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Weekly Auction Update: 42 Auctions Archived, 47 more Upcoming

For the week ended Saturday 11 May 2019 42 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 7 denominated in euros, 5 in British pounds, 29 in US dollars, and 1 in South African Rands.  Turnover was $17,650,215 as 13,701 lots were offered and 9,828 lots sold for a 72% success rate.

 

4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Sothebys. Prints and Multiples on April 29th: $7,653,750 
Swann Galleries. Old Master Through Modern Prints on May 2nd: $1,725,681 
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on May 7th: $1,095,025 
Heritage Auctions. Americana and Political on May 5th: $1,073,351 


6 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered: 

Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Antiques and Interiors - Day 2 - Prints on May 1st: 169.20% 
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Prints on April 30th: 145.54% 
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Books on May 8th: 125.09% 
Heritage Auctions. Americana and Political on May 5th: 109.71% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 23rd: 104.10% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 7th: 100.19% 


22 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell: 

Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. East Anglian Sale - etchings on April 26th: 100.00% 
National Book Auctions. Aelian, Ohio, Americana, Atlases, Collecting, Antique, etc. on May 5th: 100.00% 
Leland Little Auctions. May Gallery Auction - Prints, Books, Photographs on May 4th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/28 on May 5th: 99.64% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/7 on May 5th: 99.49% 
National Book Auctions. West, Espy, Civil War, Antique, Americana, etc. on April 21st: 99.13% 
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 4/30 on May 7th: 98.90% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 4/30 on May 7th: 97.83% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. The Magic Collection of Ray Goulet - Books, cards, posters on April 27th: 97.44% 
Heritage Auctions. Americana and Political on May 5th: 94.43% 
Grogan and Company. Spring Auction - Books and Prints on May 5th: 93.55% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on May 4th: 93.33% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 4/28 on May 5th: 92.80% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 23rd: 90.83% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 7th: 89.47% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 30th: 88.89% 
Freemans. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs on May 8th: 86.44% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on April 27th: 86.31% 
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples on April 29th: 84.48% 
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Books on May 8th: 83.11% 
Rago Arts and Auctions. American and European Fine Art - Prints on May 4th: 82.69% 
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Fine Books and Manuscripts on May 1st: 82.11% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys CAMPBELL'S SOUP I (F. & S. II.44-53) on April 29th Actual price: USD $980,000.
  2. Sothebys JAZZ (DUTHUIT BOOKS 22 BIS) on April 29th Actual price: USD $860,000.
  3. Sothebys CAMPBELL'S SOUP II (F. & S. II.54 - 63) on April 29th Actual price: USD $620,000.
  4. Sothebys LITHO #1 (WAVES #1) (GRAHAM 2) on April 29th Actual price: USD $500,000.
  5. Sothebys UNTITLED (SCHELLMANN 157 - 166) on April 29th Actual price: USD $400,000.
  6. Sothebys QUEEN ELIZABETH II OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (F. & S. II.334 - 337) on April 29th Actual price: USD $400,000.
  7. Sothebys MOONWALK (F. & S. II.404 - 405) on April 29th Actual price: USD $312,500.
  8. Sothebys CAMOUFLAGE (F. & S. II.406 - 413) on April 29th Actual price: USD $275,000.
  9. Sothebys LA CLOWNESSE ASSISE (MADEMOISELLE CHA-U-KA-O) (DELTEIL 180; ADRIANI 172; WITTROCK 156) on April 29th Actual price: USD $200,000.
  10. Heritage Auctions Zachary Taylor: Only Known Example Campaign Banner for the 1848 Whig Candidate and 12th President. on May 5th Actual price: USD $200,000.
  11. Sothebys MOONWALK (SEE F. & S. IIB.404-405) on April 29th Actual price: USD $187,500.
  12. Sothebys MOONWALK (SEE F. & S. IIB.404-405) on April 29th Actual price: USD $187,500.
  13. Sothebys CHANEL (F. & S. II.354) on April 29th Actual price: USD $187,500.
  14. Sothebys GATEWAY SCREEN (HARRISON 154.7) on April 29th Actual price: USD $175,000.
  15. Sothebys REFLECTIONS ON GIRL (C. 245) on April 29th Actual price: USD $162,500.
  16. Sothebys SP (DANILOWITZ 175) on April 29th Actual price: USD $162,500.
  17. Sothebys MARILYN MONROE (MARILYN) (F. & S. II.22) on April 29th Actual price: USD $150,000.
  18. Sothebys REVERIE (C. 38) on April 29th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  19. Sothebys REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (JAMES DEAN) (F. & S. II.355) on April 29th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  20. PBA Galleries The Taber Photographic Album of Principal Business Houses, Residences and Persons (cover title) on May 2nd Actual price: USD $120,000.
  21. Sothebys RAILROAD CROSSING (L. 103; Z. 23) on April 29th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  22. Freemans GRACE KELLY on May 8th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  23. Sothebys ANNIVERSARY DONALD DUCK (F. & S. II.360) on April 29th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  24. Heritage Auctions James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok: Perhaps the Most Important Known Autograph Letter Signed from this Old West Legend. on May 5th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  25. Sothebys LIZ (F. & S. II.7) on April 29th Actual price: USD $87,500.



