• Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Alken (Henry). Sporting Notions, first edition, T.McLean, 1832-33. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Bardi (Lorenzo). Nuova Raccolta delle piu interessanti Vedute della Citta di Firenze…, Florence, Lorenzo Bardi, [c.1840]. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Crawfurd (John). Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava..., first edition, 1829. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Dawe (George, engraver). The Life of a Nobleman, first edition, Geo. Henderson, [c.1825]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: [Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., Thomas McLean, [1829-51]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Eben (Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron von) and Nicolaus Heideloff. Modèles de l'Uniforme Militaire Adopté dans l'Armée Royale de Suède, Rudolph Ackerman, 1808. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Geissler (J.G.G.) and Friedrich Hempel. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebrauche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tartarischen…, 4 parts in 1, Leipzig and Paris, [1804]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Hunt (Charles). Portraits of Winning Horses...of the Derby, Oaks, & St. Leger, from the Year 1842 to 1849…, Rock Brothers & Payne, 1849. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Kunike (Adolf Friedrich). Zwey hundert und sechzig Donau-Ansichten nach dem Laufe des Donaustromes…, Vienna, Leopold Grund, 1826. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Lasinio (Carlo). [Matrimony], Florence, 1790. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Reinhardt (Joseph). A Collection of Swiss Costumes, in Miniature, second English edition, James Goodwin, [1828]. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Wengen (Gottfried Durst von). Die Öffentliche Maskerade Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1833…, Bamberg, [1833]. £2,000 to £3,000.
  • 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
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas

Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 36 Auctions Archived, another 38 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 3 September 2021. Thirty-six auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+ Database, 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 1 in Danish krone, 7 in euros, 2 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, 23 in US dollars and 1 in South African Rand.

 

Turnover was $5,113,263 as 87% of all lots sold.  There were 8,856 lots posted and 7,735 changed hands.  The average lot sold for $661.

 

On Monday 6 September the fall auction season for books, manuscripts, maps and ephemera begins.  This past spring the number of sales, lots and dollars posted and achieved were very strong.  The fall numbers will tell us a riveting story.

 

5 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:

Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 8/13 on August 25th: 319.74%
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/28/24 on August 31st: 133.13%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 8/13 on August 23rd: 116.24%
Potter and Potter AuctionsFine Books and Manuscripts on August 28th: 112.81%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 8/20 on August 27th: 110.90%


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

Heritage AuctionsSports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 8/15 on August 29th: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/28/24 on August 31st: 100.00%
Schilb AntiquarianRARE BOOKS With NO RESERVE NO BUYERS PREMIUM! on August 29th: 100.00%
Hake's AuctionsComics A-R on September 1st: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsWednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 8/25 on September 1st: 100.00%
Heritage AuctionsComics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 8/22 on August 30th: 99.90%
Hake's AuctionsComics S-Z on September 2nd: 99.84%
Heritage AuctionsCertified Modern Age Comics Showcase Auction on August 26th: 99.65%
Heritage AuctionsUS Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 8/24 on August 31st: 98.47%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 28th: 98.00%
William H. Bunch Auctions and AppraisalsEclectic Variety Auction on August 31st: 97.83%
Heritage AuctionsMovie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 8/22 on August 29th: 97.13%
University ArchivesRare Autographs, Manuscripts and Books on August 25th: 96.13%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 8/13 on August 25th: 96.00%
Heritage AuctionsTuesday Video Games and Playing Cards - bidstart 8/24 on August 31st: 95.92%
Potter and Potter AuctionsFine Books and Manuscripts on August 28th: 93.16%
SkinnerIrresistible - Unreserved - bidstart 8/24 on August 31st: 90.70%
Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts -- bidstart 8/13 on August 22nd: 87.50%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 8/20 on August 27th: 86.79%
Sydney Rare Book AuctionsIDRIESS, MINING, AUSTRALIAN, HISTORY, MILITARY SPORT AND MORE on September 3rd: 83.52%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 8/13 on August 24th: 83.33%
Bruun RasmussenPrints on August 31st: 81.82%
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 8/13 on August 23rd: 81.25%
Trafford BooksBooks, Ephemera, Autographs, Cigarette Cards, Postcards, Stamps and Postal History on September 1st: 81.17%
PBA GalleriesPBA Platinum: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Art on September 2nd: 80.28%

