• <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. <b>Swann, Apr. 22:</b> Lot 148: Pablo Picasso & Fernando de Rojas, <i>La Célestine,</i> First Edition, Paris, 1971. $30,000 to $40,000. <b>Swann, Apr. 22:</b> Lot 201: Omar Khayyam & Edward Fitzgerald, <i>Rubaiyat,</i> William Bell Scott's copy of the First Edition, London, 1859. $20,000 to $30,000. <b>Swann, Apr. 22:</b> Lot 223: Charles Dickens, <i>Great Expectations,</i> First Edition, extra-illustrated with hand-colored plates by Palinthorpe, London, 1861. $7,000 to $9,000. <b>Swann, Apr. 22:</b> Lot 248: L. Frank Baum, <i>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,</i> First Edition, inscribed by the illustrator, Chicago & New York, 1900. $20,000 to $30,000. <b>Swann, Apr. 22:</b> Lot 305: Tycho Brahe & Pierre Gassendi, <i>Tychonis Brahei Vita,</i> Paris, 1654. From the Collection of Owen Gingerich. $8,000 to $12,000. <b>Swann, Apr. 22:</b> Lot 338: Giovanni Battista Riccioli, <i>Almagestum Novum,</i> two folio volumes, Bologna, 1651. From the Collection of Owen Gingerich. $8,000 to $10,000. <b>Swann, Apr. 22:</b> Lot 350: Tobias Cohn, <i>Ma'aseh Toviyyah,</i> first edition, Venice, 1707-8. $3,000 to $5,000. <b>Swann, Apr. 22:</b> Lot 359: Alan Turing, <i>Computing, Machinery, and Intelligence,</i> first edition, Edinburgh, 1950. $3,000 to $5,000.
    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.
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<BR>Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> William Blake | <i>Songs of Innocence and of Experience.</i> Sold: 4,320,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD <b><center>Sotheby's<BR>Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.</i> Sold: 1,920,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Machiavelli | <i>Il Principe,</i> a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Leonardo da Vinci | <i>Trattato della pittura,</i> ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Henri Matisse | <i>Jazz,</i> Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • <b>Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23:</b> BELLEFOREST (François de). La cosmographie universelle de tout le monde. €12,000 to €15,000. <b>Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23:</b> DESNOS (Louis Charles). Mappe-monde, ou Carte Generale de la Terre. €5,000 to €6,000. <b>Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23:</b> BLAEU (Willem Janszoon & Joan). Theatrum Sabaudiae. €18,000 to €20,000. <b>Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23:</b> LINASSI. Ferdinando Ie Maria Anna Carolina nel Litorale in Settembre 1844. €4,000 to €5,000. <b>Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23:</b> AMBROSOLI (Francesco). Monumento a Francesco Primo in Vienna. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23:</b> Plano de la plaza de Mesina y de su ciudadel y castiglios. €5,000 to €6,000. <b>Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23:</b> ROCKSTUHL (Alois Gustav), GILLE (Florent A.). 78 Lithographies du Musée de Tzarskoe-Selo. €1,000 to €1,500. <b>Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23:</b> Chtchedrovski, Ignatiy Stepanovitch. €2,000 to €3,000. <b>Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23:</b> DE BRUYN (Cornelis). Voyage au Levant. €3,000 to €5,000. <b>Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23:</b> ABI ISHAQ AHMAD B. IBRAHIM AL-THAʿLABI (M. 1035) : TROISIÈME VOLUME DU KASHF WA-L-BAYAN ʻAN TAFSIRI AL-QURʼAN. €3,000 to €5,000. <b>Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23:</b> DESNOS (Louis Charles). L’Afrique. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23:</b> DE BRUYN (Cornelis). Voyages de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes orientales. €1,500 to €2,000. <b>Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23:</b> DESNOS. (Louis Charles). Amérique septentrionale et Méridionale. €4,000 to €5,000. <b>Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23:</b> ÉLIOT (J.B.) ; MONDHARE (Louis Joseph). Carte du théatre de la guerre actuel entre les anglais et les treize Colonies Unies de l'Amérique Septentrionale. €5,000 to €6,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: BELLEFOREST (François de). La cosmographie universelle de tout le monde. €12,000 to €15,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: DESNOS (Louis Charles). Mappe-monde, ou Carte Generale de la Terre. €5,000 to €6,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: BLAEU (Willem Janszoon & Joan). Theatrum Sabaudiae. €18,000 to €20,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: LINASSI. Ferdinando Ie Maria Anna Carolina nel Litorale in Settembre 1844. €4,000 to €5,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: AMBROSOLI (Francesco). Monumento a Francesco Primo in Vienna. