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Hindman Auctions

Auction House Name	Hindman Auctions
Site URL	https://hindmanauctions.com/
About Us	For more than two decades, Hindman Auctions has specialized in rare books and manuscripts, maps and prints, ephemera, Americana, musical archives and instruments, fine and decorative arts, furniture, jewelry and timepieces. Located in Chicago's West Loop, the auction house is a trusted partner of collectors, museums, galleries, bankers and fiduciaries around the world. Our team of specialists, including Mary Williams, director of rare books and manuscripts, is happy to assist you in every step of the buying, selling and appraisal process.
Who do I contact if I have questions?	Mary Williams of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Department
City	Clayton, Missouri
State	Missouri
Country	United States
Zipcode	63105
Contact Number	312.280.1212
Buyer's Fee	Buyer's premium is 20% up to $500,000, 12% thereafter.
Consigner's Fee

AUCTION LIST

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Helvelius. Two Autograph Letters Signed to Francis Aston, Royal Society Secretary, noting his feud with Robert Hooke, 5 pp total, 1685. $70,000 to $100,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Newton, Isaac. Autograph manuscript on God, 4 pp, c.1710, "In the beginning was the Word...."?$100,000 to $150,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. First edition, first issue. Untrimmed copy in contemporary boards. $30,000 to $50,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Lincoln, Abraham. Signed photograph, beardless portrait with Civil War provenance. $80,000 to $120,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: IMPEACHMENT. Original engrossed copy of the first Andrew Johnson impeachment resolution vote. $120,000 to $180,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Mucha, Alphonse. 11 original pencil drawings for?Andelicek z Baroku, "Litte Baroque Angel," Prague, 1929. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Einstein, Albert. Annotated Galley Proofs for The Meaning of Relativity. 1921. $25,000 to $35,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Silverstein, Shel. Original maquette for The Giving Tree, 34 original drawings. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Roth, Philip. Typed Manuscript with substantial autograph corrections for an unpublished sequel to The Breast. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Taupin, Bernie. Autograph Manuscript, the original draft of lyrics for Elton John's "Candle in the Wind," 2 pp, 1973. $100,000 to $150,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: HARVEY, WILLIAM. De Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus Anatomica Exercitatio. Padua: 1643. $12,000 to $18,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: CESALPINO, ANDREA. Peripateticarum Quaestionum Libri Quinque. Venice: 1571. $30,000 to $40,000.
ALDE, Feb. 26: Leon TOLSTOÏ. Anna Karenina. Moscou, 1878. First and full edition of the Russian novel, in the author’s language. Est. 3 000 / 4 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Mark TWAIN. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's comrade). New York, 1885. First American edition. Est. 5 000 / 6 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Walt WHITMAN. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York, 1856. Second edition gathering 32 poems. Est. 3 000 / 4 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Karen BLIXEN. Out of Africa. Londres, 1937. First edition in the UK, before Danish translation and American release. Est. 1 500 / 2 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Ernest HEMINGWAY. A Farewell to Arms. New York, 1929. First edition with $2.50 on the dust and A on the copyright page. Est. 2 000 / 3 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: James JOYCE. Ulysses. Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922. First edition published by Sylvia Beach. Est. 3 000 / 4 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: James JOYCE. Dubliners. Londres, 1914. First edition. Nice copy in publisher’s cardboard. Est. 2 000 / 3 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Franz KAFKA. 8 novels in German first edition, published in München, Leipzig and Berlin 1916-1931. Est. from 300 / 400 to 2 000 / 3 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: David Herbert LAWRENCE. Lady Chatterley's Lover. Florence, 1928. Privately printed first edition. Est. 4 000 / 5 000 €

John STEINBECK. The Grapes of Wrath. New York, 1939. First edition. Nice copy with $2.75 on the cover. Est. 1 000 / 1 200 €
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 Cowan’s, Feb. 20: Harriet Tubman Cabinet Card by H.S. Squyer, Auburn, NY, 1892. $10,000 to $15,000

 Cowan’s, Feb. 20: Scarce Events of the Tulsa Disaster, First Edition, 1922. $4,000 to $6,000

 Cowan’s, Feb. 20: Unpublished CDV of Frederick Douglass by Benjamin F. Smith, 1864. $3,000 to $5,000

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 Cowan’s, Feb. 20: California Imprint of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation Broadside, 1864. $10,000 to $15,000

 Cowan’s, Feb. 20: John C.H. Grabill Cabinet Card of Buffalo Soldier Wearing Buffalo Coat, ca 1886. $8,000 to $10,000

 Cowan’s, Feb. 20: Rare What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking, 2nd Cookbook Published by African American. $6,000 to $8,000

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 Cowan’s, Feb. 20: Frederick Douglass Walking Stick, 1888. $3,000 to $5,000

 Cowan’s, Feb. 20: Only Known Slave Narrative Published Independently in California, Life and Adventures of James Williams. $2,000 to $4,000

 Cowan’s, Feb. 20: Rare First Edition of History of Black Literature, Abbé Grégoire De La Littérature des Nègres. $2,500 to $3,000

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 Cowan’s, Feb. 20: African American Soldier and Medal of Honor Winner Christian A. Fleetwood CDV, PLUS. $8,000 to $10,000

 Cowan’s, Feb. 20: Jack Johnson vs. Jim Jeffries Pennant, 1910 Reno, Nevada. $2,000 to $4,000

 Cowan’s, Feb. 20: Joe Gans Photograph at 1906 Goldfield, Nevada Fight by Percy Dana. $600 to $800
Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility: A Novel, By a Lady, 3 volumes, London, 1811. $30,000 to $40,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Virginia Woolf, Kew Gardens, limited edition, signed by Woolf & Bell, London, 1927. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: [Arabian Nights], Calcutta II version, 4 volumes, Calcutta & London, 1839-1842. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Princess Diana, 6 ALS to Harper’s Bazaar editor, anticipating Christie’s sale of her dresses for charity, 1995-97. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Jane Austen, Emma, first edition, London, 1816. $15,000 to $20,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Hirohito & Nagako, Emperor & Empress of Japan, 2 photographs signed, showing Nagako in kimono & obi bearing the imperial seal. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Princess Diana, 6 autograph letters signed to Harper’s Bazaar editor Elizabeth Tilberis, anticipating Christie’s announcement of a sale of her dresses for charity, 1995-97. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Sarojini Naidu, complete galley proof of The Broken Wing signed with several holograph pages & an autograph letter signed to writer Edmund Gosse, 1916. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Fernando Pessoa, Mensagem, first edition, presentation copy, signed & inscribed, Lisbon, 1934. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Graham Greene, The Basement Room, first edition, Greene’s personal copy, signed with annotations throughout, London, 1935. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Abraham Lincoln, partly-printed document signed, call for troops issued during America’s first national draft just days before the NYC draft riots, 1863. $15,000 to $25,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 20: Les Chansons de Bilitis by Pierre Louÿs, illustrated by George Barbier & F.L. Schmied, Paris, 1922. $8,000 to $12,000.