• 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.
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    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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    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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    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
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    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.
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    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
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    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.
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Cowans Auctions: American History: Premier Auction

Auction Reports

Auction Name American History: Premier Auction Total Sales (USD) 1,131,346.00
Auction Date November 15, 2019 - November 15, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 570,400.00
Sale Number #111519 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 874,750.00
Total Lots 442
Sold Lots 359 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 788,000.00
% of Lots Sold 81.22% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,209,650.00
Unsold Lots 83 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 93.53%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
24A

A Rare Antebellum Image of Slavery in Georgia, Believed to be the Earliest Known Image of Enslaved African Americans with Cotton

ca 1850-1860. USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 324,500.00
419

William S. Soule, Extraordinary Photograph Album Containing Portraits of Southern Plains Indians, Gifted by Soule to his Sister

Ca 1867-1873.  USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 57,500.00
378

Exceptional Archive of William Courtenay, Postmaster and Indian Agent for Fort Berthold, Dakota Territory

1865-1895 (bulk 1870s), USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 56,250.00
420

George W. Bretz, Remarkable Photograph Album of Kiowa and Comanche Indians, Incl. Portraiture and Parade Scenes

Ca 1890s.  USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 43,750.00
421

Exceptional Irwin & Mankins Photograph Album of Kiowa and Comanche Indians, Incl. Quanah Parker

ca late 1880s-1890s USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 37,500.00
400

Sioux Delegation of 1877, Three Photographs Taken in Washington, DC, by Mathew Brady

1877 USD 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 32,500.00
114

Quattlebaum Family of South Carolina, Extensive Confederate Archive Featuring Civil War Correspondence from Five of Six Brothers, and Ninth Plate Tintype of J.E. Quattlebaum, 13th SC Infantry

1861- 1864 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 15,000.00
443

Dr. W. F. Carver As He Appeared Before the Emperor of Germany, Rare Poster

n.d., ca 1880. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 12,500.00
428

Exceptional San Francisco Gold Rush Era Letter Archive of James Hunter Phinney, Including Reference to the San Francisco Mint,1850-1854

circa 1850-1854, USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 11,875.00
313

Rare John C. Fremont, Freedom's Candidate Campaign Flag with Portrait

1856 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,625.00
380

Original Manuscript Treaty Between the Sisseton Sioux and Arikara, Hidatsa, & Mandan, 1870

1870 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 10,625.00
379

Original Manuscript Treaty of Peace between the Sioux and Arikara, Hidatsa, & Mandan, 1870

1870 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 10,000.00
137

Civil War Archive of the Summers Family, West Virginia, 1863-1866

1863-1866 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,375.00
224

Southern Coin Silver Pitcher, Presented to Charles A.L. Lamar

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,375.00
384

Sitting Bull, Two Cipher Telegrams Ordering the Hunkpapa Sioux Leader's Arrest in 1890

1890 USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,750.00
22

John Brown, Sixth Plate Melainotype After Black's Vignette Negative, Ca 1860

ca 1860 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 6,875.00
187

Extensive Collection of Over 565 Patriotic and Civil War Covers

1861-1865 USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,875.00
25

Captain Rinaldo B. Wiggin, 2nd Maine Infantry & VRC, Exceptional Photographic Archive

USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,250.00
327

Abraham Lincoln, Autograph Endorsement Signed on Letter of Richard W. Meade Concerning the Naval Seniority System

1862 USD 8,500.00 - 12,500.00 USD 6,250.00
328

Abraham Lincoln ANS as President

1863 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,250.00
241

Thomas Sykes Archive, Including Star from the Flag of the CSS Alabama and Correspondence

USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,080.00
425

Geronimo Autographed Card with Provenance

1901 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,938.00
164

Indiana 8th Infantry, Civil War Field Desk Containing Over 500 Documents Related to the Regiment

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,313.00
169

Civil War Archive of Pvt. Samuel A. Burhaus, 12th Wisconsin Infantry, Incl. War Diary and Sketch Depicting the Siege of Vicksburg

1862 to 1863 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,000.00
403

Charles M. Bell Photograph of Ponca Delegation, 1877

1877, taken by Charles M USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,000.00
  • 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
  • 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
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    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
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    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.
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