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About Us Forum Auctions is London's specialist auction house for Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts, 20th Century Literature, Modern & Contemporary Art and Editions, Old Master Prints and Drawings, Photographs and other Works on Paper. Forum Auctions has been established to address the needs of international collectors in all Works on Paper categories and further benefits from premises in New York and Italy. Fielding an exceptional senior team of experienced specialists, we aim to provide both vendors and buyers with a 21st century auction service, combining all the advantages presented by today's internet technology together with those attributes of the traditional auction experience that simply cannot be replicated online. Our signature sales are presented in comprehensively illustrated and researched catalogues and physically auctioned alongside our user-friendly internet and phone bidding facilities. Additionally, and in recognition of changes in the market over recent years, we will also be offering a revolving series of curated online auction events, in all cases making the material conveniently available for pre-sale viewing.
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AUCTION LIST

March 26, 2025 - March 26, 2025, The Library of Barry Humphries, #1172
March 27, 2025 - March 27, 2025, Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper, #1164
April 10, 2025 - April 10, 2025, Online: Books and Works on Paper, #41025
April 24, 2025 - April 24, 2025, Online: Books and Works on Paper, #1002
May 08, 2025 - May 08, 2025, Online: Books and Works on Paper, #1003
May 15, 2025 - May 15, 2025, Online: Tales and Morals: The Fables Collection of the late Eric Sweet, #1026
May 21, 2025 - May 21, 2025, Modern and Contemporary Prints and Multiples, #1166
May 29, 2025 - May 29, 2025, Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper, #1174
June 04, 2025 - June 04, 2025, Modern British Prints, #60425
June 05, 2025 - June 05, 2025, Online: Modern Literature, #60525
June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025, Online: Books and Works on Paper, #61225
June 19, 2025 - June 19, 2025, A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library, #61925
June 26, 2025 - June 26, 2025, Online: Books and Works on Paper, #62625
July 02, 2025 - July 02, 2025, Prints and Multiples: 1500-2025, #70225
July 10, 2025 - July 10, 2025, Online: Books and Works on Paper, #71025
July 17, 2025 - July 17, 2025, Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper, #71725
July 31, 2025 - July 31, 2025, Online: Books and Works on Paper, #73125
September 04, 2025 - September 04, 2025, Modern and Contemporary Prints and Multiples, #90425
October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025, Prints and Multiples, #100825

  • <center><b>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction May 26th</b></center> <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> Th. McKenney & J. Hall, <i>History of the Indian tribes of North America,</i> 1836-1844. Est: €50,000 <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> <i>Biblia latina vulgata,</i> manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000 <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> M. Beckmann, <i>Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen,</i> 1924. Est: €10,000 <center><b>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction May 26th</b></center> <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> A. Ortelius, <i>Theatrum orbis terrarum,</i> 1574. Est: €50,000 <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> M. S. Merian, <i>Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis,</i> 1717-18. Est: €6,000 <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> <i>PAN,</i> 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000 <center><b>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction May 26th</b></center> <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000 <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000 <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> E. Hemingway, <i>The old man and the sea,</i> 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000 <center><b>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction May 26th</b></center> <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> Flavius Vegetius Renatus, <i>De re militari libri quatuor,</i> 1553. Est: €3,000 <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> K. Marx, <i>Das Kapital,</i> 1867. Est: €30,000 <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> Brassaï, <i>Transmutations,</i> 1967. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000
