• Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.
  • Sotheby's Book Week
    2 June - 9 July
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.
  • June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works.
  • Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000

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Articles - November - 2013 Issue

Auctions in November

- by Bruce E. McKinney

151 auction event days are scheduled for November.  For the entire month a sale begins, on average, every 4:46.  It’s simply busy.  Big books and small coexist with interesting material in some cases estimated at several hundred dollars.  By dollars the month seems likely to set new records.  After all the Bay Psalm at Sotheby’s and Washington’s Thanksgiving decree at Christies at their low estimates total $23 million.  As the market shifts to auctions the options are breathtaking.

 

Fri. Nov. 1st

Heritage Auctions.  Space (6103).  349 lots

 

Sat. Nov. 2nd

Heritage Auctions.  Photography (5153).  185 lots

 

Sun. Nov. 3rd

Heritage Auctions - Dallas.  Comics.  Internet bidding ends today (121344).

Heritage Auctions - Dallas.  Posters.  Internet bidding ends today (161344).

National Book Auctions - Ithaca.  Books and Ephemera (110313).

 

Tues.  Nov. 5th

Rupert Toovey and Co – West Sussex.  Ephemera (1167).

Aguttes – Neuilly-sur-Seine.  Books, Posters, and Old Papers (17321).

 

Wed. Nov. 6th

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers – Chicago.  Fine Books and Manuscripts (462).  410 lots           

Zisska and Schauer – Munich.  Books, Prints (62).  2,328 lots.

Rupert Toovey & Co. – West Sussex.  Prints (1166).

Christies – Paris.  Old Books, Art Books, Manuscripts (3559).  157 lots

Audap and Mirabaud – Paris.  Prints (22825).  329 lots

Bonhams – Chester.  Sports Memorabilia (21129).

De Baecque and Associes – Lyon.  Books, Antiquarian and Modern, Autographs and Documents (22801)

Dominic Winter Book Auctions – Gloucestershire.  Printed Books, Maps and Documents + Vintage and Contemporary Photography (110613).

Bloomsbury Auctions – London.  Military Books (20623).

Dorotheum – Vienna.  Modern and Contemporary Prints (10314).

Neret Minet and Tessier – Paris.  Autographs (17728)

 

Thurs. Nov. 7th

Zisska and Schauer – Munich.  Books, Prints [62].  2,358 lots

Dominic Winter Book Auctions – Gloucestershire.  The Collector’s Sale:  Aviation and Transport Memorabilia [110713].

PBA Galleries – San Francisco.  Historical Autographs and Manuscripts with Archival Material [519].

Bloomsbury Auctions – London.  Library of a Gentleman [360990].  338 lots

Adams Amsterdam Auctions – Amsterdam.  Old and Rare Maps Old Books – Travel – Atlases – Plans – Corsica [110713].

Librairie Loeb Larocque – Paris.  Binoche et Giquello sale of Old and Rare Maps Old Books – Travel – Atlases – Plans – Corsica [17826].  249 lots

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Rare Books – Internet bidding ends today [201345].

 

Fri. Nov. 8th

Zisska and Schauer – Munich.  Books, Prints [62].  2,358 lots

Alde – Paris.  Original Editions from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century [22893]

 

Sat.  Nov. 9th

Aguttes – Neuilly-sur-Seine.  Automobilia [22023].  137 lots

Dirk Soulis Auctions – Lee’s Summit.  Railroadiana; Comic Book Collection [110913].

Clars Auction Gallery – Oakland.  Prints [110913].

Guernseys – New York, NY.  Arader Sale of Original Audubon Aquatints and Lithographs [110913].  272 lots

 

Sun. Nov. 10th

Bruun Rasmussen – Copenhagen.  Books and Manuscripts [1345].

Bonhams – San Francisco.  Books, Pictures [21025].

Clars Auction Gallery – Oakland.  Prints [110913].

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Comics [121345].  Online bidding ends today.

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Posters [161345].  Online bidding ends today.

 

Mon. Nov. 11th

Doyle – New York.  Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints [111113].

 

Tues. Nov. 12th

Bonhams – London.  Books [20753]

Burgersdijk and Niermans – Leiden.  Books [338].

Swann Galleries – New York.  Early Printed Medical and Science Books [2330].  316 lots

Sothebys – London.  Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History [13405].

