• 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
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
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    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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Swann Galleries: Photographs and Photobooks

Auction Reports

Auction Name Photographs and Photobooks Total Sales (USD) 1,065,195.00
Auction Date May 27, 2021 - May 27, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 805,650.00
Sale Number #2570 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,208,900.00
Total Lots 383
Sold Lots 276 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,187,250.00
% of Lots Sold 72.06% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,781,600.00
Unsold Lots 107 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 59.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
233 ROBERT FRANK (1924-2019)

Covered Car, Long Beach, California.

1955-56; printed 1971 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 52,500.00
46 DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965)

Woman of the High Plains, Texas Panhandle.

1938; printed circa 1960 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 45,000.00
235 ROY DECARAVA (1919-1919)

Catsup Bottles, Table and Coat, New York.

1952; printed 1982 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 42,500.00
28 MANUEL ÁLVAREZ BRAVO (1902-2002)

Portfolio entitled Fifteen Photographs.

Introductory essay by André Breton. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 20,000.00
158 HANNES BECKMANN (1909-1977)

Glasses.

Circa 1935 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 20,000.00
65 AUGUST SANDER (1876-1964)/GUNTHER SANDER

Handlanger [Bricklayer].

1928; printed 1970s USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 16,900.00
71 ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990)

Cracow, A Jewish Street * Munkatch.

The Beltser Rov Aaron and Baruch Rabinovitch of the Spira dynasty. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 15,000.00
255 DIANE ARBUS (1923-1971)/NEIL SELKIRK (1947- )

Masked Women in a Wheelchair, PA.

1970; printed 1972 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 13,750.00
258 LILLIAN BASSMAN (1917-2012)

Barbara Mullen Blowing Kiss (variant), Harper's Bazaar.

1950; printed 1990s USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,750.00
168 ALFRED EISENSTAEDT (1898-1995)

A group of three photographs from St.

Silver press prints, the images measuring approximately 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.), and one the reverse, each with Eisenstaedt's Pix Publishing hand stamp on verso. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 12,500.00
293 STEVE MCCURRY (1950- )

Afghan Girl (Sharbat Gula) Chromogenic print, the image measuring 21 1/4x14 1/8 inches (54x35.9 cm.), the sheet 24x20 inches (61x50.8 cm.), flush mounted to aluminum, with McCurry's signature, in ink, on a label on mount verso.

1985 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,500.00
269 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946-1989)

A pair of photographs of Gregory Hines.

1985 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 11,875.00
193 HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)

Our Cat Ulysses and Martine's Shadow.

1984 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 9,375.00
222 O. WINSTON LINK (1914-2001)

Hotshot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia.

1957; printed 1988 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,375.00
268 PETER HUJAR (1934-1987)

Portrait of Henry Lyon Young.

1981 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,375.00
118 GEORGE HOYNINGEN-HUENE (1900-1968)/HORST P. HORST (1906-1999)

Divers (Horst and Model).

1930; printed 1980s USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,125.00
159 LOTTE JACOBI (1896-1990)

Portfolio III: Photogenics 1946-1955.

Folio-sized gray cloth clamshell box, with the photographer's name and the number 3 debossed on the cover and side; the printed title page, plate list, and colophon with Jacobi's signature and the edition notation 7/25, in ink; contents loose as issued. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,125.00
375 (NULCEAR EXPLOSION)

A group of 4 large color photographs depicting various American atomic bomb tests in the 1950s, three at the Nevada Test Site and one at Bikini Atoll.

USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 8,125.00
86 ALLAN GRANT (1919-2008)

Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly backstage at the 28th Annual Academy Awards, Hollywood, CA.

1956; printed 1976 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,250.00
173 CORNELL CAPA (1918-2008)

Bolshoi Ballet School.

1956; printed 1990s USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,000.00
305 ABELARDO MORELL (1948- )

Camera Obscura of Santa Maria della Salute, Inside Palazzo Bedroom, Venice, Italy.

2006 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,000.00
316 ROBERT PARKEHARRISON (1968- )/SHANA PARKEHARRISON (1964- )

Earthcoat.

2002 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,000.00
327 MICHAEL WOLF (1954-2019)

Night #1, Hong Kong.

2005 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 7,000.00
66 AUGUST SANDER (1876-1964)/GERD SANDER

Secretary at West German Radio, Cologne.

Sander blind stamp on print recto; Gerd Sander's signature and print date, in pencil, the August Sander Archive hand stamp with the print date and edition notation 11/12, in ink, and printing notations again, in pencil, on print verso; and the Archive han USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 6,750.00
245 ROBERT ADAMS (1937- )

Untitled.

1973-74 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 6,750.00
  • 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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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
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