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: Plano de la plaza de Mesina y de su ciudadel y castiglios. €5,000 to €6,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: ROCKSTUHL (Alois Gustav), GILLE (Florent A.). 78 Lithographies du Musée de Tzarskoe-Selo. €1,000 to €1,500.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: Chtchedrovski, Ignatiy Stepanovitch. €2,000 to €3,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: DE BRUYN (Cornelis). Voyage au Levant. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: ABI ISHAQ AHMAD B. IBRAHIM AL-THAʿLABI (M. 1035) : TROISIÈME VOLUME DU KASHF WA-L-BAYAN ʻAN TAFSIRI AL-QURʼAN. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: DESNOS (Louis Charles). L’Afrique. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: DE BRUYN (Cornelis). Voyages de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes orientales. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: DESNOS. (Louis Charles). Amérique septentrionale et Méridionale. €4,000 to €5,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: ÉLIOT (J.B.) ; MONDHARE (Louis Joseph). Carte du théatre de la guerre actuel entre les anglais et les treize Colonies Unies de l'Amérique Septentrionale. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • <b>Old World Auctions (April 23):</b><br>Lot 748. Second volume of Blaeu's atlas featuring 89 maps of the Americas and Asia (1642) Est. $12,000 - $15,000 <b>Old World Auctions (April 23):</b><br>Lot 12. A world map with popular cartographic myths and unique embellishments (1788) Est. $3,000 - $3,750 <b>Old World Auctions (April 23):</b><br>Lot 30. One of the most sought-after charts from Cellarius' work (1708) Est. $1,200 - $1,500 <b>Old World Auctions (April 23):</b><br>Lot 38. Anti-Vietnam War persuasive cartography on a velvet poster (1971) Est. $350 - $425 <b>Old World Auctions (April 23):</b><br>Lot 43. Ortelius' influential map of the New World - second plate (1584) Est. $4,750 - $6,000 <b>Old World Auctions (April 23):</b><br>Lot 95. Scarce German map illustrating the French & Indian War (1755) Est. $8,000 - $9,500 <b>Old World Auctions (April 23):</b><br>Lot 149. Bachmann's dramatic view of the Mid-Atlantic region (1864) Est. $1,200 - $1,500 <b>Old World Auctions (April 23):</b><br>Lot 373. De Jode's very rare map of Europe with costumed figures (1593) Est. $6,000 - $7,500 <b>Old World Auctions (April 23):</b><br>Lot 674. De Bry's Petits Voyages, Part VII with all plates and map of Sri Lanka (1606) Est. $1,400 - $1,700 <b>Old World Auctions (April 23):</b><br>Lot 704. The first printed map devoted to the Pacific in full contemporary color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000 <b>Old World Auctions (April 23):</b><br>Lot 734. Superb hand-colored image of the Tree of Jesse (1502) Est. $700 - $850
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 748. Second volume of Blaeu's atlas featuring 89 maps of the Americas and Asia (1642) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 12. A world map with popular cartographic myths and unique embellishments (1788) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 30. One of the most sought-after charts from Cellarius' work (1708) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 38. Anti-Vietnam War persuasive cartography on a velvet poster (1971) Est. $350 - $425
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 43. Ortelius' influential map of the New World - second plate (1584) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 95. Scarce German map illustrating the French & Indian War (1755) Est. $8,000 - $9,500
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 149. Bachmann's dramatic view of the Mid-Atlantic region (1864) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 373. De Jode's very rare map of Europe with costumed figures (1593) Est. $6,000 - $7,500
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 674. De Bry's Petits Voyages, Part VII with all plates and map of Sri Lanka (1606) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 704. The first printed map devoted to the Pacific in full contemporary color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 734. Superb hand-colored image of the Tree of Jesse (1502) Est. $700 - $850

