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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 48 Auctions Archived, another 37 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 25 March 2022, 48 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ database, 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 1 in Danish krone, 15 in euros, 6 in British pounds and 25 in US dollars.

 

Turnover this past week was $15,912,628 as 72% of all lots sold.  There were 15,372 posted and 11,091 changed hands.  The average lot sold for $1,435.

 

4 auctions saw total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Poster Auctions International, Inc.. PAI-LXXXVI: Rare Posters on March 20th: $2,539,750
Bonhams. Japanese and Korean Art on March 23rd: $1,995,553
Sothebys. Fine Japanese Prints - bidstart 3/17 on March 24th: $1,702,017
Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript African Americana on March 24th: $1,218,644

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

Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. Winter Americana - Day 4 on March 5th: 206.88%
Heritage Auctions. Inaugural J. Doyle Dewitt Collection of Americana & Political Signature® Auction on March 20th: 200.89%
Il Ponte. Prints, Multiples and Modern Art on March 16th: 198.24%
Binoche et Giquello. M. D. LIBRARY : PRECIOUS BOOKS - BINDINGS on March 22nd: 175.73%
Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript African Americana on March 24th: 167.63%
Chorley's. Fine Arts and Antiques - Stamps and Books on March 22nd: 163.39%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 10/13/4 on March 16th: 141.22%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 3/15 on March 22nd: 138.32%
Sothebys. Fine Japanese Prints - bidstart 3/17 on March 24th: 128.52%
Australian Book Auctions. March Gallery Sale: Australiana, Ephemera, Literature, Natural History, Art Reference. on March 23rd: 118.09%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 3/4 on March 13th: 115.23%
Aguttes. Letters, Autographs and Manuscripts on January 25th: 114.65%
Venator and Hanstein. The Werner Floss Collection on March 24th: 106.89%
Bonhams. Women Through History on March 23rd: 106.74%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 3/15 on March 22nd: 106.41%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs and Maps on March 22nd: 103.48%


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

Heritage Auctions. Inaugural J. Doyle Dewitt Collection of Americana & Political Signature® Auction on March 20th: 100.00%
Bruneau & Co. . Comic Books on March 23rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Video Games and Playing Cards - bidstart 3/15 on March 22nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 3/15 on March 22nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 3/13 on March 21st: 99.90%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 3/15 on March 22nd: 99.46%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 3/16 on March 23rd: 99.34%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 3/13 on March 20th: 98.31%
Binoche et Giquello. M. D. LIBRARY : PRECIOUS BOOKS - BINDINGS on March 22nd: 97.62%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 3/12 on March 19th: 97.00%
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. Winter Americana - Day 4 on March 5th: 96.74%
Chorley's. Fine Arts and Antiques - Stamps and Books on March 22nd: 95.59%
New England Auctions. Fine Books and Ephemera List on March 22nd: 94.36%
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts on March 23rd: 94.24%
Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript African Americana on March 24th: 93.49%
Australian Book Auctions. March Gallery Sale: Australiana, Ephemera, Literature, Natural History, Art Reference. on March 23rd: 93.45%
One Source Auctions. 11TH ANNUAL POST ST. PATRICK'S DAY CATALOGED ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES ONLINE AUCTION on March 21st: 93.33%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Fine And Decorative Arts Quarterly on March 22nd: 93.10%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 3/6 on March 20th: 92.78%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 3/4 on March 13th: 92.68%
Il Ponte. Prints, Multiples and Modern Art on March 16th: 91.10%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 10/13/4 on March 16th: 90.20%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs and Maps on March 22nd: 90.12%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 3/4 on March 15th: 88.89%
Bonhams. Women Through History on March 23rd: 87.72%
Bruun Rasmussen. Gustave Wied/Modern Art Books/Books and Manuscripts/Modern Art and Design on March 22nd: 85.27%
Aste Bolaffi. Comics - Internet Live on February 17th: 83.70%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on March 24th: 83.67%
Michaans Auctions. Gallery Auction on March 19th: 82.50%
North American Auction Company. Western Collector Auction on March 19th: 82.11%
Purcell Auctioneers. Auction of a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, Journa on March 23rd: 81.45%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 3/11 on March 18th: 81.25%

