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Auction Name: Travel, Natural History, Science and Medicine
Auction Date: 10/21/2004 - 10/21/2004
Sale Number: #502
Total Lots: 723
Sold Lots: 0
Lots Sold: 0.00%
Unsold Lots: 723

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Christie’s London, 13 July: Bartolomeo Caporali, attributed to (fl.1442–1503). The Flagellation, historiated initial ‘D’ cut from an illuminated Missal on vellum [Perugia, c.1485–90].

Christie’s London, 13 July: Frate Nebridio (1460s – 1490s). The Last Supper, historiated initial from an antiphonal, illuminated manuscript on vellum. Lombardy, probably Cremona, c.1470s. £15,000 to £25,000

Christie’s London, 13 July: Lewis David de Schweinitz (1780–1834). Fungorum Niskiensium Iconum, an album of mycological watercolours. Niesky, Germany, c.1805. £4,000 to £6,000

Christie’s London, 13 July: Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, edited by Edmond Halley (1656–1743). London, 1687. £350,000 to £400,000

Christie’s London, 13 July: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616). El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, 1605. £300,000 to £400,000
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Swann: Scott Joplin, Treemonisha: Opera in Three Acts, New York, 1911. Sold March 24 — $40,000.

Swann: Louisa May Alcott, autograph letter signed, 1868. Sold June 2 — $23,750.

Swann: Anne Bradstreet, Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, full of Delight, Boston, 1758. Sold June 2 — $21,250.

Swann: William Shakespeare, Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies. The Second Impression, London, 1632. Sold May 5 — $161,000.

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Swann: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, New York, 1861-62. Sold June 23 — $35,000.

Swann: Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, first edition, London, 1847. Sold June 16 — $23,750.

Swann: Elihu Vedder, Simple Simon, His Book, 1913. Sold June 9 — $12,350.

Swann: Frederick Catherwood, Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan, London, 1844. Sold April 7 — $37,500.
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Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: 1805 TN Supreme Court Book, John Overton and Hugh White Opinions. $800 to $900.

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: TN Lunsford Bramlett Archive, incl. Polk White House Invitation, 8 Items. $400 to $500.

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: Civil War Archive, incl. Gen. Bate on Death of Polk, Capture of Nashville. $2,000 to $2,400.

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Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: 5 Dickens 1st Ed. Books, incl. Edited by Author. $800 to $1,000.

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: Charles Dickens, 5 Christmas Books, 1st Eds. $800 to $1,000.

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: 2 Slave Documents, Nashville TN & North Carolina. $700 to $900.

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Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: 3 Maurice Sendak Signed Items, incl. Nutcracker, Pierre. $500 to $600.

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: 7 Phillip Roth Hardcover Books, incl. Author Signed, 1st Eds. $500 to $550.

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: 6 Kurt Vonnegut Hardcover Books, incl. Author Signed, 1st Eds. $400 to $500.

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Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: 3 Edward Gorey Items, incl. Print + 2 Books. $400 to $500.

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: Josef Albers, INTERACTION OF COLOR, 1963. $800 to $900.

Case Antiques, Jul. 9-10: Henri Matisse Jazz Portfolio for MOMA, 1st Ed., 1983. $600 to $800.

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