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    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Dawe (George, engraver). The Life of a Nobleman, first edition, Geo. Henderson, [c.1825]. £1,000 to £1,500.
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    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.
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    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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Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 11/22

Auction Reports

Auction Name Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 11/22 Total Sales (EUR) 4,130.01
Auction Date December 01, 2019 - December 01, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 3,090.00
Sale Number #120119 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 5,933,439.00
Total Lots 42
Sold Lots 27 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 8,650.00
% of Lots Sold 64.29% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 9,229,794.00
Unsold Lots 15 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 0.05%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
32124933

Manuscript; Book of secrets - without date (19th century)

EUR 0.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 410.93
32236713

Musical Manuscript; Rare Collection of Transcriptions from the Most Famous Italian Composers

1840 EUR 350.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 327.00
32254995 Colette

Lettre autographe signée

1929 EUR 400.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 316.10
32301197 Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, Président de la République puis Napoléon III

Lettre Autographe Signée

1851 EUR 220.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 283.40
32125103

Manuscript; Book of Secrets - without date (19th century)

EUR 0.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 246.34
32202755 Manuscript

Geïllumineerd getijdenboek blad uit Normandië - ca.

1450 EUR 0.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 241.98
32053421

Manuscrit; Recueil d'ariettes, chansons, romances, etc. - sans date (ca. 1775)

EUR 0.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 221.27
32126377 Alphonse de Lamartine

Lettre autographe signée

1856 EUR 220.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 218.00
32218307 Eleonora Duse Actress (Gabriele D'Annunzio's muse)

Autograph; Business card (not signed) with note accepting an offer (plus Envelope)

1888 EUR 200.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 201.65
30980215

Manuscrit; Philosophia Transnaturalis dictata eruditissimo domino Hornes Collegii Regni proffessor

1784 EUR 150.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 178.76
32216069 Anounymous

Manuscript; 19e eeuws Duits gebedenboek

1818 EUR 200.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 165.68
32211515 Duroc, Grand Maréchal du Palais de l'Empereur

Lettre Autographe Signée à Daru [Aménagement Chateau du Roi de à Rambouillet]

1806 EUR 150.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 152.60
32168389 De Gouverneur der Kolonie Suriname

Wisselbrief / Slavenbrief Suriname

1863 EUR 150.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 132.98
32193315 De Gouverneur van Curaçao en onderhoorigheden

Wisselbrief / Slavenbrief Curaçao

1863 EUR 150.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 131.89
32282983

Manuscripts; 3 vols. set drawn Ikebana

1900 EUR 0.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 126.44
30921425 Manuscript

Geïllumineerde pagina uit een getijdenboek - ca.

1450 EUR 0.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 112.27
32168309 Giovanni Alzimani notary

Manuscript; Legal proxy in favor of Tiberio Ricci in Ferrara

1687 EUR 150.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 87.20
32307949 Henri François d'Aguesseau, Chancelier de Louis XV

Lettre signée de réprimandes au Parlement de Metz

1737 EUR 150.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 81.75
27125205 Carolus de Marinis

Manuscript; Papal Bull on Vellum with Paper Seal: Appointment to Canon

1692 EUR 150.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 80.66
30921647 Manuscript

Geïllumineerde pagina uit een getijdenboek - ca.

1450 EUR 0.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 74.12
32208507 Antoine Louis de Boissieu

Lettre Autographe Signée d'Adieux à la Loge de la Candeur

1810 EUR 150.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 65.40
32217991 Maxime Weygand General

Autograph; Letter with Thanksgiving about the Positive Review of his Book "11 November"

1933 EUR 150.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 65.40
32306809 Alberto Magnelli

Lettre Autographe Signée. De Grasse à Jacques Goldschmidt

1952 EUR 150.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 54.50
32036187

Manuscript; Torah scroll from Iraq - 19th century

EUR 0.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 50.14
30832127 Anoniem

Geïllumineerde pagina uit een getijdenboek - ca.

1510 EUR 0.00 - 219,757.00 EUR 49.05
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    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.
    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.
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    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.
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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.
    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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    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.
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    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.
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    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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