42 total sales reported this week:

National Book Auctions. West, Espy, Civil War, Antique, Americana, etc. on April 21st: 99.13%
National Book Auctions. Aelian, Ohio, Americana, Atlases, Collecting, Antique, etc. on May 5th: 100.00%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Rare Books on May 4th: 53.56%
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Books on May 8th: 83.11%
Old World Auctions. Maps and Atlases - Internet bidstart 4/3 on April 17th: 70.44%
Grogan and Company. Spring Auction - Books and Prints on May 5th: 93.55%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Featuring John F. Kennedy - Internet bidstart 4/19 on May 8th: 56.34%
Freemans. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs on May 8th: 86.44%
Winter Associates. Prints on May 6th: 70.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 7th: 89.47%
Leland Little Auctions. May Gallery Auction - Prints, Books, Photographs on May 4th: 100.00%
Stephan Welz & Co.. JOHANNESBURG | FINE ART & DESIGN AUCTION - Prints on April 30th: 21.95%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. The Fine Sale - Prints on April 28th: 78.26%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art - Prints on April 24th: 66.67%
Pierre Berge and Associes. Prints and Photographs on April 25th: 63.64%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 30th: 88.89%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 23rd: 90.83%
ALDE. Guy Bigorie Library on April 25th: 54.00%
Potter and Potter Auctions. The Magic Collection of Ray Goulet - Books, cards, posters on April 27th: 97.44%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Fine Books and Manuscripts on May 1st: 82.11%
PBA Galleries. Rare Americana - Including California and the West on May 2nd: 69.67%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Antiques and Interiors - Day 2 - Prints on May 1st: 62.50%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Books - Internet Bidstart 4/18 on April 25th: 38.41%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. East Anglian Sale - etchings on April 26th: 100.00%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Prints on April 30th: 75.00%
Eldreds. Spring Asian Art Auction - Prints on May 3rd: 70.99%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on May 7th: 75.00%
Swann Galleries. Old Master Through Modern Prints on May 2nd: 66.89%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on May 2nd: 69.54%
Bonhams. The Sporting Sale on May 1st: 61.54%
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples on April 29th: 84.48%
Potomack Company. Japanese Print Collection: Estate of Frances & Philip H. Bradley on April 17th: 75.28%
Rago Arts and Auctions. American and European Fine Art - Prints on May 4th: 82.69%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Post War and Contemporary Art - Prints on May 4th: 73.82%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on April 27th: 86.31%
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 4/30 on May 7th: 98.90%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 4/30 on May 7th: 97.83%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/28 on May 5th: 99.64%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/7 on May 5th: 99.49%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 4/28 on May 5th: 92.80%
Heritage Auctions. Americana and Political on May 5th: 94.43%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on May 4th: 93.33%


For the week ahead 47 sales are scheduled:

Mon. May. 13th
Il Ponte. Milan. Interior Decorations - Books. 948 lots
Moreshet Auctions. Jerusalem. Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters. 200 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Graphic Works of the European and Latin American Masters - Online bidstart 4/22. 132 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 70 lots

Tue. May. 14th
Swann Galleries. New York. 19th and 20th Century Literature. 273 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Manuscripts. 284 lots
Sothebys. London. Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History. 278 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Ancient and Modern Books. 358 lots
Rossini. Paris. Books. 81 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 5/7. 655 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 5/7. 201 lots

Wed. May. 15th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents. 565 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Photography. 182 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Printmaking and Multiples. 256 lots
Purcell Auctioneers. Birr. Antiques and Collectables -Books and Prints. 75 lots
University Archives. Westport. An Astounding Collection of Declaration Signers. 292 lots
Kedem Auction. Jerusalem . Rare and Important Items. 168 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Monthly Photographs Online - bidstart 4/24. 96 lots
Trafford Books. Manchester. Books, Photographs, Postcards, Stamps and Postal History.

Thu. May. 16th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics. 1414 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Militaria, Aviation, Maritime and Railway History. 138 lots
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Emporium Auction - Prints, Books. 26 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 179 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Rare Golf Books, Clubs & Memorabilia. 472 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. Fine Books and Manuscripts - Online - Bidstart 5/8. 292 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Photographica. 129 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Spring Americana Auction - Session 1: General Americana, Numismatics, Mining. 692 lots
Sothebys. London. Photographs. 119 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. May Evening Sale - Prints. 38 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. John Brennan Music Collection. 422 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Spring Sports Memorabilia Catalogue. 1851 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Contemporary Art. 331 lots

Fri. May. 17th
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Premier Auction. 50 lots
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Berlin. Valuable Books, Autographs and Prints. 700 lots
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Berlin. Modern Art and Graphics. 229 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Spring Americana Auction - Session 2: Mining Part II. 825 lots

Sat. May. 18th
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Spring Magic Auction - Books, Posters, Prints, Letters, Photos - Online. 140 lots
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. Discovery Auction - Prints. 33 lots
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Berlin. Modern Literature, Erotica and Photography.. 640 lots
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Berlin. Special Auction Russian Avant-Garde. 183 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 166 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Spring Americana Auction - Session 3: Air, Auto, Railroad, Express,. 593 lots

Sun. May. 19th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/21. 229 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/12.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/12.
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Spring Americana Auction - Session 4: Sports, Art, Native Americana, and More. 366 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.