  • <center><b>Doyle<br>The Collection of Mary Tyler Moore<br>June 4, 2025</b></center> <B>DOYLE:</B> Peter Max, <i>Portrait of Mary Tyler Moore (Versions 1,2, 5, 6),</i> 2001. Estimate $10,000-15,000 <B>DOYLE:</B> The iconic screen-used wall-mounted "M" from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Estimate $5,000-8,000 <B>DOYLE:</B> The Mary Tyler Moore Show by Al Hirschfeld. Estimate $4,000-6,000 <center><b>Doyle<br>The Collection of Mary Tyler Moore<br>June 4, 2025</b></center> <B>DOYLE:</B> Annie Leibovitz presents Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke for Vanity Fair. Estimate $4,000-6,000 <B>DOYLE:</B> Al Hirschfeld presents Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke in the CBS Wednesday Night Lineup. Estimate $4,000-6,000 <B>DOYLE:</B> Richard McKenzie, <i>Portrait of Mary Tyler Moore.</i> Estimate $1,000-2,000 <center><b>Doyle<br>The Collection of Mary Tyler Moore<br>June 4, 2025</b></center> <B>DOYLE:</B> Three Original Bill Hargate Costume Designs for The Mary Tyler Moore Hour. Estimate $600-800 <B>DOYLE:</B> The famous Bonnie and Clyde "Wanted" broadside. Estimate $500-800 <B>DOYLE:</B> Ticket to the Final Episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show Estimate $400-600
    Doyle
    The Collection of Mary Tyler Moore
    June 4, 2025
    DOYLE: Peter Max, Portrait of Mary Tyler Moore (Versions 1,2, 5, 6), 2001. Estimate $10,000-15,000
    DOYLE: The iconic screen-used wall-mounted "M" from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Estimate $5,000-8,000
    DOYLE: The Mary Tyler Moore Show by Al Hirschfeld. Estimate $4,000-6,000
    Doyle
    The Collection of Mary Tyler Moore
    June 4, 2025
    DOYLE: Annie Leibovitz presents Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke for Vanity Fair. Estimate $4,000-6,000
    DOYLE: Al Hirschfeld presents Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke in the CBS Wednesday Night Lineup. Estimate $4,000-6,000
    DOYLE: Richard McKenzie, Portrait of Mary Tyler Moore. Estimate $1,000-2,000
    Doyle
    The Collection of Mary Tyler Moore
    June 4, 2025
    DOYLE: Three Original Bill Hargate Costume Designs for The Mary Tyler Moore Hour. Estimate $600-800
    DOYLE: The famous Bonnie and Clyde "Wanted" broadside. Estimate $500-800
    DOYLE: Ticket to the Final Episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show Estimate $400-600
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<BR>Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> William Blake | <i>Songs of Innocence and of Experience.</i> Sold: 4,320,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD <b><center>Sotheby's<BR>Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.</i> Sold: 1,920,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Machiavelli | <i>Il Principe,</i> a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Leonardo da Vinci | <i>Trattato della pittura,</i> ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Henri Matisse | <i>Jazz,</i> Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • <b><center>One of a Kind Auctions<br>Rare Autograph and Documents<br>Ending May 29th, 2025</center></b> <b>One of a Kind Auctions, May 29:</b> George Washington Three Language Ship's Paper West Indies Trade Voyage. <b>One of a Kind Auctions, May 29:</b> An Extraordinary Archive of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry: Over 60 Historic Documents, Naval Commissions, Family Papers, and Photographic Material Spanning the 19th Century. <b>One of a Kind Auctions, May 29:</b> Abraham Lincoln Appointment for Vice-Consul of Russia. <b><center>One of a Kind Auctions<br>Rare Autograph and Documents<br>Ending May 29th, 2025</center></b> <b>One of a Kind Auctions, May 29:</b> John Adams Signed Mediterranean Scalloped Top ship's passport. <b>One of a Kind Auctions, May 29:</b> Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Signed Ships Paper. <b>One of a Kind Auctions, May 29:</b> Herman Melville RARE -ALS (Moby Dick Author). <b><center>One of a Kind Auctions<br>Rare Autograph and Documents<br>Ending May 29th, 2025</center></b> <b>One of a Kind Auctions, May 29:</b> Apollo 10: Flown Flag and Patch Display with Crew-Signed Covers from the Collection of NASA Engineer Clark C. McClelland. <b>One of a Kind Auctions, May 29:</b> James Garfield Rare Signature as President - Possibly the largest Autograph as President almost 6 inches long! <b>One of a Kind Auctions, May 29:</b> Walt Disney Autograph over 7 inches in Length.
