• 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
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    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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Heritage Auctions: David and Janice Frent Collection of Presidential and Political Americana

Auction Reports

Auction Name David and Janice Frent Collection of Presidential and Political Americana Total Sales (USD) 1,069,807.50
Auction Date June 02, 2018 - June 03, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 680,640.00
Sale Number #6189 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,020,960.00
Total Lots 773
Sold Lots 683 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 725,440.00
% of Lots Sold 88.36% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,088,160.00
Unsold Lots 90 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 98.31%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
43072

William Henry Harrison: A Spectacular Large 1840 Silk Campaign Flag.

USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 USD 87,500.00
43065

Van Buren & Johnson: The Very First Jugate Political Poster.

USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 56,250.00
43180

Lincoln & Hamlin: Sought-after 1860 Campaign Flag Banner.

USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 31,250.00
43006

George Washington: Outstanding "Plain Roman GW" Inaugural Button, Possibly the Finest Example Known.

USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 21,250.00
43047

John Quincy Adams: Profoundly Rare "Pewter Rim" from the 1828 Election.

USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 20,625.00
43189

Lincoln & Hamlin: Spectacular Example of the Largest Size of 1860 "Doughnut" Ferrotype.

USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 20,000.00
43181

Lincoln & Hamlin: Huge, Colorful 1860 Campaign Jugate Chart.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 16,250.00
43738

Cox & Roosevelt: Supremely Rare Jugate 1920 Campaign Watch.

USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 15,000.00
43052

Andrew Jackson: An Important Original Oil Portrait by Ralph E. W. Earl.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,875.00
43542

Bryan & Stevenson: Perhaps the Best Jugate Poster Designed for this 1900 Democratic Ticket.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,250.00
43168

Frémont & Dayton: Exceedingly Rare and Important 1856 Campaign Poster for the First Republican Party Candidates.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,625.00
43095

James K. Polk: A Probably Unique Large Bandana Picturing the U.S. Presidents up Through Polk.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,000.00
43094

John Tyler: Pristine Silk Portrait Ribbon For One of the "Toughest" Presidents.

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,062.50
43129

Taylor & Fillmore: An Important Large 1848 Campaign Broadside from Connecticut.

USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 8,750.00
43147

Cass & Butler: Superb Pewter Rim with Original Suspension Loop.

USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00 USD 8,750.00
43190

Breckinridge & Lane: A Superb Example of the Prohibitively Rare 47 mm "Doughnut" Ferrotype from 1860.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,750.00
43192

Bell & Everett: Doubtless the Finest Available Example of the Largest Size 47 mm 1860 "Doughnut" Ferrotype.

USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 8,750.00
43005

George Washington: "Linked States" GW Inaugural Button.

USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 8,125.00
43320

Grant & Colfax: Possibly Unique Jugate Ribbon with Civil War "Monitor" Connection.

USD 280.00 - 420.00 USD 7,500.00
43652

William Howard Taft: Wonderful Lithographed Tin "Googly Eyes" Dexterity Game.

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,500.00
43294

Grant & Colfax: Impressive Shadow-Box Jugate Display.

USD 2,720.00 - 4,080.00 USD 7,187.50
43007

George Washington: Very Rare "Laurel Wreath" Inaugural Cuff Button Inscribed "Long Live The President".

USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 6,875.00
43182

Abraham Lincoln: Single Portrait "Brady" Ribbon.

USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 6,875.00
43345

Hayes & Wheeler: Dramatic Large 1876 Jugate Campaign Poster.

USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 6,875.00
43576

Debs & Seidel: Colorful, Bold, Large Jugate Poster for the 1912 Socialist Party Candidates.

USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 6,875.00
  • 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.
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