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<center>Potter & Potter Auctions Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition: the Collection of Chet Ross October 12, 2023

Potter & Potter, Oct. 12: [BYRD]. VEER, Willard Van der and Joseph T. RUCKER, cinematographers. The 35mm motion picture Akeley camera that filmed the Academy Award-winning documentary “With Byrd at the South Pole”. $30,000 to $50,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 12: [SHIRASE, Nobu, his copy]. RYUKEI, Yano. Young Politicians of Thebes: Illustrious Tales of Statesmanship. Tokyo(?), 1881-84. $15,000 to $20,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 12: SHACKLETON, Ernest H. The Antarctic Book. Winter Quarters 1907-1909 [dummy copy of the supplement to: The Heart of the Antarctic]. London, 1909. $10,000 to $15,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 12: [USS BEAR]. The original auxiliary deck wheel from the famed USS Bear, 1874-1933. “PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS SHIP IN THE HISTORY OF THE COAST GUARD” (USCG). $10,000 to $15,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 12: HENSON, Matthew. A Negro Explorer at the North Pole. With a forward by Robert Peary. Introduction by Booker T. Washington. New York, [1912]. $3,000 to $4,000.
<center>Gonnelli: Auction 46 Books Autographs & Manuscripts Oct 3rd-5th 2023

Gonnelli: Tilson - Zanotto, Il vero tema. 2011. Starting price 150 €

Gonnelli: Munari, Storia di un filo. Starting price 400 €

Gonnelli: Debord, Contre le cinéma. 1964. Starting price 150 €

Gonnelli: Futurism books and ephemera

Gonnelli: Travel books

Gonnelli: Medicine books

Gonnelli: Levaillant, Histoire naturelle des perroquets. 1801-1805. Starting price 52.000 €

Gonnelli: Carrera, Il gioco de gli scacchi. 1617. Starting price 3200 €

Gonnelli: Vergilius, Opera. 1515. Starting price 800 €
<center>Swann Auction Galleries View Our Record Breaking Results

Swann: Charles Monroe Schulz, The Peanuts gang, complete set of 13 drawings, ink, 1971. Sold June 15 — $50,000.

Swann: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Family Archive of Photographs & Letters. Sold June 1 — $60,000.

Swann: Victor H. Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book, New York, 1949. Sold March 30 — $50,000.

Swann: William Shakespeare, King Lear; Othello; [and] Anthony & Cleopatra; Extracted from the First Folio, London, 1623. Sold May 4— $185,000.

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Swann: William Samuel Schwartz, A Bridge in Baraboo, Wisconsin, oil on canvas, circa 1938. Sold February 16 — $32,500.

Swann: Lena Scott Harris, Group of approximately 65 hand-colored botanical studies, all apparently California native plants, hand-colored silver prints, circa 1930s. Sold February 23 — $37,500.

Swann: Suzanne Jackson, Always Something To Look For, acrylic & pencil on linen canvas, circa 1974. Sold April 6 — $87,500.

Swann: Gustav Klimt, Das Werk von Gustav Klimt, complete with 50 printed collotype plates, Vienna & Leipzig, 1918. Sold June 15 — $68,750.
<center>Case Auctions Fall Fine Art & Antiques Auction October 6-7, 2023

Case Auctions, Oct. 7: John Speed 1676 Map of Virginia, Maryland, and Chesapeake Bay. $1,000 to $1,200.

Case Auctions, Oct. 7: Andrew Jackson Coffin Handbill and Political Cartoon. $800 to $900.

Case Auctions, Oct. 7: Three Andrew Jackson Bank War Cartoons, incl. Way to Arabay. $800 to $900.

Case Auctions, Oct. 7: Three Andrew Jackson period Political Cartoons inc. Petticoat Affair. $500 to $600.

Case Auctions, Oct. 7: Cdre. Jesse D. Elliott ALS and Sarcophagus Print, Andrew Jackson & USS Constitution elated. $500 to $600.

<center>Case Auctions Fall Fine Art & Antiques Auction October 6-7, 2023

Case Auctions, Oct. 7: Presidential Autographs & Portrait Prints incl. Eisenhower Photo, 18 items. $400 to $500.

Case Auctions, Oct. 7: Group of three Robert E. Lee Cabinet Card Photographs, Miley Studio. $400 to $500.

