• 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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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 11/5

Auction Reports

Auction Name Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 11/5 Total Sales (USD) 66,489.50
Auction Date November 12, 2022 - November 12, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 109,750.00
Sale Number #111222 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 227,100.00
Total Lots 200
Sold Lots 186 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 127,950.00
% of Lots Sold 93.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 264,000.00
Unsold Lots 14 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 25.19%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
46791 Mark Catesby

Catesby, Folio - Blue Fish. 18

1777 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,785.00
46668 Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita

Foujita - Domestic Cat Illustration: Sappho

1930 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,025.00
46671 Robert de Flers; Artist: Alphonse Mucha

Mucha - Ornate Illustration (Image to front and Verso)

1901 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,585.00
46655 George Catlin

Catlin, On Card - North American Indians

c1875 USD 7,500.00 - 15,000.00 USD 2,255.00
46672 Robert de Flers; Artist: Alphonse Mucha

Mucha - Ornate Illustration (Image to front and Verso)

1901 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,255.00
46665 Author: Maurice Joyant; Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Toulouse-Lautrec - Women Talking

1927 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,035.00
46785 Francois Levaillant & Jacques Barraband

Barraband - Parrot. 98b

1801 USD 1,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,035.00
46664 Author: Maurice Joyant; Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Toulouse-Lautrec - Man & Women Conversing

1927 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,925.00
46650 Sebastian Munster

Munster, pub. 1598 - Sea Monster and Animal Tableau (Famous Chart, Munster's Monsters); Monstra Marina et Terrestria

1598 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,815.00
46654 Karl Bodmer

Karl Bodmer - Assiniboin Indians

1839-1842 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,485.00
46784 Francois Levaillant & Jacques Barraband

Barraband - Parrot. 115

1801 USD 1,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,485.00
46649 Sebastian Munster

Munster, pub. 1598 - View of London, England

1598 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,375.00
46787 Daniel Giraud Elliot; Artist: Joseph Wolf

Elliot, Folio - Cougar Puma, Panther, American Lion

1878-1883 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,375.00
46793 Mark Catesby

Catesby, Folio - Land Frog (Southern Toad) with Yellow Pitcher Plant (Carnivorous). 69

1777 USD 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 1,375.00
46786 Francois Levaillant & Jacques Barraband

Barraband - Parrot. 111

1801 USD 1,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,320.00
46794 John Gould

Gould - Fiery-tailed Sun-bird

1850-1883 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,155.00
46675 Francois Louis Schmied; Artist: George Barbier

Schmied - Frontispiece: Pair: Original Proof Illustration & Printing by George Barbier (Le Satyricon)

1918 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,045.00
46780 Basilius Besler

Besler - Artichoke

1713 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,045.00
46799 John Gould

Gould - Sommering's Pheasant

1850-1883 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 990.00
46653 David Roberts

David Roberts, RSE - Oblique View of the Hall of Columns, Karnak

1842-1849 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 935.00
46781 John Gould

Gould - Chestnut-billed Groove-bill Toucan (Aulacoramphus Castaneorhynchus)

1852-1854 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 935.00
46798 John Gould

Gould - Rosy Tantalus

1850-1883 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 880.00
46632 Athanasius Kircher

Kircher, pub. 1646 - Astrological or Cosmic Chart

1646 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 770.00
46800 John Gould

Gould - Sparkling Pheasant

1850-1883 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 770.00
46796 John Gould

Gould - Yellow-naped Woodpecker

1850-1883 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 742.50
  • 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
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