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<center><b>Morphy Auctions</b><br>Founders & Patriots: Arms, Militaria, Documents, Artwork & Rare Imprints from the Era of the American Revolution & the War of 1812<br><b>May 27, 2020</b><b>Morphy Auctions, May 27:</b> Extremely rare, signature of Patrick Ferguson, famed rifle inventor and British officer. $20,000 to $40,000.<b>Morphy Auctions, May 27:</b> 1776 Battle of Sullivan's Island watercolor, attributed to James Peale. 11 1/2 x 17 3/16. $10,000 to $25,000.<b>Morphy Auctions, May 27:</b> John Hancock-signed commission of Ensign Aaron Butler, 1777. $8,000 to $16,000.<center><b>Morphy Auctions</b><br>Founders & Patriots: Arms, Militaria, Documents, Artwork & Rare Imprints from the Era of the American Revolution & the War of 1812<br><b>May 27, 2020</b><b>Morphy Auctions, May 27:</b> A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston, Perpetrated in the Evening of the Fifth Day of March 1770… London, [1770]. $7,000 to $15,000.<b>Morphy Auctions, May 27:</b> Original manuscript of 1761 Massachusetts Bay Tax Act. $8,000 to $12,000.<b>Morphy Auctions, May 27:</b> Wine receipt for Washington's Council of War, May 24, 1778, leading to Monmouth Battle. $8,000 to $12,000.<center><b>Morphy Auctions</b><br>Founders & Patriots: Arms, Militaria, Documents, Artwork & Rare Imprints from the Era of the American Revolution & the War of 1812<br><b>May 27, 2020</b><b>Morphy Auctions, May 27:</b> [Siege of Boston]. “A Muster Roll of The Company Under the Command of Captain Josiah King in Colonel David Brewer’s Regiment, to the First of August, 1775.” $5,000 to $10,000.<b>Morphy Auctions, May 27:</b> Congressman Brigham describes George Washington's Mount Vernon estate and its slaves. $3,000 to $6,000.<b>Morphy Auctions, May 27:</b> [British Army. Uniforms and Organizaton] "Gen[era]l. Disposition of The King’s Troops with the Number, Uniform and Colonel [of Each Regiment, 1763]. $3,000 to $5,000.<center><b>Morphy Auctions</b><br>Founders & Patriots: Arms, Militaria, Documents, Artwork & Rare Imprints from the Era of the American Revolution & the War of 1812<br><b>May 27, 2020</b><b>Morphy Auctions, May 27:</b> Revolutionary era paper money, continental and state (lot of 55). $2,500 to $5,500.<b>Morphy Auctions, May 27:</b> Rare 1782 loyalist military passport from Charleston, SC. $1,500 to $3,000.<b>Morphy Auctions, May 27:</b> [Stamp Act.] Rare 1765 stamp for 2 shillings and 6 pence. $1,250 to $2,500. -
<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation by the President of the United States, pamphlet, 1862. Sold May 7 for $11,875.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Family papers of the distinguished Ruby-Jackson family, Portland, Maine, 1853-1961. Sold May 7 for $4,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> E. Simms Campbell, A Night-Club Map of Harlem, in inaugural issue of Manhattan, 1933. Sold May 7 for $27,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Papers of the comedian Nipsey Russell, including a letter from MLK, 1929-2000. Sold May 7 for $17,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Edmonia Lewis, prominent sculptor, carte-de-visite by Henry Rocher, c. 1866-71. Sold May 7 for $5,250.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> The Black Panther: Black Community News Service, 44 issues, San Francisco, 1967-1971. Sold May 7 for $6,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Ernest Withers, I Am A Man, Sanitation Workers Strike, silver print, 1968. Sold May 7 for $5,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> March For Freedom Now!, poster for a protest on the 1960 Republican Convention. Sold May 7 for $17,500. -
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<b>Gonnelli:</b> Books & Graphics 26th – 27th – 28th May 2020.<b>Gonnelli:</b> May 27th, Travel and exploration.<b>Gonnelli:</b> May 27th, Musical books, autographs & printed music.<b>Gonnelli:</b> May 26th, A collection of Piranesi’s etchings. € 50 to € 16000.<b>Gonnelli:</b> May 28th, Books from XV to XX Century.<b>Gonnelli:</b> May 28th, Hansel and Gretel and other stories by the brothers Grimm illustrated by Kay Nielsen. € 1000.<b>Gonnelli:</b> May 28th, Artists’ books from Dalì, Marini & others.
Rare Book Monthly
Articles - October - 2003 Issue
The Value of AE Services
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By Bruce McKinney
For many the idea of buying at book auctions is a daunting enterprise. What many dealers regularly do all others will have to learn to handle. You can buy flowers at the florist or the flower market. The proliferation of books for sale on the net is creating a log jam of listings that will be partly resolved in the years ahead by the sale of books at auction in a variety of auction formats. This is the polar opposite of buying on the net where the price is fixed and the theoretical single variable is time. At traditional book auctions the time is fixed and the variable is price. Of course it is possible to negotiate with those who list online and you won’t know until you ask but generally people assume the price is the price. At auction material comes up on a schedule and sells to the highest bidder. Sometimes lots go high and sometimes they go low. It’s uncertain and that is one of the reasons it is so interesting. Participation requires knowledge, confidence and restraint.
Most auction material will not require representation, particularly if you are building a collection by developing a collection list based on Æ keyword searches. For example there is Selma, the city in Alabama. In running that search on Æ you create an instant bibliography of material relating to Selma. Today there are 54 matches in the priced records and 20 in the bibliographical records. In a year that number will double but for now you have the only bibliography of Selma, Alabama, in existence and it is already an excellent basis for building a Selma collection. Poughkeepsie finds 340 priced records and a hundred more in the bibliographical records. In time there may be a thousand Poughkeepsie items. This suggests that almost any subject, place, author or event will ultimately yield a substantial bank of related materials upon which to center your collecting strategy. You simply run KEYWORD searches and click ADD TO WISH LIST. Generally your choices of collecting subjects are going to be highly personal and probably not of significant interest to others until you have built and explicated your collection. Most collecting choices lean toward obscure subjects and that is going to make building a collection unique and generally inexpensive. It will be your challenge and it will be fun.