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa-oki nami-ura), also known as The Great Wave | Edo period, 19th century on March 24th Actual price: USD $580,837.
  2. Sothebys Fine Wind, Clear Weather (Gaifu kaisei), also known as Red Fuji | Edo period, 19th century on March 24th Actual price: USD $199,144.
  3. Bonhams The Monster Skeleton on March 23rd Actual price: USD $150,313.
  4. Heritage Auctions Stephen A. Douglas: 1860 George Clark Ambrotype and Rare Mate to the Legendary Lincoln Badge. on March 20th Actual price: USD $118,750.
  5. Bonhams Geobukseon (Turtle ships) and Panokseon (Armored war ships) on March 23rd Actual price: USD $112,813.
  6. Poster Auctions International, Inc. Le Jockey. 1899. on March 20th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  7. Bonhams Autograph letter signed ("Yours affec.ey/ J. Austen") to "My Dear Anna [Lefroy]", [Chawton] on March 23rd Actual price: USD $99,293.
  8. Bonhams Poesie toscane, 2 vol., INSCRIBED BY PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY TO CLAIRE CLAIRMONT, Venice, Vitarelli, 1812 on March 23rd Actual price: USD $99,293.
  9. Poster Auctions International, Inc. Bal Nègre. 1927. on March 20th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  10. Poster Auctions International, Inc. La Loge au Mascaron Doré. 1894. on March 20th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  11. Heritage Auctions Abraham Lincoln: Fantastic Baseball Themed Currier & Ives Cartoon. on March 20th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  12. Bonhams A woodblock print entitled Kamata no umezono (baien) (Plum garden at Kamata) from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (100 Famous Views of Edo), signed Hiroshige ga, with censor's seal aratame, published by Uoya Eikichi on March 23rd Actual price: USD $75,313.
  13. Poster Auctions International, Inc. L’Automobiliste. 1898. on March 20th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  14. Swann Galleries Banneker's . . . Almanack and Ephemeris, for the Year of our Lord, 1792. on March 24th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  15. Marc van de Wiele Auctions Urbium Totius Belgii seu Germaniae Inferioris on March 19th Actual price: USD $74,524.
  16. Binoche et Giquello [MANUSCRIT]. [HOURS]. Book of Hours (for use in Paris). In Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment. on March 22nd Actual price: USD $70,069.
  17. Bonhams Eight paintings mounted as a folding screen on March 23rd Actual price: USD $69,063.
  18. Bonhams A complete set of the series Tsuki hyakushi (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon) on March 23rd Actual price: USD $69,063.
  19. Poster Auctions International, Inc. Jane Avril. 1899. on March 20th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  20. Poster Auctions International, Inc. Salon des Cent. 1896. on March 20th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  21. Sothebys The Jewel River in Musashi Province (Bushu Tamagawa) | Edo period, 19th century on March 24th Actual price: USD $63,062.
  22. Sothebys Under Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa (Fukagawa Mannen-bashi no shita) | Edo period, 19th century on March 24th Actual price: USD $63,062.
  23. Bonhams Manuscript notebook titled "Sonnets", on the first leaf, containing some 140 poems, on March 23rd Actual price: USD $63,007.
  24. Clars Auction Gallery "Gretchen," on March 25th Actual price: USD $61,750.
  25. Heritage Auctions X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages. on March 21st Actual price: USD $57,600.



48 total sales reported this week:

Clars Auction Gallery. Modern + Contemporary Art + Design on March 25th: 77.61%
PBA Galleries. Fine Literature - Bukowski - Counterculture on February 24th: 77.37%
Venator and Hanstein. Books, Prints and Autographs on March 25th: 61.37%
Venator and Hanstein. The Werner Floss Collection on March 24th: 67.80%
Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript African Americana on March 24th: 93.49%
Sothebys. Fine Japanese Prints - bidstart 3/17 on March 24th: 68.42%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on March 24th: 83.67%
Brunk Auctions. Emporium Auction on March 24th: 77.78%
Australian Book Auctions. March Gallery Sale: Australiana, Ephemera, Literature, Natural History, Art Reference. on March 23rd: 93.45%
Purcell Auctioneers. Auction of a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, Journa on March 23rd: 81.45%
Potomack Company. March Cornucopia - Paintings, Drawings, and Prints on March 23rd: 67.44%
Bruneau & Co. . Comic Books on March 23rd: 100.00%
Bonhams. Women Through History on March 23rd: 87.72%
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts on March 23rd: 94.24%
Bonhams. Japanese and Korean Art on March 23rd: 77.00%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 3/16 on March 23rd: 99.34%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Fine And Decorative Arts Quarterly on March 22nd: 93.10%
Rossini. Posters, Lithographs, Works on Paper, Paintings on March 22nd: 8.20%
New England Auctions. Fine Books and Ephemera List on March 22nd: 94.36%
Moreshet Auctions. Books, Kodesh books, Hassidic books, Rabbinical letters, Manuscripts, Judaika and more on March 22nd: 53.44%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs and Maps on March 22nd: 90.12%
Chorley's. Fine Arts and Antiques - Stamps and Books on March 22nd: 95.59%
Bruun Rasmussen. Gustave Wied/Modern Art Books/Books and Manuscripts/Modern Art and Design on March 22nd: 85.27%
Binoche et Giquello. M. D. LIBRARY : PRECIOUS BOOKS - BINDINGS on March 22nd: 97.62%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Video Games and Playing Cards - bidstart 3/15 on March 22nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 3/15 on March 22nd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 3/15 on March 22nd: 99.46%
Aguttes. Letters, Autographs and Manuscripts on January 25th: 75.65%
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates. Winter Americana - Day 4 on March 5th: 96.74%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques on February 19th: 44.80%
Aste Bolaffi. Comics - Internet Live on February 17th: 83.70%
One Source Auctions. 11TH ANNUAL POST ST. PATRICK'S DAY CATALOGED ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES ONLINE AUCTION on March 21st: 93.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 3/11 on March 18th: 81.25%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 10/13/4 on March 16th: 90.20%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 3/4 on March 15th: 88.89%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 3/4 on March 14th: 76.53%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 3/4 on March 13th: 92.68%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 3/13 on March 20th: 98.31%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 3/13 on March 21st: 99.90%
Poster Auctions International, Inc.. PAI-LXXXVI: Rare Posters on March 20th: 67.06%
North American Auction Company. Western Collector Auction on March 19th: 82.11%
Michaans Auctions. Gallery Auction on March 19th: 82.50%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Monthly Picture Sale on March 18th: 32.43%
Il Ponte. Prints, Multiples and Modern Art on March 16th: 91.10%
Marc van de Wiele Auctions. Spring Auction on March 19th: 73.58%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 3/12 on March 19th: 97.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 3/6 on March 20th: 92.78%
Heritage Auctions. Inaugural J. Doyle Dewitt Collection of Americana & Political Signature® Auction on March 20th: 100.00%


For the week ahead 37 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Mar. 28th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Arabic Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 3/18. 24 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 3/18. 88 lots

Tue. Mar. 29th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 3/22. 459 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 3/22. 170 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Video Games and Playing Cards - bidstart 3/22. 101 lots
Bonhams. Los Angeles. Prints and Multiples. 216 lots
Morphy Auctions. Denver. Automobiliana, Petroliana, Railroadiana. 577 lots
Il Ponte. Milan. Books. 400 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. JACQUES PÉRIER COLLECTION - RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE: POSTERS, PRINTS, BOOKS, PHOTOGRAPHS, MAGAZINES. 140 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Auction of Old and Contemporary Books. 331 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Antiquarian and Collectors' Books. 200 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Art and Design - Prints. 86 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Art and Prints - Online Only. 42 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety Auction - Online Only. 45 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 3/18. 38 lots

Wed. Mar. 30th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 3/23. 316 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Books and Autographs. 411 lots
University Archives. Wilton. Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Photographs & Books. 417 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 3/18. 130 lots

Thu. Mar. 31st
Forum Auctions. London. Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. 568 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Books in All Fields with Literature, Americana & Maps - bidstart 3/21. 362 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Autographs and Memorabilia. 364 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The Black Cat Collection and Pre-Code Horror Comics & Comic Art Showcase Auction. 269 lots
Kestenbaum and Company. Brooklyn. Boutique Sale Featuring Passover Hagadot, Maps of Eretz Israel and Additional Material. 75 lots
Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Los Angeles. Comic Strip Art. 383 lots
Christies. New York. The Andy Warhol Diaries - bidstart 3/17. 58 lots

Fri. Apr. 1st
Charlton Hall. West Columbia, SC. 93rd Anniversary Sale. 27 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 3/25. 82 lots

Sat. Apr. 2nd
Antikvariat Bryggen AS. Skjeberg. Polar Exploration - The Library of Otto Norland. 346 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper -. 200 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Sporlympic VIII. 389 lots

Sun. Apr. 3rd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 3/27.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 3/27.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 3/20. 292 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Paper Money Showcase Auction. 309 lots
Schilb Antiquarian. Columbia. RARE BOOKS With NO RESERVE NO BUYERS PREMIUM!. 109 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 3/25. 56 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Dramatic Works,</i> 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Joyce (James). <i>Ulysses,</i> first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Chaucer (Geoffrey). <i>Troilus and Criseyde,</i> one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Borges (Jorge Luis). <i>Luna de Enfrente,</i> first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Nolli (Giovanni Battista). <i>Nuova Pianta di Roma,</i> Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Roberts (David). <i>The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia,</i> 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Blacker (William). <i>Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing,</i> Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000. <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.