Potter and Potter Auctions: Wunderkammer:The Freeman & Fugate Oddities Collection, 173, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 01, 2025 - February 01, 2025
Page Size: 321 items in 13 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 JOHNSON, Fred G. (1892--1990).

Ape Girl.

Chicago ca. 1930s. USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,640.00
3 SIGLER, Jack.

See A Queena.

Tampa ca. mid-20th century. USD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,040.00
4 MEAH, Johnny (b. 1937).

Metamorphosis.

Safety Harbor 20th century. USD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 USD 960.00
5 ARTIST UNKNOWN.

Joe Morrow's Real Wild West Show.

Early 20th century. USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 660.00
6

Dante's Inferno Skeleton from Astroland at Coney Island.

New York mid-late 20th century. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 720.00
7

Staten Island Funhouse Entrance Sign.

Circa early to mid-20th century. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 240.00
8

Carnival Knock-Down Cat "Punk".

20th century. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 270.00
9 [SIDESHOW].

The Feejee [Fiji] Mermaid.

Circa 20th century. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 720.00
10

Circus Boss Cabinet Photograph.

Circa 1880s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 60.00
11

Five Pieces of Circus and Sideshow Ephemera.

V.p. 19th and 20th century. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
12

Melle Clifford, Champion Sword Swallower of the World Cabinet Card.

Circa 1900. USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 180.00
13

Miss Annie Jones, Bearded Lady Cabinet Card.

New York ca. 1890s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 330.00
14

La bella Angora, Tattooed Woman / RPPC.

Germany 1900s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 210.00
15

Five Sideshow Souvenir Postcards.

V.p. ca. 1910s--1930s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 210.00
16

Wild Men of Borneo, Waino and Plutano / Two CDVs.

Circa 1850s-1880s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 330.00
17

Aztec Lilliputians, Maximo and Bartola Postcards.

France ca. 1880s. USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
18 HILTON, Daisy and Violet (1908--1969).

Two RPPCs of the Conjoined Hilton Twins.

N.p. early 20th century. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
19 HILTON, Daisy and Violet (1908--1969).

Photograph of Conjoined Hilton Twins with Police.

Sacramento Police Dept. 1926 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
20 HILTON, Daisy and Violet (1908--1969).

Signed Photograph.

1932 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 540.00
21 HILTON, Daisy and Violet (1908--1969).

Signed Photograph.

[Milwaukee 1921 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 540.00
22 HILTON, Daisy and Violet (1908--1969).

Signed Booklet / Intimate Loves and Lives of the Hilton Sisters World Famous Siamese Twins.

Circa 1950s. USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 390.00
23 TOCCI, Giovanni and Giacomo.

Cabinet Photograph of the Tocci Conjoined Twins.

New York ca. 1880s. USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 210.00
24

Five Pieces of Conjoined Twin Ephemera.

V.p. 1880s--1910s. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 300.00
25 FINLEY, Mina and Minnie (1870--1871).

CDV of conjoined twins Mina and Minnie Finley.

Chicago ca. 1870s. USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 270.00
26 LENTINI, Francisco "Frank".

Francis Lentini, The Three-Legged Boy / Three Cabinet Photos.

