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Sothebys

Auction House Name	Sothebys
Site URL	https://www.sothebys.com/
About Us	Art, antiques, rare and fine books in Americana, prints, ephemera, maps. On March 11, 1744, Samuel Baker, founder of Sotheby's, held the first-ever sale under his own name. It has only been in the last century, after all, that the original London company has expanded from book auctions to cover all areas of the fine and decorative arts. Sotheby's holds auctions practically every other day. In New York alone, there are more than 150 auctions in any given year.
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City	London
Country	United Kingdom
Zipcode	W1A 2AA
Contact Number	(212) 606-7000
Buyer's Fee	20% premium and an additional 12% after 100,000 USD or 70,000 GBP.
Consigner's Fee

AUCTION LIST

05/18/2022 - 05/18/2022, The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven, #L22425

05/19/2022 - 05/19/2022, Contemporary Discoveries - bidstart 5/13, #L22019

05/19/2022 - 05/19/2022, Photographs - bidstart 5/13, #L22780

05/24/2022 - 05/24/2022, Travel, Photographs, Maps and Natural History - bidstart 5/12, #L22402

07/19/2022 - 07/19/2022, Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern - bidstart 7/12, #L22404

09/06/2022 - 09/06/2022, James Bond on Bond Street - bidstart 8/29, #L22422

09/14/2022 - 09/14/2022, Prints and Multiples - bidstart 9/8, #L22161

10/21/2022 - 10/21/2022, The Sex Pistols: The Stolper-Wilson Collection - bidstart 10/10, #L22727

12/09/2022 - 12/09/2022, Old Master Prints - bidstart 12/2, #L120922

<center>Swann Auction Galleries View Our Record Breaking Results

Swann: Scott Joplin, Treemonisha: Opera in Three Acts, New York, 1911. Sold March 24 — $40,000.

Swann: Louisa May Alcott, autograph letter signed, 1868. Sold June 2 — $23,750.

Swann: Anne Bradstreet, Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, full of Delight, Boston, 1758. Sold June 2 — $21,250.

Swann: William Shakespeare, Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies. The Second Impression, London, 1632. Sold May 5 — $161,000.

<center>Swann Auction Galleries View Our Record Breaking Results

Swann: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, New York, 1861-62. Sold June 23 — $35,000.

Swann: Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, first edition, London, 1847. Sold June 16 — $23,750.

Swann: Elihu Vedder, Simple Simon, His Book, 1913. Sold June 9 — $12,350.

Swann: Frederick Catherwood, Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan, London, 1844. Sold April 7 — $37,500.
<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Summer Auction July 9 & 10, 2022

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: 1805 TN Supreme Court Book, John Overton and Hugh White Opinions. $800 to $900.

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: TN Lunsford Bramlett Archive, incl. Polk White House Invitation, 8 Items. $400 to $500.

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: Civil War Archive, incl. Gen. Bate on Death of Polk, Capture of Nashville. $2,000 to $2,400.

<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Summer Auction July 9 & 10, 2022

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: 5 Dickens 1st Ed. Books, incl. Edited by Author. $800 to $1,000.

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: Charles Dickens, 5 Christmas Books, 1st Eds. $800 to $1,000.

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: 2 Slave Documents, Nashville TN & North Carolina. $700 to $900.

<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Summer Auction July 9 & 10, 2022

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: 3 Maurice Sendak Signed Items, incl. Nutcracker, Pierre. $500 to $600.

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: 7 Phillip Roth Hardcover Books, incl. Author Signed, 1st Eds. $500 to $550.

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: 6 Kurt Vonnegut Hardcover Books, incl. Author Signed, 1st Eds. $400 to $500.

<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Summer Auction July 9 & 10, 2022

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: 3 Edward Gorey Items, incl. Print + 2 Books. $400 to $500.

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: Josef Albers, INTERACTION OF COLOR, 1963. $800 to $900.

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: Henri Matisse Jazz Portfolio for MOMA, 1st Ed., 1983. $600 to $800.