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Articles - July - 2013 Issue

Auctions in July

- by Bruce E. McKinney

A snapshot of the July book, manuscript, map and ephemera calendar

A snapshot of the July book, manuscript, map and ephemera calendar

July this year is a quiet month with 49 events on the calendar.  Not so many years ago 49 would have ranked among the busiest months but the market has been changing.

Tues. July 2nd                Sothebys.  Western Manuscripts and Literature [L13240].  71 lots

                                           John Nicholson, Fine Art Auctioneer & Valuer.  Books and Manuscripts [2886058].

Thurs. July 4th                  De Baecque & Associes.  Autographs, Documents, Photographs [21776].  282 lots

                                            Heritage Auctions [HA.com]  Rare Book – internet bidding ending today.  206 lots

Sun. July 7th                    National Book Auctions.  Books and Ephemera – Basquiat, Medieval,
  American West, etc.  [07072013]

Tues. July 9th                  Neret – Minet & Tessier.  Vintage Posters [16872].  540 lots

Wed. July 10th                  Morton Casa de Subastas.  Books, Historical Documents, Prints and Photographs [676].  266 lots

                                            Rupert Toovey and Co.  Prints [1139].

                                            Sothebys.  The Joseph Conrad Collection from the Library of the late Stanley J. Seeger – Part I [L13415].  193 lots

                                            Sothebys.  English Literature; Children’s Books and Illustrations [L13404]

Thurs. July 11th                Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Rare Books internet bidding ending today [201328].

                                          PBA Galleries.  Rare Americana [510].

Fri. July 12th                    Jeschke – van vliet Book and Art Auctions Ltd.  Rare Books [93].  824 lots

                                              Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers.  Selected Quality Pictures – Prints [1127].  38 lots

                                          Skinner, Inc.  Prints [2663B].  16 lots

Sat. July 13th                    Clars Auction Gallery.  Prints, Photographs [71313].

                                            Neal Auction Company.  Prints [71313].

Sun. July 14th                  Clars Auction Gallery.  Prints, Photographs [71313].

                                                Neal Auction Company.  Prints [71313].

Tues. July 16th                  Bonhams.  Prints [20737].

                                                Christies.  Prints and Multiples [2718].  437 lots

                                                Freeman’s [Samuel T. Freeman & Co.]  Books and Maps [1465].

Wed. July 17th                    Alexander Autographs, Inc.  Autographs [71713]. 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions.  Old Master and Modern Prints [71713].

                                              RR Auction.  Autographs [412].

                                              Skinner, Inc.  Ephemera [2664M].

Thurs. July 18th                  Alexander Autographs, Inc.  Autographs [71713].

                                                Eldred’s.  Marine Art and Antiques [777].

                                                Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Rare Books online bidding ending today [201329].

                                                Skinner, Inc.  Ephemera [2664M].

Fri.  July 19th                    Eldred’s.  Marine Arts and Antiques [777].

Wed.  July 24th                    Dominic Winter Book Auctions.  Printed Books, Maps and Documents [72413].

Thurs. July 25th                Antiquarian Auctions.  Rare Books – bidding ends today [28].

                                                Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Entertainment and Music Memorabilia [7081]

                                                Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Rare Books online bidding ending today [201330].

                                                Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers [Books [72513].

                                                PBA Galleries.  Historical Autographs and Manuscripts with Archival Material [511].

                                                RR Auction.  Civil War [72513].

Fri. July 26th                      Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers.  Books [72513].

Sat.  July 27th                    Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Movie Posters [7078].

Sun.  July 28th                    Bonhams.  Prints, Books [20989].

                                                Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Movie Posters [7078].

Tues.  July 30th                  Copley Fine Art.  The Sporting Sale [73013].

                                                Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Illustration Art [5140].

Wed.  July 31st                  Copely Fine Art.  The Sporting Sale [73013]

                                              Eldred’s.  Books, Prints, Maps [782]

                                              Gray’s Auctioneers.  Prints [69].

                                              Heritage Auctions [HA.com].  Illustration Art [5140]

                                                Profiles in History.  Animation [58].

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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Hooke, Robert. <i>Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses.</i> London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Chappuzeau, Samuel. <i>The history of jewels,</i> first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Sowerby, James. <i>Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions,</i> London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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