• Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: BELLEFOREST (François de). La cosmographie universelle de tout le monde. €12,000 to €15,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: DESNOS (Louis Charles). Mappe-monde, ou Carte Generale de la Terre. €5,000 to €6,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: BLAEU (Willem Janszoon & Joan). Theatrum Sabaudiae. €18,000 to €20,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: LINASSI. Ferdinando Ie Maria Anna Carolina nel Litorale in Settembre 1844. €4,000 to €5,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: AMBROSOLI (Francesco). Monumento a Francesco Primo in Vienna. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: Plano de la plaza de Mesina y de su ciudadel y castiglios. €5,000 to €6,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: ROCKSTUHL (Alois Gustav), GILLE (Florent A.). 78 Lithographies du Musée de Tzarskoe-Selo. €1,000 to €1,500.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: Chtchedrovski, Ignatiy Stepanovitch. €2,000 to €3,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: DE BRUYN (Cornelis). Voyage au Levant. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: ABI ISHAQ AHMAD B. IBRAHIM AL-THAʿLABI (M. 1035) : TROISIÈME VOLUME DU KASHF WA-L-BAYAN ʻAN TAFSIRI AL-QURʼAN. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: DESNOS (Louis Charles). L’Afrique. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: DE BRUYN (Cornelis). Voyages de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes orientales. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: DESNOS. (Louis Charles). Amérique septentrionale et Méridionale. €4,000 to €5,000.
    Gros & Delettrez, Apr. 23: ÉLIOT (J.B.) ; MONDHARE (Louis Joseph). Carte du théatre de la guerre actuel entre les anglais et les treize Colonies Unies de l'Amérique Septentrionale. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 748. Second volume of Blaeu's atlas featuring 89 maps of the Americas and Asia (1642) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 12. A world map with popular cartographic myths and unique embellishments (1788) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 30. One of the most sought-after charts from Cellarius' work (1708) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 38. Anti-Vietnam War persuasive cartography on a velvet poster (1971) Est. $350 - $425
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 43. Ortelius' influential map of the New World - second plate (1584) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 95. Scarce German map illustrating the French & Indian War (1755) Est. $8,000 - $9,500
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 149. Bachmann's dramatic view of the Mid-Atlantic region (1864) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 373. De Jode's very rare map of Europe with costumed figures (1593) Est. $6,000 - $7,500
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 674. De Bry's Petits Voyages, Part VII with all plates and map of Sri Lanka (1606) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 704. The first printed map devoted to the Pacific in full contemporary color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000
    Old World Auctions (April 23):
    Lot 734. Superb hand-colored image of the Tree of Jesse (1502) Est. $700 - $850
  • University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Books & Photos; Abraham Lincoln Collection
    April 23, 2025
    University Archives, Apr. 23: Best Image of Abraham Lincoln: "Closest… to ‘seeing' Lincoln… A National Treasure" Original Hesler/Ayres Interpositive. $800,000 to $1,000,000.
    University Archives, Apr. 23: Einstein, 3pp of Unified Field Theory Equations: “I want to try to show that a truly natural choice for field equations exists.” Formalizing His Final Approach, Association to Theory of Relativity. $80,000 to $120,000.
    University Archives, Apr. 23: Marilyn Monroe's Best Personally Owned & Annotated Script for Unfinished Last Film, "Something's Got to Give" (1962). $75,000 to $100,000.
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Books & Photos; Abraham Lincoln Collection
    April 23, 2025
    University Archives, Apr. 23: David Ben-Gurion ALS: "The Jewish people have attained the epitome...the State of Israel is born," 1 Day After Signing Israeli Declaration of Independence, Best Ben-Gurion Ever! $80,000 to $100,000.
    University Archives, Apr. 23: Lincoln ALS to Youth: "A young man, before the enemy has learned to watch him...votes... shall redeem the county" Evocative of Famous "Work" Letter. $70,000 to $100,000.
    University Archives, Apr. 23: Lincoln Appointment for Cabinet Member With Largest, Boldest, Full Signature! Important Content: Detente with England. $10,000 to $15,000.
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Books & Photos; Abraham Lincoln Collection
    April 23, 2025
    University Archives, Apr. 23: Abraham Lincoln Rare Signed Check To Law Partner W.H. Herndon, Perhaps Unique as Such! $20,000 to $25,000
    University Archives, Apr. 23: Tokyo War Crimes Files of Prosecuting Attorney For POW Camp Atrocities, 500+ Pages, Unpublished Court Documents, Photos and More. $25,000 to $35,000.
    University Archives, Apr. 23: 1698 South Carolina Slavery Archive Huguenot Planters Earliest Rare Plat Maps for Plantations 41 Docs 107 pp. Most Colonial. $25,000 to $35,000.
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Books & Photos; Abraham Lincoln Collection
    April 23, 2025
    University Archives, Apr. 23: Adam Smith ALS While Revising “The Wealth of Nations” - A New Discovery Documenting Meeting with Influential Editor. $18,000 to $24,000.
    University Archives, Apr. 23: Margaret Mitchell Rare ALS to Her Editor as Epic Film "Gone With the Wind" Gains Heat "Forgive this scrawl. I haven't written a letter in long hand in years and I've almost forgotten how it's done." $3,000 to $4,000.
    University Archives, Apr. 23: Einstein 1935 TLS, Hopes to Warn Non-Jews of "The true nature of the Hitler regime.” $8,500 to $10,000.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.

