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Auction Name Fine Books and Manuscripts, including The Eric C. Caren Collection - bidstart 7/6 Total Sales (USD) 745,125.00
Auction Date July 21, 2020 - July 21, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 542,200.00
Sale Number #N10394 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 782,000.00
Total Lots 164
Sold Lots 96 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,669,700.00
% of Lots Sold 58.54% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 3,723,900.00
Unsold Lots 68 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 20.01%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
164 WASHINGTON, GEORGE

Autograph manuscript fragment from Washington's undelivered first Inaugural Address

 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 81,250.00
111 WASHINGTON, GEORGE

Autograph letter signed ("Go: Washington") as Continental Commander to Bryan Fairfax, hoping for good news regarding the peace negotiations to end the Revolutionary War—not knowing the preliminary articles of peace had been signed two weeks earlier

 1783 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 60,000.00
161 TRUMP, DONALD J.

House Calendar No. 61, 116th Congress, 1st Session, H. RES 755 [Report No. 116-346], Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

2019 USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 USD 37,500.00
119 BIBLE IN LATIN

Bible in Latin.

1476 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 32,500.00
50 HANCOCK, JOHN, & BENJAMIN LINCOLN

Benjamin Lincoln's Commission as Major General, signed by John Hancock ("John Hancock" with paraph) as President of Congress, 19 February 1777

 1777 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 27,500.00
5

Five manuscript documents signed by some of the first African-Americans to fight for the American cause, dated less than a month after Lexington and Concord, Natick, Massachusetts, 15 May 1775

 1775 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 25,000.00
139 [DYLAN, BOB]

Draft copyright scores and lyrics for "Blonde on Blonde," with holograph annotations by Bob Dylan, [Edoardo J. Di Biase for Dwarf Music]: 15 East 48th St., New York City, 18 March 1966

 1966 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
128 COOK, CAPTAIN JAMES

[Complete set of the Voyages of Captain Cook]

 1773 USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 22,500.00
142 [FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT]

A Group of Four Books owned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

 1903 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 20,000.00
118

Bible, Latin.

1475 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 17,500.00
146 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER

Letter signed ("Alexander Hamilton"), to the Inspector General of the United States Army, Brigadier General James Wilkinson, during the Quasi-War crisis

 1799 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 17,500.00
131 DICKENS, CHARLES

The Adventures of Oliver Twist ...

1846 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 16,250.00
45

The Georgia Gazette, No. 148

 1766 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 13,750.00
79 POLK, JAMES K.

Partially engraved document signed ("James K. Polk") as 11th President, being an order to Secretary of State James Buchanan to affix the Seal of the United States

 11th President, being an order to Secretary of State James Buchanan to affix the Seal of the United States USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 13,750.00
134 DICKENS, CHARLES

A Tale of Two Cities.

1859 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 11,875.00
21

A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston, Perpetrated in the Evening of the Fifth Day of March 1770, by Soldiers of the XXIXth Regiment …

1770 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,625.00
130 DICKENS, CHARLES

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.

1836-1837 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,625.00
152 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM

Autograph endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln") as sixteenth President, forwarding a request for a position in the New York Custom House

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,625.00
26 CANTON REGISTER

CANTON REGISTER Volume 7, number 1–volume 8, number 52.

1835 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 9,375.00
162 WASHINGTON, GEORGE

Autograph document signed ("Go: Washington"), to the Paymaster of the Virginia Forces

 1754 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,375.00
89 TAYLOR, ALFRED SWAINE

Early "photogenic drawing" photograph of a fern, dated on the verso by Taylor, 2 December 1839

 1839 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 8,750.00
124 CARSON, CHRISTOPHER

KIT Manuscript document signed ("C Carson"), being a "Special Requisition" for supplies at Fort Garland, Colorado Territory, 1866

 1866 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,750.00
158 ROWLING, J.K.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

1999 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 8,750.00
125

Cook County Jail identification cards depicting six members of the Chicago Seven, anti-war activists charged in connection to anti-war protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention

 1968 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,125.00
140 FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT

Taps at Reveille.

1935 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,125.00
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    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
    24th April 2024
    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
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    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
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    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.
  • 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
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • 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.
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