• 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
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    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
  • 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
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    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
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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 #589 PBA Galleries Fine and Rare Books - Art and Illustration June 30, 2016 July 01, 2016 450 382 84.89% USD 1.0 229,600.00 348,750.00 385,700.00 233,628.00 233,628.00 60.57%
2 #587 Auctionata All Facets of Editions June 30, 2016 July 01, 2016 131 47 35.88% EUR 1.055 0.00 0.00 0.00 86,827.00 96,377.97
3 #588 Auctionata Collect Now - Post-War and Contemporary Art - Prints June 30, 2016 July 01, 2016 20 5 25.00% EUR 1.055 0.00 0.00 0.00 17,125.00 19,008.75
4 #62916 Purcell Auctioneers Antiques and Collectables -Books and Prints June 29, 2016 July 01, 2016 84 38 45.24% EUR 1.055 1,250.00 1,930.00 5,480.00 1,177.20 1,306.67 21.48%
5 #L16023 Sothebys Contemporary Art Day Auction - Prints June 29, 2016 July 01, 2016 20 14 70.00% GBP 1.234 286,000.00 407,000.00 790,000.00 412,625.00 552,917.50 52.23%
6 #23239 Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia June 29, 2016 July 01, 2016 254 173 68.11% GBP 1.234 351,250.00 478,750.00 593,050.00 556,861.00 746,193.74 93.90%
7 #62816 Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Palm Beach Marketplace Auction - Prints, Books June 28, 2016 June 30, 2016 25 16 64.00% USD 1.0 1,290.00 2,170.00 4,390.00 1,442.00 1,442.00 32.85%
8 #24280 Pierre Berge and Associes Rolling Stone: Edition June 28, 2016 June 30, 2016 246 162 65.85% EUR 1.055 180,500.00 232,800.00 352,250.00 376,850.00 418,303.50 106.98%
9 #499 Winter Associates June Auction - Prints, Books June 27, 2016 June 30, 2016 47 24 51.06% USD 1.0 4,700.00 9,200.00 19,275.00 4,500.00 4,500.00 23.35%
10 #1626 Bruun Rasmussen Prints June 27, 2016 June 30, 2016 72 55 76.39% EUR 1.055 20,745.00 23,230.00 36,065.00 18,226.00 20,230.86 50.54%
11 #121626 Heritage Auctions Comics - Internet bidstart 6/19 June 26, 2016 June 30, 2016 844 841 99.64% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 209,257.34 209,257.34
12 #161626 Heritage Auctions Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 6/19 June 26, 2016 June 30, 2016 443 427 96.39% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 39,216.38 39,216.38
13 #62516 Mid Hudson Auction Galleries Collectibles - Prints June 25, 2016 June 30, 2016 38 28 73.68% USD 1.0 1,430.00 2,185.00 3,365.00 1,112.50 1,112.50 33.06%
14 #Z40 Koller Auctions Prints, Multiples and Photography June 25, 2016 June 30, 2016 161 125 77.64% CHF 0.984 317,200.00 441,900.00 585,100.00 526,375.00 536,902.50 89.96%
15 #26461 OSENAT 20th Century Spirit - Prints June 25, 2016 June 30, 2016 4 3 75.00% EUR 1.055 1,700.00 2,300.00 2,500.00 4,170.00 4,628.70 166.80%
16 #142 Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers Numismatic Books June 25, 2016 June 30, 2016 379 206 54.35% USD 1.0 57,080.00 57,080.00 95,510.00 65,056.22 65,056.22 68.11%
17 #62516 Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers Three Centuries of Style: Fine & Decorative Arts from the 18th, 19th and Early 20th Centuries - Prints, Books June 25, 2016 June 29, 2016 9 6 66.67% USD 1.0 1,550.00 2,600.00 4,900.00 1,067.50 1,067.50 21.79%