 

Wed. Nov. 13th

RR Auction – Amherst.  Autographs [418].

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Animation Art [7086]. 

Burgersdijk and Niermans – Leiden.  Books [338].

Piasa – Paris.  Ancient and Modern Prints [22683].

 

 

Thurs. Nov. 14th

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Animation Art [7086].

Kapandji Morhange – Paris.  Ancient Photographs [15612].

Christies – Paris.  Photograph Collection [3580].

Minerva Auctions Roma – Roma.  Modern and Contemporary Art [95].  26 lots

Bloomsbury Auctions – London.  Bibliophile [36091].

Freemans – Philadelphia.  Pennsylvania Sale:  Books [1477].

Christies – New York.  George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation [3454].

Aguttes – Neuilly-sur-Seine.  Books and Ancient Paper [24085]. 

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Rare Books – internet bidding ending today [201346].

Kestenbaum and Company – New York.  Fine Judaica [111413].

 

Fri. Nov. 15th

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Animation Art [7086].

Sothebys – New York.  Photographs [PF1320].

Kapandji Morhange – Paris.  Modern Photographs [15613].

Christies – London – South Kensington.  Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts [9702].

Cowans Auctions – Cincinnati.  American History [376].

Artcurial – Paris.  Nicholas de Crecy – New York sur Loire [2454].

 

Sat. Nov. 16th

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Animation Art [7086].

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Movie Posters [7083].  1,106 lots

Christies – Paris.  Contemporary Photographs [3549].

Christies – Paris.  Contemporary Photographs [3561].

Alaion and Evelyne Morel de Westgaver – 1050 Bruxelles.  Books [111613].

Artcurial – Paris.  Comic Strips [2392].

Neret Minet and Tessier – Paris.  Comic Strips [17089].

 

Sun. Nov. 17th

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Movie Posters [7083].  1,106 lots

Skinner – Boston.  Fine Books and Manuscripts [2687B].

Bonhams – Los Angeles.  Books [21023].

Neret Minet and Tessier – Paris.  Comic Strips [17090].

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Comics internet bidding ending today [121346].

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Posters – internet bidding ending today [161346].

Osenat – Fontainbleau.  The Empire at Fontainebleau [17374].

 

Mon. Nov. 18th

Ketterer Kunst Doerling – Hamburg.  Rare Books, Manuscripts, Autographs, Decorative Prints, Maritime and North German Art [411].

Bonhams – Los Angeles.  Books [21023].

 

Tues.  Nov. 19th

Ketterer Kunst Doerling – Hamburg.  Rare Books, Manuscripts, Autographs, Decorative Prints, Maritime and North German Art [411].

Bonhams – Los Angeles.  Books [21023].

Bonhams – London.  Prints featuring Andy Warhol and Pop Legacy [20740].

Hauswedell and Nolte – Hamburg.  Rare Books and Autographs [448].

Alde – Paris.  Modern Illustrated Books [22895].

Ketterer Kunst Doerling – Hamburg.  Rare Books, Manuscripts, Autographs, Decorative Prints, Maritime and Northern German Art [411].

Minerva Auctions Roma – Roma.  Photographs [96].

Grays Auctioneers – Cleveland.  Vintage Comic Books [73].

Tajan – Paris.  Photographs – Buhl Collection [9861].

Piasa – Paris.  Photographs [22655].

 

Wed. Nov. 20th

Old World Auctions – Glen Allen.  Antique Maps, Globes, Charts, Atlases & Vintage Graphics – ending today.

Piasa – Paris.  Manuscripts [22689].

Hauswedell and Nolte – Hamburg.  Rare Books and Autographs [448].

Christies – London – King Street.  Valuable Manuscripts and Prints Books [1160].

Heritage Auctions – Beverly Hills.  Animation [7086].

Tajan – Paris.  Photographs [9834].

Christies – London – King Street.  A Life’s Devotion:  A Collection of Mrs. T. S. Eliot [1187].

Morton Casa de Subastas – Mexico DF CP 11000.  Collector Books, Historical Documents, Prints and Photographs [689].

 

Thurs. Nov. 21st

RR Auctions – Amherst.  Space and Aviation [112113].

Swann Galleries – New York.  19th and 20th Century Literature [2332]

Piasa – Paris.  Ancient and Modern Photographs [22655].

Heritage Auctions – Beverly Hills.  Animation Art [7086].

