• 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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Arenberg Auctions: Books and Prints

Auction Reports

Auction Name Books and Prints Total Sales (EUR) 302,825.00
Auction Date October 16, 2020 - October 16, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 132,405.00
Sale Number #2010b High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 186,160.00
Total Lots 532
Sold Lots 416 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 186,555.00
% of Lots Sold 78.20% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 259,700.00
Unsold Lots 116 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 116.61%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
580 ENSOR, James

Coquillages. Dessin dédicacé à Blanche Hertoge. Dans l'ouvrage de Paul Fierens - James Ensor.

1943 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 27,500.00
521

5 drawings with religious themes.

17th and 18th c EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 13,125.00
893 GIDE, André

Le voyage d'Urien. [Lithographies par Maurice Denis].

1893 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 10,625.00
795 DE PASSE II, Crispijn

La prima [-quinta] parte della luce del dipingere et disegnare [...]. Eerste [-vijfde] deel van't light der teken en schilder konst [...]. La premiere [-cinquiesme] partie de la lumiere de la peinture & de la designature [...]. Der Erste [-fünffte] Theil

1643-1644 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 8,750.00
945 RIMBAUD, Arthur

Une saison en enfer.

1873 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 7,750.00
780 [LA CHAU, Géraud de; LE BLOND, Gaspard Michel]

Description des principales pierres gravées du cabinet de S.A.S. Monseigneur le duc d'Orléans, premier prince du sang.

1780-1784 (colophon tome II : 1785 EUR 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 EUR 7,500.00
971 VOLTAIRE

Zadig ou La destinée. Histoire orientale.

1893 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 6,500.00
959 VERHAEREN, Émile

Ausgewählte Gedichte. In nachdichtung von Stefan Zweig. (Buchschmuck von Th. Van Rysselberghe).

1904 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 5,250.00
731

Heropbouw van de Universiteitsbibliotheek te Leuven door The Foundation Company en andere bouwopdrachten.

ca. 1922-1930 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 5,000.00
674 DELAMARE, Francis

Salva Stella/ La vraie bière type. La bière fine de luxe/ Artois/ Les premières du pays.

s.d EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,875.00
527 GALLE, Cornelis

Copperplate representing the Child Jesus and Saint Joseph.

17th c. EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 4,250.00
548

Chandelier design.

Early 18th c EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 4,000.00
719 ZAGOURSKI, Casimir

Set of photo postcards from "L'Afrique qui disparait, recueil ethnographique sur l'Afrique noire, série 1 & 2".

Ca. 1924-1941 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,750.00
828 WAUTERS, Émile

Lettres aut. s., correspondants divers.

EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,750.00
604 MAGRITTE, René

Partition musicale : Deuxième menuet... des grâces d'antan. [Musique par] Aug. De Boeck.

c. 1933 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 3,250.00
760

+/- 70 handgemaakte speelkaarten in oneigenlijk gebruik.

17de-18de eeuw EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 3,000.00
802

"La Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg peinte par Rubens".

1710 EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,750.00
696 ZO-OT

2 rares affiches électorales.

EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,625.00
809 DAMIEN

Autograph signed letter.

1874 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,500.00
529

Two suites of engravings (30 + 23), by the Sadeler and Collaert firms, showing female hermits.

ca. 1600 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,375.00
712

Collection of 53 attractive Indian miniatures.

20th c EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,250.00
596

Kunst van Heden. Art contemporain. Salon 1925-1926.

1926 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,125.00
768 GUIMARD, Hector

L'art dans l'habitation moderne. Le Castel Béranger.

1898 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,125.00
579 ENGELMANN, Godefroy

Recueil d'essais du nouveau procédé d'impression lithographique en couleurs inventé par Engelmann père et fils, à Mulhouse.

1816 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,000.00
681 KOLLWITZ, Kathe

De överlevande/ Krig mot kriget ! [The survivors. War against war!].

1923 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 2,000.00
  • 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
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
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