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<center>Hindman Auctions Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana Live and Online June 23, 2020

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: [SUPREME COURT JUSTICES]. A very extensive collection of 203 letters, documents and signatures. A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, JOHN JAY THROUGH WILLIAM REHNQUIST. $20,000 to $30,000.

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: ZATTA, Antonio. Atlante Novissimo. Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1775-1785. ONE OF THE FINEST WORLD ATLASES issued in Italy in the 18th century. $15,000 to $20,000.

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: [CHICAGO HISTORY] -- [COLUMBUS, Christopher]. Monumental historiated and embroidered panel of the MADE FOR THE 1893 COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION IN CHICAGO. $12,000 to $18,000.

<center>Hindman Auctions Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana Live and Online June 23, 2020

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: [MONASTERY HILL BINDING]. AINSWORTH, William Harrison. Historical Romances. Philadelphia, n.d. A fine early exhibition binding by the Monastery Hill Bindery. $6,000 to $8,000.

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: [ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM]. New York: Tiber Press, [1960]. 4 volumes. LIMITED EDITION, number 119 of 200 COPIES, EACH SIGNED BY THE POET AND ARTIST. $6,000 to $8,000.

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: GRATIANUS, the Canonist. Decretum. Venedig: Petrus de Plasiis, 25 January 1483. Second quarto edition. FIRST PAGE ILLUMINATED BY A CONTEMPORARY ARTIST. $4,000 to $6,000.

<center>Hindman Auctions Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana Live and Online June 23, 2020

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: [ABOLITIONISTS]. William Lloyd Garrison. The Story of his Life. New York, 1885. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS FROM SEVERAL NOTABLE ABOLITIONISTS neatly bound in throughout. $4,000 to $6,000.

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: ANSON, George. A Voyage round the World, In the Years 1740... 1744. London: John and Paul Knapton for the author, 1748. FIRST EDITION. $3,000 to $4,000.

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: Blank railroad ledger, "Compagnie des Chemins de fer de l'Ouest" (spine title). N.p., 1909. A MONUMENTAL 20th-CENTURY ART NOUVEAU BINDING. $1,000 to $1,500.

<center>Hindman Auctions Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana Live and Online June 23, 2020

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: [MINIATURE ROOM] -- [FLEMING, John (1910-1987)]. Miniature of his 57th Street Library and Gallery. JOHN F. FLEMING'S BARONIAL 57TH STREET GALLERY. $1,500 to $2,500.

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: [SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE BINDING]. CHESTERTON, G.K. Five Types: A Book of Essays. London, 1910. LIMITED EDITION, number 3 of 30 copies on vellum SIGNED BY GEORGE SUTCLIFFE. $400 to $500.

Hindman Auctions, Jun. 23: [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. When Adam Delved and Eve Span.... [Ancoats Brotherhood, 1894-5]. LIMITED EDITION, one of 250 copies printed. $500 to $700.
Koller International Auctions: Books [and] Manuscripts & Autographs. June 15, 2020

Koller, Jun. 15: INCUNABULA -Fridolin, Stephan. Schatzbehalter. With 96 (including 5 repeated) full-page text woodcuts. Nürnberg, 1491. € 39 470 / 57 020

Koller, Jun. 15: Kokoschka, Oskar. Die Träumenden Knaben (The Dreaming Boys). With 11 original lithographs. Vienne, 1908. € 35 090 / 52 630

Koller, Jun. 15: Third Bessarion Master (active in Lombard in the third quarter of the 15th century). Leaf from a gradual, 1455-60. € 21 930 / 30 700

Koller, Jun. 15: Picasso, Pablo - Delgado, José alias Pepe Illo. La Tauromaquia o arte de torear. With 26 original aquatints and 1 original etching by Picasso. € 21 930 / 35 090

Koller International Auctions: Books [and] Manuscripts & Autographs. June 15, 2020

Koller, Jun. 15: Linschoten, Jan Huygen van. Itinerario, Voyage ofte Schipvaert naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien… Amsterdam, 1595. € 17 540 / 26 320

