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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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| Valk [Family] | Les Isles Britanniques, qui Contiennent les Royaumes d'Angleterre, Escosse, et Irlande ... | c.1695 |
USD - | 1,075.00 | ||
| Valk [Family] | Mappe-Monde Geo-Hydrographique, ou Description Generale du Globe Terrestre et Aquatique en Deux-Plans-Hemispheres ... | c.1686 |
USD - | 11,912.00 | ||
| Valk [Family] | Mappe-Monde Geo-Hydrographique, ou Description Generale du Globe Terrestre et Aquatique en Deux-Plans-Hemispheres ... [in set with] L'Amerique Septentrionale & Meridionale [and] L'Afrique [and] L'Europe [and] L'Asie | c.1702 |
USD - | 25,000.00 | ||
| Valk [Family] | Novus Planiglobii Terrestris per Utrumque Polum Conspectus | c.1695 |
USD - | 9,202.00 | ||
| Valk [Family] | Novus Planiglobii Terrestris per Utrumque Polum Conspectus | c.1695 |
USD - | 9,500.00 | ||
| Valk [Family] | Principaute de Catalogne ... | c.1720 |
USD - | 496.00 | ||
| Valk [Family] | Principaute de Catalogne ... | c.1700 |
USD - | 106.00 | ||
| Valk [Family] | Regna Hispaniarum atque Portugalliae | 1704 |
USD - | 3,061.00 | ||
| Valk [Family] | Regnum Scotiae, seu Pars Septent: Magnae Britanniae Divisa ... | c.1705 |
USD - | 860.00 | ||
| Valk [Family] | Status Mediolanensis nec non Ducatuum Mantuae, Modenae, Parmae ut et Genuensis | c.1700 |
USD - | 238.00 | ||
| Valk [Family] | Tabula Ducatuum Livoniae et Curlandiae ... | c.1700 |
USD - | 238.00 | ||
| Valk [Family] | Uranographia Coelum Omne hic Complectens ... | 1700 |
USD - | 8,006.00 | ||
| Valk & Schenk | Albis Fluvius. Germaniae Celebris, a Fontibus ad Ostia ... | c.1700 |
USD - | 185.00 | ||
| Valk & Schenk | Americae Pars Meridionalis | c.1700 |
USD - | 331.00 | ||
| Valk & Schenk | Extimae Scotiae Pars Septentrionalis, in qua Provinciae Rossia, Sutherlandia, Cathenesia, et Strath-Naverniae | c.1715 |
USD - | 745.00 | ||
| Valk & Schenk | Insulae Iavae cum Parte Insularum Borneo Sumatrae ... | 1720 |
USD - | 1,355.00 | ||
| Valk & Schenk | La Partie Meridionale du Languedoc | c.1700 |
USD - | 159.00 | ||
| Valk & Schenk | Lorna, Knapdalia, Cantire, Iura, Ila, Glota, et Buthe Insulae | c.1715 |
USD - | 827.00 | ||
| Valk & Schenk | Middelsexiae cum Hertfordiae Comitatu; Midlesex & Hertford Shire | c.1710 |
USD - | 1,075.00 | ||
| Valk & Schenk | Nova et Accurata Japoniae, Terrae Esonis, ac Insularum Adjacentium ex Novissima Detectione Descriptio | c.1700 |
USD - | 3,971.00 | ||
| Valk & Schenk | Nova et Accurata Japoniae, Terrae Esonis, ac Insularum Adjacentium ex Novissima Detectione Descriptio | c.1700 |
USD - | 2,399.00 | ||
| Valk & Schenk | Novissima Russiae Tabula Authore Isaaco Massa | c.1710 |
USD - | 750.00 | ||
| Valk & Schenk | Scania, vulgo Schonen | c.1700 |
USD - | 344.00 | ||
| Valk & Schenk | Tartaria sive Magni Chami Imperium | c.1690 |
USD - | 240.00 | ||
| Valk & Schenk | Walachia, Servia, Bulgaria, Romania | c.1700 |
USD - | 132.00 | ||
| Vallardi [Family, Fratelli] | [Atlas] Atlante Corografico, Orografico, Idrografico e Storico dell'Italia | c.1875 |
USD - | 3,175.00 | ||
| Johann Weikhard, Baron von Valvasor | Die Haubt Stadt Laybach in dem Hertzogthumb Crain | 1689 |
USD - | 1,257.00 | ||
| Hoeye [Family] | Londinum Celeberrimum Angliae Emporium. London | c.1638 |
USD - | 12,905.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | A New Mape of ye XVII Provinces of Low Germanie | 1666 |
USD - | 232.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | A New and Accurat Map of the World Drawne According to ye Truest Descriptions Latest Discoveries Pe. Kaerius Caelavit 1646 | 1646-66 |
USD - | 827.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Africa | 1666 |
USD - | 331.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | America | 1666 |
USD - | 695.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | America | 1646 |
USD - | 485.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Asia | 1666 |
USD - | 298.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Bohemia | 1666 |
USD - | 199.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Cestriae | 1617 |
USD - | 232.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | China | 1666 |
USD - | 397.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Cornuwallia | 1617 |
USD - | 265.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Dania | 1666 |
USD - | 232.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Daniae Regni Typus | c.1631 or earlier |
USD - | 3,106.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Derbiensis Comitatus | 1617 |
USD - | 232.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Dorcestria | 1617 |
USD - | 232.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Dunelmesis Episcopatus | 1617 |
USD - | 232.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Essexiae Comitat. | 1617 |
USD - | 265.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Europa | 1666 |
USD - | 331.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Gallia | 1666 |
USD - | 199.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Germania | 1666 |
USD - | 248.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Glocestria | 1617 |
USD - | 232.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Greece | 1666 |
USD - | 248.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Hartfordia Comitatus | 1617 |
USD - | 265.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Herefordia Comitatus | 1617 |
USD - | 199.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Hispania | 1666 |
