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Ending 13th December 2023Forum, Dec. 13: Ackermann (Rudolph) [Views of Country Seats...], 146 hand-coloured aquatints from 'Repository of Arts’. £1,000 to £1,500.Forum, Dec. 13: Campbell (Colen) & others. Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect..., 5 vol., [1751-1819]. £7,000 to £10,000.Forum, Dec. 13: Austen (Jane). The Novels, 12 vol., Edinburgh, John Grant, 1911. £1,500 to £2,000.Forum, Dec. 13: Murder broadside.- Horrid and barbarous murder of a female by cutting off her head, arms, and legs,… £200 to £300. -
CHRISTIE’S
Valuable Books and Manuscripts
London auction
13 December
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TREW, Christoph Jacob (1695–1769). Plantae Selectae quarum imagines ad exemplaria naturalia Londini in hortus curiosorum. [Nuremberg: 1750–1773]. £30,000–40,000Christie’s, Explore now
VERBIEST, Ferdinand (1623–88). Liber Organicus Astronomiae Europaeae apud Sinas restituate. [Beijing: Board of Astronomy, 1674]. £250,000–350,000Christie’s, Explore now
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALICE & NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT. Master of Jean Rolin (active 1445–65). Book of Hours, use of Paris, in Latin and French, [Paris, c.1450–1460]. £120,000–180,000Christie’s, Explore now
A SILVER MICROSCOPE. Probably by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723), c.1700. £150,000–250,000Christie’s, Explore now
AN ENGLISH HORARY QUADRANT
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Sotheby’s
Important Modern Literature from the Library of an American Filmmaker
8 December 2023Sotheby’s, Dec. 8: Kerouac, Jack. Typescript scroll of The Dharma Bums. Typed by Kerouac in Orlando, Florida, 1957, published by Viking in 1958. 300,000 - 500,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 8: Hemingway, Ernest. The autograph manuscript of "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber." [Key West, finished April 1936]. 300,000 - 500,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 8: Miller, Henry. Typescript of The Last Book, a working title for Tropic of Cancer, written circa 1931–1932. 100,000 - 150,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 8: Ruscha, Ed. Twentysix Gasoline Stations, with a lengthy inscription to Joe Goode. 40,000 - 60,000 USDSotheby’s, Dec. 8: Hemingway, Ernest. in our time, first edition of Hemingway’s second book. 30,000 - 50,000 USD -
Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 2:
John Ford Clymer, U.S. Troops' Triumphant Return to New York Harbor, oil on canvas, circa 1944.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 44:
Edward Gorey, Illustration of cover and spine for Fonthill, a Comedy by Aubrey Menen, pen and ink, 1973.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 50:
Harrison Cady, frontispiece for Buster Bear's Twins by Thornton W. Burgess, watercolor and ink, 1921.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 54:
Ludwig Bemelmans, Pepito, portrait of Pepito from the Madeline book series, mixed media.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 79:
Gluyas Williams, Fellow Citizens Observation Platform, pen and ink, cartoon published in The New Yorker, March 11, 1933.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 86:
Thomas Nast, Victory, – for the moment, political cartoon, pen and ink, 1884.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 91:
Mischa Richter, Lot of 10 cartoons for Field Publications, ink and pencil, circa 1940.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 111:
Arthur Getz, Sledding In Central Park, casein tempera on canvas, cover of The New Yorker, February 26, 1955.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 124:
Richard Erdoes, Map of Boston, illustration for unknown children's magazine, gouache on board, circa 1960.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 155:
Robert Fawcett, The old man looked him over carefully, gouache on board, published in The Saturday Evening Post, June 9, 1945.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 170:
Violet Oakley, Portrait of Woodrow Wilson, charcoal and pastel, circa 1918.Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 188:
Robert J. Wildhack, Scribner's for March, 1907, mixed media.
Swann Galleries: Printed and Manuscript Americana, 2646, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 28, 2023 - September 28, 2023
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Nicolino Calyo, after George Catlin.] | Early copy of a Catlin portrait by an Italian artist in the States. |
New York | circa early 1840s | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 2 | James Smith. | An Account of the Remarkable Occurrences . . . during his Captivity with the Indians. |
Philadelphia | 1831 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 3 | Thomas McKenney and James Hall. | History of the Indian Tribes of North America. |
Philadelphia | 1848, 1849, 1850 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 4 | Portrait of a tribal policeman and his wife. |
No place | circa 1880s | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 813.00 | |
| 5 | Edward Curtis. | Prospectus for discounted sets of The North American Indian. |
Boston | 1935 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 406.00 |
| 6 | An extensive multi-century run of the Farmer's Almanac. |
Boston and elsewhere | 1792-1962 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 | |
| 7 | [After Benjamin Wilson.] | The Repeal, or the Funeral Procession of Miss Americ-Stamp. |
London | circa March 1766 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 8 | Early printing of the Massachusetts Circular Letter which united colonists against the Townshend Acts, |
Boston | 14 March 1768 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,250.00 | |
| 9 | Thomas Pownall. | The Administration of the Colonies . . . Wherein their Rights and Constitution |
London | 1768 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 10 | Letters to the Ministry from Governor Bernard, General Gage, and Commodore Hood. |
London | 1769 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,500.00 | |
| 11 | Issue of the Boston Gazette with a Revere masthead and much discussion of non-importation. |
Boston | 20 August 1770 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,040.00 | |
| 12 | The Town and Country Magazine . . . for the Year 1774, featuring the Boston Tea Party. |
London | January-December 1774 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,000.00 | |
| 13 | John Dickinson. | A New Essay (by the Pennsylvanian Farmer) on the Constitutional Power of Great-Britain |
London | 1774 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 14 | [William Knox.] | The Interest of the Merchants and Manufacturers of Great-Britain, |
London | 1774 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 15 | [Philip Livingston?] | The Other Side of the Question: or, A Defence of the Liberties of North-America. |
New York | 1774 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 16 | Josiah Tucker. | Group of 4 pamphlets by a notable British supporter of American independence. |
Glocester, England | 1774-1776 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 17 | Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress Held at Philadelphia, May 10, 1775. |
New York | 1775 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 18 | Jonathan Trumbull's manuscript family register, in a Boston printing of the Psalms of David. |
Boston | 1754 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 | |
| 19 | The Gentleman's Magazine, complete from 1775 to 1782. |
London | 1775-1782 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 | |
| 20 | Certificate for gunpowder and lead delivered to the Massachusetts magazine. |
Watertown, MA | 14 August 1775 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 21 | Journals of Congress, Containing the Proceedings from January 1, 1776, to January 1, 1777. |
York, PA | 1778 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 | |
| 22 | [Thomas Paine.] | Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America. |
London | 1776 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 9,750.00 |
| 23 | A Dialogue between the Ghost of General Montgomery |
Philadelphia | 1776 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 938.00 | |
| 24 | Robert H. Harrison. | Washington requests the services of Hudson River chain engineer Thomas Machin. |
New York | 10 June 1776 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
| 25 | King José I of Portugal. | Decree announcing the Portuguese boycott of the American colonies, |
Lisbon | 5 July 1776 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 688.00 |