18 #39 Potter and Potter Auctions The Golden Age of Magic Posters - The Nielsen Collection - Part 1 June 25, 2016 June 30, 2016 324 315 97.22% USD 1.0 570,900.00 818,600.00 834,850.00 729,480.00 729,480.00 87.38%
19 #7144 Heritage Auctions Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Signature Auction June 24, 2016 June 26, 2016 901 623 69.15% USD 1.0 913,504.00 1,370,256.00 2,983,176.00 1,558,833.00 1,558,833.00 52.25%
20 #581 Auctionata That's Entertainment! - A Collection of Original Scripts, Ephemera & Memorabilia June 24, 2016 June 29, 2016 110 6 5.45% USD 1.0 34,300.00 34,300.00 398,250.00 22,188.00 22,188.00 5.57%
21 #848 Eldreds Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints June 23, 2016 June 28, 2016 59 40 67.80% USD 1.0 11,820.00 18,750.00 36,610.00 8,556.00 8,556.00 23.37%
22 #478 RR Auction Pop Culture - Internet Bidstart 6/15 June 23, 2016 June 28, 2016 482 285 59.13% USD 1.0 475,200.00 651,300.00 1,240,100.00 646,429.22 646,429.22 52.13%
23 #62316 Kestenbaum and Company Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Ceremonial Objects June 23, 2016 June 28, 2016 304 182 59.87% USD 1.0 365,500.00 531,050.00 926,150.00 602,269.50 602,269.50 65.03%
24 #62316 Adams Amsterdam Auctions Fine Art - Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints, Photos, Books June 23, 2016 June 28, 2016 132 88 66.67% EUR 1.055 26,560.00 43,130.00 86,730.00 29,888.73 32,877.66 34.46%
25 #HK651 Sothebys Boundless: Contemporary Art June 23, 2016 June 25, 2016 13 10 76.92% HKD 0.129 800,000.00 1,170,000.00 2,035,000.00 1,281,250.00 166,562.50 62.96%
26 #28248 Ader Letters and Autograph Manuscripts - Day 2 June 23, 2016 June 28, 2016 285 152 53.33% EUR 1.055 72,450.00 92,780.00 170,190.00 146,901.00 161,591.10 86.32%
27 #62316 Alaska Auction Books, Posters, Prints June 23, 2016 June 29, 2016 41 37 90.24% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,421.75 1,421.81
28 #177 Pandolfini Prints and Drawings from the 16th to the 20th Century - Books and Prints June 23, 2016 June 28, 2016 242 181 74.79% EUR 1.055 371,450.00 513,250.00 695,350.00 647,502.00 712,252.20 93.12%
29 #62216 Philobiblon Auctions RARE AND ANCIENT BOOKS, INCLUDING AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF ALDINE EDITIONS AND RENAISSANCE BINDINGS June 22, 2016 July 01, 2016 284 157 55.28% EUR 1.055 283,190.00 283,190.00 614,670.00 425,555.60 472,366.70 69.23%
30 #27222 Ader Letters and Autograph Manuscripts June 22, 2016 June 28, 2016 299 194 64.88% EUR 1.055 133,100.00 172,520.00 254,270.00 247,014.00 271,715.40 97.15%
31 #OL-60s70s80s Kedem Auctions Ltd. Online Auction: Israeli Culture of the 60s, 70s and 80s June 22, 2016 June 29, 2016 219 136 62.10% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 43,164.00 43,164.00
32 #2509 Ferraton Books June 17, 2016 June 26, 2016 639 519 81.22% EUR 1.055 38,580.00 59,995.00 73,735.00 98,993.75 109,884.02 134.26%
33 #20 Gonnelli Casa DAste Prints June 14, 2016 June 28, 2016 452 201 44.47% EUR 1.055 91,930.00 91,930.00 211,560.00 150,293.70 165,323.07 71.04%
34 #60716 RJM Autographs and Antiques Historic Letters, Documents, and Autographs of the 18th-19th Centuries June 07, 2016 June 25, 2016 160 18 11.25% USD 1.0 2,650.00 3,295.00 34,230.00 2,564.50 2,564.50 7.49%
  • 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:
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    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
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