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Bogota Auction: Rare Books

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Auction Name Rare Books Total Sales (COP) 84,084,000.00
Auction Date October 24, 2019 - October 24, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (COP) 40,400,000.00
Sale Number #102419 High Estimate of Lots Sold (COP) 40,400,000.00
Total Lots 208
Sold Lots 154 Low Estimate of All Lots (COP) 58,885,000.00
% of Lots Sold 74.04% High Estimate of All Lots (COP) 58,885,000.00
Unsold Lots 54 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 142.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
105 Silva, José Asunción

Libro de cuentas de Ricardo y José Asunción Silva

1871-1883 COP 800,000.00 - 800,000.00 COP 13,200,000.00
29 Gumilla, José

El Orinoco ilustrado, Historia Natural, civil y geographica de este gran rio y de sus caudalosas
vertientes: govierno, usos y costumbres de los indios sus habitadores, con nuevas y utiles noticias de Animales, Arboles... escrita por el P. Joseph Gumilla,

1741 COP 5,600,000.00 - 5,600,000.00 COP 6,720,000.00
20 Humboldt

Sitios de las cordilleras y monumentos de los pueblos indigenas de América

1878 COP 280,000.00 - 280,000.00 COP 4,560,000.00
30 Caycedo y Florez, Fernando

Oración fúnebre que en las solemnes exequias funerales
hechas por el monasterio de la Enseñanza de
Santafé de Bogotá; a su insigne benefactor
y padre, el llamado. señor arzobispo de esta
metropolitana D. Baltazar Jayme Martínez
Compañón de gloriosa memor

1797 COP 2,600,000.00 - 2,600,000.00 COP 3,120,000.00
26

Recopilación de leyes de los reynos de las Indias / mandadas imprimir, y publicar por la magestad católica del rey
don Carlos II, nuestro señor

1681 COP 2,200,000.00 - 2,200,000.00 COP 2,640,000.00
68

Histoire generale des voïages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voïages…

1752 COP 650,000.00 - 650,000.00 COP 2,640,000.00
35 Ximénez de Enciso y Cobos Padilla, Salvador

Sermón de acción de Gracias que en el aniversario de la gloriosa acción de Boyacá

1822 COP 1,200,000.00 - 1,200,000.00 COP 2,040,000.00
179

Álbum de tarjetas postales

COP 450,000.00 - 450,000.00 COP 2,040,000.00
190

Revista PAN

1935-1940 COP 1,600,000.00 - 1,600,000.00 COP 1,920,000.00
25 George Anson

Voyage autour du monde, fait dans les années 1740, 41, 42, 43 & 44. Par George Anson, commandant en chef de l’Escadre de Sa Majesté Britannique. Seconde édition(4 tomos)

1764 COP 1,400,000.00 - 1,400,000.00 COP 1,680,000.00
189 Urdaneta

Papel Periódico Ilustrado. 5 tomos. Edición I

1881 COP 1,200,000.00 - 1,200,000.00 COP 1,440,000.00
204

Donación Botero

2000 COP 800,000.00 - 800,000.00 COP 1,200,000.00
156 Emile Gauguin sobre mapas de Codazzi

Intendencia de Casanare (Proyecto)

c.1915 COP 360,000.00 - 360,000.00 COP 1,140,000.00
23 Ribadeneyra Barrientos, Antonio Joachín de,

Manual compendio
de el regio Patronato Indiano: Para
su mas facil uso en las materias
conduncentes à la Practica: Dedicado al Rey Nuestor Senor D Fernando Del Amado

1755 COP 900,000.00 - 900,000.00 COP 1,080,000.00
113 Le Maout

Traité général de Botanique

1876 COP 140,000.00 - 140,000.00 COP 960,000.00
167 Torres Méndez

Marraneros de las tierras calientes

1878 COP 600,000.00 - 600,000.00 COP 900,000.00
180 V.V.A.A. (3 impresos)

Impresos relativos a Bogotá (Almacén el Día, Boleto tranvía, Recibo electricidad

Principios siglo XX COP 60,000.00 - 60,000.00 COP 900,000.00
22 Fray Pedro Simón

Las Conquistas De Tierra Firme En Las Indias Occidentales (5 tomos)

1882, 1891,s.f.,1892, 1892 COP 650,000.00 - 650,000.00 COP 840,000.00
83

N°370. Colombia. Report on the Agricultural products of Tolima. Reference to previous report….

1895 COP 120,000.00 - 120,000.00 COP 840,000.00
143 García Marquez, Gabriel

El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

1961 COP 700,000.00 - 700,000.00 COP 840,000.00
175

Fotografías/postal de Bogotá. Cantidad: 3

1900/1910/1915 COP 60,000.00 - 60,000.00 COP 840,000.00
67 Ozane

Prise de Carthagène des Indes par l’Escadre Francaise aux ordres de Pointis en 16

1797 COP 650,000.00 - 650,000.00 COP 780,000.00
74 Santander, Alejandro

Biografía de D. Lorenzo de Aldana. Corografía de Pasto

1896 COP 420,000.00 - 420,000.00 COP 780,000.00
157 Jansson

Terra Firme

c.1640 COP 650,000.00 - 650,000.00 COP 780,000.00
158 Ogilby

Terra Firme

1671 COP 650,000.00 - 650,000.00 COP 780,000.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
    Forum Auctions
    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.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • 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
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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
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
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