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Auction Name Fine Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (USD) 1,611,029.40
Auction Date October 30, 2016 - October 30, 2016 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,236,430.00
Sale Number #2950B High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,733,670.00
Total Lots 544
Sold Lots 446 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,346,410.00
% of Lots Sold 81.99% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,888,620.00
Unsold Lots 98 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 85.30%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
402 Warre, Henry James

Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory.

[1848] USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 65,190.00
177 Audubon, John James

The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories.

USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 46,125.00
327 Morse, John Torrey, ed.

The American Statesman,

1898-1900; 1908-1918 USD 35,000.00 - 55,000.00 USD 46,125.00
381

The Articles of Confederation; The Declaration of Rights; The Constitution of this Commonwealth, and the Articles of the Definitive Tre

1784 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 43,050.00
427 Audubon, John James

Fish Hawk, Plate 81.

1827-1838 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 43,050.00
202 Catlin, George

[Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio.]

1875.] USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 36,900.00
210 Cook, James

An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern

1773-1785 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 34,440.00
42

A Collection of Eight Signed Letters, Some Men of Fame Autograph Collection, Various Dates.

USD 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 33,210.00
300 Lewis, James Otto

The Aboriginal Port Folio.

1835-1836 USD 40,000.00 - 45,000.00 USD 33,210.00
1 Washington, George

Autograph Survey Signed, Augusta County, Virginia, 16 April 1751.

1751 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 31,980.00
311 McKenney, Thomas

& James Hall

1837 USD 35,000.00 - 55,000.00 USD 31,980.00
248 Elizabeth Petrovna, Empress of Russia

Obstoiatel'noe Opisanie Torzhestvennykh Poriadkov Blagopoluchago Vshestviia v tsarst

1744 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 30,750.00
404 Webber, John

Views in the South Seas, from Drawings by the late James Webber, Draftsman on Board the Resolution, Captain Ja

1808 [but 1820] USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 28,290.00
308 Mathews, Alfred E.

Pencil Sketches of Colorado, its Cities, Principal Towns and Mountain Scenery.

1866 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 24,600.00
31 Washington, George

Circular Letter Signed as President, Philadelphia, 1 March 1797.

1797 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 23,985.00
396 Vancouver, George

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World.

1798 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 23,370.00
23 Washington, George

Autograph Document Signed, Philadelphia, 29 September 1794.

1794 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 22,140.00
2 Washington, George

Autograph Letter Signed, Mount Vernon, 20 April 1773.

1773 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 18,450.00
83 Gibbon, John

Unpublished Autograph Manuscript, Custer & his Orders

c. 1890 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 18,450.00
425 Audubon, John James

Cinereous Owl, Plate CCCLI.

1837 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 18,450.00
28 Washington, George

Autograph Letter Signed, Mount Vernon, 17 October 1796.

1796 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 17,220.00
36 Washington, George

Autograph Letter Signed, Mount Vernon, 11 September 1799.

1799 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 17,220.00
140 Rossini, Gioacchino

Autograph Musical Manuscript, Signed, with a Signed Photograph, c. 1861.

1861 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 17,220.00
154 Verdi, Giuseppe

Autograph Musical Manuscript with Five Bars from La Traviata , Signed, Venice, 9 March 1853.

1853 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 17,220.00
220 de Bry, Theodor and Jacques Le Moyne

Brevis Narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae Provi[n]cia Gallis accideru

1591 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 15,990.00
  • 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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    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
    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
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • 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. 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
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