• Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Alken (Henry). Sporting Notions, first edition, T.McLean, 1832-33. £800 to £1,200.
    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.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    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.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    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.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Lasinio (Carlo). [Matrimony], Florence, 1790. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Reinhardt (Joseph). A Collection of Swiss Costumes, in Miniature, second English edition, James Goodwin, [1828]. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Wengen (Gottfried Durst von). Die Öffentliche Maskerade Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1833…, Bamberg, [1833]. £2,000 to £3,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    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
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    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
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
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    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
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1 #31523 Rago Arts and Auctions Artists' Books and Ephemera from an Important Private Collection March 15, 2023 March 16, 2023 295 295 100.00% USD 1.0 187,050.00 270,000.00 270,000.00 328,577.00 328,577.00 121.70%
2 #14017 Tennants Auctioneers Stamps, Postal History and Postcards March 15, 2023 March 16, 2023 285 257 90.18% GBP 1.244 81,940.00 104,930.00 111,760.00 178,176.00 214,982.52 159.43%
3 #31523 Santa Fe Art Auction Prints, Multiples + Works on Paper March 15, 2023 March 16, 2023 189 169 89.42% USD 1.0 87,150.00 148,950.00 173,750.00 120,475.00 120,475.00 69.34%
4 #322311 Heritage Auctions Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction - bidstart 3/8 March 15, 2023 March 16, 2023 260 258 99.23% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 154,056.40 154,056.40
5 #L23160 Sothebys Prints and Multiples - bidstart 3/9 March 15, 2023 March 16, 2023 137 120 87.59% GBP 1.244 1,342,000.00 1,877,900.00 2,469,600.00 2,465,451.00 2,974,749.07 99.83%
6 #332311 Heritage Auctions Wednesday Trading Card Games Select Auction - bidstart 3/8 March 15, 2023 March 16, 2023 126 119 94.44% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 47,425.75 47,425.75
7 #L23144 Sothebys Made in Britain - bidstart 3/8 March 14, 2023 March 16, 2023 78 63 80.77% GBP 1.244 326,000.00 478,400.00 572,100.00 567,817.00 685,113.24 99.25%
8 #31423 Gorringes Spring Fine Sale March 14, 2023 March 16, 2023 21 20 95.24% GBP 1.244 17,330.00 24,570.00 29,570.00 25,462.50 30,722.40 86.11%
9 #45 Kedem Auctions Ltd. Online Auction: Judaica March 14, 2023 March 16, 2023 467 284 60.81% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 135,300.00 135,300.00
10 #21497 Christies Contemporary Edition: London - bidstart 2/28 March 14, 2023 March 16, 2023 117 96 82.05% GBP 1.244 1,288,100.00 1,902,300.00 3,057,800.00 1,819,692.00 2,195,593.05 59.51%
11 #2311 Bruun Rasmussen Books from Valdemar's Castle; Bookbinder Mogens Dichow, Anker Kyster's Succesor; Books and manuscripts; Modern Art and Design -Prints March 14, 2023 March 16, 2023 332 282 84.94% DKK 0.145 6,623,100.00 7,022,200.00 8,415,700.00 1,901,437.50 269,956.63 22.59%
12 #142311 Heritage Auctions Tuesday US Currency Select Auction - bidstart 3/7 March 14, 2023 March 16, 2023 233 226 97.00% USD 1.0 48,084.00 72,126.00 75,036.00 80,332.20 80,332.20 107.06%
13 #282311 Heritage Auctions Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction - bidstart 3/7 March 14, 2023 March 16, 2023 108 108 100.00% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 44,990.20 44,990.20
14 #31223 Arenberg Auctions March Collectibles Auction - bidstart 3/2 March 12, 2023 March 14, 2023 450 321 71.33% EUR 1.081 40,542.40 57,543.00 79,125.50 74,500.00 79,795.97 94.15%
15 #122311 Heritage Auctions Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction - bidstart 2/5 March 12, 2023 March 14, 2023 1149 1138 99.04% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 610,691.80 610,691.80
16 #162311 Heritage Auctions Sunday Movie Posters Select Auction - bidstart 3/5 March 12, 2023 March 14, 2023 437 412 94.28% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 79,231.20 79,231.20