Rare Book Monthly

Articles - April - 2024 Issue

Eric Caren: A Consignor who is making his case: Potter and Potter April 18

Eric C. Caren is writing about his 9th Single Owner Auction of "How History Unfolds on Paper" at Potter & Potter, April 18th.  Highlights include George Washington's Commission to be Commander in Chief, 1775!  as well as a splendid new art form "Reincarnated Art": an enormous paper collage portrait of Abraham Lincoln (54" x 36"), made solely from damaged and period originals, from Caren's Collection by Jeffrey Adam Meszaros.

 

There are 561 lots of Printed, Manuscript, and Photographic originals now online at Potter & Potter and ready for bidding, which ends Live on April 18.  The auction starts at 10:00 am CDT in Chicago.  Here’s a link to the upcoming sale and you’ll find another at the end of this pitch. https://auctions.potterauctions.com/Catalog.aspx?auctionid=1180

 

There is literally something for every collector and for every budget...all lots are unreserved, and Eric Caren knows that this will mean lots of bargains: "This hobby has been very good to me for 60 of my 64 years, and I am happy to continually share part of my 1 million item archive with others," says Caren.  It is fitting that in this Presidential election year there are well over 60 lots ranging from Washington to Watergate.

 

Here are just some of the highlights and fun items without regard to price according to Eric:

 

Lot 10 is a Laws of New York book owned and signed by Alexander Hamilton, and printed in 1762. Estimated at $8,000/$12,000

 

Lot 16 is a unique 1876 newspaper that reports on the front page that both R.B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden, have somehow, both been elected President! Estimated at $400/$800

 

Lot 22 is a Richmond imprint from 1827, with the only known contemporary reference to the illegitimate children that Thomas Jefferson had with his Slave, Sally Hemings Estimated at $1,500/$2,500

 

Lot 23 Only extant first book printing of Jefferson's Message on Completion of Lewis and Clark Expedition Estimated at $1,500/$2,500

 

Lot 29 First Printing of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Estimated at $4,000/$6,000

 

Lot 37 Newly discovered first printing of "With Malice towards None..." Lincoln's fabled 2nd Inaugural Address Estimated at $4,000/$8,000

 

Lot 37A The exquisite Lincoln Collage by Jeffrey Adam Meszaros using damaged originals from The Caren Archive Estimated at $10,000/$15,000

 

Lot 44 President Taft ALS reacting to Woman Suffrage  Amendment.  Estimated at $800/$1,200

 

Lot 46 George Washington's Commission to be Commander in Chief, 1775 Estimated at $150,000/$250,000

 

Lot 58 Black Bordered broadside on Death of George Washington Estimated at $2,000/$3,000

 

Lot 95 Important Custer's Last Stand Manuscript Estimated at $2,000/$4,000

 

Lot 100 One of the first announcements that United Colonies had declared Independence on July 2, 1776 Estimated at $4,000/$6,000

 

Lot 101 A large fragment of the Fall of Richmond Confederate Flag Estimated at $1,000/$2,000

 

Lot 102 The Confederate Telegram that Started The Civil War Est $3,000/$5,000

 

Lot 107 A Signer of The Declaration of Independence and a Patriot Virginia Continental Black Soldier DS Estimated at $6,000/$9,000

 

Lot 146 The pen that signed the treaty ending The Vietnam War Estimated at $10,000/$15,000

 

Lot 161 A large collection of photographs and manuscripts from Alaska Gold Rush forward Estimated at $2,000/$4,000

 

Lot 213 Fake News in 1836, that Davy Crockett had survived at the Alamo.  Estimated at $300/$500

 

Lot 214...First Davy Crockett's Almanac, 1834.  Estimated at $800/$1,200

 

Lot 220 Woodblock...original block of wood used to engrave 2 18th century American Women. Estimated at $800/$1,200

 

Lot 223 Edison Labs own Patent for "The Electric Light".  Estimated at $2,000/$3,000

 

Lot 225 Edison Labs Archive on the start of Electric Lighting.  Estimated at $7,000/$10,000

 

Lot 238 Original photo of armed Hatfield Brothers.  Estimated at $600/$800

 

Lots 245-249 Books owned and/ or signed by First Chief Justice John Jay.  Estimates vary

 

Lot 258 Invitation to Dine with General Lafayette.  Estimated at $300/$500

 

Lot 263 Newly Discovered earliest announcement for Levi's Blue Jeans, 1874.  Estimated at $800/$1,200

 

Lot 274 Birth of American Science Fiction and Intentional Fake News!  The famous Moon Hoax, first printing.  Estimated at $500/$700

