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Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000. -
Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works. -
Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
Swann Galleries: PHOTOGRAPHY. PART I: 19TH & 20TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS., 1385,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 14, 1985 - November 14, 1985
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Group of 3 albums | 1860s-90s |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 225.00 | ||
| 102 | Scenes in Italy | 1870s-80s |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 110.00 | ||
| 103 | Group of 27 views | 1860s-80s |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 225.00 | ||
| 104 | Group of 10 albums | Circa 1890 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 350.00 | ||
| 105 | Pair of mammoth ivorytype portraits of a man and a woman | 1870s |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 450.00 | ||
| 106 | JACKSON, WILLIAM HENRY | Meeting of the U.S. Geological Survey, Fire-Hole Basin | 1872 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 60.00 | |
| 107 | JACKSON, WILLIAM HENRY | Group of 6 Indian and pueblo studies | Late 1860s-eaily 1870s |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 800.00 | |
| 108 | JACKSON, WILLIAM HENRY | Group of 59 unmounted cabinet | 1870s-Circa 1900 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 900.00 | |
| 109 | A concertina album of 24 topographical, architectural | 1880s-90s |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 225.00 | ||
| 110 | An album of 50 landscape and architectural studies | 1880s-90s |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 275.00 | ||
| 111 | An album of 50 studies of Japanese life | 1880s-90s |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 2,400.00 | ||
| 112 | An album of 88 studies of Japanese life | 1880s-90s |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 2,800.00 | ||
| 113 | Group of 27 cabinet card views of Japan | 1890s |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 110.00 | ||
| 114 | An album of 87 architectural | 1880s |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,500.00 | ||
| 115 | KIRKLAND, CHARLES D. | Group of 24 studies of cowboys on the prairie | 1890s |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 116 | Group of 134 amateur | 1890-93 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 900.00 | ||
| 117 | KUEHN, HEINRICH | Study of jelly jars and bottle | Circa 1905 |
USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 2,700.00 | |
| 118 | Group of 6 studies | 1860s-80s |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 30.00 | ||
| 119 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Fine cabinet card portrait of Lincoln seated in a chair | 1864 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 900.00 | |
| 120 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Carte-de-visite portrait of Lincoln seated in a chair | 1862 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 70.00 | |
| 121 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Carte-de-visite portrait of Lincoln standing | Washington, D.C. | 8 January 1864 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 150.00 |
| 122 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Prominent Portraits | New York | 1865 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 123 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Oval salt print portrait of Lincoln from the waist up | Philadelphia | 1860s |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | 400.00 |
| 124 | LINCOLN, EDWIN HALE | Lobelia Cardinalis, Cardinal-Flower, Red Lobelia | 1900s |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 90.00 | |
| 125 | LYNES, GEORGE PLATT | Portrait of Alain Bacquillon, standing | 1937 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 126 | LYNES, GEORGE PLATT | Two male nudes | 1940s |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 500.00 | |
| 127 | MACPHERSON, ROBERT | Group of 23 studies of classical statuary in the Vatican | Circa 1860 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 350.00 | |
| 128 | MANDEL, J., STUDIO | Group of 6 female nude studies | Paris | 1920s |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 225.00 |
| 129 | The Photographic Society of Philadelphia | 1897 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 80.00 | ||
| 130 | Group of 14 photographic postcards showing the U.S | 1915 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 80.00 | ||
| 131 | ARNOUX, SEBAH, ZANGAKI, et al | Group of 55 views | 1880s-90s |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 550.00 | |
| 132 | Group of 27 studies of shipwrecks | 1880s |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 60.00 | ||
| 133 | NAYA, CARLO | Group of 17 good Venetian studies | 1880s |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 134 | Souvenir of the Republican Club of the City of New York | 1894 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 100.00 | ||
