• Forum AuctionsA Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library19th June 2025 Forum AuctionsA Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library19th June 2025
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    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
    19th June 2025
    Forum Auctions
    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
    19th June 2025
    Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum, June 19: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, June 19: Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, 1598. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, June 19: Livius (Titus). The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, Adam Islip, 1600. £6,000 to £8,000.
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    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
    19th June 2025
    Forum, June 19: Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de). The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses, first edition in English, 1603. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, June 19: Boyle (Robert). Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica, first edition, for Samuel Smith, 1690. £2,500 to £3,500.
    Forum, June 19: Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, first edition, second issue, 1690. £8,00 to £12,000.
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    ALDE, June 18: CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). Voyage en Sibérie fait par ordre du Roi en 1761 contenant les mœurs…, Paris, 1768. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, June 18: HENNEPIN (LOUIS). Description de la Louisiane nouvellement découverte au Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle France…, Paris, 1688. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LA BOULLAYE-LE GOUZ (FRANÇOIS DE). Les Voyages et Observations, Paris, 1653. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LE BRUN (CORNELIS DE BRUYN DIT CORNEILLE). Voyage au Levant, c'est à dire dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie mineure..., Delft, 1700. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, June 18: SAINT-NON (J.-CL. RICHARD, ABBÉ DE). Voyage pittoresque ou description du royaume de Naples et de Sicile, Paris, 1781-1786. €3,500 to €5,000.
    ALDE, June 18: (CALVIN JEAN). SÉNÈQUE. Annei Senecae..., Paris, 1532. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LACTANCE. De divinis institutionibus. De ira Dei. De opificio Dei. De phoenice carmen, Rome, 1468. €30,000 to €40,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, June 18: POLITIEN (ANGE). Omnia opera, et alia quædam lectu Digna, Venise, 1498. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, June 18: SIDOINE APOLLINAIRE. Poema aureum ejusdemque Epistole, Milan, 1498. €3,000 to €4,000.
  • Sotheby’sNew York Book Week12-26 June Sotheby’sNew York Book Week12-26 June
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    Sotheby’s, June 25: Theocritus. Theocriti Eclogae triginta, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, February 1495/1496. 220,000 - 280,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby, 1925. 40,000 - 60,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Printed ca. 1381-1832. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Lincoln, Abraham. Thirteenth Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln. 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Galieli, Galileo. First Edition of the Foundation of Modern Astronomy, 1610. 300,000 - 400,000 USD
  • FinarteBooks, Autographs & PrintsJune 24 & 25, 2025 FinarteBooks, Autographs & PrintsJune 24 & 25, 2025
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    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE / LANDINO, CRISTOFORO. Comento di Christophoro Landino Fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino, 1481. €40,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. Il Convivio, 1490. €20,000 to €25,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LEGATURA – PLUTARCO. Le vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romaines translates, 1567. €10,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO. Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti…, 1548. €4,000 to €6,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: SPINOZA, BARUCH. Opera posthuma, 1677. €8,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. Borus Godunov, 1831. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - LECUIRE, PIERRE. Ballets-minute, 1954. €35,000 to €40,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MAJAKOVSKIJ, VLADIMIR / LISSITZKY, LAZAR MARKOVICH. Dlia Golosa, 1923. €7,000 to €10,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MATISSE, HENRI / MONTHERLANT, HENRY DE. Pasiphaé. Chant de Minos., 1944. €22,000 to €24,000.
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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 40 Auctions Archived, another 15 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 24 December 2021, 40 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+, 1 denominated in Danish krone, 15 in euros, 1 in Hong Kong dollars, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 22 in US dollars.

 

Turnover was $8,403,465 as 83% of all lots sold.  There were 10,107 lots posted and 8,307 changed hands.  The  average lot sold for $1,012.

 

This has been an extraordinary year.  To friends we lost in 2021 may we keep them in our and your thoughts.

 

Bruce, Jenny, Mike, Diana, Tom and Edi
 
 
3 auctions saw total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Aguttes. 45 • LES COLLECTIONS ARISTOPHIL • FROM CHATEAUBRIAND TO CIORAN, RAYMOND QUENEAU - bidstart 12/7 on December 20th: $1,584,984
Arenberg Auctions. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Atlases and Maritime on December 18th: $1,397,454
Heritage Auctions. Sports Showcase Auction on December 18th: $1,196,607

8 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 12/3 on December 15th: 178.56%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/3 on December 12th: 155.39%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/10 on December 16th: 146.29%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 11/26 on December 8th: 146.29%
Arenberg Auctions. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Atlases and Maritime on December 18th: 133.53%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/14 on December 21st: 123.85%
Heritage Auctions. The Stewart Weisner MPC Collection Currency Showcase Auction on December 19th: 104.51%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/3 on December 13th: 102.08%


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

Heritage Auctions. The Stewart Weisner MPC Collection Currency Showcase Auction on December 19th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/14 on December 21st: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 12/12 on December 20th: 99.71%
New England Auctions. Fine Books and Ephemera on December 21st: 99.48%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 12/5 on December 19th: 99.31%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/15 on December 22nd: 99.08%
Schilb Antiquarian. RARE BOOKS With NO RESERVE NO BUYERS PREMIUM! on December 19th: 99.07%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/14 on December 21st: 98.95%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 18th: 97.50%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Showcase Auction on December 18th: 96.98%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 12/12 on December 19th: 95.95%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/3 on December 12th: 90.48%
Clars Auction Gallery. Fine Art - Prints on December 19th: 90.20%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Video Games and Playing Cards - bidstart 12/14 on December 21st: 88.89%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/10 on December 16th: 88.75%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 11/26 on December 8th: 88.75%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/3 on December 15th: 88.00%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Online Only: Timed Eclectic Variety on December 21st: 87.50%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/3 on December 13th: 86.11%
Early American. American History on December 18th: 85.04%
Catawiki B. V.. Books Auction: Arabic Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/3 on December 13th: 85.00%
Skinner. Country Americana online - bidstart 12/14 on December 23rd: 84.85%
De Baecque and Associes. Mountain #8: Popular Art and Paintings on December 17th: 80.88%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/10 on December 17th: 80.19%
 
 
Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Aguttes 266 L.A.S. "Paul", 1924-1948, to GALA on December 20th Actual price: USD $190,711.
  2. Aguttes AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, Les Nourritures terrestres, [1895-1897] on December 20th Actual price: USD $117,361.
  3. Arenberg Auctions Toonneel der Steden van de Vereenighde Nederlanden, met hare beschrijvingen. [Toonneel der Steden van 's Konings Nederlanden, met hare beschrijvingen]. on December 18th Actual price: USD $108,615.
  4. PIASA Dying Slave after Michelangelo (1962) - 1992 on December 21st Actual price: USD $99,671.
  5. Arenberg Auctions Projet pour "Le Séducteur". on December 18th Actual price: USD $98,741.
  6. Aguttes 69 L.A.S. "GS", "George" or "G. Sand", 1834-1862, to Eugène on December 20th Actual price: USD $96,823.
  7. Aguttes Autograph MANUSCRIPT of his Diary, 1892-1917 on December 20th Actual price: USD $88,021.
  8. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white pages. on December 20th Actual price: USD $78,000.
  9. Aguttes Autograph notebooks, 1973-1980 on December 20th Actual price: USD $66,015.
  10. Aguttes Autograph MANUSCRIT (and partly in corrected typescript) signed "S. de Beauvoir", Les Mandarins, [1949-1953] on December 20th Actual price: USD $63,081.
  11. Heritage Auctions The Incredible Hulk #1 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages. on December 20th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  12. Aguttes Autograph manuscript, Pyrenees & Corsica (22 August - 1 November 1840) on December 20th Actual price: USD $59,493.
  13. Aguttes MANUSCRIT autograph "Paul Eluard", Les Jeux de la Poupée, 1939 on December 20th Actual price: USD $58,680.
  14. Heritage Auctions 2009 Topps Chrome Stephen Curry Rookie #101 PSA Gem Mint 10. on December 18th Actual price: USD $55,200.
  15. Aguttes autograph manuscript and corrected proof for Du côté de chez Swann, [1913] on December 20th Actual price: USD $55,031.
  16. Arenberg Auctions Liber chronicarum. on December 18th Actual price: USD $53,602.
  17. Aguttes CORRESPONDENCE addressed to Raymond Queneau, 1920-1976 on December 20th Actual price: USD $53,518.
  18. Arenberg Auctions Histoire naturelle des oiseaux. on December 18th Actual price: USD $52,192.
  19. Aguttes Lélia (Paris, Henri Dupuy, imprimeur-éditeur, L. Tenré, libraire, 1833), 2 volumes bound in one in-8 (21,5x13,3 cm), half lavaliered morocco with corners, gilt binding, spine with boxes framed with triple gilt binding and decorated with fl eurons, gilt he on December 20th Actual price: USD $49,911.
  20. Tessier & Sarrou and Associates Paire de globes terrestre et célesteTable équatoriale gravée des signes du zodiac et reposant sur 3 pieds moulurés en acajou maintenus par une boussole à l'entretoise. on December 21st Actual price: USD $43,296.
  21. Soler Y Llach MAURICIO a BORDEAUX (Francia). 1 p. naranja (2) y 2 p. azul. on December 21st Actual price: USD $42,807.
  22. Arenberg Auctions "Centaure et centauresse". on December 18th Actual price: USD $42,318.
  23. PIASA Triptych - August 1972 on December 21st Actual price: USD $40,044.
  24. PIASA Triptych - 1983 on December 21st Actual price: USD $36,964.
  25. Arenberg Auctions Collection of various texts on monastic life, for the use of novices. on December 18th Actual price: USD $36,675.



