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Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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 -
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
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Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 07, 2025 - February 07, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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| Janos Pongratz | Neueste Allgemeine Postkarte durch Alle Europaeische Staaten ... | 1798 |
USD - | 910.00 | ||
| Henry Popple | (Sheet 5: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Dakota, and Part of Illinois) | c.1733 |
USD - | 2,978.00 | ||
| Henry Popple | (Sheet 9: Gulf of Mexico) | 1733- |
USD - | 3,971.00 | ||
| Thomas H. Poppleton | This Plan of the City of Baltimore, as Enlarged & Laid Out by T.H. Poppleton under the Direction of the Commissioners Appointed by the General Assembly of Maryland Citizens in Feby. 1818 | 1851 |
USD - | 1,035.00 | ||
| Tomaso da Castiglione Aretino Porcacchi | Candia | 1620 |
USD - | 123.00 | ||
| Tomaso da Castiglione Aretino Porcacchi | Cipro | 1620 |
USD - | 381.00 | ||
| Tomaso da Castiglione Aretino Porcacchi | Corfu | 1620 |
USD - | 101.00 | ||
| Tomaso da Castiglione Aretino Porcacchi | Cuba | 1572- |
USD - | 347.00 | ||
| Tomaso da Castiglione Aretino Porcacchi | Descrittione del Mappamondo | 1572- |
USD - | 745.00 | ||
| Tomaso da Castiglione Aretino Porcacchi | Descrittione del Mappamondo | c.1586 |
USD - | 560.00 | ||
| Tomaso da Castiglione Aretino Porcacchi | Inghilterra | 1572- |
USD - | 347.00 | ||
| Tomaso da Castiglione Aretino Porcacchi | Isole Molucche | 1572- |
USD - | 347.00 | ||
| Tomaso da Castiglione Aretino Porcacchi | Mondo Nuovo | 1572- |
USD - | 629.00 | ||
| Tomaso da Castiglione Aretino Porcacchi | Rhodi | 1620 |
USD - | 112.00 | ||
| Tomaso da Castiglione Aretino Porcacchi | Taprobana | 1572- |
USD - | 265.00 | ||
| Tomaso da Castiglione Aretino Porcacchi | Venetia | c.1572 |
USD - | 463.00 | ||
| Tomaso da Castiglione Aretino Porcacchi | [Atlas] L'Isole Piu Famose del Mondo | 1620 |
USD - | 4,630.00 | ||
| Tomaso da Castiglione Aretino Porcacchi | [Atlas] L'Isole Piu Famose del Mondo | 1686 |
USD - | 5,291.00 | ||
| Tomaso da Castiglione Aretino Porcacchi | [Atlas] L'Isole Piu Famose del Mondo | 1572-1605 |
USD - | 9,927.00 | ||
| Malachy Postlethwayt | A New and Correct Map of the Coast of Africa from Cape Blanco to the Coast of Angola with the Explanatory Notes of All the Forts and Settlements Belonging to the Several European Powers | 1774 |
USD - | 400.00 | ||
| Presdee & Edwards | Map of Bellows Falls, Vermont | 1853 |
USD - | 1,600.00 | ||
| Presdee & Edwards | Map of Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont | 1853 |
USD - | 1,250.00 | ||
| Presdee & Edwards | Map of Burlington. Vermont | 1853 |
USD - | 1,600.00 | ||
| Presdee & Edwards | Map of Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont | 1853 |
USD - | 900.00 | ||
| Presdee & Edwards | Map of St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont | 1853 |
USD - | 800.00 | ||
| Presdee & Edwards | Map of Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont | 1852 |
USD - | 1,100.00 | ||
| Presdee & Edwards | Map of the Village of Bennington, Vt. | 1852 |
USD - | 1,050.00 | ||
| Presdee & Edwards | Map of the Village of Ludlow, Windsor Co. Vt. | 1853 |
USD - | 500.00 | ||
| Anton Francois Prevost | [Book with maps] Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande | 1755 |
USD - | 850.00 | ||
| Anton Francois Prevost | [Book with maps] Histoire Generale des Voyages ou Nouvelle Collection de Toutes les Relations de Voyages par Mer et par Terre ... | 1759 |
USD - | 1,350.00 | ||
| Charles Price | A Correct Map of Ireland | c.1714 |
USD - | 1,481.00 | ||
| Charles Price | A Correct Map of Muscovy ... | c.1714-32 |
USD - | 3,309.00 | ||
| Charles Price | Graecia Pars Meridionalis | c.1700 |
USD - | 219.00 | ||
| Probst [Family] | Dresden | c.1730 |
USD - | 2,316.00 | ||
| Probst [Family] | Estats de l'Empire du Grand Seigneur des Turcs ... | c.1750 |
USD - | 910.00 | ||
| Probst [Family] | Inspruck | c.1730 |
USD - | 3,640.00 | ||
