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Rare Book Hub: 35 Auctions Archived, another 40 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 19th February 2021, 35 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ Database; 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 1 in Danish krone, 9 in euros, 3 in British pounds, and 21 in US dollars.

 

Turnover was $6,027,019 as 87% of all lots offered sold.  Ten thousand one-hundred-eighty-eight lots were offered and 8,903 changed hands.  The market continues to be strong.

 

1 auction saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Rago Arts and AuctionsPrints and Multiples on February 17th: $1,192,757

 


11 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:

Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 1/29 on February 8th: 782.23%
SothebysUnwrapped, Part II: The Hidden World of Christo and Jeanne-Claude - bidstart 2/8 on February 18th: 251.44%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 1/29 on February 10th: 198.02%
Dominic Winter Book AuctionsPrinted Books, Maps, Prints & Ephemera, Military Books, General Stock on February 17th: 170.61%
Keys Fine Arts AuctioneersPictures and Prints on February 19th: 168.36%
Forum AuctionsOnline Sale: Modern Literature, Private Press and Illustrated Books on February 18th: 156.60%
FreemansBooks and Manuscripts on February 18th: 152.09%
Garth's Auctioneers and AppraisersEclectic Variety Eclectic Auction TIMED, ONLINE ONLY - bidstart 2/4 on February 14th: 113.90%
Bruun RasmussenPrints on February 16th: 105.76%
Il PonteInterior Decoration|...| Books on February 16th: 102.44%
Cowans AuctionsAfrican Americana on February 18th: 100.52%


28 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:

Heritage AuctionsSports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 1/31 on February 14th: 100.00%
Leland Little AuctionsThe Presidents' Week Auction on February 19th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 2/9 on February 16th: 100.00%
SothebysUnwrapped, Part II: The Hidden World of Christo and Jeanne-Claude - bidstart 2/8 on February 18th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 1/29 on February 8th: 100.00%
William H. Bunch Auctions and AppraisalsOnline Only: Eclectic Variety on February 16th: 100.00%
Garth's Auctioneers and AppraisersEclectic Variety Eclectic Auction TIMED, ONLINE ONLY - bidstart 2/4 on February 14th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsMovie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 2/7 on February 14th: 99.81%
Heritage AuctionsUS Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 2/9 on February 16th: 99.42%
Heritage AuctionsComics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 2/7 on February 15th: 99.39%
Old World AuctionsMaps and Atlases - Internet bidstart 1/27 on February 10th: 99.22%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on February 13th: 98.00%
Il PonteInterior Decoration|...| Books on February 16th: 95.65%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 1/29 on February 10th: 95.62%
Forum AuctionsOnline Sale: Modern Literature, Private Press and Illustrated Books on February 18th: 94.12%
Brunk AuctionsPremier and Emporium Auctions on February 13th: 92.86%
Purcell AuctioneersIrish Interest Books and Ephemera on February 17th: 92.62%
Dominic Winter Book AuctionsPrinted Books, Maps, Prints & Ephemera, Military Books, General Stock on February 17th: 91.71%
Rago Arts and AuctionsPrints and Multiples on February 17th: 90.91%
Keys Fine Arts AuctioneersPictures and Prints on February 19th: 90.00%
Holabird Kagin AmericanaThe Sweetheart Express Auction - Day 5 on February 15th: 89.08%
FreemansBooks and Manuscripts on February 18th: 88.55%
Bruun RasmussenPrints on February 16th: 86.67%
Holabird Kagin AmericanaThe Sweetheart Express Auction - Day 4 on February 14th: 86.29%
Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 1/29 on February 7th: 84.62%
Cowans AuctionsAfrican Americana on February 18th: 83.70%
RR AuctionPresidential Auction on February 18th: 83.22%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 2/5 on February 12th: 82.30%

