Case Auctions are beginning their two-day 2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques Sale on January 31st, that will continue February 1st. Between the two days they are offering more than 1,300 lots, divided in 2 catalogues. Both catalogues are linked to this article. Both auctions will be called at their Knoxville Gallery. As to bidding, you can participate online.
These sales are drawn from fine Southern estates as well as private and museum collections. When you begin to browse the lots, you quickly notice their mix suggests a high-quality regional sale. Such sales have long been the gold standard for educated bidders. Fifty years ago, you knew them by reputation and were followed by mavens. These days they are somewhat unusual. We’re lucky they’re continuing this auction approach.
The norm in the auction field is to organize lots by category. They do it differently. They spend months evaluating and writing up lots and assign them to subject categories. Then they publish interactive lists that create a personalized version. For Day 1, if your interest is photography, they are offering 6 lots, bookcases 2, posters, prints and multiples 36, books, manuscripts & archives 23, historical & political memorabilia 16, and maps & atlases 9. You then click on those categories that appeal. It’s both fun and efficient.
For Day 2, they provide the same approach.
Be aware, they often start the bidding at modest levels. If you want to win, prepare to chase.
For reference, here's the list for the 1/31/26 sale. The numbers before each category indicate the quantity of lots that relate to it.
The first sale begins Sat. Jan. 31 at 9 AM EST with lots #1-704 and continues Sun. Feb. 1 at 10 AM EST with lots #705-1313. Be sure to view both catalogs.
University Archives Rare Autographs & Books Including Lincoln & Space Exploration January 7, 2026
University Archives, Jan. 7: Jefferson's Owned & Signed "Plutarch's Morals" Vol. 4. - 1st Time At Auction In Nearly 200 Years!
University Archives, Jan. 7: Flown NASA Hasselblad 203S Space Camera On Endeavour STS-111, With Components, Data Module & Flown Film Magazine!
University Archives, Jan. 7: One Of The Finest Lincoln Assassination Letters Extant, April 15, 1865 - Illustrated & Beyond Dramatic! 8pp.
University Archives Rare Autographs & Books Including Lincoln & Space Exploration January 7, 2026
University Archives, Jan. 7: Isaac Newton Highly Important Religious Manuscript With 85+ Words In His Hand, Ex-Bonhams
University Archives, Jan. 7: Marilyn Monroe Gorgeous Signed & Inscribed Photograph, PSA Authenticated
University Archives, Jan. 7: Rare Ernest Hemingway, 1 Of 10 Signed Presentation Copies Of "Farewell To Arms"
University Archives Rare Autographs & Books Including Lincoln & Space Exploration January 7, 2026
University Archives, Jan. 7: Ayn Rand 11pp Revised AMS "The Cold Civil War" For LA Times Newspaper- 900+ Words In Her Hand!
University Archives, Jan. 7: Mary Todd Lincoln Calls Abe A "great & good man, who loved & served his country so well"
University Archives, Jan. 7: Abraham Lincoln Gives Rebel Woman Pass To Visit Prisoner Of War Husband, Showing A Very Human Lincoln!
University Archives Rare Autographs & Books Including Lincoln & Space Exploration January 7, 2026
University Archives, Jan. 7: Babe Ruth PSA Type II Signed Conlon Photo, With Ruth Miniature Louisville Slugger, 16.25"
University Archives, Jan. 7: Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin Signed Photo - Prime Crew Apollo 11 - PSA Authenticated
University Archives, Jan. 7: Huge Abraham Lincoln Hesler Photo, Ca. 1880 - As If He Were In The Room!
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Bonhams: Consign With Us Today These are the Times that Try Men's Souls. Paine, Thomas. Sold for US$152,900.
Bonhams: Consign With Us Today The First Printed Work on Political Economy. Sold for US$127,000.
Bonhams: Consign With Us Today Signed Lincoln Photograph with Son Tad. Sold for US$76,700.
Bonhams: Consign With Us Today First Expanded Edition of Common Sense. Paine, Thomas. Sold for US$76,700.
Bonhams: Consign With Us Today Presentation Copy of Hemmingway's First Book. Sold for US$70,350.
Bonhams: Consign With Us Today St. John's Gospel on Vellum, A Fragment in Greek, 5th Century. Sold for US$70,350.
Bonhams: Consign With Us Today Only A Handful of Surviving Copies. Joyce, James. Ulysses. Sold for US$58,880.
Bonhams: Consign With Us Today A Pivotal Step in Einstein's Development of General Relativity. Sold for US$51,200.
Bonhams: Consign With Us Today A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sold for US$56,320.
Bonhams: Consign With Us Today Joyce's Annotated Typescript Draft for Finnegan's Wake. Sold for US$48,640.
Bonhams: Consign With Us Today One of 30 Pre-Publication Copies, Inscribed by Hemingway to Spencer Tracy, Who Played "The Old Man". Sold for US$83,050.
Sotheby’s Year in Review
Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
