• Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Part IX
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
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    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.

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1 #757 Aste Bolaffi Sports Memorabilia December 05, 2019 December 06, 2019 80 48 60.00% EUR 1.119 9,875.00 13,725.00 35,025.00 15,212.50 16,859.22 43.43%
2 #572 RR Auction Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Science and Technology - Internet bidstart 11/22 December 04, 2019 December 06, 2019 909 517 56.88% USD 1.0 588,700.00 884,200.00 1,956,100.00 948,181.25 948,181.25 48.47%
3 #101964 Aguttes Aristophil - 28 * Germanica December 04, 2019 December 06, 2019 94 74 78.72% EUR 1.119 386,800.00 478,300.00 541,150.00 678,886.00 752,373.41 125.45%
4 #5001 Aste Bolaffi Posters December 04, 2019 December 06, 2019 266 115 43.23% EUR 1.119 0.00 0.00 0.00 81,556.25 90,384.49
5 #25356 Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts December 04, 2019 December 06, 2019 393 340 86.51% GBP 1.312 707,500.00 1,085,300.00 1,334,500.00 1,680,340.25 2,197,081.79 125.92%
6 #25265 Bonhams History of Science and Technology December 04, 2019 December 06, 2019 75 40 53.33% USD 1.0 167,600.00 252,900.00 512,950.00 291,494.50 291,494.50 56.83%
7 #141949 Heritage Auctions U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 11/26 December 03, 2019 December 05, 2019 565 565 100.00% USD 1.0 91,505.00 130,916.00 130,916.00 93,055.80 93,055.80 71.08%
8 #281949 Heritage Auctions World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 11/26 December 03, 2019 December 05, 2019 155 153 98.71% USD 1.0 26,535.00 36,755.00 37,955.00 27,438.60 27,438.60 72.29%
9 #N10228 Sothebys Space Photography - Online bidstart 11/26 December 03, 2019 December 05, 2019 215 179 83.26% USD 1.0 279,900.00 431,300.00 560,800.00 380,250.00 380,250.00 67.80%
10 #A191a Koller Auctions Photography December 02, 2019 December 06, 2019 135 89 65.93% CHF 1.03 101,800.00 155,500.00 337,000.00 186,630.00 188,892.14 55.38%
11 #1949 Bruun Rasmussen Prints December 02, 2019 December 06, 2019 70 58 82.86% EUR 1.119 23,360.00 26,100.00 30,325.00 28,192.50 31,244.26 92.97%
12 #121948 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/24 December 01, 2019 December 05, 2019 1094 1091 99.73% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 401,556.00 401,556.00
13 #161948 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 11/24 December 01, 2019 December 03, 2019 551 535 97.10% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 56,483.80 56,483.80
14 #151948 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 11/2 December 01, 2019 December 05, 2019 289 289 100.00% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 54,579.00 54,579.00
15 #113019 Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper November 30, 2019 December 05, 2019 200 169 84.50% USD 1.0 52,200.00 102,850.00 133,250.00 28,022.50 28,022.50 21.03%
16 #112919 Catawiki B. V. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 11/22 November 29, 2019 December 03, 2019 158 134 84.81% EUR 1.119 9,220.00 12,150.00 21,005.00 17,824.77 19,688.96 84.86%
17 #112819 Catawiki B. V. Cartography - Online Bidstart 11/22 November 28, 2019 December 03, 2019 50 19 38.00% EUR 1.119 14,375.00 18,350.00 51,625.00 13,352.50 14,748.93 25.86%
18 #18466 Christies Russia: Important Books and Manuscripts November 27, 2019 November 30, 2019 188 96 51.06% GBP 1.312 677,400.00 974,300.00 1,753,500.00 2,132,250.00 2,752,346.69 121.60%
19 #2125 Forum Auctions Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper November 27, 2019 December 05, 2019 201 179 89.05% GBP 1.312 29,065.00 41,640.00 49,450.00 42,395.50 55,432.85 85.73%
20 #18470 Christies Library of Martine de Behague and the Counts of Ganay - Part One November 26, 2019 November 30, 2019 187 144 77.01% EUR 1.119 1,028,900.00 1,475,800.00 1,701,100.00 1,641,252.00 1,806,680.39 96.48%
21 #947 Morton Subastas Book and Document Auction of the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution November 26, 2019 November 30, 2019 423 177 41.84% MXN 0.053 1,911,500.00 2,399,000.00 5,394,000.00 2,628,240.00 134,544.74 48.73%
22 #112319 Stephan Welz & Co. Books, Fine Art Prints November 26, 2019 December 05, 2019 154 74 48.05% ZAR 0.071 271,950.00 383,700.00 612,400.00 328,662.00 22,518.23 53.67%
23 #112619 Catawiki B. V. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 11/15 November 26, 2019 December 03, 2019 29 25 86.21% EUR 1.119 3,200.00 4,250.00 14,000.00 4,548.57 5,024.28 32.49%
24 #491a Ketterer Kunst Doerling Rare Books - Evening Sale November 25, 2019 November 30, 2019 92 75 81.52% EUR 1.119 1,531,700.00 1,684,870.00 2,009,370.00 1,817,750.00 2,000,968.35 90.46%
25 #491b Ketterer Kunst Doerling Rare Books - Main Sale November 25, 2019 November 30, 2019 248 157 63.31% EUR 1.119 338,800.00 338,800.00 572,500.00 472,936.00 520,605.00 82.61%
