• 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.
  • 19th Century Shop
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    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
  • 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
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    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
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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No Sale Number Auction House Sale Name Date of Auction Archived Date Total Lots Lots Sold % Lots Sold CURR Exch. Rate Low Est. Lots Sold High Est. Lots Sold High Est. All Lots Total Sales Total Sales In $ % Total Sales / High Est.
1 #412g Il Ponte Interior Decoration - Prints - Sessions 13, 14 and 15 February 21, 2018 February 23, 2018 47 39 82.98% EUR 1.14 2,570.00 3,510.00 4,660.00 4,025.00 4,950.85 86.37%
2 #1689 Tooveys Prints and Maps February 21, 2018 February 23, 2018 249 186 74.70% GBP 1.27 13,540.00 21,600.00 29,070.00 26,304.36 36,563.03 90.49%
3 #4518 Forum Auctions in Italy No Reserve Online Sale: Antiquarian and Rare Books February 21, 2018 February 23, 2018 92 92 100.00% EUR 1.14 24,155.00 47,530.00 47,530.00 22,617.60 27,819.61 47.59%
4 #22018 William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals February Premier Auction February 20, 2018 February 23, 2018 48 39 81.25% USD 1.0 4,580.00 8,420.00 10,400.00 4,548.90 4,548.90 43.74%
5 #412f Il Ponte Modern Art - Prints/Photographs - Session 11 February 20, 2018 February 23, 2018 143 93 65.03% EUR 1.14 11,600.00 14,240.00 23,490.00 17,075.00 21,002.39 72.69%
6 #141808 Heritage Auctions Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 2/14 February 20, 2018 February 22, 2018 613 604 98.53% USD 1.0 100,923.00 150,307.00 152,907.00 96,757.00 96,757.00 63.28%
7 #1688 Tooveys Antiquarian and Collectors Books February 20, 2018 February 22, 2018 265 231 87.17% GBP 1.27 21,330.00 32,340.00 40,595.00 43,566.28 60,557.20 107.32%
8 #MI0336 Sothebys Roma. La Biblioteca Sergio Rossetti February 20, 2018 February 22, 2018 316 316 100.00% EUR 1.14 382,200.00 536,900.00 536,900.00 1,175,382.00 1,457,473.68 218.92%
9 #412e Il Ponte Interior Decoration - Prints - Sessions 9 and 10 February 19, 2018 February 23, 2018 38 26 68.42% EUR 1.14 1,810.00 2,350.00 4,010.00 3,375.00 4,151.30 84.16%
10 #1808 Bruun Rasmussen Prints February 19, 2018 February 21, 2018 82 67 81.71% EUR 1.14 22,940.00 25,710.00 37,530.00 28,477.50 35,312.10 75.88%
11 #151807 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 1/21 February 18, 2018 February 21, 2018 348 342 98.28% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 83,936.20 83,936.20
12 #121807 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 2/11 February 18, 2018 February 20, 2018 820 817 99.63% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 236,010.35 236,010.35
13 #161807 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 2/11 February 18, 2018 February 20, 2018 464 449 96.77% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 40,751.98 40,751.98
14 #904 Eldreds Winter Market Auction - Prints and Books February 17, 2018 February 20, 2018 37 33 89.19% USD 1.0 8,240.00 12,460.00 13,410.00 45,204.00 45,204.00 337.09%
15 #21718 National Book Auctions Books and Ephemera – 16th Century, Sci-Fi, Exploration, etc. February 17, 2018 February 22, 2018 294 294 100.00% USD 1.0 24,270.00 62,950.00 62,950.00 26,402.25 26,402.68 41.94%
16 #21718 Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers Fine Auction - Prints February 17, 2018 February 20, 2018 31 31 100.00% USD 1.0 20,500.00 35,800.00 35,800.00 74,176.00 74,176.00 207.20%
17 #21718 Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper February 17, 2018 February 20, 2018 170 161 94.71% USD 1.0 51,805.00 114,300.00 117,375.00 43,835.00 43,835.00 37.35%
18 #21718 Aspire Auctions Art Prints - Online bidstart 2/9 February 17, 2018 February 20, 2018 10 10 100.00% USD 1.0 10,200.00 16,500.00 16,500.00 11,575.80 11,575.80 70.16%
19 #412d Il Ponte Interior Decoration - Prints - Sessions 7 and 8 February 16, 2018 February 23, 2018 48 44 91.67% EUR 1.14 3,080.00 4,030.00 4,670.00 7,000.00 8,610.09 149.89%
20 #833 Eldreds Political Memorabilia, Including the Daniel Schofield Collection February 16, 2018 February 20, 2018 241 231 95.85% USD 1.0 48,610.00 82,330.00 95,300.00 96,450.25 96,450.25 101.21%
21 #412c Il Ponte Interior Decoration - Prints - Sessions 5 and 6 February 15, 2018 February 23, 2018 27 26 96.30% EUR 1.14 1,500.00 1,940.00 2,240.00 2,075.00 2,552.31 92.63%
22 #244 Pandolfini Books, Manuscripts and Autographs February 14, 2018 February 20, 2018 144 121 84.03% EUR 1.14 158,030.00 179,201.80 217,351.80 328,136.00 410,170.00 150.97%
23 #412b Il Ponte Interior Decoration - Prints - Sessions 3 and 4 February 14, 2018 February 23, 2018 42 35 83.33% EUR 1.14 2,900.00 3,600.00 4,350.00 3,350.00 4,120.60 77.01%
24 #412a Il Ponte Interior Decoration - Prints - Sessions 1 and 2 February 13, 2018 February 23, 2018 27 21 77.78% EUR 1.14 1,110.00 1,440.00 1,760.00 925.00 1,137.79 52.56%
25 #121268 Carlsen Gallery Mid-Winter Antique Sale - Books, Posters February 11, 2018 February 22, 2018 38 38 100.00% USD 1.0 14,100.00 34,900.00 34,900.00 29,484.00 29,484.00 84.48%
26 #17 Moreshet Auctions Books, Kodesh books, Hassidic books, Rabbinical letters, Manuscripts, Judaika objects and more February 07, 2018 February 20, 2018 193 131 67.88% USD 1.0 61,450.00 61,450.00 95,660.00 137,478.00 137,478.00 143.72%
27 #20318 National Book Auctions Books and Ephemera – Easton, Signed, Antique, etc. February 03, 2018 February 22, 2018 299 299 100.00% USD 1.0 24,100.00 63,150.00 63,150.00 20,069.00 20,069.59 31.78%
  • 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
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    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
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    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
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    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.
  • 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
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