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<center><b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers<br>Library of a Midwestern Collector<br>November 5, 2019</b><b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5:</b> DARWIN, Charles. <i>On the Origin of Species.</i> London John Murray, 1859. FIRST EDITION. THE VERY FINE MELLON-GARDEN COPY. $120,000 to $180,000<b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5:</b> ECKERT, J. P, H. H. GOLDSTINE, and J. G. BRAINERD. <i>Description of the ENIAC and comments on electronic digital computing machines.</i> N.p., 1945. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY GOLDSTINE. $5,000 to $7,000<b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5:</b> EUCLID. <i>Elementa geometriae.</i> Translated from the Arabic by Adelard of Bath. Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 25 May 1482. FIRST EDITION. $60,000 to $80,000<center><b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers<br>Library of a Midwestern Collector<br>November 5, 2019</b><b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5:</b> [HAMILTON, Alexander, James MADISON and John JAY]. <i>The Federalist: A Collection of Essays…</i> New York: John and Andrew M'Lean, 1788. FIRST EDITION. $60,000 to $80,000<b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5:</b> GALILEI, Galileo. <i>Dialogo...Dove ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo Tolemaico, e Copernicano.</i> Florence, 1632. FIRST EDITION. $30,000 to $40,000<b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5:</b> JOYCE, James. <i>Ulysses.</i> Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1922. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY JOYCE. $120,000 to $180,000<center><b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers<br>Library of a Midwestern Collector<br>November 5, 2019</b><b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5:</b> KEYNES, John Maynard. <i>The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money.</i> London: Macmillan, 1936. FIRST EDITION. $5,000 to $7,000<b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5:</b> NEWTON, Isaac, Sir. <i>Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica.</i> London: Joseph Streater for the Royal Society, 1687. FIRST EDITION. $150,000 to $250,000<b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5:</b> ROWLING, J. K. <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.</i> London: Bloomsbury, 1997. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY ROWLING. $80,000 to $120,000<b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5:</b> SMITH, Adam. <i>An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.</i> London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776. FIRST EDITION. $70,000 to $90,000 -
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<b>Bonhams, Oct. 23:</b> SMITH, CHRISTOPHER WEBB. 1793-1871. <i>Indian Ornithology.</i> [Patna, India]: 1828. $50,000 to $80,000.<b>Bonhams, Oct. 23:</b> DUPRÉ, LOUIS. 1789-1837. <i>Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople, ou Collection de portraits, vues et costumes grecs et ottomans.</i> Paris: Dondey-Dupré, 1825. $60,000 to $90,000.<b>Bonhams, Oct. 23:</b> ADAMS, JOHN. Autograph Letter Signed ("J Adams"), [to Dr. Perkins?] while recovering from his small pox inoculation, [late-April, 1764]. $30,000 to $50,000.<b>Bonhams, Oct. 23:</b> AUSTEN, JANE. Autograph Letter Signed ("J. Austen"), to her sister Cassandra, 4 pp, "Thursday – after dinner," [September 16, 1813,] Henrietta St. $80,000 to $120,000.<b>Bonhams, Oct. 23:</b> AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. <i>The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories.</i> New York & Philadelphia: J.J. Audubon & J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. $20,000 to $30,000.<b>Bonhams, Oct. 23:</b> DODWELL, EDWARD. 1767-1832. <i>Views in Greece.</i> London: Rodwell and Martin, 1821. $20,000 to $30,000.<b>Bonhams, Oct. 23:</b> JAMES, JESSE. Autograph Letter Signed ("Jesse W. James"), to Mr. Flood demanding Flood retract spurious accusations, 3 pp, June 5, 1875. $200,000 to $300,000.<b>Bonhams, Oct. 23:</b> DE CORDOBA, JACOB. <i>Map of the State of Texas.</i> New York, 1866. $15,000 to $20,000<b>Bonhams, Oct. 23:</b> ARNOLD, BENEDICT. Autograph bookseller's receipt for Dr. John Dickinson, Signed ("B. Arnold"), February 1767. $3,000 to $5,000.