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Canada Book Auctions Limited

Auction House Name Canada Book Auctions Limited
Site URL https://www.canadacompanyregistry.com/company?utm_source=canada-book-auctions-limited
About Us Director Neil David MacDonald is a fully accredited dealer and appraiser specializing in photography, rare books, and fine art. He carries a Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) 2014–2015 [2019] certificate as set by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation, Washington, DC. He has signed and adheres to the Code of Ethics of the Appraisers Association of America and conforms to the guidelines set forth by USPAP. For the past 30 years, Mr. MacDonald has worked in the field of art and antiques, focusing on auctions and the appraisal of rare books, fine art, and photographs. As of 2020, Mr. MacDonald has resumed his involvement in the auction market, and is consultant in charge of rare book, map, and photograph auctions for Canada Book Auctioneers in Toronto
Who do I contact if I have questions? Neil MacDonald
City Toronto
State Ontario
Country Canada
Zipcode M5R 2S9
Contact Number 1(416)-818-5672
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AUCTION LIST

June 10, 2025 - June 10, 2025, Buy Books, Be Happy, #223959

  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Geek Week<br>2-17 July | New York</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, July 17:</b> Album Containing Four Signed Photographs of Albert Einstein, With Eleven Additional Einstein Photographs, From His Journey to Japan Aboard the S.S. Kitano Maru, 1922. $20,000 to $30,000. <b>Sotheby’s, July 17:</b> Fred Freeman. Illustration of the Channel Tunnel’s British Portal (Presumably at Folkestone), ca. 1958. $5,000 to $7,000. <b>Sotheby’s, July 17:</b> Wolfgang Kurt Hermann Panofsky Group of Awards. Pief Panofsky's 1961 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, National Medal of Science, Enrico Fermi Award, and Others. $8,000 to $12,000. <b>Sotheby’s, July 17:</b> Seymour Cray; Cray-3. Manuscript Cray-3 Logbook, 1989-90. — The Only Significant Cray Manuscript to Come to Auction. $20,000 to $30,000. <b>Sotheby’s, July 17:</b> Albert Einstein. Typed Letter Signed ("A. Einstein."), to Ann Morrisett, Affirming a Pacifist's Right to Self-Defense, March 21, 1952. $10,000 to $15,000. <b>Sotheby’s, July 17:</b> Operating and Maintenance Manual for the BINAC Binary Automatic Computer Built for Northrop Aircraft Corporation. Philadelphia, 1949. $30,000 to $50,000. <b>Sotheby’s, July 17:</b> Steve Jobs Apple Computer Business Card, c. 1977. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Geek Week
    2-17 July | New York
    Sotheby’s, July 17: Album Containing Four Signed Photographs of Albert Einstein, With Eleven Additional Einstein Photographs, From His Journey to Japan Aboard the S.S. Kitano Maru, 1922. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 17: Fred Freeman. Illustration of the Channel Tunnel’s British Portal (Presumably at Folkestone), ca. 1958. $5,000 to $7,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 17: Wolfgang Kurt Hermann Panofsky Group of Awards. Pief Panofsky's 1961 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, National Medal of Science, Enrico Fermi Award, and Others. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 17: Seymour Cray; Cray-3. Manuscript Cray-3 Logbook, 1989-90. — The Only Significant Cray Manuscript to Come to Auction. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 17: Albert Einstein. Typed Letter Signed ("A. Einstein."), to Ann Morrisett, Affirming a Pacifist's Right to Self-Defense, March 21, 1952. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 17: Operating and Maintenance Manual for the BINAC Binary Automatic Computer Built for Northrop Aircraft Corporation. Philadelphia, 1949. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 17: Steve Jobs Apple Computer Business Card, c. 1977. $5,000 to $8,000.
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  • <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper <br> 17th July 2025</center></b> <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Lucianus Samosatensis. <i>Dialogoi, editio princeps,</i> second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496. £10,000 to £15,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Boccaccio (Giovanni). <i>Il Decamerone,</i> Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516. £10,000 to £15,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Bible, English. <i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New,</i> Robert Barker, 1613. £4,000 to £6,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Bond (Michael). <i>A Bear Called Paddington,</i> first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1958. £4,000 to £6,000. <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper <br> 17th July 2025</center></b> <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Yeats (William Butler). <i>The Secret Rose,</i> first edition, with extensive autograph corrections, additions and amendments by the author for a new edition, 1897. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). <i>Childe Harold's Pilgrimage,</i> bound in dark green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with 3 watercolours to fore-edge, by Fazakerley of Liverpool, 1841. £4,000 to £6,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Miró (Juan), Wassily Kandinsky, John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter and others.- Spender (Stephen). <i>Fraternity,</i> one of 101 copies, with signed engravings by 9 artists. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Sowerby (George Brettingham). Album comprising 22 leaves of original watercolour drawings of fossil remains of Cheltenham and Vicinity, [c.1840]. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Mathematics.- Blue paper copy.- Euclid. <i>De gli Elementi,</i> Urbino, Appresso Domenico Frisolino, 1575. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    17th July 2025
    Forum, July 17: Lucianus Samosatensis. Dialogoi, editio princeps, second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, July 17: Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Decamerone, Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, July 17: Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, July 17: Bible, English. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New, Robert Barker, 1613. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, July 17: Bond (Michael). A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1958. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    17th July 2025
    Forum, July 17: Yeats (William Butler). The Secret Rose, first edition, with extensive autograph corrections, additions and amendments by the author for a new edition, 1897. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, July 17: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, bound in dark green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with 3 watercolours to fore-edge, by Fazakerley of Liverpool, 1841. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, July 17: Miró (Juan), Wassily Kandinsky, John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter and others.- Spender (Stephen). Fraternity, one of 101 copies, with signed engravings by 9 artists. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, July 17: Sowerby (George Brettingham). Album comprising 22 leaves of original watercolour drawings of fossil remains of Cheltenham and Vicinity, [c.1840]. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, July 17: Mathematics.- Blue paper copy.- Euclid. De gli Elementi, Urbino, Appresso Domenico Frisolino, 1575. £12,000 to £18,000.