| Probst [Family] | Lisabona | c.1750 |
USD - | 5,176.00 | ||
| Probst [Family] | Paris | c.1750 |
USD - | 4,601.00 | ||
| Probst [Family] | Paris | c.1730 |
USD - | 3,805.00 | ||
| Probst [Family] | Regnum Bohemiae iuxta XII Circulos Divisum ... | 1779 |
USD - | 397.00 | ||
| Ptolemy/Germanus | (Armenia) | 1482 |
USD - | 7,942.00 | ||
| Ptolemy/Germanus | (Scandinavia) | 1482 |
USD - | 74,608.00 | ||
| Ptolemy/Germanus | Octava Europe Tabula | 1486 |
USD - | 7,445.00 | ||
| Ptolemy/Germanus | Prima Europe Tabula | 1486 |
USD - | 19,854.00 | ||
| Ptolemy/Germanus | Quarta Affrice Tabula | 1486 |
USD - | 11,582.00 | ||
| Ptolemy/Germanus | Quarta Europe Tabula | 1486 |
USD - | 4,964.00 | ||
| Ptolemy/Germanus | Quinta Europe Tabula | 1486 |
USD - | 7,445.00 | ||
| Ptolemy/Germanus | Secunda Europe Tabula [in set with] Tabula Moderna Hispanie | 1486 |
USD - | 9,100.00 | ||
| Ptolemy/Germanus | Tabula Moderna Terre Sancte | 1486 |
USD - | 15,000.00 | ||
| Ptolemy/Germanus | Undecima Asie Tabula | 1486 |
USD - | 8,273.00 | ||
| Ptolemy/Fries | Sexta Asiae Tabula | 1511 |
USD - | 8,024.00 | ||
| Samuel Purchas | [Spitsbergen] | 1625 |
USD - | 1,621.00 | ||
| Samuel Purchas | A Description of East India Conteyning the Empire of the Great Mogoll | 1625 |
USD - | 1,200.00 | ||
| Samuel Purchas | America Meridionalis | 1625 |
USD - | 397.00 | ||
| Samuel Purchas | Americae Descrip. | 1625 |
USD - | 745.00 | ||
| Samuel Purchas | Designatio Orbis Christiani | 1625 |
USD - | 392.00 | ||
| Samuel Purchas | Virginia et Florida | 1625 |
USD - | 711.00 | ||
| Samuel Purchas | [Book with maps] Purchas His Pilgrimes ... | 1625 |
USD - | 85,000.00 | ||
| Matthias Quad von Kinckelbach | Aphrica | 1600 |
USD - | 672.00 | ||
| Matthias Quad von Kinckelbach | Asia Partiu Orbis Maxima MDXCVIII | 1600 |
USD - | 784.00 | ||
| Matthias Quad von Kinckelbach | Asia Partiu Orbis Maxima MDXCVIII | c.1600 |
USD - | 860.00 | ||
| Matthias Quad von Kinckelbach | Europa | c.1597 |
USD - | 662.00 | ||
| Matthias Quad von Kinckelbach | Franciae Accurata Descriptio / Franckreich mit seinen Grentzen | 1600 |
USD - | 164.00 | ||
| Matthias Quad von Kinckelbach | Helvetia | 1597 |
USD - | 576.00 | ||
| Matthias Quad von Kinckelbach | India Orientalis | 1600 |
USD - | 868.00 | ||
| Matthias Quad von Kinckelbach | Islandia | 1600 |
USD - | 1,428.00 | ||
| Matthias Quad von Kinckelbach | Italia | 1600 |
USD - | 358.00 | ||
| Matthias Quad von Kinckelbach | Novi Orbis Pars Borealis, America Scilicet, Complectens Floridam, Baccalaon, Canadam, Terram Corterialem, Virginiam, Norombecam, Pluresque alias Provincias | 1600 |
USD - | 2,016.00 | ||
| Matthias Quad von Kinckelbach | Poloniae Finitimarumque Locarum Descriptio Auctore Wenceslao Grodreccio Polono Johann Bussemacher Exc. | c.1595 |
USD - | 132.00 | ||
| Matthias Quad von Kinckelbach | Sicilia | 1600 |
USD - | 599.00 | ||
| Matthias Quad von Kinckelbach | Typus Orbis Terrarum, ad Imitationem Universalis Gerhardi Mercatoris ... | 1600 |
USD - | 1,260.00 | ||
| Matthias Quad von Kinckelbach | Typus Orbis Terrarum, ad Imitationem Universalis Gerhardi Mercatoris ... | c.1596 |
USD - | 2,750.00 | ||
| Matthias Quad von Kinckelbach | [Book with maps] Enchiridion Cosmographicum: Das ist, ein Handbuchlein der Gantzen Welt Gelegenheit | 1599 |
USD - | 3,704.00 | ||
| Matthias Quad von Kinckelbach | [Book with maps] Liber Insignium aliquot Itinerum, cum ex Augusta Vindelicorum, tum aliis Europae, Asiae et Africae Civitatibus Oppidisque Maximi Nominis ... | 1606 |
USD - | 10,583.00 | ||
| Jean Querret | Carte du Comte de Bourgogne. Levee par Ordre de la Cour par le Sieur Jean Querret Ingenieur des Ponts et Chaussees. Vue et Verifiee par Mrs. Cassini et Maraldi de l'Academie Royale des Sciences | 1748 |
USD - | 3,451.00 | ||
| Edward Quin | [Atlas] An Historical Atlas in a Series of Maps of the World, as Known at Different Periods ... | 1830 |
USD - | 2,316.00 | ||
| Carl Christian Franz Radefeld | Bergsystem von Nord-America nach den Neuesten Forschungen Entw. | 1848 |
USD - | 46.00 | ||
| Carl Christian Franz Radefeld | Nord-Americanische Freistaaten 1845 ... | 1846 |
USD - | 374.00 | ||
| Henry Raignauld | Valletta Citta Nova di Malta | c.1640 |