<b>Bonhams, Oct. 23:</b> EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 4 Typed Letters Signed ("A Einstein") to Cleveland E. Dodge offering early reports on the meetings of the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Bonhams, Oct. 23:</b> EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. Typed Letter Signed ("Dwight D. Eisenhower") to General Henri Giraud written from a secret bunker in Gibraltar on the eve of Operation Torch, November 4 [but 6], 1942. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Bonhams, Oct. 23:</b> Early Broadside Printing of the GADSDEN PURCHASE, Puebla, August 16, 1854. $2,000 to $3,000.<b>Bonhams, Oct. 23:</b> ALLEN, ETHAN. Autograph Letter Signed to Crevecouer during the Constitutional Debates in Congress, 2 pp, August 29, 1787. $30,000 to $50,000. -
<center> <b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers<br>Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana<br>November 6, 2019</b><b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6:</b> RATZER, Bernard. <i>Plan of the City of New York in North America, surveyed in the years 1766 & 1767.</i> London: Jefferys and Faden, “Jan.y” 12, 1776. $80,000 to $120,000<b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6:</b> [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. COCKERELL, Sydney C. <i>Some German Woodcuts of the Fifteenth Century.</i> Hammersmith: The Kelmscott Press, 1897 [issued 1898]. $20,000 to $30,000<b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6:</b> [GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]. KEATS, John. <i>Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of Saint Agnes and Other Poems.</i> Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. $6,000 to $8,000<center> <b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers<br>Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana<br>November 6, 2019</b><b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6:</b> [GRANT, Ulysses S.— GRANT, Julia, First Lady]. Carved Applewood and 18-karat Gold Jewelry Suite, Browne & Spaulding, Jewelers, New York City, 1865. $20,000 to $30,000<b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6:</b> [LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. GARDNER, Alexander. <i>Incidents of the War |Sic Semper Sicariis</i> [caption title]. Washington, D. C.: Philip & Solomons, 1865. $5,000 to $7,000<b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6:</b> A COMPLETE COLLECTION of 115 titles published in R. R. Donnelley's Lakeside Classics series. Chicago, 1903-2017. COMPLETE RUN OF THE LONGEST-RUNNING CONTINUOUS SERIES OF BOOKS IN THE WORLD. $5,000 to $7,000<center> <b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers<br>Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana<br>November 6, 2019</b><b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6:</b> GLEIZES, Albert. METZINGER, Jean. <i>Du Cubisme.</i> Paris, 1947. LIMITED EDITION, number 19 of 20 copies on papier d'Auvergne. $3,000 to $4,000<b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6:</b> [THE LITTLE REVIEW]. ANDERSON, Margaret, ed. POUND, Ezra, ed. HEAP, Jane, ed. <i>The Little Review.</i> Vol. I, No. 1 through Vol. XII, No. 2. 1914-1929. $3,000 to $4,000<b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6:</b> [MOUNTENEY, Leonard, binder]. LOUŸS, Pierre. <i>Songs of Bilitis.</i> Chicago: Argus Books, 1931. $2,000 to $3,000<b>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 6:</b> [HANCOCK, John]. Partly-printed U.S. Loan-Office Transfer Certificate issued on behalf of Hancock. Sgn’d on recto by William Imlay, as Commissioner of Loans of Connecticut. 28 February 1793. $2,000 to $3,000
Recent Reported Auction Results
| 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 | #513 | Dominic Winter Book Auctions | Modern Literature & First Editions, Children's, Private Press & Illustrated Books | June 20, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | 294 | 262 | 89.12% | GBP | 1.25 | 91,790.00 | 135,570.00 | 148,670.00 | 244,440.00 | 310,438.80 | 164.42% |
| 2 | #2514 | Swann Galleries | The Pride Sale | June 20, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | 275 | 202 | 73.45% | USD | 1.0 | 496,060.00 | 749,190.00 | 1,286,290.00 | 945,260.00 | 945,260.00 | 73.49% |
| 3 | #1637 | Freemans | Books, Maps and Manuscripts | June 20, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | 516 | 419 | 81.20% | USD | 1.0 | 226,110.00 | 352,555.00 | 437,335.00 | 387,663.00 | 387,663.00 | 88.64% |
