Despite its superior condition and relative rarity, it failed to sell on an estimate of $30,000-$40,000. Although both these facsimiles are basically identical, it is curious to observe the effect of the passage of about 25 years and the removal of a single line of text. In this case, only the original facsimile seemed to be of substantial interest, an interesting twist in the world of reproductions at auction.
United States Presidents were also well represented in the sales in both manuscript and printed forms. Much of the material was fairly typical. Scattered among the guns, furniture, and CDVs of the Cowan sale, however, were several Lincoln paper ballots. Among them was lot 59, a 7 x 3.5 inches Lincoln-Hamlin Ohio paper ballot in German for the 1860 election printed on yellow paper with a portrait of Lincoln that fetched $632.50 on an estimate of $200-$300. It was followed by lot 62, a similar Ohio paper ballot in English for Lincoln-Johnson in the 1864 campaign printed in red and blue. It went for $373.75 on an estimate of $250-$350. Lot 63 consisted of another Ohio Lincoln-Johnson ballot in English printed in red and blue ink. Although a fairly large ballot (8.25 x 4.75 inches), it had been trimmed at the bottom. Apparently this damage caused it to sell for only $195.50 on an estimate of $300-$400. Another large ballot, at 11.5 x 4 inches, was a Lincoln-Johnson example in English from Missouri. This example was extremely interesting because it had local candidates’ names entered at the bottom in contemporary manuscript, an indication that it was probably really used by a voter in the 1864 election. It went for $345.00 on an estimate of $300-$400. Finally, an especially nice, wide-margined broadside 15 April 1865 extra of the Daily Ohio State Journal announcing Lincoln’s assassination went for $805.00 on an estimate of $300-$500. What is especially interesting about those items is that they indicate it is still entirely possible for the average collector to acquire quite interesting presidential material for fairly modest sums. For those with more money, there was Swann lot 128, a 1 May 1944 issue of Newsweek signed by Churchill, FDR (as President), H. H. Arnold, and Eddie Rickenbacker. It failed, however, to sell for its $10,000-$15,000 estimate.
One old Presidential chestnut was available in the PBA sale #252 as lot 43: a fair copy of Herbert and Lou Hoover’s translation of Agricola’s De Re Metallica (London, 1912). This book demonstrated academic achievements few US Presidents had ever or have ever since attained. Inscribed and signed by Hoover to mining engineer and metallurgist Charles Butters, it was knocked down for $632.00 on an estimate of $500-$800. Another Presidential chestnut was Thomas Jefferson’s Handbuch des Parlamentarrechts (Berlin, 1819), a translation of his Manual of Parliamentary Practice, first published Washington, 1800. Jefferson’s Manual was an influential document that was published by itself in English well into the nineteenth century and is still the basis for the US Senate’s parliamentary procedures. It was also translated into French (1814) and Spanish (1827). All contemporary translations are rare in the market. This copy sold for $598.00 on an estimate of $450.00.
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Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 JuneSotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EURSotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EURSotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EURSotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 JuneSotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EURSotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EURSotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR -
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Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE / LANDINO, CRISTOFORO. Comento di Christophoro Landino Fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino, 1481. €40,000 to €50,000.Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. Il Convivio, 1490. €20,000 to €25,000.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.Finarte, June 24-25: LEGATURA – PLUTARCO. Le vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romaines translates, 1567. €10,000 to €12,000.Finarte, June 24-25: TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO. Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti…, 1548. €4,000 to €6,000.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.Finarte, June 24-25: SPINOZA, BARUCH. Opera posthuma, 1677. €8,000 to €12,000.Finarte, June 24-25: PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. Borus Godunov, 1831. €30,000 to €50,000.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - LECUIRE, PIERRE. Ballets-minute, 1954. €35,000 to €40,000.Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MAJAKOVSKIJ, VLADIMIR / LISSITZKY, LAZAR MARKOVICH. Dlia Golosa, 1923. €7,000 to €10,000.Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MATISSE, HENRI / MONTHERLANT, HENRY DE. Pasiphaé. Chant de Minos., 1944. €22,000 to €24,000. -
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Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.Swann, June 17: Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, "I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson.", oil on canvas, 1957.Swann, June 17: Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, Thumbelina, gouache and pencil, 1945.Swann, June 17: Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard, watercolor and gouache, 1932.Swann, June 17: Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth, gouache, circa 1953.Swann, June 17: Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, 2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air, pen and ink and wash, 1947.Swann, June 17: Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, Confetti Hourglass, mixed media, 1973.Swann, June 17: Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine), charcoal, circa 1915.Swann, June 17: Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue De Buci, Paris, casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955.Swann, June 17: Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch, pencil, 1988.