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Forum Auctions Soup Can (Signed and inscribed with heart) on September 2nd Actual price: USD $115,111.
  2. Forum Auctions Happy Choppers (Signed) on September 2nd Actual price: USD $90,975.
  3. Forum Auctions Gold Flag Ghetto Crew AP (Signed) on September 2nd Actual price: USD $89,119.
  4. Forum Auctions No Ball Games (Grey) (Signed) on September 2nd Actual price: USD $85,405.
  5. Forum Auctions Have a Nice Day (Anarchist Book Fair) (Signed) on September 2nd Actual price: USD $76,122.
  6. Forum Auctions Napalm (Can't Beat the Feeling) (Signed) on September 2nd Actual price: USD $72,409.
  7. Thomaston Place Auction Galleries ANDY WARHOL (NY/PA, 1928-1987) Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup, 1968 on August 29th Actual price: USD $70,200.
  8. Forum Auctions Morons on September 2nd Actual price: USD $66,839.
  9. Potter and Potter Auctions Moby–Dick; or, The Whale. on August 28th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  10. Forum Auctions Grannies on September 2nd Actual price: USD $55,699.
  11. Forum Auctions Napalm (inscribed with heart) on September 2nd Actual price: USD $48,273.
  12. University Archives Lincoln Slavery Letter! "the freed-men in Gen. Grant’s Department", also Mentions "U.S. Supreme Court", a Stunning ALS on August 25th Actual price: USD $46,875.
  13. Forum Auctions HMV on September 2nd Actual price: USD $37,133.
  14. Bonhams Dawn, Autumn Forest, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee on August 31st Actual price: USD $35,312.
  15. Potter and Potter Auctions The Writings of Mark Twain. on August 28th Actual price: USD $33,600.
  16. Forum Auctions Weston Super Mare on September 2nd Actual price: USD $33,419.
  17. Hake's Auctions FANTASTIC FOUR #1 NOVEMBER 1961 CGC 4.5 VG+ (FIRST FANTASTIC FOUR). on September 1st Actual price: USD $29,500.
  18. Potter and Potter Auctions [Christmas Books]. on August 28th Actual price: USD $28,800.
  19. University Archives Exceedingly Rare! President William Henry Harrison Signs His Handwritten Notation on a Letter From “an old Soldier of Mine” Who Fought Under Him in the War of 1812 on August 25th Actual price: USD $25,000.
  20. University Archives Sojourner Truth Signed CDV Quite Unique "I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance" on August 25th Actual price: USD $25,000.
  21. Bonhams Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico on August 31st Actual price: USD $22,812.
  22. Potter and Potter Auctions A large photograph album of 224 albumen silver prints of picturesque North American scenery along the “Santa Fe Route” Railways. on August 28th Actual price: USD $22,800.
  23. Potter and Potter Auctions Leviathan; or, The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common–Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill. on August 28th Actual price: USD $21,600.
  24. PBA Galleries Brat?ia Karamazovy: roman v chetyrekh chastiakh s e?pilogom [The Brothers Karamazov - ?????? ??????????: ????? ? ??????? ?????? ? ????????] on September 2nd Actual price: USD $20,400.
  25. Potter and Potter Auctions Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica mundi et fabricati figura. on August 28th Actual price: USD $20,400.



36 total sales reported this week:

