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<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Auction Jan. 30 & 31, 2021

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Rare 1778 Engraved map of Colonial Philadelphia after George Heap (1714-1752) and Nicholas Scull (1687-1761). $10,000 to $12,000.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Author signed and inscribed THE FOUNTAINHEAD, stated First Edition, by Ayn Rand, published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, New York, 1943. $2,000 to $2,400.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: 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>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Auction Jan. 30 & 31, 2021

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: 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.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: 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.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: 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>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Auction Jan. 30 & 31, 2021

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: 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.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Two author signed and inscribed Ayn Rand related books, including one Rand signed WE THE LIVING, London 1940 edition. $1,000 to $1,200.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: 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>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Auction Jan. 30 & 31, 2021

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Scarce Mezzotint portrait of Thomas Pownall, Colonial Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (1757-1760) and South Carolina (1760). $600 to $700.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: VIEW OF NORFOLK FROM COSPORT, VIRGINIA, John Hill, engraver, after John Shaw (U.K., 1776-1832). $600 to $700.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: 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.
<center>Il Ponte Casa d'Aste Books and Manuscripts 26 January 2021

<center>Il Ponte Casa d'Aste Books and Manuscripts 26 January 2021

<center>Il Ponte Casa d'Aste Books and Manuscripts 26 January 2021
<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Schedel (Hartmann). Liber Chronicarum, first edition, Nuremberg, Anton Koberger for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 1493. £30,000 to £50,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: [Greek Orthodox Church].- Menaion, manuscript in Greek, on paper, in Greek letters, [Eastern Mediterranean], [c. 1400]. £5,000 to £7,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: 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>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Illuminated prayer book.- Maria Carcer y Trigueros... Santa Misa y Oraciones, illuminated manuscript in Spanish, on paper, [c. 1850]. £5,000 to £7,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Hardy (Thomas). The Mayor of Casterbridge, 2 vol., first edition in book form, original cloth, 1886. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: [Austen (Jane)]. Emma: A Novel, first edition, Printed for John Murray, 1816. £7,000 to £10,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Brontë (Charlotte). Jane Eyre. An Autobiography, 3 vol., first edition, Smith, Elder and Co., 1847. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Cruikshank (George). The Road to the Derby, one of two proof copies, Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1882. £600 to £800.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Meunier (Charles, binder).- Gruel (Leon). Manuel Historique et Bibliographique de l'Amateur de Reliures, 2 vol., Paris, 1887.-1905. £3,000 to £4,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Burne-Jones (Sir Edward). The Work of Edward Burne-Jones, edited by Philip Burne-Jones, one of 200 copies, [c.1900]. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Nazraeli Press.- Six by Six, 36 vol. [a complete set], one of 100 sets, each with signed photograph, Portland, Or., 2010-16. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Australasia.- Péron (Francois) and Freycinet. Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes, 5 vol. including Atlas, second edition, Paris, 1824. £6,000 to £8,000.

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Auction Info

Auction Name: Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 12/25
Auction Date: 01/06/2021 - 01/06/2021
Sale Number: #10621
Total Lots: 114
Sold Lots: 102
Lots Sold: 89.47%
Unsold Lots: 12

Total Sales (EUR): 11,235.72
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 5,465.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 6,925.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 8,135.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 10,215.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 109.99%

Top twenty by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
43748671	Jacques (James) Cook	Voyage dans l'Hémisphère austral, et autour du monde	1778	EUR 620.00 - 700.00	EUR 752.10
43666871	Louis XVI	Proclamation du Roi sur un décret de l'Assemblée Nationale, concernant les juifs	1790	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 330.27
43778179	Charles-Antoine Jombert, illustrations d'après Raphael ...	Methode pour apprendre le dessein	1755	EUR 350.00 - 450.00	EUR 327.00
43810395	Montesquieu / Charles Eisen	Le Temple de Gnide	1794	Not Available	EUR 327.00
43827965	l'Abbé Roger Schabol	La Pratique Du Jardin	1774	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 288.85
43773825	Prosper Marchand	Dictionnaire historique ou memoires critiques et litteraires	1758	EUR 450.00 - 500.00	EUR 283.40
40567141	Andre Lens	Le Costume ou Essai sur les habillements et usages des Peuples de L Antiquite	1776	EUR 200.00 - 275.00	EUR 250.70
43397851	Carlo Giovanni Maria Denina	Revolutions d'Italie	1770	EUR 220.00 - 250.00	EUR 239.80
43833481	Mr J.L. Baudelocque	Principes Sur L'Art Des Accouchemens	1787	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 239.80
43802705	Convention Nationale / Garat	Décrets de la Convention Nationale relatifs aux Procès et Jugement de Louis Capet. L'acte énonciati	1793	Not Available	EUR 218.00
43397863	Charles Rollin	Histoire romaine, depuis la fondation de Rome jusqu'a' la bataille d'Actium: c'est-a-dire, jusqu'a'	1782	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 215.82
43758571	Sabbathier / MM Varin	Recueil de planches pour le Dictionnaire des Auteurs Classiques Grecs & Latines	1774	Not Available	EUR 196.20
43815653	Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle	Oeuvres de Monsieur de Fontenelle, des Académies, Francoise, des Sciences, et des Belles-Lettres, et	1742	Not Available	EUR 196.20
43193473	Nicolas Malbranche	De la recherche de la vérité	1721	EUR 175.00 - 200.00	EUR 185.30
43705689	Jean Jacques Rousseau	Collection complète des oeuvres de J.J. Rousseau	1782	Not Available	EUR 175.49
43827919	Jacques Benigne Bossuet	Discours sur L'Histoire Universelle	1710	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 174.40
43726473		Lettres édifiantes et curieuses écrites des missions étrangères, par quelques missionnaires de la Co	1739	Not Available	EUR 166.77
43684279	Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq	Lettres di Baron de Busbec	1748	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 163.50
43747611	Jean Mabillon	La mort chrétienne, celle de Jésus-Christ & de plusieurs Saint & grands personnage de l'antiquité	1702	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 163.50
43827917	M. Macquer	Dictionnaire De Chymie Contenant La Théorie Et La Pratique De Cette Science	1778	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 162.41

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Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Joseph F. Kernan, College Football, oil on canvas, The Saturday Evening Post cover, 1932. $25,000 to $35,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Joseph C. Leyendecker, Golfer Lighting a Cigarette, oil on canvas, c.1920. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Howard Chandler Christy, In the Field, charcoal & watercolor, published in Scribner’s, 1902. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: N.C. Wyeth, Standish Reading, pen & ink, for The Courtship of Miles Standish, 1920. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Johnanna Stewart Mapes, A Fairy Book, conté crayon, for St. Nicholas Magazine, 1907. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Arnold Lobel, pen & ink, for The Frog & Toad Coloring Book, 1981. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Antonio Lopez, Today’s Fashions, study for The New York Times, 1981. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Charles Schulz, “I’ll have to go back to the house…I forgot my rubbers…” pen & ink, original 4-panel Peanuts comic, 1960. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Constantin Alajalov, Family Tree, watercolor and gouache, cover for The New Yorker, 1938. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000.
<center>Christie’s Paul Destribats: Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes Part III 2-3 and 4 February 2021

<center>Christie’s Paul Destribats: Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes Part III 2-3 and 4 February 2021

<center>Christie’s Paul Destribats: Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes Part III 2-3 and 4 February 2021

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