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Description	Skinner was founded as an art auction house in Bolton, Massachusetts, by Robert W. Skinner, Jr., in the 1960s. In 1978 Skinner opened a second gallery in Boston and for many years conducted auctions at both locations. More recently, the Bolton gallery was moved to Marlborough, Massachusetts, and auctions are conducted there and at Boston. Skinner conducts auctions of all types of art, jewelry, automobiles, furniture, toys, wine, collectibles, and, books and manuscripts. Once a year, in the fall, in conjunction with Boston's annual book fair, Skinner's conducts an auction devoted to books and related material. Among the important works on paper handled by Skinner's was an early copy of the Declaration of Independence which sold for $693,500 in 2007.
Scope of Text	American Furniture & Decorative Arts, Paintings & Prints, English & Continental Furniture & Decorations, Fine Ceramics, Jewelry, Couture, 20th Century Furniture & Decorative Arts, Fine Musical Instruments, Asian Art, Fine Judaica, Toys, Dolls & Collectibles, Science & Technology, Oriental Rugs & Carpets, American Indian & Ethnographica, and Discovery.
Total Records in AED	24519

<center>Aste Bolaffi Rare Books and Autographs June 22, 2021

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Tolomeo, Claudio. Cosmographia. Ulma, Lienhart Holle, 16.07.1482. € 50.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Hondius, Henricus, & Johannes Janssonius. Atlas novus, sive descriptio geographica totius orbis terrarum. Amsterdam, Hondius-Janssonius, 1638. €30.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Castiglione, Baldassarre. Il libro del cortegiano del conte Baldesar Castiglione. Venice, eredi di Aldo, 1528. € 14.000+

<center>Aste Bolaffi Rare Books and Autographs June 22, 2021

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Bayer, Johann. Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa. Augusta, Christoph Mang, 1603. € 12.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: [Astronomy]. [Scriptores Astronomici veteres]. Venezia, Aldo Manuzio, 1499. € 7.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Aristophanes. Aristofanous Komoidiai ennea. Aristophanis Comoediae novem. Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1498. € 7.000+

<center>Aste Bolaffi Rare Books and Autographs June 22, 2021

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Herodotus. Hirodotou logoi ennea [...] Herodoti libri novem quibus musarum indita sunt nomina. Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1502. € 7.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Tory, Geoffroy. L’art & science de la vraye proportion des lettres attiques, ou antiques. Paris, Vincent Gaultherot, 1549. € 5.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Caterina da Siena. Epistole devotissime de sancta Catharina da Siena. Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1500. € 4.500+

<center>Aste Bolaffi Rare Books and Autographs June 22, 2021

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: [Chess]. Gianuzio della Manzia, Orazio. Libro nel quale si tratta della maniera di giuocar' a scacchi con alcuni sottilissimi partiti. Torino, Antonio Bianchi, 1597. € 3.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Newton, Isaac. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. Amsterdam, Compagnie di Amsterdam, 1714. €2.500+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: [Turkish Empire]. Ramberti, Benedetto. Libri tre delle cose de Turchi. Venice, eredi di Aldo, 1539. €1.500+
<center>Doyle Fine Literature Online Auction June 8 to June 22

Doyle, Fine Literature: CALDWELL, ERSKINE. Tobacco Road, First Edition. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, Fine Literature: ELIOT, GEORGE. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1871-72. First edition in book form. $1,000 to $1,500.

Doyle, Fine Literature: BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL, LORD. Don Juan. London: the Thomas Davison; John Hunt; John and H.L. Hunt, 1819-24. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.

Doyle, Fine Literature: [BURNEY, FRANCES]. Evelina, Or, A Young Lady's Entrance into the World. London: T. Lowndes, 1778. First edition. $2,000 to $3,000.

<center>Doyle Fine Literature Online Auction June 8 to June 22

Doyle, Fine Literature: SHEPARD, ERNEST H. Colored drawing of Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet, in an autograph letter signed by Shepard. Dated February 29th, 1932. $15,000 to $25,000.

Doyle, Fine Literature: CARROLL, LEWIS (CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON). The Nursery "Alice". London: MacMillan, 1890. Second (first published) edition. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, Fine Literature: DANA, RICHARD HENRY, Jr. Two Years Before the Mast. New York, 1840. First edition with an autograph letter signed by Dana laid-in. $2,500 to $3,500.