Heritage Auctions – Beverly Hills.  Comics [7084].  1749 lots

PBA Galleries – San Francisco.  Fine and Rare Books [520].

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Rare Books internet bidding ends today [201347].

 

Fri. Nov. 22nd

Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions - Brussels.  Books and Prints [112213].

Heritage Auctions – Beverly Hills.  Animation Art [7086].

Heritage Auctions – Beverly Hills.  Comics [7084].  1,749 lots

Eldreds – East Dennis.  Americana and Marine Art – Books, Prints [787].

Bloomsbury Auctions – London.  Photographs [36093].

James D. Julia Auctioneers – Fairfield.  Advertising [356].

Ketterer Kunst Doerling – Hamburg.  Old Master Prints [412].  39 lots

 

Sat. Nov. 23rd

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Americana, Political [6106].

Neal Auction Company – New Orleans.  Books [112313].

Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions – Brussels.  Books and Prints [112213].

Heritage Auctions – Beverly Hills.  Animation Art [7086].

Heritage Auctions – Beverly Hills.  Comics [7084].  1,749 lots

Eldreds – East Dennis.  Americana and Marine Art – Books, Prints [787].

 

Sun. Nov. 24th

Neal Auction Company – New Orleans.  Books [112313].

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Legends of the West [6110].

Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions

Heritage Auctions – Beverly Hills.  Animation Art [7086].

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Comics – internet bidding ending today [121347].

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Posters – internet bidding ending today [161347].

 

Mon. Nov. 25th

Doyle New York – New York.  Rare Books, Autographs and Photographs [112513].

 

Tues. Nov. 26th

Bonhams – Oxford.  Books [20716]

Bubb Kuyper – Haarlem.  Books, etc. [59].

Bruun Rasmussen – Copenhagen.  Books and Manuscripts [1348]

Swann Galleries – New York.  Autographs [2333].

Piasa – Paris.  Ancient and Modern Books [22693].

Sothebys – Paris.  Books and  Manuscripts [PF1313].

Sothebys – New York.  The Bay Psalm Book Sale [N09039].

Beaussant Lefevre – Paris.  Books and Manuscripts [17241].

Bloomsbury Auctions – London.  Vintage Posters [36095].

 

Wed. Nov. 27th

Bubb Kuyper – 2011 KM Haarlem.  Books, etc. [59].

Sothebys – London.  Music, Continental Books and Manuscripts [13406].

 

Thurs. Nov. 28th

Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers – Norwich.  Books – Day 1 [1158].

Bubb Kuyper – 2011 KM Haarlem.  Books, etc. [59].

Galerie Bassenge – Berlin – Grunewald.  Prints [102G].

Pierre Berge and Associes – Paris.  Books [16979].

Bloomsbury Auctions – London.  Books, Manuscripts, Works on Paper [36096].

AntiquarianAuctions.com – Laguna Beach.  Rare Books [31].

Heritage Auctions – Dallas.  Rare Books internet bidding ending today [201348].

 

Fri. Nov. 29th

Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers – Norwich.  Books – Day 1 [1158].

Bubb Kuyper – 2011 KM Haarlem.  Books, etc. [59].

Galerie Bassenge – Berlin – Grunewald.  Prints [102G].

Pierre Berge and Associes – Paris.  Books [16979].

Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers – Norwich.  Books – Day 2 [1159].

Rare Book Monthly

  • Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
  • June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.
    Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.
    June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
  • Bonhams, June 14-23: Palm-reading, astrology, and more. Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Benjamin Franklin. Sammelband of 45 papers on electricity. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: The basis for the whole modern electric-power industry. Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Edgar Allen Poe. Poe on Mesmerism. Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Reformation - The Architect of Lutheranism on Church Unity and Dissent. Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: The Rare 3-Paper Offprint Identifying the Double Helix Structure of DNA, Signed by Crick, Wilkins, Wilson, Stokes and Gosling. Estimate: $40,000 - 60,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph book and Report from the Thirtieth Indian National Congress, featuring the signatures of Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, and Dadabhai Naoroji. Estimate: $6,000 - 8,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: An Illustrated Miniature Hebrew Prayerbook Manuscript. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph Working Draft of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Death Voyage. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: "Perhaps the most celebrated and most beautiful herbal ever published." Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A rare product of the Jaquard loom. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000

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