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Auction House Name	Sothebys
Site URL	http://www.sothebys.com/
About Us	Art, antiques, rare and fine books in Americana, prints, ephemera, maps. On March 11, 1744, Samuel Baker, founder of Sotheby's, held the first-ever sale under his own name. It has only been in the last century, after all, that the original London company has expanded from book auctions to cover all areas of the fine and decorative arts. Sotheby's holds auctions practically every other day. In New York alone, there are more than 150 auctions in any given year.
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City	Amsterdam
Country	Netherlands
Zipcode	1083 HJ
Contact Number	(212) 606-7000
Buyer's Fee	20% premium and an additional 12% after 100,000 USD or 70,000 GBP.
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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 Typed Manuscript with substantial autograph corrections for an unpublished sequel to The Breast.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.
Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Francis Scott Key, Star Spangled Banner, first printing, c. 1814-16. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: William Sydney Porter, a.k.a. “O. Henry,” archive of drawings made to illustrate a lost mining memoir, c. 1883-84. $30,000 to $40,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: [Bay Psalm Book], printed for Hezekiah Usher of Boston, Cambridge, c. 1648-65. $50,000 to $75,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Book of Mormon, first edition, Palmyra, 1830. $40,000 to $60,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Noticia estraordinario, probable first announcement in Mexico City of the fall of the Alamo, 1836. $40,000 to $60,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Patrick Gass, first edition of earliest first-hand account of the Lewis and Clarke expedition, Pittsburgh, 1807. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Diploma from the Princeton Class of 1783, commencement attended by Washington & Continental Congress. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Sprague Light Cavalry! color-printed broadside, NY, 1863. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: The Lincoln & Johnson Union Campaign Songster, Philadelphia, 1864. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Lucy Parsons, labor organizer, albumen cabinet card, New York, 1886. $800 to $1,200.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Daniel L.F. Swift, journal as third mate on a Pacific Whaling voyage, 1848-1850. $3,000 to $4,0000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Two photos of Thomas Moran, Grand Canyon, silver prints, 1901. $1,500 to $2,500.
<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Documents, The Library of Dawson Turner 4 March 2020

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Beck (Henry). London Underground Transport, 1934. Iconic original poster. £20,000 to £30,000.

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Turner (Dawson, 1775-1858). ‘Journal of a Three Weeks' Tour, with Thos. Phillips’, 1815. Unpublished illustrated manuscript. £7,000 to £10,000.

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Sander (Frederick). Reichenbachia, 4 volumes, 1st edition, 1886-95. Ex libris Sir David Salomons (1797-1873). £3,000 to £5,000.

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Documents, The Library of Dawson Turner 4 March 2020

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Mary I, Queen of England (1516-1558). Illuminated grant of arms on vellum to John Hombreston, 1554. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Restoration London. Album of important autographs, c.1660-90. Including a letter from Sir William Petty to John Evelyn. £1,000 to £1,500.

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Levellers. The Womens Petition to Over Cromwell, 1651. Extremely rare broadside, 2 copies in libraries. £1,000 to £1,500.

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Documents, The Library of Dawson Turner 4 March 2020

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Catherine of Siena. Lettere devotissime, Venice, 1562. Ex libris Giacomo Castelvetro (1546-1616), with marginalia. £1,000 to £1,500.

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Kane (Brig. Gen. Richard, 1666-1732). ‘A Plan of the Town, Mountain and Bay of Gibraltar’, 1712. Pen and ink and watercolour. £1,000 to £1,500.

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Costa (Emanuel Mendes da). A Natural History of Fossils, 1st edition, 1757. £600 to £800.

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Documents, The Library of Dawson Turner 4 March 2020

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Blaeu (Johannes). Britannia Anglo-Saxonum, c.1646. £700 to £1,000.

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Donne (John). Devotions, 1st edition, 1624. Contemporary vellum gilt, £700 to £1,000.

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Baden-Powell (Robert). Scouting for Boys, 1st edition, 1908. £800 to £1,200.