40 total sales reported this week:

Soler Y Llach. Stamps and Covers of the World on December 21st: 47.99%
Skinner. Country Americana online - bidstart 12/14 on December 23rd: 84.85%
Heritage Auctions. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/15 on December 22nd: 99.08%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Online Only: Timed Eclectic Variety on December 21st: 87.50%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Marine - Voyage on December 21st: 74.07%
Sothebys. Contemporary Showcase: Anime Go - bidstart 12/14 on December 21st: 51.09%
PIASA. Prints, multiples and illustrated books on December 21st: 53.53%
New England Auctions. Fine Books and Ephemera on December 21st: 99.48%
Eaton Hudson. Closed College Rare Book Collection (Part 1) on December 21st: 41.06%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Art and Design - Prints on December 21st: 73.45%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Video Games and Playing Cards - bidstart 12/14 on December 21st: 88.89%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/14 on December 21st: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/14 on December 21st: 98.95%
Moreshet Auctions. The “Sale of the Century” from Moreshet: The collective dream of collectors, archivists, and documen on December 20th: 53.33%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Eclectic, Online - bidstart 12/10 on December 20th: 68.67%
Aguttes. 45 • LES COLLECTIONS ARISTOPHIL • FROM CHATEAUBRIAND TO CIORAN, RAYMOND QUENEAU - bidstart 12/7 on December 20th: 60.47%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/10 on December 17th: 80.19%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/10 on December 16th: 88.75%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/3 on December 15th: 88.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/3 on December 14th: 77.78%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/3 on December 13th: 86.11%
Catawiki B. V.. Books Auction: Arabic Books and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/3 on December 13th: 85.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 11/26 on December 8th: 88.75%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/3 on December 12th: 90.48%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 12/5 on December 19th: 99.31%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 12/12 on December 20th: 99.71%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 12/12 on December 19th: 95.95%
Schilb Antiquarian. RARE BOOKS With NO RESERVE NO BUYERS PREMIUM! on December 19th: 99.07%
Holabird Kagin Americana. December Dreams Premier Auction: Western Americana, Mining, & Numismatics on December 19th: 68.14%
Clars Auction Gallery. Fine Art - Prints on December 19th: 90.20%
Morton Subastas. Opportunites - Live on December 18th: 61.96%
Michaans Auctions. Gallery Auction on December 18th: 67.86%
Holabird Kagin Americana. December Dreams Premier Auction: Western Americana, Mining, & Numismatics on December 18th: 71.64%
Early American. American History on December 18th: 85.04%
De Baecque and Associes. Mountain #8: Popular Art and Paintings on December 17th: 80.88%
Arenberg Auctions. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Atlases and Maritime on December 18th: 78.31%
Ader. Judaica on December 16th: 62.50%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 18th: 97.50%
Heritage Auctions. The Stewart Weisner MPC Collection Currency Showcase Auction on December 19th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Showcase Auction on December 18th: 96.98%


For the week ahead 15 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Dec. 27th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) - bidstart 12/17. 93 lots

Tue. Dec. 28th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. US Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/21. 546 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - bidstart 12/21. 173 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Video Games and Playing Cards - bidstart 12/21. 92 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 12/17. 30 lots

Wed. Dec. 29th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction - bidstart 12/22. 292 lots
Withington Auctions, Inc.. Goffstown. Outstanding Country Estate Auction. 13 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/17. 170 lots

Thu. Dec. 30th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Cartography - bidstart 12/24.

