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Auction Name Books Total Sales (USD) 8,535.00
Auction Date May 11, 2018 - May 11, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #51118 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 466
Sold Lots 423 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 90.77% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 43 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
264

Ausbund, Das ist Etliche schöne christliche Lieder, wie sie in dem Gesängniß zu Bassau in dem Schloß von der Schweitzer-Brüdern, und von anderen rechtgläubigen Christen hin und her gedichtet worden.

1785 Not Available USD 475.00
445

Ausbund, Das ist: Etliche schöne christliche Lieder, wie sie in dem Gefängniß zu Bassau in dem Schloß on den Schweizer-Brüdern und von andern rechtglaubigen Christen hin und her gedichtet worden.

1815 Not Available USD 228.00
453

Testament und Abschrift der Zwölf Patriarchen, der Söhnen Jacobs, wie ein jeder vor seinem Ende seine Kinder gelehrt, und zur Furcht Gottes und gottseligem Leben vermahnet hat, u.

1791 Not Available USD 186.00
459

Gespra?ch im Reich der Todten, u?ber die Begnadigten auf Erden, und u?ber die Seligen im Himmel: Zwischen den zwey hocherleuchteten, seligen Ma?nnern Gottes, Weiland Gerhard und Jacob, aus dem bergischen..

1793 Not Available USD 160.00
93 Dagg, J.L.

Church Order: A Treatise.

1871 Not Available USD 125.00
454

Das neue und verbesserte Gesang-Buch,

1797 Not Available USD 120.00
248 Braght, T.J.V.

Der blutige Schau-Platz, oder Martyrer Spiegel der Tauffs-Gesinnten, …

1814 Not Available USD 110.00
461

Die aufgehende Lilie, ist ein theosophischer Discurs und unpartheyisches Zeugnisz zur Behauptung der Bibel und der Welt-Erlo?sers.

1815 Not Available USD 110.00
182 Weaver, Martin G.

Mennonites of Lancaster Conference: Containing Biographical Sketches of Mennonite Leaders; Histories of Congregations, Missions, and Sunday Schools; Record of Ordinations; and Other Interesting Historical Data.

1931 Not Available USD 100.00
428 Compiled and edited by Clarence Hiebert.

Brothers in Deed to Brothers in Need: A Scrapbook About Mennonite Immigrants from Russia, 1870-1885.

1974 Not Available USD 100.00
460 Henkel, Paul.

Church Hymn Book Consisting of Hymns and Psalms, Original and Selected, Adapted to Public Worship and Many Other Occasions.

1838 Not Available USD 90.00
129 Rice, Charles S. and Rollin C. Steinmetz.

The Amish Year.

1956 Not Available USD 85.00
161

Handwritten reference book and ledger noted, John Brobst’s Cyphering Book, 22nd January Anno Domino 1793.

1793 Not Available USD 85.00
280 Strassburger, Ralph Beaver. Edited by William John Hinke.

Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808.

1934, 1992 Not Available USD 85.00
296

Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Pennsylvania.

1908 Not Available USD 65.00
326 Thiesen, John D.

Mennonite and Nazi?: Attitudes Among Mennonite Colonists in Latin America, 1933-1945. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, no. 37

1999 Not Available USD 65.00
218 Roush, Lester L. [et al.].

History of the Roush Family in America, from Its Founding by John Adam Rausch in 1736 to the Present Time.

[1979?]. Not Available USD 60.00
127 Woodbury, I.B.

The New Lute of Zion: A Collection of Sacred Music Designed for the Use of Congregations Generally, but More Especially the Methodist Episcopal Church,

1856 Not Available USD 55.00
162 Rupp, I. Daniel.

History of Lancaster County to Which Is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Early History of Pennsylvania Compiled from Authentic Sources.

1844 Not Available USD 55.00
210 Hertzler, Silas.

The Hertzler-Hartzler Family History.

[1952]. Not Available USD 55.00
287 Wright, F. Edward.

Berks County [Pennsylvania] Church Records of the 18th Century.

1993 Not Available USD 55.00
323 Yoder, Paton.

Tradition & Transition: Amish Mennonites and Old Order Amish, 1800-1900. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, no. 31

1991 Not Available USD 55.00
98 Burrows, M.

More Light on the Dead Sea Scrolls: New Scrolls and New Interpretations, with Translations of Page 10 May 11, 2018 Important Recent Discoveries,

1958 Not Available USD 50.00
255 Rice, Charles S. and Rollin C. Steinmetz.

The Amish Year.

1956 Not Available USD 50.00
336 Lehman, James O.

Sonnenberg, a Haven and a Heritage: A Sesquicentennial History of the Swiss Mennonite Community of Southeastern Wayne County, Ohio.

1969 Not Available USD 50.00
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    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
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  • 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
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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.
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    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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