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    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.
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    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.
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    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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    How History Unfolds on Paper:
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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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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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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Sothebys: Music, Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 5/25

Auction Reports

Auction Name Music, Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 5/25 Total Sales (GBP) 603,414.00
Auction Date June 08, 2021 - June 08, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 381,800.00
Sale Number #L21403 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 566,300.00
Total Lots 60
Sold Lots 45 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 418,700.00
% of Lots Sold 75.00% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 616,200.00
Unsold Lots 15 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 97.93%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2 Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel

C. P. E. Bach. Autograph score and parts of the Trio in G major for flute, violin and continuo, Wq. 144, 1747

GBP 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 GBP 252,000.00
55 Schubert, Franz

F. Schubert. The composer's last surviving letter, written to his close friend Franz von Schober, 1828

1828 GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 GBP 176,400.00
41 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

W. A. Mozart. First edition of the Piano Concerto in A. K. 414 (385p), 1785

[1785] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 30,240.00
56 Schumann, Robert

R. Schumann. Conducting baton belonging to the composer, c. 1840s-1850s

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 21,420.00
6 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]--Philipp Spitta and Ernst Rudorff

[J. S. Bach]--P. Spitta and E. Rudorff. Archive of autograph correspondence, 1869-1894

GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 15,120.00
34 Haydn, Joseph and Michael Haydn

J. Haydn and M. Haydn. Ornamental souvenir made from the two composers' hair, 1809

GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 15,120.00
57 Stravinsky, Igor

I. Stravinsky. Autograph musical quotation from "Petrushka", signed, 1954

1954 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 8,820.00
24 Bruch, Max

M. Bruch. Autograph drafts and sketches for his "Requiem for Mignon" Op. 93, 1918

GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 8,190.00
42 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

W. A. Mozart. First edition of the Piano Concerto in E flat, K. 449, 1792

[1792] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 8,190.00
7 Bach, Johann Sebastian

J. S. Bach. Manuscript of the aria 'Es ist vollbracht' from the "St. John Passion", with viola obbligato, c. 1800

GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 6,930.00
8 Bach, Johann Sebastian

Le Clavecin bien tempéré ou Preludes et Fugues dans tous les Tons et Demitons...I [...II] Parthie [the "48", books 1 and 2, BWV 846-893], Vienna: Hoffmeister & Comp. (and Leipzig: Bureau de Musique), [1801]

[1801] GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 6,930.00
5 Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich

J. C. F. Bach. Drey leichte Sonaten fürs Klavier oder Piano Forte, 1789

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 4,788.00
16 Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann

W. F. Bach, Early scribal manuscript of the Fugue in C Minor for keyboard, Fk 32, late C18th

GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 4,410.00
40 [Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix]

[F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy.] Letter opener made from the yew tree in Mendelssohn's garden, C19th

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 4,032.00
33 Handel, George Frideric

G. F. Handel. Fine eighteenth-century German manuscript of the Eight Keyboard Suites

GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,276.00
38 [Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix]--Samuel Rösel (1768-1843, Mendelssohn's drawing master)

[F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy]--S. Rösel. Collection of drawings and poems by Mendelssohn's drawing master

GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,276.00
27 Chopin, Fryderyk

F. Chopin. Collection of first and early editions of the piano works, late 1830s to 1850s

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,394.00
44 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

W. A. Mozart. First edition of the motet "Ave verum corpus" K. 618, c. 1808

[c. 1808] GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,394.00
50 Reichardt, Johann Friedrich

J. F. Reichardt. Collection of first and early editions of his operas and songs from his operas, c. late C18th

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,394.00
36 Herzogenberg, Heinrich von and Elisabeth von Herzogenberg

H. von Herzogenberg and E. von Herzogenberg. Collection of over 60 letters to Ernst Rudorff, 1876-1898

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,016.00
39 Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix

F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy. First edition of the violin sonata Op. 4, probably presented by Mendelssohn to B. Pistor, 1825

[1825] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,016.00
48 [Reichardt, Johann Friedrich]--Juliane Pappritz (1767-1806, singer and second wife of C. F. Zelter)

[J. F. Reichardt]--Julie Pappritz. Ms. vol. of operatic numbers by Reichardt, possibly in Pappritz's hand, late C18th

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,890.00
17 Beethoven, Ludwig van

L. v. Beethoven. First edition of the violin sonata Op. 96, 1816

[1816] GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,638.00
49 Reichardt, Johann Friedrich

J. F. Reichardt. Collection of first and early editions of his songs, late C18th and early C19th

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,638.00
10 Bach, Johann Sebastian

J. S. Bach. Engraved full scores of "The Art of Fugue" and "The Musical Offering", Zurich & Leipzig, 1802-1831

1802-1831 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,512.00
  • 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.
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    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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