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<center><b>Case Antiques<br>Two-Day Winter Auction<br>Jan. 30 & 31, 2021</b><b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Rare 1778 Engraved map of Colonial Philadelphia after George Heap (1714-1752) and Nicholas Scull (1687-1761). $10,000 to $12,000.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Author signed and inscribed <i>THE FOUNTAINHEAD,</i> stated First Edition, by Ayn Rand, published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, New York, 1943. $2,000 to $2,400.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) hand-colored aquatint engraving, "Yellow-billed Magpie, Stellers Jay, Ultramarine Jay and Clark's Crow," Plate Number CCCLXII. $1,800 to $2,200.<center><b>Case Antiques<br>Two-Day Winter Auction<br>Jan. 30 & 31, 2021</b><b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) autograph letter, signed, as President, to Nathan Reid detailing Jackson’s intervention on behalf of Reid's grandson. $1,800 to $2,200.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Edward Steichen (Luxembourg/American, 1879-1973) portfolio of photographs, "The Early Years 1900-1927, 12 Hand-Gravure Prints" #41/1000, printed in 1981. $1,400 to $1,600.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, TLS, one-page typed letter on The White House, Washington, D.C., stationary to John Marshall Butler. $1,400 to $1,600.<center><b>Case Antiques<br>Two-Day Winter Auction<br>Jan. 30 & 31, 2021</b><b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Two Pre-Civil War slave related letters, including one written by Mariah, a female domestic slave of James Vincent Musgrove (1814-1890) to her daughter. $1,000 to $1,200.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Two author signed and inscribed Ayn Rand related books, including one Rand signed <i>WE THE LIVING,</i> London 1940 edition. $1,000 to $1,200.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> PLAN DE LA VILLE DE MEMPHIS (ETATS-UNIS) 40,000 HABITANTS pen and ink with watercolor hand drawn drainage system map, circa 1870. $700 to $900.<center><b>Case Antiques<br>Two-Day Winter Auction<br>Jan. 30 & 31, 2021</b><b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> Scarce Mezzotint portrait of Thomas Pownall, Colonial Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (1757-1760) and South Carolina (1760). $600 to $700.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> VIEW OF NORFOLK FROM COSPORT, VIRGINIA, John Hill, engraver, after John Shaw (U.K., 1776-1832). $600 to $700.<b>Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31:</b> THE BURNING OF THE MERCHANT'S EXCHANGE, NEW YORK CITY -THE GREAT FIRE OF DECEMBER, 1835. Scarce color lithograph, a 1909 reissue of the original 1836 print. $500 to $700.
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<center><b>Il Ponte Casa d'Aste<br>Books and Manuscripts<br>26 January 2021</b><center><b>Il Ponte Casa d'Aste<br>Books and Manuscripts<br>26 January 2021</b><center><b>Il Ponte Casa d'Aste<br>Books and Manuscripts<br>26 January 2021</b>
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<b><center>Christie’s<br>Paul Destribats:<br>Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes<br>Part III<br>2-3 and 4 February 2021</b><b><center>Christie’s<br>Paul Destribats:<br>Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes<br>Part III<br>2-3 and 4 February 2021</b><b><center>Christie’s<br>Paul Destribats:<br>Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes<br>Part III<br>2-3 and 4 February 2021</b><b><center>Christie’s<br>Paul Destribats:<br>Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes<br>Part III<br>2-3 and 4 February 2021</b>
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<center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts<br>and Works on Paper<br>28 January 2021</b><b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Schedel (Hartmann). <i>Liber Chronicarum,</i> first edition, Nuremberg, Anton Koberger for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 1493. £30,000 to £50,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> [Greek Orthodox Church].- <i>Menaion,</i> manuscript in Greek, on paper, in Greek letters, [Eastern Mediterranean], [c. 1400]. £5,000 to £7,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> American Revolution.- Loyalist's cow powder horn, engraved with the cypher "GR" for George III surmounted by a crown, an inscription, and on reverse an engraving of the "North River" [Hudson River], 1777. £5,000 to £7,000.<center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts<br>and Works on Paper<br>28 January 2021</b><b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Illuminated prayer book.- <i>Maria Carcer y Trigueros... Santa Misa y Oraciones,</i> illuminated manuscript in Spanish, on paper, [c. 1850]. £5,000 to £7,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Hardy (Thomas). <i>The Mayor of Casterbridge,</i> 2 vol., first edition in book form, original cloth, 1886. £2,000 to £3,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> [Austen (Jane)]. <i>Emma: A Novel,</i> first edition, Printed for John Murray, 1816. £7,000 to £10,000.<center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts<br>and Works on Paper<br>28 January 2021</b><b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Brontë (Charlotte). <i>Jane Eyre. An Autobiography,</i> 3 vol., first edition, Smith, Elder and Co., 1847. £10,000 to £15,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Cruikshank (George). <i>The Road to the Derby,</i> one of two proof copies, Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1882. £600 to £800.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Meunier (Charles, binder).- Gruel (Leon). <i>Manuel Historique et Bibliographique de l'Amateur de Reliures,</i> 2 vol., Paris, 1887.-1905. £3,000 to £4,000.<center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts<br>and Works on Paper<br>28 January 2021</b><b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Burne-Jones (Sir Edward). <i>The Work of Edward Burne-Jones,</i> edited by Philip Burne-Jones, one of 200 copies, [c.1900]. £4,000 to £6,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Nazraeli Press.- <i>Six by Six,</i> 36 vol. [a complete set], one of 100 sets, each with signed photograph, Portland, Or., 2010-16. £10,000 to £15,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Australasia.- Péron (Francois) and Freycinet. <i>Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes,</i> 5 vol. including Atlas, second edition, Paris, 1824. £6,000 to £8,000.
