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Auction Info

Sale Name
Important Printed Books and Americana from The Albert H. Small Collection
Auction Date
05/18/2012 - 05/18/2012
Year of Sale
2012
Sale Number
#2655
Total Lots
151
Sold Lots
111
Lots Sold
73.5%
Unsold Lots
40
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
2,963,750.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
2,012,950.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
2,976,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
2,982,350.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
4,347,800.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
68.17%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
3,437,060.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
56 SHAKESPEARE, William. Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. The third Impression. And unto this Impression is added seven Playes, never before Printed in Folio. Edited by John Heminge (d. 1630) and Henry Condell (d. 1627), except

1664

 USD 350,000.00 - 500,000.00 374,500.00
6 AUDUBON, John James and Rev. John BACHMAN. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

1845

 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 362,500.00
53 ROBERTS, David (1796-1864, artist) and George CROLY (1780-1860). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia.

1842

 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 242,500.00
44 REPTON, Humphry. "RED BOOK" for "Gaines-Hall in Huntingtonsre: a Seat of James Duberley Esqr."

1798

 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 200,500.00
137 REVERE, Paul (1734-1818). . The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street, BOSTON, on March 5th 1770, by Party of the 29th REGt.

1770

 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 146,500.00
31 [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. CHAUCER, Geoffrey. Edited by F. S. Ellis. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.

1896

 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 140,500.00
74 GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882), photographer. Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War.

1865

 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 122,500.00
40 REPTON, Humphry. "RED BOOKS" for "Mogenhanger in Bedfordshire a Seat of Godfrey Thornton Esq."

1792

 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 116,500.00
38 REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). "RED BOOK" for "Sunning Hill, Berkshire the Seat of Ias [James] Sibbald Esqr."

1790

 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 104,500.00
129 John Penn, Thomas Penn, and Richard Penn, Esqurs; [PENNSYLVANIA-MARYLAND BOUNDARY DISPUTE].

1743

 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 86,500.00
146 WASHINGTON, George WASHINGTON, George. Autograph letter signed ("G:o Washington"), as President-elect, TO JAMES MADISON, Mount Vernon, 16 February 1789

1789

 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 80,500.00
103 HARRISON, William Henry (1773-1841), President HARRISON, William Henry (1773-1841), President. Engraved document signed ("W.H. Harrison") AS PRESIDENT, countersigned by Secretary of State Daniel Webster, and by John Tayor, clerk for the New Bedford, Massachusetts district

1841

 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 80,500.00
85 RODNEY, Caesar. RODNEY, Caesar. Autograph letter signed ("Caesar Rodney"), TO HIS FELLOW DELEGATE TO CONGRESS, GEORGE READ, also signed by John Evans, Lewis [Lewes], Del., 23 June 1776.

1776

 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 60,000.00
27 [GUTENBERG, Johann, printer.]. [GUTENBERG, Johann, printer.]. -- BIBLE, Latin.

1455

 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 56,250.00
67 ADAMS, John. ADAMS, John. Autograph letter signed ("John Adams"), as former President, TO PRESIDENT JAMES MADISON, Quincy, 28 November 1814.

1814

 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 47,500.00
114 [JOHNSON, Andrew.] U. S. HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES, Fortieth Congress, Second Session. THE RESOLUTION OF IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON.

1868

 USD 35,000.00 - 50,000.00 43,750.00
145 WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799), President. WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799), President. Autograph document signed ("Go: Washington S C C"), a land survey prepared for Ann Dunbarr, n.p. [Virginia], 4 November 1749.

1749

 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 40,000.00
41 REPTON, Humphry. Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening.

1794

 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 37,500.00
112 JEFFERSON, Thomas, President. JEFFERSON, Thomas, President. Autograph letter signed ("Th: Jefferson"), to Virginia Governor Wilson Cary Nicholas, Poplar Forest, 13 November 1816.

1816

 USD 35,000.00 - 55,000.00 37,500.00
9 AUDUBON, John Woodhouse (1812-1862), attributed to. Tawny Weasel (Putorius Fuscus).

USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 37,500.00
54 SANGORSKI, Alberto, calligrapher and illuminator. RIVIERE & SON, binders. Edgar Allan POE. "The Raven and Other Poems" ["The Raven," "To Helen," "The Bells"].

1927

 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 31,250.00
19 COOK, Capt. James (1728-1779). A set of the three voyages, London 1773-1784.

1773

 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 30,000.00
117 KENNEDY, John F. KENNEDY, John F. Typed memorandum signed ("John Kennedy"), as President, to Ralph E. Becker (1907-1994), Washington, 10 February 1862.

1862

 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 25,000.00
123 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President. Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") as President, to "Mrs. Gov. French," wife of former Illinois Governor Augustus C. French, Washington, D.C., 16 May 1864.

1864

 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 25,000.00
109 JEFFERSON, Thomas, JEFFERSON, Thomas, President. Autograph letter signed ("Th: Jefferson") as President, to General Peter Muhlenberg (1746-1807), Port Collector of Philadelphia; Washington, D.C., 24 February 1804.

1804

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 22,500.00
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    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€
    Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€
    Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€
    Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€
    Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€
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    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
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    Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€
    Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
  • Dominic Winter AuctioneersMay 14Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration Dominic Winter AuctioneersMay 14Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
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    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800
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    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000
  • Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000. Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
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    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR