Source : Kenneth Nebenzahl
| Source Title | Selected Catalogues |
| Description | Kenneth Nebenzahl was a fixture in the American rare book trade for three decades before closing his shop at 333 N. Michigan, in Chicago, in 1989. From 1958 to 1988 he issued 35 catalogues, 20 bulletins and 51 separate map catalogues under the title: The Compass. He then relocated to Glencoe, Illinois. He remains active in the trade, is an emeritus former Board member and vice president of the ABAA, the author of five books, many articles, essays and reviews and continues to be a frequent presence in the rooms at important auctions. He is a long-time trustee and former vice chairman of Newberry Library, University of Chicago; Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, a consultant to the Library of Congress and Rand McNally. Since 1963 he has sponsored the Kenneth Nebenzahl Jr. "Lectures in History of Cartography" at the Newberry Library. In 2007 he and Jonathan A. Hill, representing Nancy Streeter, negotiated the immensely successful placement of Mr. Frank Streeter's library at auction with Christies. With the benefit of hindsight that sale now appears to be the Jerome Kern sale of the modern era. Mr. Kern's library was famously auctioned in March, 1929. |
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| Total Records in AED | 6000 |
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Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000.