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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>
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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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<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-1800) - bidstart 12/18
- Auction Date
- 12/30/2020 - 12/30/2020
- Sale Number
- #123020
- Total Lots
- 130
- Sold Lots
- 117
- Lots Sold
- 90.00%
- Unsold Lots
- 13
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 26,028.11
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 16,395.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 20,100.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 20,295.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 24,600.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 105.81%
Top twenty by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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43343971 | Nicolas Aubin | La Connoissance des Pavillons ou Bannieres, que la plûpart des nations arborent en mer |
1737 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 1,962.00 |
43620215 | Jean de la Fontaine, Etienne Fessard (figures) & Montulay (texte) | Fables Choisies |
1765/1775 | EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,133.60 |
43590503 | Lafitau, Joseph François | Histoire des Découvertes et Conquestes des Portugais dans le Nouveau Monde. |
1734 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,300.00 | EUR 1,079.10 |
43522899 | M. Arnoult | Collection des décrets de l'assemblée nationale constituante |
1792 | Not Available | EUR 983.18 |
43412667 | Gueudeville | Atlas historique, Seconde Partie du Tome Second |
1708 | EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 967.92 |
43602573 | Camille Desmoulins | Le vieux cordelier. Journal rédigé par Camille Desmoulins |
1793 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 | EUR 926.50 |
43714059 | Martinet | Description historique de Paris et de ses plus beaux monumens |
1779 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 926.50 |
43595809 | Jean Jacques Rousseau | Dictionnaire de musique par J.J. Rousseau |
1781 | Not Available | EUR 872.00 |
43485531 | George Anson / Richard Walter | Voyage Autour Du Monde |
1749 | Not Available | EUR 817.50 |
43646879 | [Claude-Joseph Dorat] | Les baisers |
1770 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | EUR 763.00 |
43612719 | [Héliodore d’Émèse] | Amours de Theagenes et Chariclée. Histoire éthiopique |
1743 | EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 654.00 |
43596551 | Joseph Priestly | Experiences et Observations sur Differentes Branches de la Physique |
1782 | Not Available | EUR 599.50 |
43130267 | Houdry - Floriot | La Bibliothèque des prédicateurs |
1715 | EUR 375.00 - 475.00 | EUR 547.18 |
43538083 | Serre des Rieux, J. | Les dons des enfans de Latone. La musique et la chasse du cerf. Tons de chasse et fanfares... |
1734 | EUR 600.00 - 700.00 | EUR 545.00 |
43545813 | Jean de la Fontaine | Contes et nouvelles en vers [...]. |
1777 | Not Available | EUR 501.40 |
43600049 | Jean Paul Marat | Recherches Physiques sur L'Electricite |
1782 | Not Available | EUR 479.60 |
43618047 | Calmet | Histoire généalogique de la Maison du Chatelet, branche puinée de la Maison de Lorraine |
1712 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 461.07 |
43493711 | Explication de la Sainte Bible, selon le sens littéral et selon le sens spirituel |
1781/1789 | EUR 330.00 - 400.00 | EUR 457.80 | |
43538303 | Bazot | \t Conside?rations filosofiques sur la franc-mac?onnerie de?die? a? tous les Oriens en France |
1776 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 452.35 |
43598237 | Pierre-Simon Girard | Traité analytique de la résistance des solides, et des solides dégale résistance |
1798 | Not Available | EUR 446.90 |