| 4 | #559 | RR Auction | Apollo 11: 50th Anniversary - Online bidstart 6/13 | June 20, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | 555 | 407 | 73.33% | USD | 1.0 | 596,200.00 | 852,350.00 | 1,604,250.00 | 952,887.50 | 952,887.50 | 59.40% |
| 5 | #923 | Morton Subastas | Graphic Art - Prints | June 20, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | 259 | 102 | 39.38% | MXN | 0.05 | 1,716,000.00 | 2,624,000.00 | 6,293,000.00 | 2,237,400.00 | 111,870.00 | 35.55% |
| 6 | #726 | Dominic Winter Book Auctions | Printed Books, Maps and Documents | June 19, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | 477 | 442 | 92.66% | GBP | 1.25 | 135,990.00 | 204,271.00 | 221,421.00 | 324,954.00 | 412,691.58 | 146.76% |
| 7 | #1636 | Freemans | The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer | June 19, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | 54 | 53 | 98.15% | USD | 1.0 | 82,900.00 | 128,700.00 | 140,700.00 | 160,899.00 | 160,899.00 | 114.36% |
| 8 | #562 | Lyon and Turnbull | Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs | June 19, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | 474 | 361 | 76.16% | GBP | 1.25 | 150,350.00 | 217,870.00 | 287,420.00 | 227,080.00 | 288,391.60 | 79.01% |
| 9 | #191925 | Heritage Auctions | Monthly Photographs Online - bidstart 5/29 | June 19, 2019 | June 20, 2019 | 83 | 49 | 59.04% | USD | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 37,077.75 | 37,077.75 | |
| 10 | #17584 | Christies | Icons of Glamour and Style : The Constantiner Collection | June 19, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | 92 | 75 | 81.52% | EUR | 1.1 | 1,742,600.00 | 2,564,000.00 | 2,851,000.00 | 2,643,625.00 | 2,987,296.25 | 92.73% |
| 11 | #921 | Morton Subastas | BOOKS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, ART AND MOTORSPORTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ING. DON LORENZO ZAMBRANO | June 18, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | 396 | 285 | 71.97% | MXN | 0.05 | 855,000.00 | 1,157,000.00 | 1,640,500.00 | 1,239,720.00 | 61,986.00 | 75.57% |
| 12 | #IT127 | Potomack Company | Japanese Print Collection | June 18, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | 53 | 47 | 88.68% | USD | 1.0 | 15,575.00 | 23,325.00 | 25,500.00 | 17,706.25 | 17,706.25 | 69.44% |
| 13 | #1204 | Robert Siegel Galleries | Worldwide Postal History | June 18, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | 1155 | 1056 | 91.43% | USD | 1.0 | 549,000.00 | 779,805.00 | 831,055.00 | 1,602,569.80 | 1,602,569.80 | 192.84% |
| 14 | #19jj03 | Doyle New York | Travel and Sports in Africa: The Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson | June 18, 2019 | June 20, 2019 | 400 | 293 | 73.25% | USD | 1.0 | 42,430.00 | 67,610.00 | 84,330.00 | 57,525.00 | 57,525.00 | 68.21% |
| 15 | #pf1903 | Sothebys | Books and Manuscripts | June 18, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | 194 | 109 | 56.19% | EUR | 1.1 | 668,100.00 | 932,100.00 | 1,490,600.00 | 1,070,626.00 | 1,209,807.38 | 71.83% |
| 16 | #141925 | Heritage Auctions | Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 6/11 | June 18, 2019 | June 20, 2019 | 425 | 415 | 97.65% | USD | 1.0 | 62,661.00 | 90,154.00 | 96,074.00 | 73,102.20 | 73,102.20 | 76.09% |
| 17 | #281925 | Heritage Auctions | Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 6/11 | June 18, 2019 | June 20, 2019 | 187 | 187 | 100.00% | USD | 1.0 | 30,295.00 | 42,310.00 | 42,310.00 | 42,381.20 | 42,381.20 | 100.17% |
| 18 | #25914 | ALDE | Ancient and 19th Century Books | June 17, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | 441 | 237 | 53.74% | EUR | 1.1 | 142,400.00 | 186,930.00 | 357,750.00 | 260,298.75 | 294,137.46 | 72.76% |
| 19 | #61619 | Clars Auction Gallery | Prints, Books | June 16, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | 44 | 35 | 79.55% | USD | 1.0 | 51,600.00 | 81,000.00 | 105,300.00 | 49,891.75 | 49,891.75 | 47.38% |
| 20 | #121924 | Heritage Auctions | Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 6/9 | June 16, 2019 | June 18, 2019 | 1024 | 1021 | 99.71% | USD | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 368,617.40 | 368,617.40 | |
| 21 | #161924 | Heritage Auctions | Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 6/9 | June 16, 2019 | June 18, 2019 | 509 | 502 | 98.62% | USD | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 57,655.60 | 57,655.60 | |
