600.00 5,383.00 5,383.00 30.59%
10 #1524 Bruun Rasmussen Prints June 08, 2015 June 12, 2015 84 64 76.19% EUR 1.09 28,425.00 30,260.00 42,595.00 33,913.75 38,322.46 79.62%
11 #33339 Audap and Mirabaud From Empire to Literary Salons - albums, manuscripts, prints June 08, 2015 June 12, 2015 34 34 100.00% EUR 1.09 6,890.00 10,210.00 10,210.00 27,430.00 30,995.90 268.66%
12 #2819T Skinner Fine Books and Manuscripts - online bidstart 5/27 June 07, 2015 June 11, 2015 286 234 81.82% USD 1.0 228,950.00 328,500.00 572,500.00 398,453.00 398,453.00 69.60%
13 #121523 Heritage Auctions Comics - Internet bidstart 5/31 June 07, 2015 June 09, 2015 709 703 99.15% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 196,963.90 196,963.90
14 #161523 Heritage Auctions Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 5/31 June 07, 2015 June 09, 2015 489 480 98.16% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 41,299.90 41,299.90
15 #246 Auctionata Post War and Contemporary Art - Prints June 06, 2015 June 11, 2015 123 58 47.15% USD 1.0 245,800.00 368,200.00 829,900.00 282,095.00 282,095.00 33.99%
16 #60615 Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers Spot On! Modern and Contemporary Art - Photos and Prints June 06, 2015 June 12, 2015 69 62 89.86% USD 1.0 65,300.00 111,100.00 129,800.00 98,789.50 98,789.50 76.11%
17 #60515 Rago Arts and Auctions Modern Design - Prints June 05, 2015 June 11, 2015 11 7 63.64% USD 1.0 19,050.00 26,950.00 44,450.00 36,495.00 36,495.00 82.10%
18 #23200 Rossini Prints, Globes June 05, 2015 June 11, 2015 4 4 100.00% EUR 1.09 9,400.00 14,100.00 14,100.00 67,420.00 76,184.60 478.16%
19 #43 AntiquarianAuctions.com Books - Internet Bidstart 5/28 June 04, 2015 June 11, 2015 359 180 50.14% USD 1.0 28,877.00 28,877.00 101,462.00 29,195.00 29,195.00 28.77%
20 #116 Minerva Auctions Roma Books, Autographs and Prints June 04, 2015 June 09, 2015 739 272 36.81% EUR 1.09 201,900.00 261,880.00 798,320.00 495,868.75 555,373.00 62.11%
21 #36140 Bloomsbury Auctions Photo Opportunities June 04, 2015 June 06, 2015 231 143 61.90% GBP 1.48 128,150.00 186,450.00 345,300.00 213,380.00 328,605.20 61.80%
22 #387 Alaska Auction Prints June 03, 2015 June 09, 2015 42 42 100.00% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 917.13 917.13
23 #105N Galerie Bassenge Special Sale Keiko Minami June 03, 2015 June 11, 2015 87 87 100.00% EUR 1.09 39,700.00 39,700.00 39,700.00 66,264.00 74,878.32 166.91%
24 #102546 PIASA Photographs and Prints June 03, 2015 June 09, 2015 9 1 11.11% EUR 1.09 4,000.00 6,000.00 117,000.00 8,294.00 9,289.28 7.09%
25 #2772 Artcurial Prints and Illustrated Books June 03, 2015 June 09, 2015 205 169 82.44% EUR 1.09 384,550.00 513,100.00 649,400.00 722,535.00 809,239.20 111.26%
26 #22508 Beaussant Lefevre Old and Modern Books, Autographs and Photographs June 03, 2015 June 11, 2015 113 97 85.84% EUR 1.09 124,580.00 165,660.00 219,310.00 195,937.93 221,409.90 89.34%
27 #115 Minerva Auctions Roma Photographs June 03, 2015 June 09, 2015 201 60 29.85% EUR 1.09 53,800.00 76,100.00 211,300.00 94,000.00 105,280.00 44.49%
28 #105P Galerie Bassenge Photograph Sale June 03, 2015 June 11, 2015 417 231 55.40% EUR 1.09 243,150.00 243,150.00 435,450.00 309,234.00 349,434.42 71.01%
29 #33594 Audap and Mirabaud Prints June 02, 2015 June 09, 2015 350 275 78.57% EUR 1.09 86,500.00 109,950.00 137,640.00 165,950.00 185,864.00 120.57%
30 #105L Galerie Bassenge Modern Art Part II - Prints May 30, 2015 June 11, 2015 374 310 82.89% EUR 1.09 148,260.00 148,260.00 181,025.00 194,940.00 220,282.20 107.69%
31 #105M Galerie Bassenge Modern Art Part I - Prints May 30, 2015 June 06, 2015 180 139 77.22% EUR 1.09 356,200.00 356,200.00 605,850.00 542,508.00 613,034.04 89.54%
32 #243 Auctionata American and European Art May 27, 2015 June 11, 2015 84 26 30.95% USD 1.0 140,300.00 215,700.00 510,400.00 152,416.00 152,416.00 29.86%
33 #62 Bubb Kuyper Books, Manuscripts and Graphic Arts May 19, 2015 June 06, 2015 5337 3644 68.28% EUR 1.09 622,130.00 901,400.00 1,551,230.00 1,131,132.87 1,278,180.59 72.92%
34 #384 Alaska Auction Prints, Books April 25, 2015 June 09, 2015 33 32 96.97% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,788.75 2,788.75
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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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