• 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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North American Auction Company: New Year January Western Collector Auction

Auction Reports

Auction Name New Year January Western Collector Auction Total Sales (USD) 13,074.90
Auction Date January 23, 2021 - January 23, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 13,550.00
Sale Number #12321 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 28,000.00
Total Lots 60
Sold Lots 55 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 15,600.00
% of Lots Sold 91.67% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 32,100.00
Unsold Lots 5 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 40.73%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
277 Thomson P. McElrath.

1880 1st Ed. Handbook of the Yellowstone Valley

1880 USD 200.00 - 500.00 USD 861.00
315 Roscoe and Margaret Conkling

Butterfield Overland Mail Volumes I, II & III

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 615.00
461 Rev P.C. Headley.

1866 1st Ed The Life & Campaigns of Gen. US Grant

1866 USD 200.00 - 500.00 USD 553.50
344 Cecil Hartley.

1865 1st Ed. Life of Daniel Boone by Cecil Hartley

1865 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 492.00
421 Charles Augustus Murray

Murray's Travels in North America Vol.1&2 1st Ed.

USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 492.00
506 Frederick Cook.

1887 General John Sullivans Indian Expedition 1779

1887 1779 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 492.00
513 John James Audubon

Bowen Lithograph Red Tailed Squirrel by Audubon

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 492.00
735 Mark Twain

A Dog's Tale by Mark Twain 1st Ed. 1904

1904 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 430.50
346 John Muir

The Mountains of California by John Muir c.1904

c.1904 USD 300.00 - 700.00 USD 399.75
609 Elizabeth B. Custer

1885 1st Ed. Boots and Saddles by Elizabeth Custer

1885 USD 200.00 - 500.00 USD 399.75
469 Elisha Kent Kane

The Grinnell Expedition by E. K. Kane 1st Ed. 1854

1854 USD 200.00 - 500.00 USD 369.00
557 B.B. Thatcher.

1910 1st Edition Indian Tribes Chiefs and Wars

1910 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 338.25
37 Frederic Remington,

1898 1st Ed. Remington's Frontier Sketches

1898 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 307.50
495 Will James

Lone Cowboy/Sand by Will James 1st Ed. Books

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 307.50
67 Buffalo Bill

1902 1st Ed Story of the Wild West by Buffalo Bill

1902 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 276.75
276 Hon. J.T. Headley

Life and Travels of General Grant 1st Edition 1879

1879 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 276.75
599 Frederic Remington.

1902 1st Edition John Ermine of the Yellowstone

1902 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 276.75
710 Edmund Flagg.

1838 1st Ed. The Far West Vol. I by E. Flagg

1838 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 276.75
740

Collection of C.M Coolidge Dogs Playing Poker Art

USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 276.75
314 Kit Carson

1874 Kit Carson Life & Adventures by Dewitt Peters

1874 USD 200.00 - 500.00 USD 246.00
384 Colonel William F. Cody

1917 1st Ed. Life & Adventures of Buffalo Bill

1917 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 246.00
439 Cpt. Willard Glazier

1883 Battles for the Union by Cpt. Willard Glazier

1883 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 246.00
610 Theodore Hittell

History of California by Theodore Hittell Vol.1&2

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 246.00
38 Nathaniel Pitt Langford

1893 Vol I & II Vigilante Days and Way by Langford

1893 USD 350.00 - 700.00 USD 215.25
66

Life on the Plains & Horrors of Indian Warfare1891

1891 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 215.25
  • 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.
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