Fri. Dec. 31st
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (pre-1800) - bidstart 12/24.

Sat. Jan. 1st
Bruneau & Co. . Cranston. New Year's Day Premier Comics Auction.

Sun. Jan. 2nd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - bidstart 12/26.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly - bidstart 12/26.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 12/19. 462 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 12/24.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE


  • Fonsie Mealy’sChatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale18th June 2025 Fonsie Mealy’sChatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale18th June 2025
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    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: French Bateau Bed, exhibition piece from the Exposition Universelle—The Paris World’s Fair, 1878. Third quarter of the 19th century. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
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    Bonhams, June 16-24: SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. WASHINGTON, George. Engraved document signed, 1786. $8,000 - $12,000
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    Bonhams, June 16-24: KELMSCOTT PRESS. RUSKIN. The Nature of Gothic. 1892. $1,500 - $2,500
    Bonhams, June 16-24: ASHENDENE PRESS. The Wisdom of Jesus. 1932. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: CHARLOTTE BRONTE WRITES AS GOVERNESS. Autograph Letter Signed, 1851. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS. BRONTE, Emily. New York, 1848. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: IAN FLEMING ASSOCIATION COPY. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. $7,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: DELUXE EDITION WITH ORIGINAL PAINTING. BUKOWSKI, Charles. War All the Time. 1984. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN'S MOST POWERFUL STATEMENT ON THE ATOMIC BOMB. Original Typed Manuscript Signed, "On My Participation in the Atom Bomb Project," 1953. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN ON SCIENCE, WAR AND MORALITY. Autograph Letter Signed, 1949. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. WASHINGTON, George. Engraved document signed, 1786. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: AN EARLY CHINESE-MADE 34-STAR U.S. CONSULAR FLAG. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF LINCOLN WITH HIS SON TAD. 1864. $60,000 - $90,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: MALCOLM X WRITES FROM KENYA. Postcard signed, 1964. $4,000 - $6,000
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  • Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000 Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
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    Bonhams, June 16-25: 15th-CENTURY TREATISE ON SYPHILIS. GRÜNPECK. 1496. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF BENIVIENI'S TREATISE ON PATHOLOGY. 1507. $12,000 - $18,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: FRACASTORO. Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus. 1530. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON SKIN DISEASES. MERCURIALIS. De morbis cutaneis... 1572. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: BIDLOO. Anatomia humani corporis... 1685. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF DOUGLASS'S EARLY AMERICAN WORK ON INNOCULATION AND SMALLPOX. 1722. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: LIND'S FIRST TREATISE ON SCURVY. 1753. $15,000 - $20,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: RARE JENNER SIGNED CIRCULAR ON VACCINATION. 1821. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. BRIGHT. Reports of Medical Cases... 1827-1831. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTATION COPY TO HER MOTHER. 1860. $6,000 - $8,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: LORENZO TRAVER'S MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF BURNSIDE'S NORTH CAROLINA EXPEDITION. TRAVER, Lorenzo. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: ONE OF THE EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS ON DERMATOLOGY. HARDY. Clinique Photographique... 1868. $3,000 - $5,000
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    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: World. Van Geelkercken (N.), Orbis Terrarum Descriptio Duobis..., circa 1618. £4,000-6,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Moll (Herman). A New Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain..., circa 1715. £2,000-3,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Churchill (Winston S.). The World Crisis, 5 volumes bound in 6, 1st edition, 1923-31. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
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    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species, 2nd edition, 2nd issue, 1860. £1,500-2,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, 6 volumes in 3, 1st quarto ed, 1855-56. £1,500-2,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de, 1900-1944). Pilote de guerre (Flight to Arras), 1942. £10,000-15,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
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    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Austen (Jane, 1775-1817). Signature, cut from a letter, no date. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, 1st edition, with wraparound band, 1932. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Hobbit, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1937. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Rackham (Arthur, 1867-1939). Princess by the Sea (from Irish Fairy Tales), circa 1920. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Kelmscott Press. The Story of the Glittering Plain, Walter Crane's copy, 1894. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: King (Jessie Marion, 1875-1949). The Summer House, watercolour. £4,000-6,000