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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.
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<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Joseph F. Kernan, <i>College Football,</i> oil on canvas, <i>The Saturday Evening Post</i> cover, 1932. $25,000 to $35,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Joseph C. Leyendecker, <i>Golfer Lighting a Cigarette,</i> oil on canvas, c.1920. $7,000 to $10,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Howard Chandler Christy, <i>In the Field,</i> charcoal & watercolor, published in <i>Scribner’s,</i> 1902. $8,000 to $12,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> N.C. Wyeth, <i>Standish Reading,</i> pen & ink, for <i>The Courtship of Miles Standish,</i> 1920. $5,000 to $7,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Johnanna Stewart Mapes, <i>A Fairy Book,</i> conté crayon, for <i>St. Nicholas Magazine,</i> 1907. $2,500 to $3,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Arnold Lobel, pen & ink, for <i>The Frog & Toad Coloring Book,</i> 1981. $3,000 to $4,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Antonio Lopez, <i>Today’s Fashions,</i> study for <i>The New York Times,</i> 1981. $2,500 to $3,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Charles Schulz, <i>“I’ll have to go back to the house…I forgot my rubbers…”</i> pen & ink, original 4-panel <i>Peanuts comic,</i> 1960. $8,000 to $12,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Constantin Alajalov, <i>Family Tree,</i> watercolor and gouache, cover for <i>The New Yorker,</i> 1938. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000.
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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.
Auction Reports
Catawiki B. V.
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 11/27
- Auction Date
- 12/07/2020 - 12/07/2020
- Sale Number
- #120720
- Total Lots
- 90
- Sold Lots
- 71
- Lots Sold
- 78.89%
- Unsold Lots
- 19
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 15,906.37
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 6,130.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 7,850.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 18,295.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 22,775.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 69.84%
Top twenty by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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42744247 | Otto Mencke, D. Papin, G. W. Leibniz, C. Huygens, Jacobi Bernoulli, Petri Bellorii | Acta Eruditorum anno M DC LXXXXI publicata |
1693/1691 | EUR 1,450.00 - 1,650.00 | EUR 2,180.00 |
42975257 | Monastery "Starovetsky" on the island | Psalter (psalmbook) |
1652 | Not Available | EUR 1,476.95 |
42045447 | Lodovico Guicciardini | Description de touts les Pays-Bas |
1625 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,079.10 |
42691871 | Philippo Brietio | Parallela geographicae veteris et novae |
1649 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 960.29 |
42744879 | Nicolaes Visscher (ill.) | Biblia, dat is, de Gantsche Heylige Schrifture, |
1663 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | EUR 901.43 |
3421465 | Pieter Christiaensz. Bor | Oorsprong, begin ende vervolgh der Nederlantsche Oorlogen, beroerten ende Burgerlijcke oneenicheyden |
1621/1634 | Not Available | EUR 660.54 |
42622373 | Johan van Beverwijck | Van de wtnementheyt des vrouwelicken geslachts |
1643 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 506.85 |
42703845 | Jules César | Les Commentaires de César |
1689 | Not Available | EUR 370.60 |
42597019 | Cornelius Lapide | Commentaria |
1662/1646 | EUR 350.00 - 400.00 | EUR 337.90 |
42617863 | Lucius Annaeus Seneque | L. annaei Senecae philosophi, et M. annaei Senecae rhetoris |
1614 | Not Available | EUR 308.47 |
42667171 | Abraham Bosse | Algemeene Manier [...] Perspectiven gelijck tot die der Meetkunde [...] |
1664 | Not Available | EUR 295.39 |
42710033 | Thomae Aquinatis | Summa Theologiae Sancti Thomae Aquinatis; Cum optimis quibusque exemplaribus collata... |
1624 | Not Available | EUR 294.30 |
42716501 | Jan Luyken (ill.) | Leven en bedryf van den vermaarden Zeeheld Cornelis Tromp |
1692 | Not Available | EUR 294.30 |
42510791 | Jean Errard | La Géométrie et practique généralle d'icelle |
1602 | Not Available | EUR 284.49 |
42626147 | Richelieu | Journal de Monsieur le cardinal dux de Richelieu |
1665 | Not Available | EUR 283.40 |
42860045 | Joost van Vondel | Publius Vergilius Maroos Wercken, vertaelt in Nederduitsch dicht |
1696 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 272.50 |
42875357 | Francisci Vavassoris | Societ. Iesu de ludicra dictione liber in quo tota iocandi ratio ex veterum scriptis æstimatur. |
1658 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 271.41 |
42476831 | Le Sr De La Chambre | Discours Sur Les Principes De La Chiromance |
1653 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 245.25 |
41737881 | Biblia, dat is de gantsche H. Schrifture |
1684 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 218.00 | |
42625975 | Adam Contzen | Commentaria in quatuor sancta Iesu Christi Evangelia |
1626 | Not Available | EUR 209.28 |