• 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.
  • Sotheby’s
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Heritage Auctions: Photographs

Auction Reports

Auction Name Photographs Total Sales (USD) 936,393.75
Auction Date October 06, 2020 - October 06, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 898,500.00
Sale Number #8014 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,371,500.00
Total Lots 356
Sold Lots 239 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,451,000.00
% of Lots Sold 67.13% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,210,000.00
Unsold Lots 117 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 42.37%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
73359 Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020)

756 Elephants

USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 75,000.00
73343 Peter Lindbergh (German, b. 1944)

Linda Evangelista, Bahamas, 1989

1989 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 55,000.00
73358 Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020)

I'll Write Wherever I Can...

USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 55,000.00
73354 Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020)

Millennium Greetings (Orphaned Cheetahs), Mweiga, near Nyeri, Kenya, 1968

1968, printed later USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 38,750.00
73326 Marilyn Minter (American, b. 1948)

Pink Mist, 2006

2006 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 27,500.00
73008 Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)

Sierra Nevada, Winter, from the Owen Valley, California, circa 1944

circa 1944, 1978 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 23,750.00
73340 Marilyn Minter (American, b. 1948)

XOXO, 2015

2015 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,000.00
73274 Bernd Becher (German, 1931-2007) and Hilla Becher (German, 1934-2015)

Partial View of Blast Furnance, Rombas.

1992 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 15,000.00
73334 Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)

Andy Warhol's Personally Owned and Used Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera, 1974

1974 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,750.00
73131 Horace Bristol (American, 1909-1997)

PBY Blister Gunner, Rescue at Rabaul, 1944

1944, printed 1990s USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,500.00
73345 Ruud van Empel (Dutch, b. 1958)

Mood #6, 2016

2016 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,000.00
73356 Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020)

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, 2000-2001

2000-2001 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,000.00
73221 Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, 1898-1995)

Future Ballerinas of the American Ballet Theater, 1937

1937, 1991 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,375.00
73256 O. Winston Link (American, 1914-2001)

Hot Shot Eastbound, Iaeger Drive-in, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1956

1956, 1999 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 9,062.50
73273 Sebastião Salgado (Brazilian, b. 1944)

Church Gate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India, 1995

1995 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 9,062.50
73062 André Kertész (Hungarian, 1894-1985)

Washington Square Park at Night, 1954

1954, printed later USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,750.00
73320 Liu Bolin (Chinese, b. 1973)

Hiding in Italy, Magazine Rack, 2012

2012 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,750.00
73357 Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020)

Emergency All-Nighter in Tokyo, 1994

1994 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 7,500.00
73011 Edward Weston (American, 1886-1958)

Surf, Point Lobos, 1938

1938, 1950s USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,875.00
73020 Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)

Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, 1960

1960 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,875.00
73035 Edward Sheriff Curtis (American, 1868-1952)

Maid of Dreams, 1909 Orotone 9-1/8 x 7-1/8 inches (23.2 x 18.1 cm)

1909 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,875.00
73337 Nan Goldin (American, b. 1953)

Valerie Floating in the Sea, Mayreau Island, 2001

2001 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,875.00
73287 Guy Bourdin (French, 1928-1991)

Charles Jourdan, Ad Campaign, 1976 Fujiflex Crystal Archive, printed later 12-3/4 x 19-1/2 inches (32.4 x 49.5 cm)

1976 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,250.00
73289 Guy Bourdin (French, 1928-1991)

Pentax Calendar, 1980 Fujiflex Crystal Archive, printed later 13-1/2 x 19-1/4 inches (34.3 x 48.9 cm)

1980 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,250.00
73296 Adam Fuss (British, b. 1961)

Wish, 1992

1992 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,250.00
  • 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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