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University Archives
Rare Autographs, Books & Photos; Abraham Lincoln Collection
April 23, 2025University Archives, Apr. 23: Best Image of Abraham Lincoln: "Closest… to ‘seeing' Lincoln… A National Treasure" Original Hesler/Ayres Interpositive. $800,000 to $1,000,000.University Archives, Apr. 23: Einstein, 3pp of Unified Field Theory Equations: “I want to try to show that a truly natural choice for field equations exists.” Formalizing His Final Approach, Association to Theory of Relativity. $80,000 to $120,000.University Archives, Apr. 23: Marilyn Monroe's Best Personally Owned & Annotated Script for Unfinished Last Film, "Something's Got to Give" (1962). $75,000 to $100,000.University Archives
Rare Autographs, Books & Photos; Abraham Lincoln Collection
April 23, 2025University Archives, Apr. 23: David Ben-Gurion ALS: "The Jewish people have attained the epitome...the State of Israel is born," 1 Day After Signing Israeli Declaration of Independence, Best Ben-Gurion Ever! $80,000 to $100,000.University Archives, Apr. 23: Lincoln ALS to Youth: "A young man, before the enemy has learned to watch him...votes... shall redeem the county" Evocative of Famous "Work" Letter. $70,000 to $100,000.University Archives, Apr. 23: Lincoln Appointment for Cabinet Member With Largest, Boldest, Full Signature! Important Content: Detente with England. $10,000 to $15,000.University Archives
Rare Autographs, Books & Photos; Abraham Lincoln Collection
April 23, 2025University Archives, Apr. 23: Abraham Lincoln Rare Signed Check To Law Partner W.H. Herndon, Perhaps Unique as Such! $20,000 to $25,000University Archives, Apr. 23: Tokyo War Crimes Files of Prosecuting Attorney For POW Camp Atrocities, 500+ Pages, Unpublished Court Documents, Photos and More. $25,000 to $35,000.University Archives, Apr. 23: 1698 South Carolina Slavery Archive Huguenot Planters Earliest Rare Plat Maps for Plantations 41 Docs 107 pp. Most Colonial. $25,000 to $35,000.University Archives
Rare Autographs, Books & Photos; Abraham Lincoln Collection
April 23, 2025University Archives, Apr. 23: Adam Smith ALS While Revising “The Wealth of Nations” - A New Discovery Documenting Meeting with Influential Editor. $18,000 to $24,000.University Archives, Apr. 23: Margaret Mitchell Rare ALS to Her Editor as Epic Film "Gone With the Wind" Gains Heat "Forgive this scrawl. I haven't written a letter in long hand in years and I've almost forgotten how it's done." $3,000 to $4,000.University Archives, Apr. 23: Einstein 1935 TLS, Hopes to Warn Non-Jews of "The true nature of the Hitler regime.” $8,500 to $10,000. -
Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868. -
Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 155
Saturday April 26, 2025Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 155
Saturday April 26, 2025Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 155
Saturday April 26, 2025Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 155
Saturday April 26, 2025Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848. -
![<b>Swann, Apr. 22:</b> Lot 124: Henri Courvoisier-Voisin, et alia, <i>[Recueil de Vues de Paris et ses Environs],</i> depicting precursors of the modern roller coaster, Paris, [1814-1819?]. $2,000 to $3,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/926a6773-03fc-4628-84a8-b9c0bad3ca15.jpg "<b>Swann, Apr. 22:</b> Lot 124: Henri Courvoisier-Voisin, et alia, <i>[Recueil de Vues de Paris et ses Environs],</i> depicting precursors of the modern roller coaster, Paris, [1814-1819?]. $2,000 to $3,000.")
Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 124: Henri Courvoisier-Voisin, et alia, [Recueil de Vues de Paris et ses Environs], depicting precursors of the modern roller coaster, Paris, [1814-1819?]. $2,000 to $3,000.Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 148: Pablo Picasso & Fernando de Rojas, La Célestine, First Edition, Paris, 1971. $30,000 to $40,000.Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 201: Omar Khayyam & Edward Fitzgerald, Rubaiyat, William Bell Scott's copy of the First Edition, London, 1859. $20,000 to $30,000.Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 223: Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, First Edition, extra-illustrated with hand-colored plates by Palinthorpe, London, 1861. $7,000 to $9,000.Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 248: L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, First Edition, inscribed by the illustrator, Chicago & New York, 1900. $20,000 to $30,000.Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 305: Tycho Brahe & Pierre Gassendi, Tychonis Brahei Vita, Paris, 1654. From the Collection of Owen Gingerich. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 338: Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Almagestum Novum, two folio volumes, Bologna, 1651. From the Collection of Owen Gingerich. $8,000 to $10,000.Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 350: Tobias Cohn, Ma'aseh Toviyyah, first edition, Venice, 1707-8. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 359: Alan Turing, Computing, Machinery, and Intelligence, first edition, Edinburgh, 1950. $3,000 to $5,000.