USD - | 199.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Hungaria | 1666 |
USD - | 199.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Italia | 1666 |
USD - | 265.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Lancastria | 1617 |
USD - | 265.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Leo Belgicus | c.1617 |
USD - | 10,881.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Leo Belgicus | c.1617 |
USD - | 13,804.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Lincolnia et Notingham | 1617 |
USD - | 232.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Norfolcia | 1617 |
USD - | 265.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Northamtoniae Bedfordiae Cantabrigae Hutigdoniae et Rutlandiae | 1617 |
USD - | 232.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Northumbria | 1617 |
USD - | 232.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula. A Pet. Kaerio | 1630 |
USD - | 28,000.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Persia | 1666 |
USD - | 248.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Polonia | 1666 |
USD - | 248.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Salopia | 1617 |
USD - | 199.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Somersetia | 1617 |
USD - | 232.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Staffordia | 1617 |
USD - | 232.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Suffolcia | 1617 |
USD - | 265.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Tartaria | 1666 |
USD - | 232.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | The Romane Empire | 1666 |
USD - | 248.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | The Turkish Empire | 1666 |
USD - | 331.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Ultonia [in set with] Midia [and] Lagenia [and] Momonia [and] Connacia | 1617 |
USD - | 993.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Warwic. & Lecestria | 1617 |
USD - | 232.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Westmorlandia et Comberladia | 1617 |
USD - | 199.00 | ||
| Pieter Van Den Keere | Wigorniensis Comitatus | 1617 |
USD - | 232.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | 't Eyland Goa ... | 1702 |
USD - | 45.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | 't Koninkryk van China met d'Aangrenzende Landen van Siam en Bengale | c.1720 |
USD - | 459.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | Amerika, of de Nieuwe Weerld Aller Eerst door C. Kolumbus ... 1492 | 1714 |
USD - | 1,241.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | Carte Exacte ... de la Chine | c.1730 |
USD - | 423.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | Carte du Gouvernement de Bretagne Suivant les Nouvelles Observations | 1720 |
USD - | 106.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | D'Oost-Indize Landschappen, Zeen en Eylanden | 1707 |
USD - | 179.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | De Kusten van Arabie, het Roode Meer, en Persize Zee van Bassora voorby 't Nau van Ormus tot aan den Indus, Guzaratte en Kaap Comorin | 1707 |
USD - | 563.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | De Kusten van Guzaratte, Malabaar, Bengale en Malacca, med die van't Magtig Koninkryk Siam tot aan China Bestevend | c.1720 |
USD - | 229.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | F. Draakx Schip-Vaart door de Straat en Zuyd Zee Gedaan om de Gantsen Aard Kloot | c.1710 |
USD - | 374.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | Isle de Chypre | c.1714 |
USD - | 15,874.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | Jonathan Dickenson Ramspoedige Reystogt van Jamaika na Pensylvania Nagespoord | 1714 |
USD - | 806.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | L'Amerique | 1714 |
USD - | 1,500.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | L'Amerique selon les Nouvelles Observations de Messrs. de l'Academie des Science, etc. ... | 1713 |
USD - | 2,875.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | L'Ecosse | c.1714 |
USD - | 388.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | L'Europe | c.1713 |
USD - | 1,010.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | L'Ile de Formosa ... | 1729 |
USD - | 2,200.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | La Chine, Suivant les Nouvelles Observations | 1720 |
USD - | 302.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | La Floride Suivant les Nouvelles Observations de Messrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences ... | 1713 |
USD - | 489.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | La France, Suivant les Nouvelles Observations de Messrs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, etc. | c.1715 |
USD - | 563.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | La Moscovie Septentrionale ... [on sheet with] La Moscovie Meridionale ... | 1713 |
USD - | 450.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | La Rade de Gammeron ... | 1729 |
USD - | 275.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | Le Danemarc ... | c.1714 |
USD - | 311.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | Les Indes Orientalis | 1628 |
USD - | 500.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | Nouvelle Carte de l'Asie ... | c.1710 |
USD - | 910.00 | ||
| Pieter van der Aa | Nouvelle Carte de l'Italie ou sont Exactement Marquez les Postes et les Chemins , par Jaques Cantelli da Vignola | c.1713 |
USD - | 1,162.00 |
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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.