• 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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    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
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 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 #616 PBA Galleries The Richard Beagle Collection of Angling & Sporting Books, Part I June 01, 2017 June 02, 2017 318 210 66.04% USD 1.0 161,200.00 246,900.00 363,950.00 138,720.00 138,720.00 38.12%
2 #25861 ALDE Travel Books, Maps and Plans - Atlases - Globes May 31, 2017 June 02, 2017 398 205 51.51% EUR 1.184 164,560.00 218,370.00 340,200.00 272,511.40 305,212.74 80.10%
3 #827 Morton Subastas Books of Travel, Exploration, Geography May 31, 2017 June 02, 2017 335 157 46.87% MXN 0.052 2,232,500.00 2,735,000.00 5,029,000.00 2,949,720.00 147,486.00 58.65%
4 #84089 Aguttes Collection of Posters on the Theme of SNCF May 30, 2017 June 02, 2017 268 212 79.10% EUR 1.184 36,240.00 49,990.00 64,200.00 82,353.00 92,235.36 128.28%
5 #1722 Bruun Rasmussen Prints May 29, 2017 June 01, 2017 117 87 74.36% EUR 1.184 30,695.00 33,780.00 49,925.00 32,316.25 36,194.20 64.73%
6 #86 Australian Book Auctions The Collection of Michael Aitkin, Esq. The Port Phillip District of New South Wales, The Colony of Victoria, the Goldfields, and rare Ephemera May 29, 2017 June 02, 2017 235 234 99.57% AUD 0.767 132,170.00 200,690.00 218,690.00 309,742.90 229,209.83 141.64%
7 #121722 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/21 May 28, 2017 May 30, 2017 763 758 99.34% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 205,152.15 205,152.15
8 #161722 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/21 May 28, 2017 May 30, 2017 448 427 95.31% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 42,610.93 42,610.93
9 #364 Aspire Auctions Art - Prints - bidstart 5/19 May 27, 2017 June 01, 2017 96 92 95.83% USD 1.0 49,850.00 90,500.00 94,100.00 59,902.70 59,902.70 63.66%
10 #52517 Brunk Auctions Online Sale: Naturalist Prints and More... Internet bidstart 5/11 May 25, 2017 June 01, 2017 57 52 91.23% USD 1.0 12,630.00 12,630.00 13,305.00 27,324.00 27,324.00 205.37%
11 #25860 ALDE Original Editions and Illustrated Books May 24, 2017 May 27, 2017 547 368 67.28% EUR 1.184 163,430.00 214,540.00 298,750.00 350,640.20 392,716.99 117.37%
12 #1011 Forum Auctions Important Books and Manuscripts May 24, 2017 June 02, 2017 230 185 80.43% GBP 1.339 144,600.00 0.00 0.00 276,862.50 357,152.87
13 #143867 PIASA Photographs May 23, 2017 June 01, 2017 154 41 26.62% EUR 1.184 65,000.00 99,600.00 336,400.00 126,641.25 141,838.20 37.65%
14 #395 Il Ponte Books, Manuscripts and Engravings May 22, 2017 June 01, 2017 214 164 76.64% EUR 1.184 160,680.00 248,090.00 320,640.00 352,150.00 394,408.00 109.83%
15 #72 Marc van de Wiele Auctions Books May 20, 2017 May 30, 2017 470 341 72.55% EUR 1.184 40,045.00 59,450.00 93,870.00 75,678.75 84,760.20 80.62%
16 #52017 National Book Auctions Currier & Ives, Signed, Cartography, West, etc. May 20, 2017 May 30, 2017 491 491 100.00% USD 1.0 88,670.00 164,100.00 164,100.00 80,722.50 80,723.31 49.19%
17 #80623 Tessier & Sarrou and Associates Posters May 19, 2017 June 01, 2017 358 165 46.09% EUR 1.184 73,230.00 112,420.00 235,170.00 102,927.00 115,278.24 43.77%
18 #162 Old World Auctions Antique Maps, Globes, Charts, Atlases & Vintage Graphics - online bidstart 4/12 April 26, 2017 May 27, 2017 809 572 70.70% USD 1.0 327,730.00 399,995.00 584,395.00 269,284.60 269,284.60 46.08%
19 #77151 Aguttes Books and Manuscripts November 15, 2016 June 02, 2017 221 124 56.11% EUR 1.055 64,550.00 82,860.00 145,260.00 87,574.00 98,082.88 60.29%
20 #26653 Aguttes Books and Old Paper June 22, 2016 June 02, 2017 300 156 52.00% EUR 1.055 66,420.00 100,120.00 167,270.00 127,804.00 143,140.48 76.41%
21 #26167 Aguttes Antiquarian Books and Documents May 12, 2016 June 02, 2017 255 135 52.94% EUR 1.055 88,820.00 115,430.00 174,570.00 161,484.00 180,862.08 92.50%
22 #25283 Tessier & Sarrou and Associates Imagery December 11, 2015 June 01, 2017 342 132 38.60% EUR 1.09 56,150.00 83,850.00 191,600.00 70,080.00 78,489.60 36.58%
23 #23713 Tessier & Sarrou and Associates Marine - Voyages June 29, 2015 June 01, 2017 61 29 47.54% EUR 1.09 11,070.00 14,650.00 33,700.00 13,380.00 14,985.60 39.70%
  • 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
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    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
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    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
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