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<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. <i>Macbeth: A Tragedy.</i> London, 1673. FIRST SEPARATE AND FIRST QUARTO EDITION. THE CHARLTON HESTON COPY. $80,000 to $120,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. <i>In Our Time.</i> Paris, 1924. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. $20,000 to $30,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. <i>Fanshawe, A Tale.</i> Boston, 1828. FIRST EDITION OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. $20,000 to $30,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. <i>Walden; Or, Life in the Woods.</i> Boston, 1854. FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. <i>Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies.</i> London, 1685. THE FOURTH FOLIO, Brewster/Bentley issue. $20,000 to $30,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> STEIG, WILLIAM. Original maquette and 58 finished drawings for <i>The Agony in the Kindergarten,</i> one of Steig's most important books. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> VERNE, JULES. <i>A Journey to the Centre of the Earth.</i> New York & London, 1872. FIRST EDITION, RARE AMERICAN ISSUE, with Scribner & Welford cancel title. $5,000 to $8,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 5:</b> KING, STEPHEN. <i>Carrie.</i> New York, 1974. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. $1,200 to $1,800.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 4:</b> APPLE MACINTOSH PROTOTYPE. 1983. The earliest known Macintosh with "Twiggy" drive, one of only two known working machines. $120,000 to $180,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 4:</b> PLATO. <i>Timaeus</i> [AND] <i>Critias</i> [from Ficini's 1484 Opera]. A LANDMARK OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT. $80,000 to $120,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 4:</b> LOVELACE, AUGUSTA ADA. Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London, 1843. FIRST EDITION, JOURNAL ISSUE, MOST IMPORTANT PAPER IN EARLY DIGITAL COMPUTING. $15,000 to $20,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 4:</b> APPLE-1 COMPUTER. Signed by Steve Wozniak, used in development of Apple II. $200,000 to $300,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 4:</b> DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. <i>On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection.</i> London, 1859. FIRST EDITION. $80,000 to $120,000.
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<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Churchill (Winston) & Others. 1944 Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, 27 April 1944. £8,000 to £12,000.<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Joyce (James). <i>Ulysses.</i> First English edition, 1922. £800 to £1,200.<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Belzoni (Giovanni Battista). <i>Plates Illustrated of the Researches and Operations...in Egypt and Nubia,</i> FIRST EDITION, 1821-1822. £14,375 inc Buyers Premium.<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Astor (John Jacob). A collection of rare letters, 9 January 1812- 4 September 1837. £26,000 inc Buyers Premium.<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Rowling (J.K.) <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,</i> FIRST EDITION, first issue, 1997. £27,500 inc Buyers Premium.<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Royal Family. Photograph of Queen Elizabeth, George VI, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, signed, 1946. £3,640 inc Buyers Premium.<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Collodi (Carlo). <i>Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino,</i> FIRST EDITION, 1883. £8,401 inc Buyers Premium.
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<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> CLEMENS, SAMUEL L. <i>The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.</i> Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1876. $14,000 to $18,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> BATEMAN, JAMES. <i>The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala.</i> London: J. Ridgway & Sons for the author, [1837]-1843. $60,000 to $80,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> WHITMAN, WALT. <i>Leaves of Grass.</i> Brooklyn: [For the author by Andrew and James Rome,] 1855. $150,000 to $200,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> LEE, HARPER. Three “Seckatary Hawkins”-related books inscribed and signed by Harper Lee. $60,000 to $80,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> POE, EDGAR ALLAN. <i>The Raven.</i> New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. $120,000 to $180,000.
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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 11/29
- Auction Date
- 12/08/2019 - 12/08/2019
- Sale Number
- #120819
- Total Lots
- 48
- Sold Lots
- 0
- Lots Sold
- 0.00%
- Unsold Lots
- 48
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 0.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 0.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 0.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 10,350.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 12,480.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- -0.38%
Top twenty by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
32440555 | Gezaghebber van St. Martin (Sint Maarten) | Wisselbrief (slavenbrief) |
1864 | Not Available | Unknown |
32440675 | Manuscript | blad uit een getijdenboek - ca |
1450 | Not Available | Unknown |
32450969 | Lifafe Tsidiq - Handwritten Coptic Prayer Book - late XX century |
Not Available | Unknown | ||
32456213 | Johann Baptist Spaur | Autograph; Letter with a Communication from Milan |
1846 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
32459715 | Pierre Auguste Berhemy | Général de Murat a Naples. Lettre autographe |
1820 | Not Available | Unknown |
32459955 | Alexandre Dumas fils | Lettre autographe signée |
1888 | EUR 400.00 - 450.00 | Unknown |
32460281 | Léo Ferré | Lettre autographe signée |
1978 | EUR 660.00 - 730.00 | Unknown |
32473401 | (Dutch East Indies) Fmr. Lieutenant Governor General Jean Chrétien Baud | Manuscript; Signed 14 page letter to Governor General Mr. P. (Pieter) Merkus |
1843 | Not Available | Unknown |
32492403 | Islamic Manuscript | Maghrebi traditional Arabic Koranic writing - without date (ca. 1800) |
EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
32511761 | Jacques Chirac, Président de la République | Lettres Signée avec Entete "Le Président de la République" à Auguste Lebreton |
1998 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | Unknown |
32512995 | Camille Corot | Lettre Autographe Signée à son Eleve Jules Badin |
1874 | EUR 220.00 - 250.00 | Unknown |
32513843 | Edouard Goerg | Lettre Autographe Signée à son Entete |
1965 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
32522631 | De Gouverneur van Curaçao en onderhoorigheden | Wisselbrief / Slavenbrief Curaçao |
1863 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
32524873 | Namur court of justice | Manuscript; Complaining of non-payment of annuities (plus a recent genealogical and heraldry study) |
1550 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
32529827 | Cheikh Abou Ali al-Hassan ibn Masud al-Yusi | Arabe manuscript Ilm al-mantiq ??? ?????? ????? |
1800 | EUR 180.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
26102043 | Benito Mussolini | Autograph; Administrative/Military decree |
1925 | Not Available | Unknown |
30064433 | Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman bin Zakri and others | Explication from Sahih Bukhari ????? ??? ???? ??????? - without date (ca. 1800) |
EUR 800.00 - 900.00 | Unknown | |
30419399 | Giulio Solitro | Manuscript; Tragedia |
1837 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
30585545 | Ahmed Bin Zaini Dahlan Al Hassani | Manuscript of Arabic Grammar. Al-Azhari |
1830 | EUR 280.00 - 320.00 | Unknown |
30670819 | De Gouverneur der Kolonie Suriname | Wisselbrief / Slavenbrief Suriname met zeldzaam Brits Foreign Bill zegel |
1863 | EUR 220.00 - 250.00 | Unknown |