| 22 | #151924 | Heritage Auctions | Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 5/19 | June 16, 2019 | June 18, 2019 | 206 | 206 | 100.00% | USD | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 35,093.20 | 35,093.20 | |
| 23 | #7207 | Heritage Auctions | Animation Art | June 15, 2019 | June 18, 2019 | 1289 | 1282 | 99.46% | USD | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,067,795.40 | 2,067,795.40 | |
| 24 | #61519 | Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books | Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper | June 15, 2019 | June 18, 2019 | 189 | 154 | 81.48% | USD | 1.0 | 54,850.00 | 104,700.00 | 119,700.00 | 32,967.00 | 32,967.00 | 27.54% |
| 25 | #61519 | Clars Auction Gallery | Prints, Books | June 15, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | 123 | 87 | 70.73% | USD | 1.0 | 12,800.00 | 23,500.00 | 32,150.00 | 18,727.70 | 18,727.70 | 58.25% |
| 26 | #817 | Leland Little Auctions | Important Summer Auction - Prints and Books | June 15, 2019 | June 19, 2019 | 30 | 29 | 96.67% | USD | 1.0 | 22,800.00 | 40,800.00 | 44,800.00 | 47,583.50 | 47,583.50 | 106.21% |
| 27 | #61519 | Santa Fe Art Auction | An Earlier West: Books, Prints + Pamphlets | June 15, 2019 | June 19, 2019 | 96 | 68 | 70.83% | USD | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 27,696.00 | 27,696.00 | |
| 28 | #59607 | Vermot de Pas | Posters | June 14, 2019 | June 18, 2019 | 199 | 142 | 71.36% | EUR | 1.1 | 33,470.00 | 45,870.00 | 58,970.00 | 63,239.40 | 70,828.21 | 107.24% |
| 29 | #96928 | Binoche et Giquello | Ancient and Modern Books | June 14, 2019 | June 18, 2019 | 372 | 201 | 54.03% | EUR | 1.1 | 690,450.00 | 941,650.00 | 1,333,050.00 | 1,131,416.00 | 1,267,185.92 | 84.87% |
| 30 | #1782 | Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers | Books and Ephemera - Day 2 | June 14, 2019 | June 18, 2019 | 198 | 128 | 64.65% | GBP | 1.25 | 8,480.00 | 11,355.00 | 23,255.00 | 14,803.20 | 18,651.98 | 63.66% |
| 31 | #1906 | Arenberg Auctions | Books, Prints, Photographs | June 14, 2019 | June 18, 2019 | 1210 | 819 | 67.69% | EUR | 1.1 | 394,235.00 | 526,265.00 | 991,275.00 | 787,968.75 | 882,525.00 | 79.49% |
| 32 | #720 | Aste Bolaffi | Rare Books and Autographs | June 13, 2019 | June 19, 2019 | 709 | 524 | 73.91% | EUR | 1.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 419,224.00 | 469,565.87 | |
| 33 | #940 | Eldreds | Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints, Books, etc. | June 13, 2019 | June 18, 2019 | 81 | 39 | 48.15% | USD | 1.0 | 10,740.00 | 16,890.00 | 33,610.00 | 11,399.00 | 11,399.00 | 33.92% |
| 34 | #455 | Il Ponte | Photographs | June 13, 2019 | June 18, 2019 | 133 | 80 | 60.15% | EUR | 1.1 | 61,550.00 | 87,640.00 | 137,240.00 | 84,812.50 | 94,990.00 | 61.80% |
| 35 | #1781 | Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers | Books, Maps, Prints and Ephemera | June 13, 2019 | June 18, 2019 | 690 | 441 | 63.91% | GBP | 1.25 | 51,920.00 | 69,000.00 | 131,175.00 | 52,915.20 | 66,673.21 | 40.34% |
| 36 | #61005 | Ader | Photographs | June 13, 2019 | June 18, 2019 | 375 | 175 | 46.67% | EUR | 1.1 | 181,530.00 | 260,470.00 | 676,240.00 | 332,172.00 | 372,032.64 | 49.12% |
| 37 | #97146 | Pierre Berge and Associes | Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs | June 12, 2019 | June 18, 2019 | 47 | 24 | 51.06% | EUR | 1.1 | 33,250.00 | 44,600.00 | 158,700.00 | 84,890.00 | 95,076.80 | 53.49% |
| 38 | #61219 | Lion Heart Autographs | WWII ‘Great Escape’ POW Diary & 175 GREAT Autographs in Art, History, Literature, Music & Science | June 12, 2019 | June 19, 2019 | 176 | 128 | 72.73% | USD | 1.0 | 147,300.00 | 189,800.00 | 324,350.00 | 159,050.00 | 159,050.00 | 49.04% |
| 39 | #61219 | Hôtel des Ventes Mosan | Rare Books, Prints | June 12, 2019 | June 19, 2019 | 33 | 27 | 81.82% | EUR | 1.1 | 18,631.50 | 29,150.00 | 32,260.00 | 33,366.00 | 37,369.92 | 103.43% |
| 40 | #114 | Winner's Auctions Ltd | Seforim, Chabad, Eretz Yisrael and Zionism, Postcards and Photographs, Art, Letters from Rabbis and Rebbes, Holocaust and refugees | June 5, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | 459 | 300 | 65.36% | USD | 1.0 | 87,490.00 | 126,140.00 | 200,460.00 | 102,285.00 | 102,285.00 | 51.03% |
| TOTAL VALUES | 14,522 | 11,413 | 78.59% | $16,307,351.87 |
