Ketterer, Nov. 24: M. Waldseemüller, Ptolemaeus auctus restitutus, 1520. Est: € 250,000
Ketterer, Nov. 24: I. Newton, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, 1687. Est: € 100,000
Ketterer, Nov. 24: L. Feininger, Collection of 33 comic strips, 1906-1907. Est: € 8,000
Ketterer Rare Books Auction November 24th
Ketterer, Nov. 24:H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 30,000
Ketterer, Nov. 24: K. Bodmer, Personal Sketchbook with ca. 80 pencil drawings. Est: € 25,000
Ketterer, Nov. 24: Collection of 18 Bauhaus postcards “Bauhaus-Ausstellung Weimar 1923.“ Est: € 40,000
Ketterer Rare Books Auction November 24th
Ketterer, Nov. 24: Latin Book of hours on vellum, 1505. Est: € 12,000
Ketterer, Nov. 24: G. Shaw & F. P. Nodder, Vivarium naturae, 1789-1813. Est: € 10,000
Ketterer, Nov. 24: A. de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, 1943. Est: € 6,000
Ketterer Rare Books Auction November 24th
Ketterer, Nov. 24: Ibn Butlan, Tacuini sanitatis, 1531. Est: € 8,000
Ketterer, Nov. 24: H. Hesse, Casa Camuzzi in Montagnola, 1927. Est: € 12,000
Ketterer, Nov. 24: Pop Art portfolio Reality & Paradoxes, 1973. Est: € 12,000
Doyle Rare Books, Autographs & Maps November 25
Doyle Rare Books, Autographs & Maps November 25
Doyle Rare Books, Autographs & Maps November 25
Doyle Rare Books, Autographs & Maps November 25
Doyle Rare Books, Autographs & Maps November 25
Doyle Rare Books, Autographs & Maps November 25
Doyle Rare Books, Autographs & Maps November 25
Doyle Rare Books, Autographs & Maps November 25
Sotheby’s Book Week November & December
Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Tory, Geoffroy. L'Art et science de la vraye proportion des Lettres. Paris 1549. Seconde édition. In-8. Reliure de P.L. Martin. €7,000 to €9,000.
Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Gauguin, Paul. Lettre autographe signée à son ami Émile Bernard. [Le Pouldu août 1889]. Illustrée d'un croquis original. €10,000 to €15,000.
Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: [Portulan — Joan Martines, attribué à]. Carte portulan de la côte atlantique de l'Amérique du Sud. [Messine, vers 1570-1591.] €15,000 to €20,000.
Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Zamora, Alonso de. Historia de la provincia de San Antonio del nuevo reyno de Granada... Barcelone, 1701. €10,000 to €15,000.
Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: [Chastenet de Puységur, Antoine]. Détail sur la navigation aux côtes de Saint-Domingue... Paris, 1787. €5,000 to €7,000.
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Old World Auctions (Nov 12): Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000
Old World Auctions (Nov 12): Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000
Old World Auctions (Nov 12): Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
Old World Auctions (Nov 12): Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
Old World Auctions (Nov 12): Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500
Old World Auctions (Nov 12): Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
Old World Auctions (Nov 12): Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400
Old World Auctions (Nov 12): Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
Old World Auctions (Nov 12): Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
Old World Auctions (Nov 12): Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
Old World Auctions (Nov 12): Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
Swann Printed & Manuscript Americana November 20, 2025
Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 9 George Catlin. O-Kee-Pa: A Religious Ceremony; and other Customs of the Mandans. London, 1867.
Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 17 Benjamin Beal, Unpublished diary of a lieutenant serving in the Invasion of Quebec, 1776.
Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 23 George Washington, Autograph Letter Signed anticipating the coming British campaign against Philadelphia, 1777.
Swann Printed & Manuscript Americana November 20, 2025
Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 35 Matthias C. Sprengel, Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, the first published appearance of the American flag, [1784].
Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 120 Portfolio of lithograph Civil War portraits by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. and others. Cincinnati, OH, circa 1863.
Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 130 Eleazar Huntington, engraver. Early broadside engraving of the Declaration of Independence, circa 1820-24.
Swann Printed & Manuscript Americana November 20, 2025
Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 175 Jeremiah B. Taylor, Letterbook of a frontier Baptist missionary in Kansas with tales of friendly Indians and unfriendly Confederate raiders, 1839-1887.
Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 188 Jonas Rishel, The Indian Physician, Containing a New System of Practice, Founded on Medical Plants, 1828.
Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 201 Brigham Young and the First Presidency of the LDS, Commission issued to two Church representatives, 1849.
Swann Printed & Manuscript Americana November 20, 2025
Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 293 Kuonraden's Vart (Kuonrad's Travels), an illustrated western travel memoir set to verse, circa 1914.
Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 311 Hermann Stieffel, Early watercolor view of the ruins of a Spanish mission in the Manzano Grant. Manzano, NM, circa 1860-67.
Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 343 Vida de San Felipe de Jesus, protomartir del Japon, y patron de su patria Mexico.
University Archives Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books Now through Nov. 19
University Archives, Nov. 19: Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
University Archives, Nov. 19: Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
University Archives, Nov. 19: Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
University Archives Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books Now through Nov. 19
University Archives, Nov. 19: Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
University Archives, Nov. 19: Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
University Archives, Nov. 19: Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
University Archives Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books Now through Nov. 19
University Archives, Nov. 19: Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Soldier Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
University Archives, Nov. 19: Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
University Archives, Nov. 19: Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
University Archives Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books Now through Nov. 19
University Archives, Nov. 19: Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
University Archives, Nov. 19: Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
University Archives, Nov. 19: Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic
Freeman’s, Nov. 13: HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Three Stories and Ten Poems. First edition, inscribed to his cousin, Ruth White Lowry. $60,000-80,000
Freeman’s, Nov. 13: CURTIS, Edward S. The North American Indian... Portfolio and two text volumes. $20,000-30,000
Freeman’s, Nov. 13: A Superb Illuminated Manuscript of Tennyson’s Le Morte d'Arthur, ca. 1910, by Alberto Sangorksi and in an exceptional Riviere binding. $40,000-50,000
Freeman’s, Nov. 13: A Remarkable Epistle from Robert Burns to Frances Dunlop, containing all lines of the first version of "Written in Friars Carse Hermitage" and 12 lines of the first version of "First Epistle to Robert Graham Esq." $20,000-30,000
Freeman’s, Nov. 13: FAULKNER, William. Go Down, Moses. First edition, limited issue, one of 100 copies signed by Faulkner. $10,000-15,000
Freeman’s, Nov. 13: MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Of Human Bondage. First English edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Maugham, in the rare suppressed dust-jacket. $40,000-50,000
Freeman’s, Nov. 13: An Excessively Rare First Issue and Previously Unrecorded Copy of Shakespeare’s Third Folio. $40,000-60,000
![<b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> Gauguin, Paul. Lettre autographe signée à son ami Émile Bernard. [Le Pouldu août 1889]. Illustrée d'un croquis original. €10,000 to €15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/adccb263-2150-4bb1-90b4-f3e4f9d117ff.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> Gauguin, Paul. Lettre autographe signée à son ami Émile Bernard. [Le Pouldu août 1889]. Illustrée d'un croquis original. €10,000 to €15,000.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> [Portulan — Joan Martines, attribué à]. Carte portulan de la côte atlantique de l'Amérique du Sud. [Messine, vers 1570-1591.] €15,000 to €20,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/67ed1ed4-e535-4e60-b535-67f946723319.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> [Portulan — Joan Martines, attribué à]. Carte portulan de la côte atlantique de l'Amérique du Sud. [Messine, vers 1570-1591.] €15,000 to €20,000.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> [Chastenet de Puységur, Antoine]. <i>Détail sur la navigation aux côtes de Saint-Domingue...</i> Paris, 1787. €5,000 to €7,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/53116972-b7d3-4f11-9768-ff58be34521c.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> [Chastenet de Puységur, Antoine]. <i>Détail sur la navigation aux côtes de Saint-Domingue...</i> Paris, 1787. €5,000 to €7,000.")
![<b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 35<br>Matthias C. Sprengel, Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, the first published appearance of the American flag, [1784].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/f0781015-5eab-4da4-863c-33412e7d42b5.jpg "<b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 35<br>Matthias C. Sprengel, Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, the first published appearance of the American flag, [1784].")