Case Auctions, Oct. 7: Eight Fugitive Writer related books incl. Andrew Lytle, R.P. Warren, J.C. Ransom, Allen Tate. $400 to $500.

Case Auctions, Oct. 7: Group Early Southern and Civil War Era Sheet Music. $300 to $350.

Case Auctions, Oct. 7: Henry Miller, Insomnia or the Devil at Large; Signed; Loujon Press 1970. $500 to $600.

Auction House Details

Morton Subastas

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About Us	Morton Subastas began its operations in 1988 as an Antique Shop. Months later, the first auction took place. Since then, the best Mexican and International collections have been auctioned in our sale room. Many of the items sold by us may be admired in Museums or stay with private collectors.The prestige we have acquired as an auction house over the years is the result of our integrity, punctiliousness, and the personalized service we offer.
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AUCTION LIST

<center>Australian Book Auctions Voyages, Natural History &c. October 4, 2023 9:00 AM Australian Western Time

Australian Book Auctions, Oct. 4: PURCHAS, Samuel (circa 1577-1626). HAKLUYTUS POSTHUMUS OR PURCHAS HIS PILGRIMES…, London, 1625-1626. First edition. $40,000 to $60,000 AUD

Australian Book Auctions, Oct. 4: GOULD, John. THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA, Volume IV. Folio, 104 fine handcoloured lithographed plates. London, 1848. $20,000 to $30,000 AUD

Australian Book Auctions, Oct. 4: REICHENOW, Dr. Ant. VOGELBILDER AUS FERNER ZONEN, abbildungen und beschreibungen der Papageien. Kassel, 1878-1883. Folio, 33 hand-finished chromolithograph plates. $3,000 to $5,000 AUD

Australian Book Auctions, Oct. 4: WALLIS, E. WALLIS’S ELEGANT AND INSTRUCTIVE GAME exhibiting the Wonders of Nature, in Each Quarter of the World. Handcoloured view, 26 numbered scenes. $400 to $600 AUD.

Australian Book Auctions, Oct. 4: GREENAWAY, Kate. ALMANACK FOR 1883 [and following years]. Twenty-two volumes, including six duplicates in variant bindings. $1,400 to $1,800 AUD.
<center>Sotheby’s Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library Magnificent Books and Bindings 11 October 2023

Sotheby’s, Oct. 11: Francesco Colonna, Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. $300,000 to $400,000.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 11: Leonardo da Vinci, Trattato della pittura, manuscript on paper, [Rome, ca. 1638–1641], a very fine pre-publication manuscript. $250,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 11: Paradis, Ung petit traicte de Alkimie, [Paris, before 1540], contemporary morocco by the Pecking Crow binder for Anne de Montmorency. $300,000 to $350,000.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 11: Capocaccia, Giovanni Battista, A wax relief portrait of Pius V, in a red morocco book-form box by the Vatican bindery, Rome, 1566–1568. $250,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 11: Serlio, Il terzo libro; Regole generali, Venice, 1540, both printed on blue paper and bound together by the Cupid's Bow Binder. $400,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 11: Tiraboschi, Carmina, manuscript on vellum, [Padua, c. 1471], the earliest surviving plaquette binding. $280,000 to $350,000.

<center>Sotheby’s Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library The Aldine Collection A–C 12 October 2023

Sotheby’s, Oct. 12: Anthologia graeca, Venice, Aldus, 1503, printed on vellum, Masterman Sykes-Syston Park copy. $150,000 to $200,000.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 12: Castiglione, Il libro del cortegiano, Venice, Aldus, 1528, contemporary Italian morocco gilt, Accolti-Landau copy. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 12: Castiglione, Il libro del cortegiano, Venice, Aldus, 1545, contemporary morocco for Thomas Mahieu, Chatsworth copy. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 12: Cicero, Epistolae familiares, Venice, Aldus, 1502, printed on vellum, illuminated, Renouard-Vernon-Uzielli copy. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 12: Colonna, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Venice, Aldus, 1499, Gomar Estienne binding for Jean Grolier, Spencer copy. $400,000 to $600,000.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 12: Crinito, Libri de poetis Latinis, Florence, Giunta, 1505, Cupid's Bow Binder for Grolier, Paris d'Illins-Wodhull copy. $250,000 to $300,000.