V.p. early 1900s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 210.00
  • <center><b>Jeschke Jádi<br>Rare Book Auction 155<br>Saturday April 26, 2025</b></center> <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536. <center><b>Jeschke Jádi<br>Rare Book Auction 155<br>Saturday April 26, 2025</b></center> <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504. <center><b>Jeschke Jádi<br>Rare Book Auction 155<br>Saturday April 26, 2025</b></center> <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century. <center><b>Jeschke Jádi<br>Rare Book Auction 155<br>Saturday April 26, 2025</b></center> <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963. <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919 <b>Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26:</b> Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke 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, 2025
    Jeschke 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, 2025
    Jeschke 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, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
  • <b><center>University Archives<br>Rare Autographs, Books & Photos; Abraham Lincoln Collection<br>April 23, 2025</center></b> <b>University Archives, Apr. 23:</b> Best Image of Abraham Lincoln: "Closest… to ‘seeing' Lincoln… A National Treasure" Original Hesler/Ayres Interpositive. $800,000 to $1,000,000. <b>University Archives, Apr. 23:</b> 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. <b>University Archives, Apr. 23:</b> Marilyn Monroe's Best Personally Owned & Annotated Script for Unfinished Last Film, "Something's Got to Give" (1962). $75,000 to $100,000. <b><center>University Archives<br>Rare Autographs, Books & Photos; Abraham Lincoln Collection<br>April 23, 2025</center></b> <b>University Archives, Apr. 23:</b> 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. <b>University Archives, Apr. 23:</b> 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. <b>University Archives, Apr. 23:</b> Lincoln Appointment for Cabinet Member With Largest, Boldest, Full Signature! Important Content: Detente with England. $10,000 to $15,000. <b><center>University Archives<br>Rare Autographs, Books & Photos; Abraham Lincoln Collection<br>April 23, 2025</center></b> <b>University Archives, Apr. 23:</b> Abraham Lincoln Rare Signed Check To Law Partner W.H. Herndon, Perhaps Unique as Such! $20,000 to $25,000 <b>University Archives, Apr. 23:</b> Tokyo War Crimes Files of Prosecuting Attorney For POW Camp Atrocities, 500+ Pages, Unpublished Court Documents, Photos and More. $25,000 to $35,000. <b>University Archives, Apr. 23:</b> 1698 South Carolina Slavery Archive Huguenot Planters Earliest Rare Plat Maps for Plantations 41 Docs 107 pp. Most Colonial. $25,000 to $35,000. <b><center>University Archives<br>Rare Autographs, Books & Photos; Abraham Lincoln Collection<br>April 23, 2025</center></b> <b>University Archives, Apr. 23:</b> Adam Smith ALS While Revising “The Wealth of Nations” - A New Discovery Documenting Meeting with Influential Editor. $18,000 to $24,000. <b>University Archives, Apr. 23:</b> 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. <b>University Archives, Apr. 23:</b> Einstein 1935 TLS, Hopes to Warn Non-Jews of "The true nature of the Hitler regime.” $8,500 to $10,000.
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Books & Photos; Abraham Lincoln Collection
    April 23, 2025
    University 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, 2025
    University 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, 2025
    University Archives, Apr. 23: Abraham Lincoln Rare Signed Check To Law Partner W.H. Herndon, Perhaps Unique as Such! $20,000 to $25,000
    University 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, 2025
    University 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.
  • <b>Bonhams, Apr. 21-29:</b> ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822. <b>Bonhams, Apr. 21-29:</b> FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837. <b>Bonhams, Apr. 21-29:</b> THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837. <b>Bonhams, Apr. 21-29:</b> 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." <b>Bonhams, Apr. 21-29:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Apr. 21-29:</b> HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s. <b>Bonhams, Apr. 21-29:</b> HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "<i>Die Schneekönigin,</i>" 1910. <b>Bonhams, Apr. 21-29:</b> FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. <i>Wonderful Stories for Children.</i> London, 1846. <b>Bonhams, Apr. 21-29:</b> ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847. <b>Bonhams, Apr. 21-29:</b> PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. <i>Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke.</i> 1861. <b>Bonhams, Apr. 21-29:</b> DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren. <b>Bonhams, Apr. 21-29:</b> PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.
    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.
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