26 #1948 Bruun Rasmussen Prints November 25, 2019 November 30, 2019 113 95 84.07% EUR 1.119 54,790.00 61,795.00 96,945.00 61,600.00 67,809.02 63.54%
27 #112519 Catawiki B. V. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 11/15 November 25, 2019 December 03, 2019 42 36 85.71% EUR 1.119 5,300.00 6,350.00 9,625.00 8,195.71 9,052.82 85.15%
28 #112419 Catawiki B. V. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 11/15 November 24, 2019 December 03, 2019 31 19 61.29% EUR 1.119 2,610.00 3,090.00 7,720.00 3,670.03 4,053.86 47.54%
29 #1023 Addison and Sarova Rare Books November 23, 2019 November 30, 2019 266 234 87.97% USD 1.0 108,780.00 173,850.00 204,710.00 163,975.00 163,975.00 80.10%
30 #112319 Neal Auction Company Louisiana Purchase Auction - Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, Autographs November 23, 2019 November 30, 2019 117 96 82.05% USD 1.0 238,650.00 367,300.00 430,250.00 320,255.75 320,255.75 74.43%
31 #3892 Artcurial Comic Strips November 23, 2019 November 30, 2019 322 199 61.80% EUR 1.119 726,200.00 1,001,400.00 2,029,100.00 1,190,293.00 1,310,247.29 58.66%
32 #20a Christian Hesse Auktionen Anniversary Sale - Part 1 : Modern Art · Photography · Applied Arts November 23, 2019 December 05, 2019 300 189 63.00% EUR 1.119 135,180.00 192,070.00 373,170.00 202,260.00 224,068.84 54.20%
33 #20b Christian Hesse Auktionen Anniversary Sale - Part 2 : Private Press Books from The Bear Press, Burgart Presse, Kaldewey Press, et al. November 23, 2019 December 05, 2019 223 153 68.61% EUR 1.119 83,694.00 124,250.00 258,520.00 147,372.00 163,262.31 57.01%
34 #20c Christian Hesse Auktionen Anniversary Sale - Part 3 : Books from the 16th to 20th Century November 23, 2019 December 05, 2019 371 274 73.85% EUR 1.119 153,530.00 206,600.00 265,480.00 388,968.00 430,908.47 146.51%
35 #2421 Leland Little Auctions Holiday Sale - Books, Prints November 23, 2019 November 30, 2019 46 46 100.00% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 15,251.50 15,251.50
36 #101678 Tessier & Sarrou and Associates Manuscripts of Alexandre Kolchak November 21, 2019 November 30, 2019 387 384 99.22% EUR 1.119 310,250.00 310,250.00 312,100.00 2,998,651.00 3,300,846.16 960.80%
37 #496 Morphy Auctions Coin-Op and Advertising - Signs, Posters and Prints November 20, 2019 December 05, 2019 456 410 89.91% USD 1.0 382,500.00 727,050.00 811,250.00 585,340.00 585,340.00 72.15%
38 #169 Grogan and Company Fall Auction November 17, 2019 December 05, 2019 23 22 95.65% USD 1.0 43,000.00 67,300.00 79,300.00 103,857.00 103,857.00 130.97%
39 #188803 North American Auction Company November Premier Collector Sale - Books, Prints, Signs, Photographs November 16, 2019 December 05, 2019 107 92 85.98% USD 1.0 35,325.00 78,475.00 97,075.00 23,514.00 23,514.00 24.22%
40 #1183 North American Auction Company Montana Antiques October 26, 2019 December 05, 2019 121 104 85.95% USD 1.0 48,750.00 111,050.00 158,850.00 57,384.00 57,384.00 36.12%
41 #92819 North American Auction Company Antique and Collector's Auction September 28, 2019 December 05, 2019 97 81 83.51% USD 1.0 20,625.00 43,950.00 62,950.00 12,312.00 12,312.00 19.56%
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    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Bardi (Lorenzo). Nuova Raccolta delle piu interessanti Vedute della Citta di Firenze…, Florence, Lorenzo Bardi, [c.1840]. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Crawfurd (John). Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava..., first edition, 1829. £1,000 to £1,500.
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    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Dawe (George, engraver). The Life of a Nobleman, first edition, Geo. Henderson, [c.1825]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: [Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., Thomas McLean, [1829-51]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Eben (Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron von) and Nicolaus Heideloff. Modèles de l'Uniforme Militaire Adopté dans l'Armée Royale de Suède, Rudolph Ackerman, 1808. £1,500 to £2,000.
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    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Geissler (J.G.G.) and Friedrich Hempel. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebrauche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tartarischen…, 4 parts in 1, Leipzig and Paris, [1804]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Hunt (Charles). Portraits of Winning Horses...of the Derby, Oaks, & St. Leger, from the Year 1842 to 1849…, Rock Brothers & Payne, 1849. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Kunike (Adolf Friedrich). Zwey hundert und sechzig Donau-Ansichten nach dem Laufe des Donaustromes…, Vienna, Leopold Grund, 1826. £3,000 to £5,000.
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