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Morton Subastas: Book and Document Auction of the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution

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Auction Name Book and Document Auction of the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution Total Sales (MXN) 2,628,240.00
Auction Date November 26, 2019 - November 26, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) 1,911,500.00
Sale Number #947 High Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) 2,399,000.00
Total Lots 423
Sold Lots 177 Low Estimate of All Lots (MXN) 4,272,500.00
% of Lots Sold 41.84% High Estimate of All Lots (MXN) 5,394,000.00
Unsold Lots 246 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 48.73%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
127 Hijar y Haro, Alfredo-Comisión Nacional del Centenario de la Independencia de México.

Cartel Original de la Conmemoración del Primer Centenario de la Independencia de México 1810 1910

 1910 MXN 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 MXN 552,000.00
230 Solorzano Pereira, Ioannes de.

De Indiarum Iure. De Iusta Indiarum Occidentalium Inquistione, Acquisitione, et Retentione.

1629 / 1639. MXN 140,000.00 - 150,000.00 MXN 156,000.00
370 Smith, Adam.

Investigación de la Naturaleza y Causas de la Riqueza de las Naciones.

1794 MXN 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 MXN 72,000.00
20 Iturbide, Agustín-Primo de Verdad y Ramos, Francisco Yturrigaray, Josef

Legajo de 133 Documentos: Posturas, Poderes, Acuses de Recibo, Tabla de Acreedores, Cartas, Pertenecientes al Remate de la Hacienda de Apeo en Maravatío.

 1799 - 1809. MXN 60,000.00 - 70,000.00 MXN 66,000.00
112 García, Genaro Pereyra, Carlos.

Documentos Inéditos / Nuevos Documentos Inéditos.

 MXN 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 MXN 66,000.00
232 Solorzano, Ioan de.

Obras Posthumas.

1676 MXN 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 MXN 48,000.00
278

Transparencia: Vistas y Tipos de México, Tlaxcala, Guadalajara, Teotihuacan, Mitla, Cholula, Vista de los Volcanes: Popocatepetl e Iztaccihuatl, Carroza y Ataúd de Maximiliano, Castillo de Chapultepec / Proyector.

MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 48,000.00
308 Cebrian y Agustín, Pedro González de la Cueva, Diego.

Ordenanzas de el Nobilissimo Arte de la Platería Hechas, y Mandadas observar por el Excellentisimo Señor Marqués de Cadereyta, Virrey de esta Nueva

 1746 MXN 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 MXN 48,000.00
132 Bhima (Francisco I. Madero).

Manual Espirita.

1911 MXN 20,000.00 - 24,000.00 MXN 43,200.00
122

Bandera Nacional del Centenario en Apizaco, Tlaxcala.

1910 MXN 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 MXN 42,000.00
227 Rodríguez de Fonseca, Bartolomé Agustín.

Digesto Teórico Práctico o Recopilación de los Derechos Comun, Real y Canónico por los Libros y Títulos del Digesto.

1775 - 1791. MXN 32,000.00 - 36,000.00 MXN 33,600.00
89 Paz, Ireneo (Editor).

Los Hombres Prominentes de México.

1888 MXN 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 MXN 30,000.00
261

Abecedario de Buenas Costumbres.

ca. 1840 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 28,800.00
64 Baz, Gustavo-Gallo, Eduardo L.

History of the Mexican Railway. Wealth of Mexico, in the Region Extending from the Gulf to the Capital, of the Republic, Considered in its Geological, Agricultural, Manufacturing and Commercial Aspect, with Scientific, Historical and Statistical Notes.

1876 MXN 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 MXN 26,400.00
212 Panorama Universal.

América-Europa-Asia-Africa.

1839 - 1850. MXN 24,000.00 - 30,000.00 MXN 26,400.00
74 Velasco, Estanislao.

Reseña Histórica y Estadística de los Ferrocarriles de Jurisdicción Federal desde Agosto de 1837 hasta Diciembre de 1894.

1895 MXN 22,000.00 - 26,000.00 MXN 24,000.00
160 Carranza, Venustiano-Acuña, Jesús.

Bando sobre la Convocatoria Oficial para el Congreso Constituyente. "Secretaría de Estado y del Despacho de Gobernación.

MXN 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 MXN 24,000.00
198 Bostelmann, Enrique.

América: Un Viaje a Través de la Injusticia.

1970 MXN 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 MXN 24,000.00
240 Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de.

El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha.

1842 MXN 24,000.00 - 28,000.00 MXN 24,000.00
316 Iturbide, Agustín-Sota Riva, Manuel de.

Circular para que se le Intime por el Capitán General del Distrito Entregue Lisa y Llanamente a las Armas Imperiales el Castillo de San Juán de Ulúa con todo su Armamento. "… que al tiempo de intimarle la entrega del Castillo, se le notifique: que en cas

 1822 MXN 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 MXN 24,000.00
185 Taller de Gráfica Popular.

Estampas de la Revolución Mexicana.

1947 MXN 20,000.00 - 24,000.00 MXN 22,800.00
165

Proclamation Reward $ 5,000.00. Francisco (Pancho) Villa.

1916 MXN 14,000.00 - 16,000.00 MXN 21,600.00
414 Zamacois, Niceto de.

Historia de Méjico. Desde sus tiempos Más Remotos hasta el Gobierno de D. Benito Juárez Escrita en Vista de Todo lo que de Irrecusable han Dado a la luz los Más Caracterizados Historiadores, y en Virtud de Documentos Auténticos, No Publicados Todavía, Tom

 1876 - 1882. MXN 22,000.00 - 30,000.00 MXN 21,600.00
31 Gordillo, Francisco / Guerrero, José.

Medalla de Inauguración de Agustín. Primer Emperador de México. Julio 21 de 1822 / Agustín de Iturbide.

MXN 20,000.00 - 24,000.00 MXN 20,400.00
421

Obras sobre Historia, Tradiciones Arte y Cultura de Puebla. Pérez, Salazar, Francisco. Miscelánea de obras de la Historia de Puebla.

MXN 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 MXN 20,400.00
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
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    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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