OSENAT: Books and Manuscripts, 160495, PARIS
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 20, 2025 - February 20, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L'Amitie dangereuse, ou Celimaure et Amelie, histoire veritable |
Paris | 1786 | EUR 2,800.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2 | BOILEAU (Nicolas). | OEuvres |
Paris | 1747 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 390.00 |
| 3 | Chants chansons populaires de la France |
Paris | 1843-1844 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 4 | DESTOUCHES (Andre Cardinal). | Callirhoe, tragedie en musique |
Paris | 1713 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,560.00 |
| 5 | [Hancarville (Pierre-Francois-Hugues d')]. Set of 2 large in-4 volumes in homogeneous bindings... |
EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 546.00 | |||
| 6 | ILLUSTRATIONS and miscellaneous. -Set of 9 volumes... |
EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 7 | LABORDE (Jean-Benjamin de). | Choix de chansons mises en musique |
Paris | 1773 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 8 | LaBruyere (Jean de). | LesCaracteres |
Paris | 1765 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 416.00 |
| 9 | BORY (Robert). LISZT (Franz)]. | LaVie de Franz Liszt par l'image |
[Geneva] | 1936 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 10 | (Charles de Secondat de). | MONTESQUIEU LeTemple de Gnide |
Paris | 1772 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 845.00 |
| 11 | OVIDE. | LesMetamorphoses |
Paris | 1767-1771 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,950.00 |
| 12 | RABELAIS (Francois). | OEuvres. A Amsterdam, chez Jean-Frederic Bernard, 1741... |
Amsterdam, | 1741 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 494.00 |
| 13 | ARMORIAL BINDINGS. -Set of 4 volumes... |
Paris, | 1662 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,235.00 | |
| 14 | [RETIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme)]. | Adele de Comm.., or Letters from a daughter to her father |
France | 1772 | EUR 8,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 15 | [RETIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme)]. | LaDecouverte australe par un homme-volant, ou le Dedale francais... |
Leipsick: and found in Paris | [1781] | EUR 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 8,840.00 |
| 16 | [RETIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme)]. | LaDerniere avanture d'un homme de quarantecin-ans [sic] |
Paris ches Regnault | 1783 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 17 | RETIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme). | RETIF DE LA BRETONNE (Nicolas-Edme). Set of 3 works in homogeneous bindings... |
LaHaie. Et se trouve a Paris, | 1776 [i.e. 1782]. | EUR 8,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 18 | ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques). | Collection complette des oeuvres... |
London, s.n. [i.e. Bruxelles, | 1774-1783 | EUR 1,600.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 2,210.00 |
| 19 | SADE (Donatien-Alphonse). | Justine, ou les Malheurs de la vertu |
[i.e. Paris] | 1791 | EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 20 | SADE (Donation-Alphonse-Francois de). | Les 120journees de Sodome ou l'Ecole du libertinage |
Paris | 1904 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 6,500.00 |
| 21 | Sterne (Lawrence). | Voyage sentimental, followed by Lettres d'Yorick a Eliza... |
Paris et a Amsterdam, | l'anVII [1798-1799]. | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 758.00 |
| 22 | GRAVELOT (Hubert-Francois Bourguignon d'Anville, dit) | [VOLTAIRE (Francois-Marie Arouet, dit) |
Geneva | 1768 to 1777 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,105.00 |
| 23 | BEAUMARCHAIS (Charles-Augustin Caron de). | BEAUMARCHAIS (Charles-Augustin Caron de). Set of 6 works bound in 4 volumes... |
EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 416.00 | ||
| 24 | BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE (Jacques-Henri-Bernardin Saint-Pierre, known as). | Paul et Virginie |
Paris | 1789 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 25 | BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE (Jacques-Henri-Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, known as). | Paul et Virginie |
Paris | 1789 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,170.00 |