| 135 | Canada, Northern States, and Yellowstone Park | 1880s |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 136 | W. GRAY, TABER, NOTMAN, JACKSON et al | Album of 60 architectural and landscape studies of New York, Boston, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Montreal, Niagara, Vancouver, San Francisco, and others | 1880s |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 850.00 | |
| 137 | Celebrated Characters | 1870s-90s |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 275.00 | ||
| 138 | JACOB STFIGENBERGER | Circa 1870 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 40.00 | ||
| 139 | An interesting group of 55 views | 1860s-circa 1900 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 275.00 | ||
| 140 | An outstanding group of approximately 150 boudoir card photographs of the settlement of the Indian Territory/Oklahoma Territory | 1889-90 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 4,500.00 | ||
| 141 | Fine group of 18 amateur panoramic views of a country house | Circa 1910 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 40.00 | ||
| 142 | Good group of 30 studies of ruined Paris and environs after the destruction of the Communards | Circa 1871 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 950.00 | ||
| 143 | Scenes and Descriptions of the Denver & Rio Grande Western and the Western Pacific Railways | Np | USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 150.00 | ||
| 144 | PRASAD, MADHO | Photographer to H.H. The Maharajah of Benares | Bombay | 1880s or 1890s |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 325.00 |
| 145 | RENGER-PATZSCH, ALBERT | Waldbild | 1950s |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 200.00 | |
| 146 | RINEHART, F. A. | Portraits of Indian Chiefs taken for the Chicago Exhibition | 1898-99 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,600.00 | |
| 147 | Group of approximately 125 cabinet | 1880s-Circa 1900 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 300.00 | ||
| 148 | Group of 3 albums and loose images | 1880s-90s |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 250.00 | ||
| 149 | SACHE JOHN | An album of 88 studies of India and Indian life | Circa 1870 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 150 | Group of approximately 85 photographs of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake | 1906 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 225.00 | ||
| 151 | Album of 87 cartes-de-visite of studies of statuary | 1870s |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 325.00 | ||
| 152 | Photographs Illustrating Points Connected with Seal Fisheries in the North Pacific | 1891-92 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 550.00 | ||
| 153 | Two signs advertising photographic endeavors | American | late 19th-early 20th century |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 130.00 | |
| 154 | Group of 18 studies | 1870s-80s |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 50.00 | ||
| 155 | Group of 5 mechanical pencil stanhopes | Circa 1900 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 250.00 | ||
| 156 | Group of 8 stanhopes showing provocative women in various stages of dress and undress | Circa 1890-1910 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 175.00 | ||
| 157 | STEREOGRAPHS | 1860s-circa 1900 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 60.00 | ||
| 158 | STEREOGRAPHS | 1860s-90s |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 250.00 | ||
| 159 | STEREOGRAPHS | Circa 1865-1920 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 25.00 | ||
| 160 | STEREOGRAPHS | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 225.00 | |||
| 161 | STEREOGRAPHS | 1870s-90s |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 50.00 | ||
| 162 | STEREOGRAPHS | 1860s-90s |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 90.00 | ||
| 163 | STEREOGRAPHS | 1867-93 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 130.00 | ||
| 164 | STEREOGRAPHS | 1860s-circa 1900 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 130.00 | ||
| 165 | STEREOGRAPHS | 1860s-circa 1905 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 200.00 | ||
| 166 | STEREOGRAPHS | 1880s |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 167 | STEREOGRAPHS | 1860s-circa 1900 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 250.00 | ||
| 168 | STEREOGRAPHS; NIAGARA FALLS AND CANADA | 1850s-80s |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 70.00 | ||
| 169 | STEREOGRAPHS; SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE | 1906 |
USD 70.00 - 100.00 | 175.00 | ||
| 170 | STEREOGRAPHS | Circa 1865-90 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 275.00 | ||
| 171 | Two fine table-top folding box-type viewers | Circa 1875-80 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 425.00 | ||
| 172 | Table-top wooden stereo viewer and stereograph storage box in one | 1870s |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 150.00 | ||
| 173 | Table-top rotary stereo viewer | 1860s |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 450.00 | ||
| 174 | STRAKER, JEAN | Group of 12 female nude studies | 1950s |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 150.00 | |