 

Lot 275 Personal Diary of Daniel Nash Morgan, Treasurer of USA for important 1893 Silver Panic year.  Estimated at $500/$1,000

 

Lot 276 Extremely Historical Mormon Manuscript archive of 23 lengthy and detailed letters from Nauvoo to Salt Lake City,1843-1859.  Estimated at $10,000/$20,000

 

Lot 292 Famous Boudoir Cabinet photo of Geronimo, 1884.  Estimated at $800/$1,200

 

Lot 315 Bonnie and Clyde birthday calendar pages inscribed by Clyde.  Estimated at $600/$800

 

Lot 318 2 letters related to James-Younger Gang Northfield Robbery, 1876.  Estimated at $1,500/$3,000

 

Lot 326 Prohibitively Rare Newsbook with 2 sensational accounts of the killing of Blackbeard The Pirate, published by Daniel Defoe 1719.  Estimated at $3,000/$5,000

 

Lot 327 Uncut Sheet of Hand Colored Playing Cards including a Native American, 1660. Estimated at $800/$1,200

 

Lot 342 Governor of South Carolina, Pickens 1861.  ALS on Secession.  Estimated at  $2,000/$4,000

 

Lot 355 Journals of Continental Congress in Weekly Parts, 1779.  Estimated at $4,000/$6,000

 

Lot 358 James Mann's own copies of Mann Act related White Slave Trade Documents, 1909-1910.  Estimated at $3,000/$5,000

 

Lot 368 One of the Earliest Accounts of African American Baseball,1871.  Estimated at $400/$600

 

Lot 378 Earliest printing of Lincoln's Emancipation save for the common and small General order.  Estimated at $2,000/$4,000

 

Lot 380 William Bradford printed 1712 Acts of New York related to famed Slave Rebellion in NYC.  Estimated at $4,000/$8,000

 

Lot 391 British 1709 Broadside on The Slave Trade.  Estimated at $700/$900

 

Lot 393 South Carolina Colonial Imprint on Laws passed in 1747, including much on Slavery. Estimated at $1,500/$2,500

 

Lot 407 Baseball  ticket to watch World Series ca. 1920's.  Estimated at $100/$200

 

Lot 413 Fabulous Babe Ruth Autographed Photograph of him swinging his bat.  Estimated at $1,500/$2,500

 

Lot 420 Local Boston Newspaper reports purchase of Babe Ruth from Minor League Orioles.  Estimated at $400/$600

 

Lot 438 Inventor of Computer/ENIAC annotated speech on computers, 1967. Estimated at $1,500/$2,500

 

Lot 447 TV Week magazine with front page photo of Donald Trump with Martha Stewart, 2005.  Estimated at $100/$200

 

Lot 450 Oversized famous photo of Marilyn Monroe Nude, used for famous calendars and Playboy Magazine.  Estimated at $300/$600

 

Lot 462 Marijuana poster "Reefer Madness" 1936.  Estimated at $400/$600

 

Lot 474 Breathtaking Sales Portfolio for Cadillac automobiles, pocket of colored plates,1932.  Estimated at $500/$1,000

 

Lots 483-485 Awards given to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin for Walking on The Moon estimates vary

 

Lot 495 Birth of NASA document 1958.  Estimated at $400/$800

 

Lot 503 Incredible Mark Twain ALS relating to his early years on a riverboat.  Estimated at $2,000/$4,000

 

Lot 512 Countess Madame du Barry's death sentence, signed 1793.  Estimated at $4,000/$6,000

 

Lot 549 Huge Vellum Scroll of Lord High Admiral Russell's financial naval accounts, 1693.  Estimated at $600-$900

 

Here’s the link again to reach Potter & Potter:  https://auctions.potterauctions.com/Catalog.aspx?auctionid=1180

Rare Book Monthly

  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
  • Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 124: Henri Courvoisier-Voisin, et alia, [Recueil de Vues de Paris et ses Environs], depicting precursors of the modern roller coaster, Paris, [1814-1819?]. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 148: Pablo Picasso & Fernando de Rojas, La Célestine, First Edition, Paris, 1971. $30,000 to $40,000.
    Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 201: Omar Khayyam & Edward Fitzgerald, Rubaiyat, William Bell Scott's copy of the First Edition, London, 1859. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 223: Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, First Edition, extra-illustrated with hand-colored plates by Palinthorpe, London, 1861. $7,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 248: L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, First Edition, inscribed by the illustrator, Chicago & New York, 1900. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 305: Tycho Brahe & Pierre Gassendi, Tychonis Brahei Vita, Paris, 1654. From the Collection of Owen Gingerich. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 338: Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Almagestum Novum, two folio volumes, Bologna, 1651. From the Collection of Owen Gingerich. $8,000 to $10,000.
    Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 350: Tobias Cohn, Ma'aseh Toviyyah, first edition, Venice, 1707-8. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, Apr. 22: Lot 359: Alan Turing, Computing, Machinery, and Intelligence, first edition, Edinburgh, 1950. $3,000 to $5,000.

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