Doyle, Fine Literature: FINE BINDING-RIVIERE] HAZLITT, WILLIAM. Liber Amoris: or, the New Pygmalion. London: John Hunt, 1823. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
Bonhams, June 30: EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952). Cañon de Chelley, 1904. Oversized orotone, 17 x 22in in original Curtis Studio frame. US$ 30,000 - 50,000

Bonhams, June 30: EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952). 26 cyanotypes, featuring images of Cheyenne tribes from Volume VI of North American Indian, c.1907, made by Curtis in the field. US$ 30,000 - 50,000

Bonhams, June 30: EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952). The Vanishing Race, 1904. Oversized orotone, 18 x 24in in original Curtis Studio frame. US$ 20,000 - 30,000

Bonhams, June 30: EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952). Autograph Logs and Journals from his 1927 Alaska Expedition. US$ 7,000 - 9,000

Bonhams, June 30: A ONE SHEET POSTER OF IN THE LAND OF THE HEAD HUNTERS. World Film Corporation, 1914. US$ 4,000 - 6,000
<center>Galleri Bygdoy Allé: Sales Exhibition Catalogue 47 Part II The Arctic Exploration and the Search for a Northeast Passage

Galleri Bygdoy Allé: (C. PTOLEMY) – NICOLAUS GERMANUS DONIS. “Tabula Moderna Prussie Livonie Norbegie Et Gottie.” Ulm, 1486. The first printed map of Scandinavia and the North in untouched contemporary color.

Galleri Bygdoy Allé: JAN HUYGEN VAN LINSCHOTEN. “Voyasie, ofte Schip.vaert...van by Noorden om langes Noorwegen de Noordt-Caep, Laplandt, Vinlandt, ruslandt, de Witte Zee, de Kusten van Kandenoes, Swetenoes, Pitzora…” Amsterdam, 1624.

Galleri Bygdoy Allé: FRIDTJOF NANSEN/SIGURD SCOTT-HANSEN. “Lóitnant Johansen fra 86°.14’.” A sensational documentation map from one of the most famous and important polar expeditions in the world: “The Fram Expedition 1893 – 1896.”

<center>Galleri Bygdoy Allé: Sales Exhibition Catalogue 47 Part II The Arctic Exploration and the Search for a Northeast Passage

Galleri Bygdoy Allé: JOSEPH PAUL GAIMARD. “Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord , en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitsberg et aux Feröe pendant les années 1838, 1839 et 1840, sur la corvette La Recherche...M. Paul Gaimard”.

Galleri Bygdoy Allé: PHILIPP JOHANN VON STRAHLENBERG. “Nova Descriptio Geographica Tattariae Magnae Tam Orientalis Quam Occidentalis In Particularibus…” Stockholm – Berlin (1730). The original Swedish edition.

Galleri Bygdoy Allé: FREDERICK DE WIT. “Totius Europa Littora Novissime edita.” Contemporary hand-coloured engraving, Amsterdam c. 1675 – 80.
<center>Cowan’s American Historical Ephemera & Photography June 25, 2021

Cowan’s, June 25: [CIVIL WAR] -- [SHERIDAN, Philip Henry]. Personal headquarters flag of Philip Henry Sheridan used when he led the 2nd Michigan Cavalry. Spring - Summer 1862. $20,000 to $30,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Half plate daguerreotype of firefighter Walter Van Erven Dorens. [San Francisco]: n.p., [ca 1854-1856]. $15,000 to $25,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [LINCOLNIANA]. Abraham Lincoln banner possibly made for the 1864 presidential campaign. $10,000 to $15,000.

<center>Cowan’s American Historical Ephemera & Photography June 25, 2021

Cowan’s, June 25: [REVOLUTIONARY WAR - CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]. [HOLTEN, Dr. Samuel]. An archive of letters related to Danvers, Massachusetts, physician and statesman Dr. Samuel Holten. $10,000 to $15,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD]. CARBUTT, John, photographer. Exceptional collection of 27 stereoviews from the series, "Excursion to the 100th Meridian, October 1866." Chicago, [1866]. $10,000 to $15,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [ALASKAN GOLD RUSH]. William Steele West and family, extensive archive of photographs, diaries, correspondence, and personal items. [Ca 19th - 20th century]. $8,000 to $12,000.

<center>Cowan’s American Historical Ephemera & Photography June 25, 2021

Cowan’s, June 25: [TAYLOR, Zachary]. Quarter plate daguerreotype featuring the 12th President of the United States. N.p.: n.p., [ca 1845]. $8,000 to $10,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [WASHINGTON, George]. Signed Society of the Cincinnati document. $5,000 to $7,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln"), as President. [Washington], 29 September 1862. 1 page, 4to, old creases. $5,000 to $7,000.

<center>Cowan’s American Historical Ephemera & Photography June 25, 2021

Cowan’s, June 25: JEFFERSON, Thomas. Autograph letter signed ("Th. Jefferson"), as United States President, to Robert Patterson. Washington DC, 2 July 1805. 1 page, 4to, evenly toned, small tear from seal. $4,000 to $6,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [ALCOTT, Elizabeth Sewall]. Ninth plate ruby ambrotype attributed to Elizabeth Sewall Alcott. N.p., [ca 1856-1857]. $3,000 to $5,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [WESTERN AMERICANA]. RUSSELL, Andrew Joseph, photographer. Salt Lake City, From the Top of the Tabernacle. [1869]

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