AntiquarianAuctions.com. Rare Books - Online bidstart 8/27 on September 3rd: 18.93%
Sydney Rare Book Auctions. IDRIESS, MINING, AUSTRALIAN, HISTORY, MILITARY SPORT AND MORE on September 3rd: 83.52%
PBA Galleries. PBA Platinum: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Art on September 2nd: 80.28%
Forum Auctions. Only Banksy on September 2nd: 73.33%
Hake's Auctions. Comics S-Z on September 2nd: 99.84%
Hake's Auctions. Comics A-R on September 1st: 100.00%
Trafford Books. Books, Ephemera, Autographs, Cigarette Cards, Postcards, Stamps and Postal History on September 1st: 81.17%
Moreshet Auctions. Books, Kodesh books, Hassidic books, Rabbinical letters, Manuscripts, Judaika, Art, Israeliana and m on September 1st: 61.63%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 8/25 on September 1st: 100.00%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety Auction on August 31st: 97.83%
Skinner. Irresistible - Unreserved - bidstart 8/24 on August 31st: 90.70%
Morton Subastas. Antique and Contemporary Books on August 31st: 16.80%
Bonhams. Photographs, Summer Editions on August 31st: 75.32%
Aspire Art Auctions. Modern and Contemporary Art and Books - bidstart 8/24 on August 31st: 55.06%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 31st: 81.82%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Video Games and Playing Cards - bidstart 8/24 on August 31st: 95.92%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/28/24 on August 31st: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 8/24 on August 31st: 98.47%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 8/22 on August 29th: 97.13%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 8/22 on August 30th: 99.90%
Schilb Antiquarian. RARE BOOKS With NO RESERVE NO BUYERS PREMIUM! on August 29th: 100.00%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Fine Books and Manuscripts on August 28th: 93.16%
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Summer Auction Part 2, Day 3 on August 29th: 70.21%
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Summer Auction Part 2, Day 2 on August 28th: 78.57%
University Archives. Judaica on August 26th: 74.00%
University Archives. Rare Autographs, Manuscripts and Books on August 25th: 96.13%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 8/20 on August 27th: 86.79%
Catawiki B. V.. Cartography - bidstart 8/20 on August 26th: 35.71%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 8/13 on August 25th: 96.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 8/13 on August 24th: 83.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 8/13 on August 23rd: 81.25%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts -- bidstart 8/13 on August 22nd: 87.50%
Catawiki B. V.. Books - bidstart 8/13 on August 21st: 26.32%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 28th: 98.00%
Heritage Auctions. Certified Modern Age Comics Showcase Auction on August 26th: 99.65%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 8/15 on August 29th: 100.00%


For the week ahead 38 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Sep. 6th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 8/28. 70 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 85 lots

Tue. Sep. 7th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 8/31. 550 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/28/31. 161 lots
Rossini. Paris. GUY GAULARD LIBRARY: ONLINE SALES TRAVEL & ECONOMY. 95 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. 19th and 20th Century Photographs. 285 lots
New England Auctions. South Deerfield. Literature, Graphics and Ephemera - bidstart 8/13. 192 lots
Sothebys. London. Original Film Posters - bidstart 8/27. 243 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 8/28. 26 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Video Games and Trading Card Games Auction - bidstart 8/31. 50 lots

Wed. Sep. 8th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents. 628 lots
Australian Book Auctions. Armadale, . Books, Maps, Documents: Including an Important Collection of books by James Bonwick, Travel and Aust. 273 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Depth of Field: Photographs. 148 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. September Antiques and Accessories. 180 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Estate Treasures Auction. 59 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics and Comic Art Signature Sale. 1880 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 8/28. 128 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. 2021 Select Auction. 15 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 9/1. 324 lots

Thu. Sep. 9th
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Premier and Emporium Auctions. 63 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Modern Illustrated Books and Private Presses. 288 lots
Rossini. Paris. ONLINE SUMMER SALE - PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES, LITHOGRAPHS, 19TH, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY. 121 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. September Antiques and Accessories. 59 lots

Fri. Sep. 10th
One Source Auctions. Canandaigua. ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE BOOK AND EPHEMERA ONLINE AUCTION. 235 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 9/3. 89 lots

Sat. Sep. 11th
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Fall Estates Auction - Day 2. 31 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Fall Magic Auction (Online Only). 190 lots
Addison and Sarova. Social Circle. Rare Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera. 311 lots
North American Auction Company. Bozeman. End of Summer Western Sale. 99 lots
Ripley Auctions. Indianapolis. September Estate Art and Antique Auction. 33 lots
Santa Fe Art Auction. Santa Fe. 20th Century Art, Design and Photography. 109 lots

Sun. Sep. 12th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 8/29. 409 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 9/5.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 9/5.
Addison and Sarova. Social Circle. Bookworm Sale, Online Only. 229 lots
John McInnis Auctioneers. Amesbury. Virtual Online Estate Sale. 48 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 9/3. 41 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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
    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
    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
    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.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.