• 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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    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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    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
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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
    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.

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1 #N10004 Sothebys A Collecting Legacy: Property from the Collection of Nelson & Happy Rockefeller January 18, 2019 January 18, 2019 70 54 77.14% USD 1.0 162,410.00 241,230.00 376,230.00 287,813.00 287,813.00 76.50%
2 #544 RR Auction Olympics - Featuring the Mason Dinehart Collection - online bidstart 1/10 January 17, 2019 January 18, 2019 149 86 57.72% USD 1.0 502,750.00 597,500.00 922,800.00 601,468.75 601,468.75 65.18%
3 #L19306 Sothebys Royal and Noble January 17, 2019 January 18, 2019 6 2 33.33% GBP 1.312 2,500.00 4,000.00 151,000.00 3,375.00 4,353.75 2.24%
4 #11619 Grays Auctioneers Fine Art - Prints January 16, 2019 January 18, 2019 133 76 57.14% USD 1.0 11,570.00 19,270.00 37,000.00 14,815.35 14,815.35 40.04%
5 #191903 Heritage Auctions Online Photographs - Bidstart 2/26 January 16, 2019 January 18, 2019 136 89 65.44% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 84,253.50 84,253.50
6 #6207 Heritage Auctions "Say it Loud" The John Silverstein Collection of African American Social History January 15, 2019 January 18, 2019 383 300 78.33% USD 1.0 216,320.00 324,480.00 463,200.00 292,119.25 292,119.25 63.07%
7 #141903 Heritage Auctions Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 1/8 January 15, 2019 January 18, 2019 377 361 95.76% USD 1.0 61,189.00 87,401.00 97,346.00 61,178.60 61,178.60 62.85%
8 #281903 Heritage Auctions Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 1/8 January 15, 2019 January 18, 2019 332 321 96.69% USD 1.0 58,910.00 82,115.00 87,015.00 57,814.60 57,814.60 66.44%
9 #525 Winter Associates Prints January 14, 2019 January 18, 2019 43 32 74.42% USD 1.0 8,950.00 16,350.00 18,500.00 12,660.00 12,660.00 68.43%
10 #1903 Bruun Rasmussen Prints January 14, 2019 January 17, 2019 72 60 83.33% EUR 1.119 26,735.00 30,425.00 37,335.00 32,610.00 37,175.35 87.34%
11 #161902 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 1/6 January 13, 2019 January 14, 2019 448 435 97.10% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 74,235.40 74,235.40
12 #121902 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/6 January 13, 2019 January 14, 2019 809 808 99.88% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 228,143.20 228,143.20
13 #11319 National Book Auctions Books-on-Books, Folio Society, Easton, Decorative Antique, Sets, etc. January 13, 2019 January 17, 2019 102 102 100.00% USD 1.0 11,820.00 24,600.00 24,600.00 7,120.50 7,120.69 28.95%
14 #151902 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - online bidstart 12/16/18 January 13, 2019 January 15, 2019 235 222 94.47% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 82,472.00 82,472.00
15 #11219 Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper January 12, 2019 January 14, 2019 170 161 94.71% USD 1.0 44,000.00 90,850.00 94,550.00 27,588.00 27,588.00 29.18%
16 #1724 Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers Art - Prints January 12, 2019 January 16, 2019 89 62 69.66% GBP 1.312 5,570.00 7,670.00 12,070.00 10,622.00 13,596.16 88.00%
17 #11219 Michaans Auctions Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs January 12, 2019 January 16, 2019 42 13 30.95% USD 1.0 5,600.00 8,400.00 46,900.00 6,330.00 6,330.00 13.50%
18 #663 PBA Galleries Literature of the 19th & 20th Centuries, with the Glenn Todd Collection of Arion Press January 10, 2019 January 16, 2019 433 371 85.68% USD 1.0 154,040.00 246,900.00 297,600.00 211,734.00 211,734.00 71.15%
19 #381 Trafford Books Stamps & postal history, Photographs, Books, Postcards, and Ephemera. January 09, 2019 January 16, 2019 252 152 60.32% GBP 1.312 0.00 18,347.00 28,277.00 16,435.80 21,202.22 58.12%
20 #10919 Alaska Auction Online auction - Books, Prints, Posters, Signs January 09, 2019 January 16, 2019 86 80 93.02% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,216.70 1,216.68
21 #3571 Heritage Auctions FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando and Dallas January 09, 2019 January 15, 2019 2924 2692 92.07% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 6,910,098.20 6,910,098.20
22 #4008 Heritage Auctions FUN Currency Signature Auction - Orlando and Dallas January 09, 2019 January 15, 2019 1391 1197 86.05% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,391,697.20 2,391,697.20
23 #96 Profiles in History Hollywood Auction December 15, 2018 January 17, 2019 1235 708 57.33% USD 1.0 1,529,450.00 2,261,950.00 4,226,900.00 1,982,700.00 1,982,700.00 46.91%
24 #107 Profiles in History Essentially Marylin - The Auction December 11, 2018 January 17, 2019 142 90 63.38% USD 1.0 397,200.00 579,000.00 860,200.00 503,275.00 503,275.00 58.51%
25 #120818 Amadeus-Auktionshaus GmbH Rare Books December 08, 2018 January 18, 2019 212 72 33.96% EUR 1.14 136,600.00 170,950.00 665,150.00 112,867.00 129,946.32 16.97%
26 #N09964 Sothebys Lady Blue Eyes: Property of Barbara and Frank Sinatra Online - Prints and Books December 07, 2018 January 14, 2019 68 68 100.00% USD 1.0 44,350.00 69,600.00 69,600.00 227,875.00 227,875.00 327.41%
27 #120518 Grays Auctioneers Fine Art - Prints December 05, 2018 January 18, 2019 172 107 62.21% USD 1.0 47,460.00 75,240.00 326,190.00 61,438.50 61,438.50 18.84%
28 #69 Bubb Kuyper Books, Manuscripts, Prints November 27, 2018 January 16, 2019 6472 4465 68.99% EUR 1.14 932,490.00 1,354,820.00 2,122,220.00 1,732,248.45 1,974,761.94 81.60%
29 #103d Profiles in History Icons and Legends of Hollywood - Day 4 June 08, 2018 January 17, 2019 143 143 100.00% USD 1.0 49,000.00 72,500.00 72,500.00 269,800.00 269,800.00 372.14%
30 #103a Profiles in History Icons and Legends of Hollywood - Day 1 June 05, 2018 January 17, 2019 126 112 88.89% USD 1.0 34,400.00 52,400.00 82,200.00 114,300.00 114,300.00 139.05%
31 #101 Goldberg Coins and Collectibles Fall Manuscript Auction November 18, 2017 January 17, 2019 316 243 76.90% USD 1.0 237,480.00 298,673.00 379,373.00 291,678.00 291,678.00 76.88%
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    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
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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