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Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 28: The Negro Travelers' Green Book, edited by Victor H. Green, New York, 1958. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 28: Phillis Wheatley, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious & Moral, London, 1773. $15,000 to $25,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 28: David Ruggles, The Mirror of Liberty, first issue of the first magazine edited by an African American, New York, 1838. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 28: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, draft typescript, inscribed by the playwright, circa 1958. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 28: Pair of letterpress broadsides for Ira Aldridge’s historic first 2 performances at London’s Theatre Royal, 1833. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 28: Archive of letters to John Augustine Washington III at Mount Vernon, many of which discuss the lives of enslaved persons, 1837-61. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 28: Important archive of letters and photographs of Charles White and his spouse, Frances B. White, 1956-60. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 28: Papers of educator Sister Makinya Sibeko-Kouate, one of the leading popularizers of Kwanzaa, 1940-1975. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 28: Stock certificate of the Negro Factories Corporation, signed by Marcus Garvey, 1920. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 28: Benjamin Banneker, Bannaker’s Maryland . . . Almanack and Ephemeris, for the Year of our Lord 1796, Baltimore, 1795. $15,000 to $25,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 28: Frederick Douglass, previously unknown carte-de-visite by Samuel M. Fassett, Washington DC, 1878. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 28: First Annual Report of the New York Committee of Vigilance, New York, 1837. $3,000 to $4,000.
Arenberg Auctions: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps, and Works on Paper. March 29 & 30, 2019

Arenberg Auctions, Mar 29 & 30: QUAST, Pieter Jansz. - [A Quack doctor on a market square.] €3.500 to €4.500

Arenberg Auctions, Mar 29 & 30: "Il Callotto resuscitato. Oder Ne¸ eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet." €6.000 to €7.000

Arenberg Auctions, Mar 29 & 30: MELLISS, Mrs. John Charles - 135 compositions of which 66 used to illustrate John Melliss' work on Saint Helena. €9.000 to €10.000

Arenberg Auctions: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps, and Works on Paper. March 29 & 30, 2019

Arenberg Auctions, Mar 29 & 30: LUCA, Ghérasim. - Apostroph' apocalypse. Eaux-fortes de Wifredo Lam. €3.000 to €4.000

Arenberg Auctions, Mar 29 & 30: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Les Roses. Décrites par C.A. Thory. €3.000 to €4.000

Arenberg Auctions, Mar 29 & 30: CORONELLI, Vincenzo - A magnificent pair of globes, terrestrial and celestial. €175.000 to €250.000

Arenberg Auctions: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps, and Works on Paper. March 29 & 30, 2019

Arenberg Auctions, Mar 29 & 30: BLAEU, Joan - Le Grand Atlas, ou Cosmographie Blaviaene, en laquelle est exactement descritte la Terre, la Mer, et le Ciel. €170.000 to €250.000

Arenberg Auctions, Mar 29 & 30: GOULD, John - A century of birds from the Himalaya mountains. €10.000 to €12.000

Arenberg Auctions, Mar 29 & 30: LEVAILLANT, François - Histoire naturelle des perroquets. €50.000 to €70.000

Arenberg Auctions: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps, and Works on Paper. March 29 & 30, 2019

Arenberg Auctions, Mar 29 & 30: MAXIMILIAN III JOSEPH - Patent of nobility. €800 to €1.000

Arenberg Auctions, Mar 29 & 30: Manuale parochiale sacerdotum. €800 to €1.200

Arenberg Auctions, Mar 29 & 30: LONGUS - Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé. €1.250 to €1.500
Chiswick Auctions: Books & Illustrated Art including Cartoons. March 28, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Silver Binding.- [Torah], German 13 Loth silver binding, hinged clasp, 12mo, Sulzbach, 1805. £2,500 to £3,500.

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Picasso (Pablo). Minotaure vaincu, plate 89 from La Suite Vollard, etching, dated 29 May 1933, pencil, plate 190 x 265 mm, Paris, A. Vollard, 1939. £5,000 to £6,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Dali (Salvador) & Alighieri (Dante). La Divina Commedia, 6 vols, NUMBER 478 of 2,900 copies, 100 numbered colour lithograph plates by Salvador Dalì, folio, Verona, 1963-1964. £3,000 to £4,000.