17 #31223 Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers AT THE MOVIES: Vintage & Collectible Film Posters, Lobby Cards, etc. - bidstart 3/2 March 12, 2023 March 14, 2023 160 143 89.38% USD 1.0 10,705.00 20,940.00 25,565.00 7,212.00 7,212.00 28.21%
18 #152311 Heritage Auctions Sunday Sports Collectibles Select Auction - bidstart 2/26 March 12, 2023 March 14, 2023 323 319 98.76% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 134,216.40 134,216.40
19 #31123 Bruneau & Co. Comic, TGC & Toy Auction March 11, 2023 March 14, 2023 257 256 99.61% USD 1.0 57,500.00 93,300.00 94,100.00 120,762.00 120,762.00 128.33%
20 #31123 Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 3/4 March 11, 2023 March 14, 2023 200 191 95.50% USD 1.0 114,850.00 241,400.00 244,900.00 85,992.50 85,992.50 35.11%
21 #28892 Bonhams The Sherman Collection | Prints & Multiples - bidstart 3/1 March 10, 2023 March 14, 2023 48 29 60.42% AUD 0.665 36,300.00 58,200.00 111,600.00 29,827.50 19,835.20 26.73%
22 #31023 North American Auction Company Last Chance March Passed Lots Auction - bidstart 3/6 March 10, 2023 March 14, 2023 28 15 53.57% USD 1.0 10,300.00 16,600.00 22,150.00 3,893.40 3,893.40 17.58%
23 #7344 Heritage Auctions International Original Art and Anime March 10, 2023 March 14, 2023 816 814 99.75% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 3,155,731.00 3,155,731.00
24 #2272 Forum Auctions Online Sale: Flair: Fashion, Photography and Design – the library of Håkan Rosenius March 09, 2023 March 11, 2023 278 212 76.26% GBP 1.244 111,930.00 157,550.00 210,400.00 157,115.70 187,225.31 74.67%
25 #783 PBA Galleries Fine Literature - with Beats, and the Counterculture March 09, 2023 March 11, 2023 494 398 80.57% USD 1.0 228,300.00 359,800.00 448,500.00 272,556.25 272,556.25 60.77%
26 #2629 Swann Galleries Vintage Posters March 09, 2023 March 11, 2023 404 265 65.59% USD 1.0 351,200.00 511,750.00 773,600.00 469,161.00 469,161.00 60.65%
27 #176 Finarte Books, Autographs, and Prints March 09, 2023 March 11, 2023 316 240 75.95% EUR 1.081 82,280.00 118,780.00 152,130.00 162,117.30 171,504.65 106.56%
28 #30723 Catawiki B. V. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1600) - bidstart 2/24 March 07, 2023 March 14, 2023 33 26 78.79% EUR 1.081 3,785.00 4,601.00 9,451.00 8,094.34 8,669.73 85.65%
29 #2310 Bruun Rasmussen Modern Art and Design - Prints March 07, 2023 March 11, 2023 85 67 78.82% DKK 0.145 1,635,000.00 1,687,000.00 2,189,500.00 324,850.00 46,064.79 14.84%
30 #30623 Catawiki B. V. Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) - bidstart 2/24 March 06, 2023 March 14, 2023 80 70 87.50% EUR 1.081 9,433.00 11,685.00 16,046.00 22,970.66 24,603.54 143.16%
31 #30523 Catawiki B. V. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 2/24 March 05, 2023 March 14, 2023 39 31 79.49% EUR 1.081 1,310.00 1,570.00 3,570.00 6,599.95 7,069.12 184.87%
32 #30423 Catawiki B. V. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 2/24 March 04, 2023 March 14, 2023 22 20 90.91% EUR 1.081 0.00 0.00 510.00 2,193.08 2,348.96 430.02%
33 #2628 Swann Galleries Fine Books and Autographs March 02, 2023 March 11, 2023 315 276 87.62% USD 1.0 474,900.00 708,950.00 806,700.00 747,773.00 747,773.00 92.70%
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    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.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    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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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
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    April 18, 2024
    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.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
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    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    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.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    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.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    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
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    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
    28th March 2024
    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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