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Freemans Les voyages du sieur de Champlain xaintongeois, capitaine ordinaire pour le Roy, en la marine. Divisez en deux livres. ou, journal tres-fidele des observations faites es descouuertures de la nouuelle France... on February 18th Actual price: USD $201,600.
  2. RR Auction Abraham Lincoln Signed Photograph on February 18th Actual price: USD $135,473.
  3. RR Auction John F. Kennedy's Harvard Sweater on February 18th Actual price: USD $85,266.
  4. Cowans Auctions An archive of materials mostly related to abolitionist George H. Hoyt's work as an attorney for John Brown, on February 18th Actual price: USD $43,750.
  5. Rago Arts and Auctions Dutch Iris on February 17th Actual price: USD $40,000.
  6. Rago Arts and Auctions Sunflower V on February 17th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  7. Kestenbaum and Company (Admor of Ratzfert, 1862-1944). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead, to Chaim Fleischman. on February 18th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  8. Swann Galleries LA MAISON MODERNE. 1900. on February 18th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  9. RR Auction George Washington Autograph Letter Signed on February 18th Actual price: USD $34,031.
  10. RR Auction Thomas Jefferson Autograph Letter Signed on February 18th Actual price: USD $30,626.
  11. PBA Galleries Nicholas Machiavel's Prince. Also, The life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca. And the meanes Duke Valentine us'd to put to death Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto of Fermo Paul, and the Duke of Gravina. Translated out of Italian into English; by E[dward] D[ on February 18th Actual price: USD $30,000.
  12. RR Auction Andrew Johnson Document Signed on February 18th Actual price: USD $28,539.
  13. Rago Arts and Auctions Lost Time on February 17th Actual price: USD $27,500.
  14. Rago Arts and Auctions Monica Nude with Cezanne from Portfolio 90 on February 17th Actual price: USD $26,000.
  15. RR Auction George Washington Signed Lottery Ticket on February 18th Actual price: USD $25,713.
  16. RR Auction Abraham Lincoln Large Lock of Hair on February 18th Actual price: USD $25,000.
  17. PBA Galleries Fourteen Hundred and 91 Days in the Confederate Army: A Journal Kept by W. W. Heartsill. For Four Years, One Month, and One Day, or Camp Life; Day-by-Day, of the W. P. Lane Rangers. From April 19th, 1861, to May 20th, 1865 on February 18th Actual price: USD $24,000.
  18. Kestenbaum and Company (Foremost Posek, 1761-1837). Autograph Manuscript Signed, written in Hebrew. on February 18th Actual price: USD $23,750.
  19. RR Auction Ronald Reagan Autograph Letter Signed on February 18th Actual price: USD $23,716.
  20. Old World Auctions A Plan of Boston, and Its Environs. Shewing the True Situation of His Majesty's Army. And Also Those of the Rebels. Drawn by an Engineer at Boston. Octr. 1775, 1776 on February 10th Actual price: USD $23,575.
  21. PBA Galleries The Lord of the Rings trilogy on February 18th Actual price: USD $22,800.
  22. PBA Galleries The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an account of the tryals of several vvitches, lately excuted [sic] in New-England: and of several remarkable curiosities therein occurring... on February 18th Actual price: USD $21,600.
  23. Brunk Auctions Titanic Plan of First Class Accommodation deck plans for White Star Line's New Triple Screw, R.M.S. "TITANIC", flanked by photographs of interior quarters on February 13th Actual price: USD $21,420.
  24. Rago Arts and Auctions Blonde Vivienne on February 17th Actual price: USD $21,250.
  25. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC Apparent VG 4.0 Slight/Moderate (C-2) Off-white to white pages. on February 15th Actual price: USD $19,200.


35 total sales reported this week:

Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Pictures and Prints on February 19th: 90.00%
Leland Little Auctions. The Presidents' Week Auction on February 19th: 100.00%
Swann Galleries. Vintage Posters on February 18th: 75.29%
RR Auction. Presidential Auction on February 18th: 83.22%
Sothebys. Unwrapped, Part II: The Hidden World of Christo and Jeanne-Claude - bidstart 2/8 on February 18th: 100.00%
PBA Galleries. PBA Platinum - Rare Books, Manuscripts & Art on February 18th: 77.48%
Kestenbaum and Company. FINE JUDAICA: RARE PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS & GRAPHIC ARTS on February 18th: 69.32%
Freemans. Books and Manuscripts on February 18th: 88.55%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature, Private Press and Illustrated Books on February 18th: 94.12%
Cowans Auctions. African Americana on February 18th: 83.70%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps, Prints & Ephemera, Military Books, General Stock on February 17th: 91.71%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 2/9 on February 16th: 99.42%
Old World Auctions. Maps and Atlases - Internet bidstart 1/27 on February 10th: 99.22%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Prints and Multiples on February 17th: 90.91%
Purcell Auctioneers. Irish Interest Books and Ephemera on February 17th: 92.62%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Online Only: Eclectic Variety on February 16th: 100.00%
Il Ponte. Interior Decoration|...| Books on February 16th: 95.65%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on February 16th: 86.67%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 2/9 on February 16th: 100.00%
Vermot de Pas. History and Regions of France: Manuscripts, Placards, Archives on February 15th: 31.69%
Holabird Kagin Americana. The Sweetheart Express Auction - Day 5 on February 15th: 89.08%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 2/7 on February 15th: 99.39%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 2/7 on February 14th: 99.81%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Eclectic Variety Eclectic Auction TIMED, ONLINE ONLY - bidstart 2/4 on February 14th: 100.00%
Sydney Rare Book Auctions. More Idriess, Australiana, manuscripts, historic documents, maps, photography and art on February 13th: 72.97%
Holabird Kagin Americana. The Sweetheart Express Auction - Day 4 on February 14th: 86.29%
Holabird Kagin Americana. The Sweetheart Express Auction - Day 3 on February 13th: 78.33%
Brunk Auctions. Premier and Emporium Auctions on February 13th: 92.86%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 2/5 on February 12th: 82.30%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 1/29 on February 10th: 95.62%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 1/29 on February 9th: 74.55%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 1/29 on February 8th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 1/29 on February 7th: 84.62%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on February 13th: 98.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 1/31 on February 14th: 100.00%

 


For the week ahead 40 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Feb. 22nd
Bonhams. New York. Geometric Abstractions / Prints and Multiples. 141 lots
Ader. PARIS. Online Photography and Art Catalogs Books - bidstart 2/15. 277 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 2/12. 62 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 154 lots

Tue. Feb. 23rd
Bonhams. London. The Gentleman's Library Sale. 13 lots
Stephan Welz & Co.. Constantia. CAPE TOWN | FINE & DECORATIVE ART, BOOKS & MAPS, CARPETS, FURNITURE, SILVERWARE, JEWELLERY, WATCHES. 75 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 2/16. 544 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 2/16. 163 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Antiquarian and Contemporary Books. 250 lots
Litchfield County Auctions. Litchfield. Winter Antiques Sale. 10 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 2/12. 33 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. NASA Photographs. 207 lots

Wed. Feb. 24th
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs. 443 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Photographs Monthly Online. 116 lots
Bonhams. New York. Highlights from the Medical Library of the late James Tait Goodrich, Part II - bidstart 2/16. 215 lots
Hake's Auctions. York. Americana and Collectibles. 1522 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 2/12. 149 lots
Potomack Company. Alexandria. February Cornucopia. 26 lots

Thu. Feb. 25th
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Comics - Timed, Online - bidstart 2/15. 417 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Fine Books and Autographs. 269 lots
Bonhams. London. British. Cool.. 212 lots
Bruneau & Co. . Cranston. February Fine Arts and Antiques - Online Only. 37 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. The Delighted Eye Part II: Works from the Collection of Allen and Beryl Freer. 142 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. Irresistible. Unreserved. Bidstart 2/16. 43 lots
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Thursday Morning @ Stair. 21 lots

Fri. Feb. 26th
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Including African Americana: Online Only. 320 lots
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Thomaston. Temptations. 79 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Cartography - Bidstart 2/19. 65 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 2/19. 89 lots

Sat. Feb. 27th
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Select Secrets - Rare and Important Magicana. 83 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Winter Platinum Night Sports Auction. 1066 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Americana & Political Signature Auction. 179 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . Railroad Ephemera - Day 1. 57 lots

Sun. Feb. 28th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online - bidstart 2/21.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 2/21.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 2/14. 208 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. A Western Gentleman's Stocks and Bonds Special Online Auction. 267 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . Railroad Ephemera - Day 2. 195 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 2/19. 39 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

 

  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.