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Auction Name Books and Documents - Collection and Library Backal Total Sales (MXN) 848,760.00
Auction Date July 21, 2020 - July 21, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) 817,000.00
Sale Number #978 High Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) 1,035,000.00
Total Lots 250
Sold Lots 82 Low Estimate of All Lots (MXN) 3,367,000.00
% of Lots Sold 32.80% High Estimate of All Lots (MXN) 4,201,000.00
Unsold Lots 168 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 20.20%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
151

LM - Manuscrito en Lengua Mixteca.

 MXN 22,000.00 - 26,000.00 MXN 45,600.00
189

R - Incunable.

MXN 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 MXN 36,000.00
104 Blanchard, P.

San Juan de Ulùa ou Relation de l'Expédition Fracaise au Mexique.

 1839 MXN 30,000.00 - 34,000.00 MXN 31,200.00
21 Guerra y Sandoval, Juan Alphonso.

Despacho y Blasón de Armas.

MXN 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 MXN 30,000.00
18 Río, Andrés del.

Elementos de Orictognosia o del Conocimiento de los Fósiles, dispuestos, según los princípios de A. G. Werner, para uso del Real Seminario de Minería de México.

1795 y 1805. MXN 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 MXN 26,400.00
58 Arrastia, Manuel Nicolás.

Real Cédula de S. M. y Señores del consejo, en que se manda observa y guarden el Tratado de Amistad, Limites y Navegación concluido, y ratificado entre su Real Persona, y los Estados Unidos de América.

1797 MXN 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 MXN 24,000.00
150 Manuscrito Anónimo.

Breve Noticia de Algunos Casos Memorables y Raros que se a Dignado Nuestro Señor Obrar por Medio del Ministerio Santo de las Doctrinas y Misiones que se han Hecho en Algunas Ciudades, Pueblos y Estancias de la Nueva España desde el año de 63 hasta el de 7

 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 24,000.00
86

HM1820 - Miscelánea Independencia y Primer Imperio.

 MXN 24,000.00 - 28,000.00 MXN 24,000.00
45 Solís, Antonio de.

Histoire de la Conquete du Mexique ou de la Nouvelle Espagne.

 1691 MXN 22,000.00 - 24,000.00 MXN 21,600.00
105 Bocanegra, José María.

Bases Orgánicas de la República Mexicana, Acordadas por la Honorable Junta Legislativa, Establecida Conforme a los Decretos de 19 y 23 de Diciembre de 1842, y Sancionadas por el Supremo Gobierno Provisional con Arreglo a los Mismos Decretos el Día 12 de J

 1843 MXN 20,000.00 - 24,000.00 MXN 19,200.00
24 Ortega, Casimiro de.

Viage del Comandante Byron al Rededor del Mundo, hecho Últimamente de Orden del Almirantazgo de Inglaterra: En el qual se da noticia de varios Países de las costumbres de sus Habitantes, de las Plantas, y Animales estraños que se crian en ellos; juntament

 1769 MXN 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 MXN 18,000.00
160 Karsten, D. L. G.

Tablas Mineralógicas Dispuestas Según los Descubrimientos más Recientes.

 1804 MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 16,800.00
183 Florencia, Francisco de / Oviedo, Juan Antonio de.

Zodiaco Mariano, en que el Sol de Justicia Christo con la Salud en las alas Visita como Signos, y Casas Proprias para Beneficio de los Hombres, los Templos, y Lugares Dedicados a los Cultos de su SS. Madre, por Medio de las más Célebres Imágenes de la Mis

 1755 MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 16,800.00
238

V - Miscelánea, Fines del Siglo XIX: Literatura - Relación Jurídica - Historia de la Ciudad de México - Carta Pastoral - Plática Doctrinal - Oración Moral - Rasgo Breve.

 MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 16,800.00
148 Haro, José de.

Marabillas de la Providencia Divina que tan Claramente Refplandecen en la Admirable Conservacion de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles cuia Orodigiofa Ymagen fe Venera Pintada en vna Pared de Adovef que ef la Principal de fu Santuario Extramuros de México def

 MXN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 MXN 15,600.00
80 Liceaga, José María

Nombramiento del Coronel Trinidad Salgado.

 MXN 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 MXN 14,400.00
136

L - Primera Edición de la Primer Novela Escrita por Artemio de Valle Arizpe.

 MXN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 MXN 14,400.00
22 García Cubas, Antonio.

Diccionario Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.

 1888 - 1891. MXN 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
61 Catani, Pedro / Venegas, Francisco Xavier.

Bandos: Para Prevenir la Embriaguez / Permiso para la Fabricación de Mezcal.

 MXN 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
132 Ariosto, M. Lodovico.

Orlando Furioso.

 1589 MXN 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
156 Yllescas, Juan José.

Libro Formado para Constancia Individual de el Reedificio del Colegio de las Doncellas de Nra. Sra. de la Charidad.

 1767 MXN 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
213

RC - Reglas de la Compañía de Jesús.

 1742 MXN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
232

V - Correos: Ordenanza / Decretos.

 MXN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
241 Mora, Francisco Serapio.

Guía del Amansador de Caballos y del Picador, con Veinte Láminas.

 1861 MXN 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
41 Veytia, Mariano.

Historia Antigua de Méjico.

1836 MXN 10,000.00 - 14,000.00 MXN 10,200.00
  • 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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  • 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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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    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.
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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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    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.
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  • Potter & Potter Auctions
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    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.
    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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