Sotheby's: A very rare signed Button Gwinnett document
During the same week Sotheby's hosts an exhibition of the Frank Benevento Map Collection that they will sell in London on May 6th.
These auctions and the book fairs together will make New York the epicenter of the collectible works on paper market for a solid week and provide substantial evidence of the state of the market. The auction offerings and realizations will be in public view, the state of the dealer market evident in the scale of negotiation. If you aren't booking a flight, clearing your schedule or making hotel and dinner reservations place your right hand over your left wrist to see if your heart is still beating. If you are a collector this is what you live for. The world changes. It's one thing to live through the Revolution and another thing entirely to be at Bunker Hill.
Still not decided? For those in need of a Button Gwinnet autograph to complete your collection of signers of the Declaration of Independence you have the opportunity to trade two Ivy League 4 year educations for the opening bid at Sotheby's on April 14th. It's lot 189 in the James S. Copley Library sale and also the subject of a separate catalogue.
By Friday the 16th we'll have enough data to decide if the beverage of choice to commemorate these events is beer or champagne. If the pattern holds the best material will sell and sell well, the less important material not so well or not at all.
For collectors in New York who would like to meet I'm in town from the 8th through the 14th. Reach me by email at bmckinney@americanaexchange.com or by phone at 415.823.6678.
The Benevento Collection: Important Maps & Atlases. An exhibition at Sotheby's in New York of highlights April 8th - 13th. The auction takes place in London May 6th.
High Bids Win Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines and Machine Manuals December 24 to January 9
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
High Bids Win Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines and Machine Manuals December 24 to January 9
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
High Bids Win Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines and Machine Manuals December 24 to January 9
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
High Bids Win Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines and Machine Manuals December 24 to January 9
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
Sotheby's Fine Books, Manuscripts & More Available for Immediate Purchase
Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
Sotheby’s: William Golding. Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
Sotheby's Fine Books, Manuscripts & More Available for Immediate Purchase
Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll. Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
Sotheby’s: John Milton. Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD
