• 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
  • 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.
  • 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

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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 #pf1813 Sothebys Books and Manuscripts November 21, 2018 November 22, 2018 134 87 64.93% EUR 1.14 371,300.00 546,500.00 967,400.00 692,813.00 789,806.82 71.62%
2 #18or18 Doyle New York The Patricia and Donald Oresman Collection November 20, 2018 November 22, 2018 202 184 91.09% USD 1.0 219,485.00 330,145.00 346,245.00 369,616.00 369,616.00 106.75%
3 #17511 Christies Annabel's November 20, 2018 November 22, 2018 35 35 100.00% GBP 1.27 72,300.00 111,500.00 111,500.00 596,250.00 763,200.00 534.75%
4 #1847 Bruun Rasmussen Modern Prints November 20, 2018 November 22, 2018 81 71 87.65% EUR 1.14 30,740.00 35,900.00 38,960.00 39,853.75 45,433.26 102.29%
5 #141847 Heritage Auctions Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 11/13 November 20, 2018 November 22, 2018 687 667 97.09% USD 1.0 103,556.00 151,965.00 156,125.00 94,482.00 94,482.00 60.52%
6 #24838 Bonhams TCM PRESENTS ... THE DARK SIDE OF HOLLYWOOD November 20, 2018 November 22, 2018 267 149 55.81% USD 1.0 207,600.00 298,950.00 1,148,650.00 320,567.00 320,567.00 27.91%
7 #16415 Christies Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts November 20, 2018 November 22, 2018 188 98 52.13% EUR 1.14 788,200.00 1,111,300.00 1,760,900.00 1,281,250.00 1,460,625.00 72.76%
8 #25138 Bonhams ROCK & ROLL MEMORABILIA, FEATURING THE ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LYRICS TO "YOUR SONG" November 19, 2018 November 21, 2018 55 16 29.09% USD 1.0 63,500.00 91,700.00 821,700.00 74,749.00 74,749.00 9.10%
9 #IT117 Potomack Company Online Auction - Books, Prints November 19, 2018 November 22, 2018 27 22 81.48% USD 1.0 9,300.00 14,550.00 17,150.00 14,218.75 14,218.75 82.91%
10 #3876 Artcurial Limited Editions - Prints November 19, 2018 November 22, 2018 141 114 80.85% EUR 1.14 385,400.00 565,200.00 648,400.00 718,770.00 819,397.80 110.85%
11 #3899 Artcurial Aristophil November 19, 2018 November 22, 2018 115 84 73.04% EUR 1.14 735,150.00 1,108,670.00 1,308,870.00 2,370,789.00 2,702,699.46 181.13%
12 #111518 Neal Auction Company Louisiana Purchase Auction November 18, 2018 November 21, 2018 55 32 58.18% USD 1.0 18,750.00 28,550.00 61,350.00 26,538.50 26,538.50 43.26%
13 #151846 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - bidstart 10/21 November 18, 2018 November 21, 2018 343 320 93.29% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 76,931.60 76,931.60
14 #121846 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/11 November 18, 2018 November 20, 2018 783 779 99.49% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 407,636.40 407,636.40
15 #111818 Clars Auction Gallery Fine Art - Prints and Books November 18, 2018 November 21, 2018 68 59 86.76% USD 1.0 231,500.00 358,600.00 423,000.00 328,968.75 328,968.75 77.77%
16 #3176B Skinner Fine Books and Manuscripts November 18, 2018 November 22, 2018 354 279 78.81% USD 1.0 422,210.00 591,125.00 689,835.00 902,538.00 902,907.00 130.83%
17 #111718 Clars Auction Gallery Fine Art - Prints and Books November 17, 2018 November 21, 2018 281 217 77.22% USD 1.0 54,650.00 94,450.00 126,950.00 58,075.90 58,075.90 45.75%
18 #7183 Heritage Auctions Movie Posters November 17, 2018 November 20, 2018 984 952 96.75% USD 1.0 1,155,300.00 2,309,400.00 2,427,600.00 1,602,102.80 1,602,102.80 66.00%
19 #111718 Brunk Auctions Premier Catalogue Auction - Session III - Premier Catalog Auction - 1291 to 1793 November 17, 2018 November 22, 2018 54 53 98.15% USD 1.0 79,000.00 120,400.00 129,400.00 125,234.00 125,234.00 96.78%
20 #111718 Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper November 17, 2018 November 20, 2018 158 152 96.20% USD 1.0 52,350.00 95,725.00 101,325.00 33,159.50 33,159.50 32.73%
21 #123 Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH Modern and Contemporary Art - Modern Photography November 16, 2018 November 20, 2018 422 142 33.65% EUR 1.14 59,820.00 80,210.00 342,700.00 89,982.90 102,580.54 26.26%
22 #111618 Brunk Auctions Premier Catalogue Auction - Session II - Premier Catalog Auction - 552 to 1290 November 16, 2018 November 22, 2018 18 12 66.67% USD 1.0 7,450.00 11,500.00 17,100.00 10,116.00 10,116.00 59.16%
23 #431h Il Ponte Interior Decorations - Prints November 16, 2018 November 20, 2018 6 3 50.00% EUR 1.14 210.00 290.00 640.00 189.00 215.46 29.53%
24 #922 Eldreds Americana and Paintings - Books, Prints November 16, 2018 November 21, 2018 29 14 48.28% USD 1.0 10,250.00 17,350.00 47,350.00 18,876.25 18,876.25 39.87%
25 #58803 Ader Aristophil - Literature and Illustrated Books November 15, 2018 November 21, 2018 225 149 66.22% EUR 1.14 1,341,450.00 1,718,600.00 2,369,400.00 2,040,294.00 2,325,935.16 86.11%
26 #7192 Heritage Auctions Comics November 15, 2018 November 20, 2018 1753 1734 98.92% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,787,375.80 10,787,375.80
27 #540 RR Auction Marvels of Modern Music - Internet bidstart 11/8 November 15, 2018 November 20, 2018 666 414 62.16% USD 1.0 428,600.00 618,800.00 1,150,100.00 702,552.75 702,552.75 61.09%
28 #79 Kestenbaum and Company THE VALMADONNA TRUST LIBRARY: FURTHER SELECTIONS FROM THE HISTORIC COLLECTION. * HEBREW PRINTING IN AMERICA. * GRAPHIC & CEREMONIAL ART November 15, 2018 November 17, 2018 283 176 62.19% USD 1.0 819,300.00 1,248,700.00 1,963,500.00 1,299,875.00 1,299,875.00 66.20%
29 #918 Eldreds Fall Marine Sale - Prints November 15, 2018 November 21, 2018 25 16 64.00% USD 1.0 66,800.00 125,500.00 131,600.00 106,418.50 106,418.50 80.87%
30 #18ek01 Doyle New York 20th Century Literature Online Only November 15, 2018 November 20, 2018 168 105 62.50% USD 1.0 13,760.00 22,160.00 33,710.00 16,025.00 16,025.00 47.54%
31 #624 Waverly Auctions Collectors Series: Science Fiction, Comics & Fantasy November 15, 2018 November 17, 2018 359 161 44.85% USD 1.0 27,420.00 43,910.00 69,060.00 46,549.10 46,549.10 67.40%
32 #659 PBA Galleries Rare Books & Manuscripts November 15, 2018 November 22, 2018 230 145 63.04% USD 1.0 99,580.00 156,200.00 354,700.00 88,971.25 88,971.25 25.08%
33 #111518 Brunk Auctions Premier Catalogue Auction - Session I - Emporium - 1 to 551 November 15, 2018 November 22, 2018 33 30 90.91% USD 1.0 7,600.00 13,700.00 14,900.00 10,942.00 10,942.00 73.44%
34 #93587 Aguttes 10 • LITERATURE • ANCIENT, ROMANTIC & MODERN BOOKS - MANUSCRIPTS & AUTOGRAPH LETTERS,... November 14, 2018 November 21, 2018 314 224 71.34% EUR 1.14 924,538.00 1,219,050.00 2,219,980.00 2,776,131.00 3,164,789.34 125.05%
35 #63 Kedem Auctions Ltd. 10th Anniversary Rare and Important Items November 13, 2018 November 21, 2018 200 168 84.00% USD 1.0 3,605,000.00 5,287,000.00 7,067,000.00 4,240,118.00 4,240,118.00 60.00%
36 #167 Grogan and Company The Fall Auction - Books and Prints November 11, 2018 November 22, 2018 59 57 96.61% USD 1.0 131,600.00 216,400.00 221,900.00 242,446.00 242,446.00 109.26%
37 #110918 Mennonite Life Books November 09, 2018 November 22, 2018 447 411 91.95% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 9,156.00 9,156.00
38 #3 Michael Treloar Books, Photographs & Manuscripts November 04, 2018 November 22, 2018 453 231 50.99% AUD 0.71 64,660.00 88,050.00 233,750.00 48,895.05 35,693.64 20.92%
39 #94449 OSENAT Baudelaire Collection and Great Writers November 04, 2018 November 22, 2018 143 128 89.51% EUR 1.14 707,600.00 956,200.00 983,300.00 1,216,566.00 1,386,885.24 123.72%
40 #91318 Waverly Auctions 15th-17th Century Books September 13, 2018 November 17, 2018 381 276 72.44% USD 1.0 86,120.00 137,190.00 196,030.00 111,300.60 111,300.60 56.78%