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Auction Name	Books in All Fields with Literature, Americana and Maps - bidstart 3/4	Total Sales (USD)	21,250.00
Auction Date	March 14, 2024 - March 14, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	2,721.00
Sale Number	#2058	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	27,200.00
Total Lots	310
Sold Lots	286	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	2,951.00
% of Lots Sold	92.26%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	29,410.00
Unsold Lots	24	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	72.25%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
141	Willis, Nathaniel Parker	O Conscious Heart... for Miss Eliza Mum	c.1826-1830	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 625.00
99	Anderson, Rufus	The Hawaiian Islands: Their Progress and Condition under Missionary Labors	1864	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 468.75
201	Grandville, [J.J.] and Taxile Delord	Un Autre Monde	1844	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 468.75
87	Doddridge, John and Richard Crompton	A Compleat Parson [with] Star-Chamber Cases	1630	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 375.00
169		Shelf of 19 Grabhorn Press and related publications	c.1950-1984	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 375.00
20	Jeffers, Robinson	An Artist	1928	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 343.75
196	Fabricius, Georg	Roma [with] Antiquitatum Libri III [with] Itinerum Liber Unus	1587	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 343.75
6	Dunbar, Paul Laurence	In Old Plantation Days	1903	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 312.50
216	Baudelocque, Jean Louis	L'Art des Accouchemens	1781	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 312.50
1		Group of African American Literature	1941-1965	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 281.25
4	Blochman, Lawrence G.	Diagnosis: Homicide, The Casebook of Dr. Coffee	1950	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 281.25
119	Peet, Elijah	Peet's General Business Directory of the City of Cleveland, For the Years 1846-7...	1846	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 281.25
143	Bartlett, John R.	General Map Showing the Countries Explored & Surveyed by the United States & Mexican Boundary Commission, in the Years 1850, 51, 52 & 53, under the Direction of John R. Bartlett, U.S. Commissioner	1854	Not Available	USD 281.25
84		An Argument of Law Concerning the Bill of Attainder of High-Treason of Thomas Earle of Strafford	1641	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 250.00
182		The wood-engravings of Gwenda Morgan	1985	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 250.00
228	Sedley, Charles	Bellamira, or the Mistress, a Comedy	1687	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 237.50
122		Geistlicher Irrgarten: Mit vier Gnadenbrunnen, dadurch kurzlich angedeutet werden: erstlich, die vier Strome des Paradieses...	c.1830-1840	Not Available	USD 225.00
124	Prade, Jean Le Royer, sieur de	The History of Gustavus Adolphus, Surnamed the Great, King of Sueden, With the Life and Reign of His Successor after Christina, Carolus Gustavus, Count Palatin	1689	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 200.00
248		Litografo IV 1969-1972	1981	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 200.00
61		History of Napa and Lake Counties, California, Comprising Their Geography, Geology, Topography, Climatography, Springs and Timber...Milling, Mining, Pisciculture Wine Interests...	1881	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 187.50
207		Painted and illuminated vellum book cover	19th century	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 187.50
306	Werling, Robert	Ise Bay, Japan, 1972	1972	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 187.50
17	Grey, Zane	Letter from Zane Grey to Henry Phillips, regarding the latter's claim that Grey wrote his books with the intent that they be made into movies	March 26, no year	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 175.00
31	Quentin, Patrick	The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow	1961	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 175.00
138	Wagner, Henry R.	Spanish Explorations in the Strait of Juan de Fuca	1933	USD 10.00 - 100.00	USD 175.00

Sotheby’s
Modern First Editions
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD

Sotheby’s
Modern First Editions
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000

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