    One of a Kind Auctions
    Rare Autograph and Documents
    Ending May 29th, 2025
    One of a Kind Auctions, May 29: George Washington Three Language Ship's Paper West Indies Trade Voyage.
    One of a Kind Auctions, May 29: An Extraordinary Archive of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry: Over 60 Historic Documents, Naval Commissions, Family Papers, and Photographic Material Spanning the 19th Century.
    One of a Kind Auctions, May 29: Abraham Lincoln Appointment for Vice-Consul of Russia.
    One of a Kind Auctions
    Rare Autograph and Documents
    Ending May 29th, 2025
    One of a Kind Auctions, May 29: John Adams Signed Mediterranean Scalloped Top ship's passport.
    One of a Kind Auctions, May 29: Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Signed Ships Paper.
    One of a Kind Auctions, May 29: Herman Melville RARE -ALS (Moby Dick Author).
    One of a Kind Auctions
    Rare Autograph and Documents
    Ending May 29th, 2025
    One of a Kind Auctions, May 29: Apollo 10: Flown Flag and Patch Display with Crew-Signed Covers from the Collection of NASA Engineer Clark C. McClelland.
    One of a Kind Auctions, May 29: James Garfield Rare Signature as President - Possibly the largest Autograph as President almost 6 inches long!
    One of a Kind Auctions, May 29: Walt Disney Autograph over 7 inches in Length.
  • <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th May 2025</b></center> <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Darwin (Charles). <i>On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection,</i> first edition, John Murray, 1859. £50,000 to £70,000. <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Astronomy.- Apianus (Petrus). <i>Cosmographicus Liber a Petro Apiano Mathematico Studiose Collectus.,</i> first edition, Landshut, 1524. £40,000 to £60,000. <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Bound for Jean Grolier.- Negri Stefano. <i>Stephani Nigri Elegantissime è Graeco authorum subditorum translationes, uidelicet.,</i> first edition, first issue, Milan, 1521. £15,000 to £20,000. <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Gill (Eric). Eve, number 1 of 50, hand-coloured wood-engraving, signed at foot in pencil, [1926]. £6,000 to £8,000. <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th May 2025</b></center> <b>Forum, May 29:</b> America.- Warre (Capt. Henry James). <i>Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory,</i> first edition, Dickinson & Co., 1848. £25,000 to £35,000. <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Wodehouse (P.G.) Psmith USA, autograph manuscript of his novel "Psmith Journalist", signed and dated at end and dated "11 November 1909, Hotel Earle, 103 Waverley Place". £15,000 to £20,000. <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Women.- Wollstonecraft (Mary). <i>A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects,</i> first edition, uncut in original boards, 1792. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, May 29:</b> Mathematics.- Whitehead (Alfred North) and Bertrand Russell. <i>Principia Mathematica,</i> 3 vol., first editions, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1910-13. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th May 2025
    Forum, May 29: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, first edition, John Murray, 1859. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Forum, May 29: Astronomy.- Apianus (Petrus). Cosmographicus Liber a Petro Apiano Mathematico Studiose Collectus., first edition, Landshut, 1524. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum, May 29: Bound for Jean Grolier.- Negri Stefano. Stephani Nigri Elegantissime è Graeco authorum subditorum translationes, uidelicet., first edition, first issue, Milan, 1521. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, May 29: Gill (Eric). Eve, number 1 of 50, hand-coloured wood-engraving, signed at foot in pencil, [1926]. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th May 2025
    Forum, May 29: America.- Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, Dickinson & Co., 1848. £25,000 to £35,000.
    Forum, May 29: Wodehouse (P.G.) Psmith USA, autograph manuscript of his novel "Psmith Journalist", signed and dated at end and dated "11 November 1909, Hotel Earle, 103 Waverley Place". £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, May 29: Women.- Wollstonecraft (Mary). A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, first edition, uncut in original boards, 1792. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, May 29: Mathematics.- Whitehead (Alfred North) and Bertrand Russell. Principia Mathematica, 3 vol., first editions, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1910-13. £20,000 to £30,000.