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Auction Name: Prints
Auction Date: 03/20/2013 - 03/20/2013
Sale Number: #1111
Total Lots: 14
Sold Lots: 9
Lots Sold: 64.29%
Unsold Lots: 5

Total Sales (GBP): 4,508.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 1,800.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 2,900.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 4,500.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 7,050.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 63.94%

Top twenty by sale price

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Morton Subastas: Auction of Books by Explorers and Travelers, Maps, Landscapes, Science, and Religion Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 5:00 p.m. (CST)

Morton Subastas, Jan. 28: Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species. London, 1859. First Edition. Letter Addressed to Dr. Ogle and Envelope Signed by Charles Darwin. $278,000 to $333,000.

Morton Subastas, Jan. 28: Ortelij, Abrahami. Epitome Theatri Orbis Terrarum. Antuerpiae: Exstat in Officina Plantinian, 1612. Rare Edition. $5,560 to $6,670.

Morton Subastas, Jan. 28: González de Mendoza, Juan. Histoire du Grand Royaume de la Chine, Situé Aux Indes Orientales. [Genève]: 1606. $1,670 to $2,230.

Morton Subastas: Auction of Books by Explorers and Travelers, Maps, Landscapes, Science, and Religion Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 5:00 p.m. (CST)

Morton Subastas, Jan. 28: Chapman, Conrad Wise. Landscape of the Valley of Mexico. Oil on wood. Signed and dated. $26,120 to $30,560.

Morton Subastas, Jan. 28: Thesaurus Exorcismorum... Coloniae, 1608. Collection of Six Works of the Most Important Franciscan Exorcists of the 16th Century. $1,670 to $2,230.

Morton Subastas, Jan. 28: Saggio delle Transazioni Filosofiche della Società Regia. Napoli, 1729-1734. With a Map of California by Eusebio Kino. $1,120 to $1,440.

Morton Subastas: Auction of Books by Explorers and Travelers, Maps, Landscapes, Science, and Religion Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 5:00 p.m. (CST)

Morton Subastas, Jan. 28: Scherer, Heinrich. Delineatio Nova et Vera Partis Australis Novi Mexici, cum Australi Parte Insulae Californiae... Münich, ca. 1700. $850 to $1,120.

Morton Subastas, Jan. 28: Santacilia, Jorge Juan-Ulloa, Antonio de. A Voyage to South America. Describing at Large, the Spanish Cities... London, 1760. $890 to $1,120.

Morton Subastas, Jan. 28: Limborch, Philippi. Historia Inquisitionis Cui Subjungitur Liber Sententiarum Inquisitionis Tholosanae... Amsterdam, 1692. $1,340 to $1,670.

Morton Subastas: Auction of Books by Explorers and Travelers, Maps, Landscapes, Science, and Religion Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 5:00 p.m. (CST)

Morton Subastas, Jan. 28: Castro, C. - Campillo, J. - Cumplido, I. - Lauda, L. - Rodríguez G. Mexico and Its Surroundings. Méx, 1855-56. $5,000 to $5,560.

Morton Subastas, Jan. 28: Medical Gazette. Periodical of the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico... México, 1864 - 1943. Pieces: 169. $1,340 to $1,560.
Bonhams: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Measure for Measure (extracted from the First Folio). London, 1623. Sold for $52,575.

Bonhams: HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. Fanshawe, A Tale. Boston, 1828. FIRST EDITION OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Sold for $47,575.

Bonhams: THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. Walden; Or, Life in the Woods. Boston, 1854. FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Sold for $12,575.

Bonhams: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. London, 1685. THE FOURTH FOLIO, Brewster/Bentley issue. Sold for $43,825.

Bonhams: STEIG, WILLIAM. Original maquette and 58 finished drawings for The Agony in the Kindergarten, one of Steig's most important books. Sold for $12,575.

Bonhams: KING, STEPHEN. Carrie. New York, 1974. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Sold for $1,912.50.

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Bonhams: APPLE MACINTOSH PROTOTYPE. 1983. The earliest known Macintosh with "Twiggy" drive, one of only two known working machines. Sold for $150,075.

Bonhams: 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. Sold for $15,075.

Bonhams: APPLE-1 COMPUTER. Signed by Steve Wozniak, used in development of Apple II. Sold for $175,075.

Bonhams: DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection. London, 1859. FIRST EDITION. Sold for $131,325.

Bonhams: BOOLE, GEORGE. An Investigation of the Laws of Thought. London, 1854. Sold for $12,575.

Bonhams: SHANNON, CLAUDE and WARREN WEAVER. The Mathematical Theory of Communication. Urbana, 1949. Sold for $27,575.
Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [Paine, Thomas]. Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America… Philadelphia: R. Bell, 1776. $200,000 to $250,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Lincoln, Abraham. Autograph letter signed, to Joshua Reed Giddings, 21 May 1860. $80,000 to $120,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Oakley, Annie. A Brief Sketch of Her Career and Notes on Shooting. [N.p.]: ca. 1913, Signed. $2,000 to $3,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Washington, George. One autograph letter signed & 3 letters signed to General Alexander McDougall, September 1777. $70,000 to $100,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Mather, Cotton. The Wonders of the Invisible World. Being an account of the tryals of several witches... London: 1693. $30,000 to $40,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: James, Benjamin. A Treatise on the Management of the Teeth. Boston, 1814. $2,000 to $3,000.
Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13: Emil Cardinaux, Winter in der Schweiz, 1921. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13: Evelyn Rumsey Carey, Pan American Exposition / Niagara / Buffalo, 1901. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13: Arnost Hofbauer, Topicuv Salon, 1898. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13: Alphonse Mucha, Job, 1896. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13: Georges de Feure, Le Journal des Ventes, 1898. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13: Alphonse Mucha, Cycles Perfecta, 1897. $15,000 to $20,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13: Edward Penfield, Orient Cycles / Lead the Leaders, circa 1895. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13: Adrien Barrère, L’Ideal du Touriste, 1903. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13: Willem Frederick Ten Broek, New York / Wereldtentoonselling / Holland – Amerika Lijn, 1938. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13: Dwight Clark Shepler, Sun Valley / Union Pacific. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13: Sascha Maurer, Flexible Flyer Splitkein / Smuggler’s Notch, circa 1935. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13: Louis Bonhajo, Vote / League of Women Voters, 1920. $2,000 to $3,000.

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