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Source : Auction Explorer Books

Source Title	Monthly On-Line Rare Book Auctions
Description	AuctionExplorerBooks.com was located in Capetown, South Africa. It operated exclusively online, so customers could bid from anyplace in the world. As a result, such fields as Americana and Australiana were found in the categories of books offered. The firm sold strictly books and related material. Its business model was to offer auctions every five weeks. Books could only by offered by booksellers who were members in good standing of a recognized trade association or who had been vetted by Auction Explorer. This offered buyers added security as to the quality and accuracy of descriptions of material. The firm operated under the name AuctionExplorerBooks.com. from 2005-2009. In 2010, the name was changed to AntiquarianAuctions.com. Records from 2010 forward appear in this database under the new name.
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Total Records in AED	17337

<center>Sotheby's The Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman Collection 26 May - 12 June

Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12: "Cool Hand Luke" | Paul Newman Academy Award® Nomination Plaque. USD$2500 - $3500

Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12: "Hud" | Bound presentation script incorporating photographic stills. USD$1000 - $1500

Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12: "The Long, Hot Summer" | Movie Poster. USD$1000 - $1500

Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12: Joseph Heller | "Catch-22," inscribed to Woodward & Newman by author. USD$500 - $800

<center>Sotheby's The Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman Collection 26 May - 12 June

Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12: George H. W. Bush | Typed Letter Signed, Issuing a "Pardon" to Paul Newman. USD$1500 - $2000

Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12: William Jefferson Clinton | Inscribed Color Photograph. USD$1000 - $1500

Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12: Ken Kesey | Typed letter to “Paulnewman,” asking for further compensation for "Sometimes a Great Notion". USD$1000 - $1500

Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12: "They Might Be Giants" | Costume sketches by Edith Head. USD$1000 - $2000
<center>Swann Auction Galleries Focus On Women: At Auction June 1, 2023

Swann June 1: Sojourner Truth, Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, first edition, Boston, 1850. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann June 1: Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, London, 1817. $6,000 to $8,000.

Swann June 1: Cindy Sherman, Secretary, gelatin silver print, 1978; printed 1993. $6,000 to $8,000.

Swann June 1: Fanny Stevenson, Archive of Photographs & Letters, 1866-1904. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann June 1: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Forerunner, Volumes I-VII; Family Association Set; Four Volumes Signed or Inscribed by the Author, New York, 1909-16. $3,000 to $5,000.
<center>Fonsie Mealy’s Rare Book & Collectors’ Sale May 30th and 31st, 2023

Fonsie Mealy’s, May 30 & 31: The West Indies, C. 1792, by Sir William Young. Colonial Watercolours, etc. A highly important group of original watercolours now on the market for the first time in approx. 230 years. €10,000 to €15,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, May 30 & 31: Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vols. lg. atlas folio, Lond. (Taylor & Francis) 1873. First Edition, with 363 hand-coloured plates. €9,000 to €15,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, May 30 & 31: Joyce (James). Ulysses, thick 4to, L. (John Lane, The Bodley Head) 1936, Signed Limited Edition No. 20 (100) Copies. €8,000 to €12,000.

<center>Fonsie Mealy’s Rare Book & Collectors’ Sale May 30th and 31st, 2023

Fonsie Mealy’s, May 30 & 31: Rackham (Arthur) illus. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, Lg. 4to Lond. (Constable & Co.) 1909. Lim. Edition No. 128 of 750 Copies, Signed by Author. €2,000 to €3,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, May 30 & 31: Arctic Travel: Hearne (Samuel). A Journey from Prince of Wales Fort in Hudson's Bay… Thick 8vo Dublin, 1796. First Dublin Edition. €1,250 to €1,750.

Fonsie Mealy’s, May 30 & 31: Hand-Coloured Plates: Maw (George). A Monograph of The Genus Crocus, Lg. 4to Lond. (Culau & Co.) 1886. First Edn. €1,200 to €1,500.

<center>Fonsie Mealy’s Rare Book & Collectors’ Sale May 30th and 31st, 2023

Fonsie Mealy’s, May 30 & 31: Holinshed (Raphael) & Stanyhurst (R.) The Historie of Ireland from the First Inhabitation thereof, unto the Yeare 1509… Folio, London, 1577, First Edn. €1,000 to €1,500.

Fonsie Mealy’s, May 30 & 31: Fine Hand-Coloured Plates: [Dalvimart (Octavien.)] The Costume of Turkey, ... with Descriptions in English and French, Folio Lond. (for Wm. Miller by Wm. Bulmer) 1804. First Edn. €750 to €1,250.

Fonsie Mealy’s, May 30 & 31: Astronomy: Nasmyth (James) & Carpenter (James). The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite. Lg. 4to Lond. 1874. First Edn. €700 to €1,000.

<center>Fonsie Mealy’s Rare Book & Collectors’ Sale May 30th and 31st, 2023

Fonsie Mealy’s, May 30 & 31: Binding: Tennyson - The Works of Lord Tennyson Poet Laureate, 8vo Lond. (Macmillan & Co.) 1900. €700 to €1,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, May 30 & 31: Manuscript: Green (E.) Chronology and Geography by E. Green, Folio manuscript, no date but c. 1800. €400 to €600.

Fonsie Mealy’s, May 30 & 31: Alexander (James Edward). Sketches in Portugal, During The Civil War of 1834. 8vo Lond. (J. Cochrane) 1835. First Edition. €300 to €400.

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