Koller, Jun. 15: CHILDREN’S BOOKS - Meggendorfer, Lothar. Nah und Fern. Ein Tierbilderbuch zum Ziehen. With 8 coloured, lithographed plates. € 530 / 790

Koller, Jun. 15: DANSE MACABRE - Bille, Edmond. Une Danse macabre. With 20 coloured woodcuts. Lausanne, 1919. Large folio. € 610 / 880

Koller, Jun. 15: Dexel, Walter. A collection of 7 invitation cards from the Kunstverein Jena, each typographically designed by W. Dexel. Jena, 1924-1928. Each 10.5 x 14.8 cm. € 530 / 790
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Auction House Details

Sothebys

Auction House Name	Sothebys
Site URL	http://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.
Who do I contact if I have questions?
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.
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AUCTION LIST

05/12/2020 - 05/12/2020, English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations Online - bidstart 5/5, #51220

05/15/2020 - 05/15/2020, Fine Japanese Art - Woodblock Prints, #L20221

06/10/2020 - 06/10/2020, Arts of the Islamic World - Manuscripts, Books, #61020

07/02/2020 - 07/02/2020, Marc Chagall's Colourful Reverie - Bidstart 6/22, #L20165

07/28/2020 - 07/28/2020, The Library of a Greek Bibliophile: Travel Books, Aldines and an Important Qur’an, #L20422

07/28/2020 - 07/28/2020, Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History, #L20401

10/14/2020 - 10/14/2020, Photographs, #L20780

Swann Auction Galleries: Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation by the President of the United States, pamphlet, 1862. Sold May 7 for $11,875.

Swann Auction Galleries: Family papers of the distinguished Ruby-Jackson family, Portland, Maine, 1853-1961. Sold May 7 for $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries: E. Simms Campbell, A Night-Club Map of Harlem, in inaugural issue of Manhattan, 1933. Sold May 7 for $27,500.

Swann Auction Galleries: Papers of the comedian Nipsey Russell, including a letter from MLK, 1929-2000. Sold May 7 for $17,500.

Swann Auction Galleries: Edmonia Lewis, prominent sculptor, carte-de-visite by Henry Rocher, c. 1866-71. Sold May 7 for $5,250.

Swann Auction Galleries: The Black Panther: Black Community News Service, 44 issues, San Francisco, 1967-1971. Sold May 7 for $6,500.

Swann Auction Galleries: Ernest Withers, I Am A Man, Sanitation Workers Strike, silver print, 1968. Sold May 7 for $5,000.

Swann Auction Galleries: March For Freedom Now!, poster for a protest on the 1960 Republican Convention. Sold May 7 for $17,500.
<center>Bonhams Essential Genius: Ten Important Manuscripts For Modern Times Online June 1 – 10, 2020

Bonhams, Jun. 1 – 10: Renaissance Manuscript featuring two Dialogues by Plato, with translation from the Greek and learned discourse by Leonardo Bruni, called Aretino. $200,000 to $300,000.

Bonhams, Jun. 1 – 10: Isaac Newton on the plague. Autograph Manuscript, being Newton's notes on reading Van Helmont's "De Peste." $80,000 to $120,000.

Bonhams, Jun. 1 – 10: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Autograph Letter Signed ("A. Einstein"), to "Die 'A.E. Group' in New York" humorously accepting his role as patron saint, and offering a motto for their members. $30,000 to $50,000.

<center>Bonhams Essential Genius: Ten Important Manuscripts For Modern Times Online June 1 – 10, 2020

Bonhams, Jun. 1 – 10: LOBACHEVSKY, NIKOLAI. Document Signed ("Lobachevsky"), and accomplished in Manuscript, a letter of designation in his role as Curator of Regional Education in Kazan. $30,000 to $50,000.

Bonhams, Jun. 1 – 10: WITTGENSTEIN, LUDWIG. Autograph Letter Signed ("Ludwig Wittgenstein") to Moritz Schlick discussing Gödel's incompleteness theorems. $30,000 to $50,000.

