• 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.
  • Forum Auctions
    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.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    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
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    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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Leslie Hindman Auctioneers: Library of a MidWestern Collector

Auction Reports

Auction Name Library of a MidWestern Collector Total Sales (USD) 1,910,985.00
Auction Date November 05, 2019 - November 05, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 998,300.00
Sale Number #714 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,464,600.00
Total Lots 87
Sold Lots 71 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,042,000.00
% of Lots Sold 81.61% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,529,800.00
Unsold Lots 16 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 124.92%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
24 DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)

On the Origin of Species.

1859 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 USD 564,500.00
61 NEWTON, Isaac, Sir (1642-1727)

Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. [Edited by Edmond Halley (1656-1743)].

1687 USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 212,500.00
68 ROWLING, J. K.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

1997 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 150,000.00
50 JOYCE, James (1882-1941)

Ulysses

1922 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 USD 137,500.00
80 SMITH, Adam (1723-90)

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

1776 USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 112,500.00
38 [THE FEDERALIST PAPERS]. -- [HAMILTON, Alexander (1739-1802), James MADISON (1751-1836) and John JAY (1745-1829)].

The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787

1788 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 106,250.00
37 EUCLID (fl. ca 300 B.C.)

Elementa geometriae. Translated from the Arabic by Adelard of Bath. Edited by Giovanni Campano.

1482 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 81,250.00
63 NEWTON, Isaac, Sir (1642-1727).

The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy.

1729 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 50,000.00
79 SMITH, Adam (1723-1790)

The Theory of Moral Sentiments.

1759 USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 47,500.00
62 NEWTON, Isaac, Sir (1642-1727).

Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light.

1704 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 45,000.00
40 GALILEI, Galileo (1564-1642)

Dialogo...Dove ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo Tolemaico, e Copernicano.

1632 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 35,000.00
48 JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826)

Notes on the State of Virginia...Illustrated with A Map, including...Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania.

1787 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 35,000.00
64 NEWTON, Isaac, Sir (1642-1727)

The Method of Fluxions and Infinite Series; with its Application to the Geometry of Curve-Lines.

1736 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 23,750.00
67 RICARDO, David (1772-1823)

On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation.

1817 USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 23,750.00
22 DALTON, John (1766-1844)

A New System of Chemical Philosophy.

1808 [part 1]1810 [part 2]. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 20,000.00
23 DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)-- Robert FITZROY, editor (1805-1865), and Capt. Philip Parker KING (1793-1856)

A Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836.

1839 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 17,500.00
21 [COOK, James (1728-1779)]. -- [FIRST VOYAGE]. John HAWKESWORTH (1715-1773)

An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and

1773 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 16,250.00
44 GIBBON, Edward (1737-1794)

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume the First [-Sixth].

1776-1788. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 15,000.00
56 MARX, Karl (1818-1883)

Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production.

1887 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 13,750.00
26 DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882).

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex.

1871 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,500.00
75 SHACKLETON, Ernest Henry, Sir (1874-1922)

The Heart of the Antarctic. Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909. [With:] The Antarctic Book. Winter Quarters 1907-1909.

1909 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,500.00
32 DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll", 1832-1898)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

1866 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 11,875.00
59 MILNE, Alan Alexander (1882-1956)

When We Were Very Young.

1924 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,625.00
60 MONTAIGNE, Michel Eyquem de (1533-1592)

The Essayes or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses. Translated from French into English by John Florio.

1603 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,625.00
86 WATSON, James Dewey (b. 1928) and Francis Harry Compton CRICK (1916-2004)

Molecular structure of nucleic acids. In: Nature, Vol. 171, No. 4356, pp. 737-741.

1953 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 10,625.00
  • 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
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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
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
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