Auction Reports
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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 11/13
- Auction Date
- 11/24/2020 - 11/24/2020
- Sale Number
- #112420
- Total Lots
- 28
- Sold Lots
- 24
- Lots Sold
- 85.71%
- Unsold Lots
- 4
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 7,040.31
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 4,620.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 5,700.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 6,370.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 7,800.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 90.26%
Top twenty by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
42303845 | Dante | La Divina Comedia |
1569 | EUR 450.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,035.50 |
42471733 | Pietro Andrea Mattioli / Francesco Calzolari | Compendium de plantis omnibus... |
1571 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 966.83 |
42508405 | Marcus Tullius Cicero | De officiis, Laelius, sive de amicitia, Cato maior, sive de senectute |
1482 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 | EUR 926.50 |
42370321 | L. Annaei Senecae Philosophi Opera Omnia & Manaei Senecae Rhetoris |
1526 | EUR 400.00 - 450.00 | EUR 381.50 | |
42296561 | Page from the Divine Comedy |
1490 | Not Available | EUR 373.87 | |
42518905 | Pingone Emanuele Filiberto | Inclytorum Saxoniae Sabaudiaeq Principum Arbor Gentilitia |
1581 | EUR 300.00 - 350.00 | EUR 370.60 |
42475853 | Antonio Agostini | I discorsi del S. Don Antonio Agostini sopra le medaglie et altre anticaglie... |
1592 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 348.80 |
42503933 | Paolo Giovio | Dialogo dell’imprese militari et amorose di Monsignor Giovio |
1574 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 348.80 |
42493355 | Paridis Crassi | De cerimoniis cardinalium et episcoporum |
1564 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 327.00 |
13255009 | Phillip Dobereiner | Ein Edels Schatzbüchlein der Göttlichen Liebe |
1564 | EUR 220.00 - 400.00 | EUR 272.50 |
42502911 | Aldo Pio Manuzio | Grammaticarum Institutionum Libri IV |
1575 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 261.60 |
42570339 | Ducato di Toscana | Nuova Riforma e bandi della Gabella della Farina Famiglia Medici |
1561 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 261.60 |
42366183 | Codicis Domini Iustiniani Sacratissimi Principis... & Institutionum D.N. Justiniani sacratissimi... |
1567 | Not Available | EUR 201.65 | |
42217999 | Flavius Josephus | Boecken, te weten vanden ouden ioodschen gheschiedenissen twintich |
1594 | Not Available | EUR 163.50 |
42523413 | Livy Titus (59 B.C.-17 A.D.). Romische Historie - Hand coloured | Romische Historie - 2nd Punic War - Roman Empire - Scipio & Hannibal - Nabis at Lacedemonia - 1514 |
1514 | Not Available | EUR 132.98 |
42523625 | Master of Gruninger Workshop | Virgil Aeneid: Italy, Volcano Etna, Grave of Polydorus, Winds |
1502 | Not Available | EUR 123.17 |
42112095 | Manuscript | Tours - Rouen, blad uit een getijdenboek - ca. |
1430 | Not Available | EUR 109.00 |
42527453 | Hans Asper (1499-1571) - Large folio - Franks and Burgundians | Chlodemer I, Theuderic I, Childebert I, and Clotaire I - Kingdom of Orléans - First Edition - 1548 |
1548 | Not Available | EUR 93.74 |
41246403 | Manuscript | Antiphonary |
1550 | Not Available | EUR 81.75 |
41529363 | Manuscript | blad uit een getijdenboek - ca. |
1450 | Not Available | EUR 81.75 |