Bonhams, Jun. 1 – 10: DARWIN, CHARLES. Autograph Letter Signed ("Ch Darwin") to Alexander Agassiz regarding gradation of structure in pediculariæ. $20,000 to $30,000.

<center>Bonhams Essential Genius: Ten Important Manuscripts For Modern Times Online June 1 – 10, 2020

Bonhams, Jun. 1 – 10: PAULI, WOLFGANG; BOHM, DAVID. Typed Letter Signed ("W. Pauli") to physicist David Bohm offering his second and final critique of Bohm's hugely influential 1952 paper. $15,000 to $25,000.

Bonhams, Jun. 1 – 10: WHITMAN, WALT. Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Walt Whitman"), a draft of the final lines to his final poem "A Thought of Columbus." $15,000 to $25,000.

Bonhams, Jun. 1 – 10: KANT, IMMANUEL. Autograph Quotation Signed ("Immanuel Kant"), from an album amicorum. "Quod petis in te est, ne te quaesiveris extra." $15,000 to $25,000.

Bonhams, Jun. 1 – 10: CLEMENS, SAMUEL LANGHORNE. Photograph Signed ("Mark Twain") and Inscribed, with the witty aphorism, "Admonitions—harvested from the wisdom of the ages: Physician, heal thyself. Patient, heel thyself." $10,000 to $15,000.
Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. June 9, 2020

Forum Auctions, Jun. 9: Newton (Sir Isaac). Opticks…, first edition, presentation copy to Nicolas Fatio de Duillier and with his ink and pencil annotations. £300,000 to £400,000.

Forum Auctions, Jun. 9: Aliotti (Girolamo). Gratulatio ad Pium II pro foelici, ac secundo ex Mantuana peregrinatione reditu…, illuminated manuscript on fine vellum, in Latin, Florence, 1460. £50,000 to £70,000.

Forum Auctions, Jun. 9: Sangorski (Alberto).- Keats (John). La Belle Dame sans Merci..., illuminated manuscript on vellum, magnificently bound in morocco elaborately tooled in gilt & inlaid with 137 jewels, 1928. £40,000 to £60,000.

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. June 9, 2020

Forum Auctions, Jun. 9: Miniature Book.- Taylor (John). Verbum sempiternum [&] Salvator mundi, 2 parts in 1, contemporary embroidered dos a dos binding, 1614. £20,000 to £30,000.

Forum Auctions, Jun. 9: Bodoni.- Rossi (Giovanni Gherado de). Scherzi Poetici e Pittorici, with original gouache drawings bound in, Neoclassical red straight-grain morocco, gilt, Parma, Bodoni, 1795. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum Auctions, Jun. 9: Palladio (Andrea). I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura, first edition, Venice, Domenico de' Franceschi, 1570. £14,000 to £18,000.

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. June 9, 2020

Forum Auctions, Jun. 9: Voyages.- Lowther (Rear Admiral Marcus, 1820-1908). An album of 166 original watercolours and drawings made on voyages between 1842 and 1853. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum Auctions, Jun. 9: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, third edition (seventh thousand), presentation copy to Robert Colgate, John Murray, 1861. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum Auctions, Jun. 9: Jane Austen's Family - ?C[ooper] (E[dward], married Jane Leigh (1736-83), sister of Cassandra Leigh (1739-1827), married George Austen (1731-1805), parents of Jane Austen. Miscellanies, poems dated btwn. 1750-88.

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. June 9, 2020

Forum Auctions, Jun. 9: Americas.- Herrera y Tordesillas (Antonio). Novus orbis, sive descriptio Indiae occidentalis, 4 parts in 1 vol., Amsterdam, Colijn, 1622. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum Auctions, Jun. 9: Canada.- Baker (Lt. Col. Sir Edward). An Eye Sketch of the Fall of Niagara, [c. 1795.] £5,000 to £7,000.

Forum Auctions, Jun. 9: Dance.- Caroso (Fabrizio). Il Ballarino, first edition, Venice, Francesco Ziletti, 1581. £5,000 to £7,000.