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Dush

Auction Info

Sale Name: Dush : c
Auction Date: 01/01/1997 - 01/01/1997
Year of Sale: 1997
Sale Number: #c
Total Lots: 454
Sold Lots: 426
Lots Sold: 93.8%
Unsold Lots: 28
Price Unknown: 0

Total Sales (USD): 76,663.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 41,067.20
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 60,540.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 43,742.20
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 64,615.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 118.65%
Currency: USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars: 119,475.00

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
218		[LAW / OHIO]. Acts	1809-1810	USD 100.00 - 125.00	5,500.00
333	Hough, B. And Bourne, A., and Melish, J.	[MAP OF OHIO]. Map of the State of Ohio.	1815	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	4,250.00
346	Hayes, E.I.	Illustrated Atlas of the Upper Ohio River Valley.	1877	USD 200.00 - 300.00	2,100.00
182		KAUFMANN / CIRCULAR ANNOUNCING TEUTONIA'S PERIODICAL].	1827	USD 300.00 - 500.00	1,900.00
32	Wessen, Ernest	The Booksellers Catalogues of the Midland Rare Book Company	1937-1969?	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	1,500.00
138		[HURON COUNTYAVILLARD]. Postcard Album.		USD 400.00 - 600.00	1,500.00
391		The Navigator -- Directions For Navigating The Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio And Mississippi Rivers..	1811	USD 200.00 - 400.00	1,400.00
209		LEGAL/LAND LAWS]. Three notebook binders	1820s	USD 400.00 - 600.00	1,200.00
187	[KILBOURN, John].	Ohio Gazetteer.	1816	USD 400.00 - 600.00	1,200.00
180	[Peter Kaufman]	Constitution of the Society of the "United Germans " At Teutonia.	November, 1827 [?]	USD 600.00 - 800.00	1,100.00
501		[SLAVERY]. Lot of 8, all Ohio related.	Various	USD 200.00 - 300.00	1,000.00
409	[HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY].	A Discourse on the Aborigines of the Ohio Valley.	1838	USD 400.00 - 600.00	1,000.00
181		[KAUTMANN / TEUTONIA ANNOUNCEMENT].	1827	USD 300.00 - 500.00	1,000.00
183		[KAUFMANN / CIRCULAR ANNOUNCING TEUTONIA'S PERIODICAL] in German	1827	USD 200.00 - 400.00	950.00
185		[KAUFMANN/ BOOKS AND IMPRINTS].	1830-1840s	USD 100.00 - 150.00	750.00
462	Chancellor, William Estabrook. Warren Gamaliel Harding.	Anthro-pological Historical and Political Researches.	1922	USD 750.00 - 1,000.00	750.00
345		[ATLAS/HURON/MEDINA COUNTY].	1973	USD 125.00 - 150.00	750.00
353	[MCAFEE, ROBERT BRECKINRIDGE].	History of the Late War in the Western Country, Comprising a Full Account of All the Transactions in That Quarter, from the Commencement of Hostilities at Tippecanoe, to the Termination of the Conquest at New Orleans on the Return of Peace.	1816	USD 400.00 - 600.00	650.00
186	[KILBOURN, JOHN].	Ohio Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary.	1819	USD 400.00 - 600.00	650.00
463		[WARREN G. HARDING IN ALASKA - PHOTOGRAPHS].	N.d.	USD 500.00 - 700.00	600.00
306		[LEGAL EPHEMERA - WONDERFUL EARLY BROADSIDE EXPOSING A PETTIFOGGER].	1839	USD 75.00 - 100.00	550.00
271		[LAW]. Ohio	1812	USD 75.00 - 100.00	550.00
184		[KAUFMANN/EPHEMERA].	1820-1830s	USD 100.00 - 125.00	500.00
467		[PRESIDENTIAL LAND GRANT / MADISON].	1812	USD 300.00 - 500.00	500.00
73		Ohio Constitutional Convention, 1912.	1912	USD 200.00 - 300.00	500.00

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

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Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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