• 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
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    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.
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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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    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.
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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
    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
  • 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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    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.
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
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    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
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
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    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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Swann Galleries: Icons & Images: Photographs & Photobooks

Auction Reports

Auction Name Icons & Images: Photographs & Photobooks Total Sales (USD) 1,640,288.00
Auction Date February 15, 2018 - February 15, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,064,900.00
Sale Number #2466 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,561,850.00
Total Lots 321
Sold Lots 232 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,504,400.00
% of Lots Sold 72.27% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,202,100.00
Unsold Lots 89 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 74.49%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
20

Photographic Views of Red River Raft

1873 USD 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 USD 93,750.00
60 LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940)

Mechanic at Steam Pump in Electric Power House.

Circa 1921 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 81,250.00
119 ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

Georgia O'Keeffe and Orville Cox.

1937; printed late 1960s USD 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 USD 48,600.00
4 EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)

The North American Indian, Portfolio V.

[1907] USD 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 USD 43,200.00
115 ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico.

1941; printed before 1977 USD 30,000.00 - 45,000.00 USD 43,200.00
45 LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940)

One of many youngsters working in Carolina cotton mills.

1908; printed circa 1931 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 30,000.00
214 BERT STERN (1929-2013)

The Marilyn Portfolio.

1962; printed 2008-09 USD 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 USD 29,700.00
164 ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009)

Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Eldridge.

1956; printed 1981 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 27,500.00
3 EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)

An Offering at the Waterfall, Nambe.

1925 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 25,000.00
5 EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)

Male figure with headdress and pipe * Male figure with snakes * Jicarilla Maiden

Circa 1907 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 25,000.00
178 CINDY SHERMAN (1954- )

Self-Portrait as Lucille Ball.

1975; printed 2001 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 25,000.00
15

Select group of 19 spectacular ethnographic portraits of indigenous women of Pernambuco and Bahia that was compiled by the Swiss photographer Hermann Kummler.

1861-62 USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 23,750.00
116 ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada, from Lone Pine, California.

1944; printed 1960s USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 21,600.00
279

(NUCLEAR TESTING--BIKINI ATOLL) Mini-archive wit

1946 WITH--A letter to Professor Eugene Starr from the General Manager of Hotel Whitcomb. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 21,250.00
213 HERB RITTS (1952-2002)

The Body Shop, Los Angeles, California (Fred with Tires).

1984 USD 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 18,750.00
39 ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985)

Chez Mondrian.

1926; printed 1960s USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 17,550.00
173 YOUSUF KARSH (1908-2002)

A suite of 7 large-format portraits of artists and performers.

1943-77; printed 1970s-80s USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 16,200.00
57 LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940)

Hull house beneficiary, Italian Grandmother.

1910 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 15,000.00
111 W. EUGENE SMITH (1918-1978)

Guardia Civil, Spain.

1950 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,000.00
64 LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940)

Laborer on connector, Empire State Building.

1930-31 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,750.00
105 (DOROTHEA LANGE) (1895-1965)

Group of 8 iconic photographs, comprising White Angel Breadline, Woman of the High Plains, Migrant Mother, and more.

1933-58; printed 1962-66 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,750.00
135 HORST P. HORST (1906-1999)

Round the Clock II.

1987 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 13,750.00
122 ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)

Fresh Snow, Yosemite.

1947; printed 1974 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 12,825.00
51 LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940)

Climbing into America (Ellis Island group).

1908 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 12,500.00
110 HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)

Praying at the foot of Buddha, Sri Lanka.

1949; printed 1980s USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 12,500.00
  • 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.
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    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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