Chiswick Auctions: Books & Illustrated Art including Cartoons. March 28, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Miniature Sepher Torah Nevi'im U'Kethuvim, prepared by Menachem M. Scholz, original cloth, housed within original gilt tooled metal case, with magnifying glass inset, 33x25 mm, Warsaw, c. 1880. £1,200 to £1,800.

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Scarfe (Gerald). ‘Men of Snow’ [Tony Blair, William Hague & 'Robin' Cook], original ink, watercolour & gouache drawing, signed, 600 x 435 mm, n.d. with 2 others (3). £800 to £1,200

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Francklyn (Gilbert), Paine (Thomas). Rights of Man…, FIRST EDITION [and] Rights of Man. Part the Second…, Printed for J. S. Jordan, 1791-92, [and 1 other]. £700 to £1,000

Chiswick Auctions: Books & Illustrated Art including Cartoons. March 28, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Chagall (Marc). Le Jeu des Acrobates (Acrobats at Play), HORS COMMERCE PROOF, lithograph, from The Lithographs of Chagall, 320 x 240 mm, André Sauret, 1963. £1,800 to £2,200

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: [Harris (John)]. The History of The Old Woman who had Three Sons Jerry, James, and John…, 12mo, J. Harris, 1815. £200 to £300

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Royal Binding.- Staël-Holstein (Germaine de). De la littèrature considerée dans ses rapports avec les institutions sociales…, 2 vols, second edition, Crapelet, Paris, [1801]. £400 to £600

Chiswick Auctions: Books & Illustrated Art including Cartoons. March 28, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Ancient History.- La Baune (Jacques de). Panegyrici Veteres, Paris, 1676. [with] Wesseling (Petrus, ed.). Vetera Romanorum itineraria… £800 to £1,200

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Edward (Gibbon). History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire… Multiple editions and languages [English and French]. £300 to £400

Chiswick Auctions, Mar 28: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis, FIRST EDITION, 2 vols in 3. 119 hand-coloured plates of 454. £500 to £700
Bonhams, Mar 12: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. First edition, first issue, SIGNED in block letters by Whitman. 1855. $200,000 to $300,000

Bonhams, Mar 12: Isaac Newton's copy of John Greave's Pyramidographia, London, 1646. $50,000 to $70,000

Bonhams, Mar 12: Colonel John Mosby. Robert E. Lee's autograph letter to Samuel Cooper reporting on Mosby's exploits, with Cooper's autograph note ordering his appointment to Major.

Bonhams, Mar 12: Gyula Halasz Brassai. Large archive of autograph and typed letters, over 260, to his family including his wife Gilberte, 1947-1978. $40,000 to $60,000

Bonhams, Mar 12: Archive of drawings and letters from Harper Lee to Charles Carruth, including an inscribed first edition of To Kill a Mockingbird. $20,000 to $30,000

Bonhams, Mar 11: VESALIUS, ANDREAS. 1514-1564. De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Basel: Johannes Oporinus, June 1543. $300,000 to $500,000

Bonhams, Mar 11: HARVEY, WILLIAM. 1578-1657. De motu cordis & sanguinis in animalibus Anatomica Exercitatio. Leiden: Joannis Maire, 1639. $25,000 to $35,000

Bonhams, Mar 11: BERENGARIO DA CARPI, GIACOMO. 1460-1530. Isagogae breves perlucide ac uberrimae in Anatomiam humani corporis. Bologna: Benedictus Hectoris, 15 July 1523. $15,000 to $25,000

Bonhams NY, Mar 11: FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. 1706-1790. Experiments and Observations on Electricity, made at Philadelphia in America… London, 1769. $10,000 to $15,000

Bonhams NY, Mar 11: BENIVIENI, ANTONIO. 1443-1502. De abditis nonnullis ac mirandis morborum et sanationum causis.Florence: Filippo Giunta, 1507. $8,000 to $12,000

Auction House Details

New England Auctions

Auction House Name	New England Auctions
Site URL	http://www.nebookauctions.com
About Us	New England Auctions has been operating since 1980, originally as Oinonen Book Auctions, and since January of 2010 as New England Auctions d/b/a New England Book Auctions, under the direction of Florence and Paul Muller-Reed. Each year we conduct as many as 24 auctions and publish 12 catalogues of rare books, manuscripts, maps, prints, graphics, ephemera and related materials.
Who do I contact if I have questions?
City	Sunderland
State	Massachusetts
Country	United States
Zipcode	01375
Contact Number	(413) 665-3253
Buyer's Fee	The highest acknowledged bid shall be increased by a Buyer's Premium of 15% of the bid. The sum of the bid and the premium shall be the purchase price payable by the buyer. Unless exempted by law fr
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AUCTION LIST