| 175 | SYLAR, J. L. | Group of 7 interior | 1890s |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 300.00 | |
| 176 | TABER | 1880s |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 200.00 | ||
| 177 | TALBOT, WILLIAM HENRY FOX | Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh | 1840s |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 700.00 | |
| 178 | TEYNARD, FELIX | Study of a landscape with houses, southern France | 1850s; printed Circa 1855 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 375.00 | |
| 179 | An album of 59 architectural and monument studies in Massachusetts | 1890s |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 175.00 | ||
| 180 | A good Victorian illuminated album by Nina McArthur of British India | Late 1860s |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 275.00 | ||
| 181 | WAKELY, GEORGE D. | Group of 6 studies of Leadville | Circa 1879 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 175.00 | |
| 182 | WATKINS, CARLETON E. | Mission Santa Barbara | 1880s |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 183 | WATKINS, CARLETON E. | First View of Mammoth Hot Springs and Hotel | 1880s |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 184 | WATKINS, CARLETON E. | Group of 3 boudoir card views of Yosemite | 1880s |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 185 | WATKINS, CARLETON E. | Group of 3 boudoir card views of the Hotel Del Monte | 1880s |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 200.00 | |
| 186 | WEEGEE | Portrait of Fiorello La Guardia embracing another man | 1946 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 225.00 | |
| 187 | WESTON, EDWARD | Group of 3 portraits of Dorothy Brett | 1933 |
USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 188 | An album of approximately 110 landscape and architectural studies gathered on an around-the-world trip | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 189 | A mixed topographical family scrap album | 1860s |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 190 | A fine group of approximately 130 landscape | Circa 1885-92 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 325.00 | ||
| 191 | Very good group of 22 photographs taken around the time of the Zulu Wars | Circa 1879-82 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 250.00 | ||
| 192 | ADAMS, ANSEL | Images 1923-1974. Foreword by Wallace Stegner | Boston | 1974 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 70.00 |
| 193 | ALEXANDER, SAM | Photographic Scenery of South Africa | Syracuse, New York | 1880 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 194 | ALLEN, CHARLES SMITH | The History of South Wales & Monmouthshire, (Illustrated) | Tenby | Circa 1892 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 195 | ANDERSON, JAMES | Catalogue of Mr. James Anderson's Photographs of Views of Rome | Rome | 1870s |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 225.00 |
| 196 | Group of approximately 20 volumes | Vp | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 175.00 | ||
| 197 | Group of 30, most illustrated | 1903-84 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 350.00 | ||
| 198 | AVEDON, RICHARD | Nothing Personal | New York | 1964 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 110.00 |
| 199 | AVEDON, RICHARD | Observations | New York | 1959 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 100.00 |
| 200 | BAILEY, DAVID | Goodbye Baby & Amen | New York | 1969 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 70.00 |
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June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Bonhams, June 14-23: Palm-reading, astrology, and more. Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Benjamin Franklin. Sammelband of 45 papers on electricity. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000Bonhams, June 14-23: The basis for the whole modern electric-power industry. Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Edgar Allen Poe. Poe on Mesmerism. Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500Bonhams, June 14-23: Reformation - The Architect of Lutheranism on Church Unity and Dissent. Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000Bonhams, June 14-23: The Rare 3-Paper Offprint Identifying the Double Helix Structure of DNA, Signed by Crick, Wilkins, Wilson, Stokes and Gosling. Estimate: $40,000 - 60,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph book and Report from the Thirtieth Indian National Congress, featuring the signatures of Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, and Dadabhai Naoroji. Estimate: $6,000 - 8,000Bonhams, June 14-23: An Illustrated Miniature Hebrew Prayerbook Manuscript. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph Working Draft of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Death Voyage. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000Bonhams, June 14-23: "Perhaps the most celebrated and most beautiful herbal ever published." Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A rare product of the Jaquard loom. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000 -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950