USD - | 728.00 | ||
| Railroad Companies | Maps of the New and Popular St. Louis and Texas Short Line! | 1878 |
USD - | 650.00 | ||
| Walter Raleigh | [Book with maps] The Historie of the World | 1634 |
USD - | 1,150.00 | ||
| David Ramsay | Caroline Meridionale, avec les Parties Adjacentes, pour Servir a l'Intelligence des Mouvements des Armees Americaines et Britanniques | 1787 |
USD - | 1,120.00 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Ramusio | Brasil | 1556 |
USD - | 1,250.00 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Ramusio | Brasil | 1565 |
USD - | 1,572.00 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Ramusio | Brasil | 1556 or 1565 |
USD - | 1,058.00 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Ramusio | Il Cuscho Citta Principale della Provincia del Peru | 1565 |
USD - | 331.00 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Ramusio | La Nuova Francia | 1606 |
USD - | 2,900.00 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Ramusio | Prima Tavola | 1565 |
USD - | 2,800.00 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Ramusio | Sumatra | 1556 |
USD - | 3,309.00 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Ramusio | Terza Tavola | 1563- |
USD - | 5,791.00 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Ramusio | Universale della Parte del Mondo Nuovamente Ritrovata | 1606 |
USD - | 3,640.00 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Ramusio | Universale della Parte del Mondo Nuovamente Ritrovata | 1606 |
USD - | 5,752.00 | ||
| Rand, McNally & Co. | Map of Kansas | 1881 |
USD - | 65.00 | ||
| Rand, McNally & Co. | Map of Nebraska | 1881 |
USD - | 75.00 | ||
| Rand, McNally & Co. | Utah | 1881 |
USD - | 95.00 | ||
| Rand, McNally & Co. | [Atlas] Rand, McNally & Co.'s Enlarged Business Atlas | 1891 |
USD - | 675.00 | ||
| Rand, McNally & Co. | [Atlas] Rand, McNally & Co.'s Indexed Atlas of the World ... | 1892 |
USD - | 316.00 | ||
| Rand, McNally & Co. | [Atlas] Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Dollar Atlas of the United States and Dominion of Canada ... | 1884 |
USD - | 250.00 | ||
| Rand, McNally & Co. | Township, County and Railroad Map of Dakota | 1879 |
USD - | 575.00 | ||
| Aldolphus Ranney | Morse's Railroad and Township Map of Vermont and New Hampshire | 1856 |
USD - | 300.00 |
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Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
Bøker & Manuskripter
Fine Books & Manuscripts
June 24, 2026SD Auctions, June 24: [HENRIK IBSEN] BRYNJOLF BJARME: «Catilina», 1850. Originalt hvitt omslag.SD Auctions, June 24: PAULUS OROSIUS + Pseudo SENACA: «Historiae adversus paganos...», 1491. CIRCULAR WORLD MAP, SHIRLEY NUMBER 15.SD Auctions, June 24: OLAUS MAGNUS: «Historia Delle Genti Et Della Natura [...].», 1565.Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
Bøker & Manuskripter
Fine Books & Manuscripts
June 24, 2026SD Auctions, June 24: AXEL HEIBERG: Pengekiste, 17-1800-tall.SD Auctions, June 24: HENRIK IBSEN: Teaterplakater 2 stk. «FRU INGER TIL ØSTRÅT» 1895-1896.SD Auctions, June 24: HENRIK WERGELAND: Stort manuskript, signert + dedikasjonseksemplar, 1845. -
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
Fine Books & Manuscripts
June 24-25Sotheby’s, June 25: Keats, John. The most significant collection of Keats’s love letters to come to market since 1885. $1,500,000 to $2,500,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Chassériau, Benoît. The “Expedicion secreta” of the Free State of Cartagena de Indias against the forts of Portobelo (Panama). $50,000 to $70,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: (Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, and John Jay). "One of the new nation's most important contributions to the theory of government”. $150,000 to $180,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated". $80,000 to $120,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: (Johann Conrad Beissel). A Sammelband of two of Benjamin Franklin's rarest imprints. $70,000 to $100,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: [Pernambuco]. First printed work in favor of Brazilian Independence. $150,000 to $200,000.