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 7: John Blackbridge. The Complete Poker Player. New York, 1875. First Edition. $1,500 to $2,500.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 14: Garrett Brown. How to Beat the Game. New York, 1903. $100 to $200.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 22: Anthony Comstock. Frauds Exposed. New York, 1880. $300 to $500.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 35: S.W. Erdnase. The Expert at the Card Table. Chicago: Author, 1902. First edition. $6,000 to $9,000.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 41: [Gerritt Evans] “A Retired Professional,” pseudo. How Gamblers Win. New York, ca. 1870s. $250 to $350.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 54: Jonathan Harrington Green. An Exposure of the Arts and Miseries of Gambling. Cincinnati, 1843. First edition. $2,000 to $3,000.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 277: Phil Farley. Criminals Of America Illustrated. New York, 1876. $50 to $100.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 228: The English Rogue: Described in the Life of Meriton Latroon, a Witty Extravagant: Comprising the Most Eminent Cheats of Both Sexes. London, 1666; 1671; 1680. $3,000 to $5,000.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 219: Abraham De Moivre. The Doctrine of Chances: or, a Method of Calculating the Probabilities of Events in Play. London, 1718. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 95: Barabbas Whitefeather, pseudo. The Handbook of Swindling. London, 1839. Presentation copy, inscribed. $900 to $1,300.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 134: Poker Chips: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Stories of the Great American Game. New York, 1896. Five issues. $1,500 to $2,500.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Mar 30: Lot 87: Harry Houdini. The Right Way to Do Wrong. Boston, 1906. $150 to $250.
Koller Auctions: Books & Autographs. March 26, 2019

Koller Auctions, Mar 26: Jacques Gamelin. Nouveau recueil d'osteologie et de myologie, dessine d'apres nature... 2 parts in 1 vol., large folio, 82 copper plates. CHF 12,000 to 18,000

Koller Auctions, Mar 26: Melchior Pfintzing. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils geschichten des loblichen streytparen... 118 woodcut engravings, first edition. CHF 30,000 to 50,000

Koller Auctions, Mar 26: Book of hours. Handwritten Latin text on vellum. With 17 large miniatures, Flanders, c.1460. CHF 70,000 to 90,000

Koller Auctions, Mar 26: Maria Sibylla Merian. Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium, 72 copper plates, Den Haag, 1726. CHF 60,000 to 90,000
Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. March 28, 2019

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Greco (Gioachino). Primo modo del gioco de Partito… Manuscript, France, 1624 or 1625. A collection of partiti, or 'chess problems' by one of the most important figures in the history of chess. £20,000 to £30,000.

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Herodotus. Historiae, translated into Latin by Lorenzo Valla and edited by Antonio Mancinelli. Venice, 1494. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Darwin (Charles). Autograph Letter signed to his cousin Reginald Darwin, Down, Beckenham, Kent, 27th March 1879. £12,000 to £18,000.

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. March 28, 2019

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, Imprinted at London by Thomas Dawson, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de). The Little Prince, number 66 of 525 copies signed by the author, 1943. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Catlin (George, 1796-1872). Tuch-ee, A Celebrated War Chief of the Cherokees, watercolour, [circa 1834]. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. March 28, 2019

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Genetics.- A collection of c.300 pamphlets on genetics comprising many of the major contributions from the first half of the 20th century. £5,000 to £7,000.

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: India.- Rajasthan.- Kota School (probably late 18th c.). Elephant in a landscape with chains around his feet, brush and black ink with opaque pigments. £5,000 to £7,000.

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Commelin (Caspar). Horti medici Amstelaedamensis plantae rariores et exoticae, first edition, 48 finely hand-coloured engraved plates, Leiden, F.Haringh, 1706. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. March 28, 2019

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Plague-water and cookery & medical recipes.- Jackson (Mrs Sarah). Medical and cookery recipes, manuscript in several hands, title and 134pp., 1688-1755. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Vernet (After Joseph, 1714-1789). [Vues des ports de France], sixteen plates (of 18), etchings and engravings by Charles Nicolas Cochin fils and Jacques Philippe Le Bas, [c.1760-1780]. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions, Mar 28: Detmold (Edward Julius, 1883-1957). Parrots and Butterflies, watercolour. £2,500 to £3,500.