• 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.
  • 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
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD

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1 #932 Morton Subastas Books and Papers: World Travelers and Explorers August 29, 2019 August 30, 2019 280 73 26.07% MXN 0.053 1,017,000.00 0.00 0.00 1,076,040.00 53,802.00
2 #82819 University Archives Rare Autographs, Books August 28, 2019 August 30, 2019 257 229 89.11% USD 1.0 256,100.00 306,810.00 411,710.00 334,746.00 334,746.00 81.31%
3 #141935 Heritage Auctions U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 8/20 August 27, 2019 August 28, 2019 554 547 98.74% USD 1.0 91,612.00 129,183.00 130,243.00 98,302.00 98,302.00 75.48%
4 #281935 Heritage Auctions World Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 8/20 August 27, 2019 August 28, 2019 190 189 99.47% USD 1.0 30,400.00 41,665.00 41,725.00 31,301.60 31,301.60 75.02%
5 #1935 Bruun Rasmussen Prints August 26, 2019 August 30, 2019 48 42 87.50% EUR 1.119 21,285.00 22,555.00 24,295.00 23,112.50 25,654.93 95.13%
6 #82519 National Book Auctions Dickens, Sci-Fi, Catholic, Pulp, Antique, Decorative, etc. August 25, 2019 August 26, 2019 76 76 100.00% USD 1.0 15,350.00 25,900.00 25,900.00 14,840.25 14,840.37 57.30%
7 #151934 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - online bidstart 7/28 August 25, 2019 August 26, 2019 254 254 100.00% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 92,974.00 92,974.00
8 #121934 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/18 August 25, 2019 August 27, 2019 1058 1042 98.49% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 431,116.40 431,116.40
9 #161934 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 8/18 August 25, 2019 August 26, 2019 517 497 96.13% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 58,473.00 58,473.00
10 #82519 Rago Arts and Auctions Fine Art - Prints August 25, 2019 August 26, 2019 76 76 100.00% USD 1.0 44,700.00 67,900.00 67,900.00 58,308.00 58,308.00 85.87%
11 #82419 Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper August 24, 2019 August 26, 2019 194 176 90.72% USD 1.0 63,200.00 119,850.00 128,350.00 39,198.50 39,198.50 30.54%
12 #82419 Rago Arts and Auctions Fine Art - Prints August 24, 2019 August 26, 2019 42 42 100.00% USD 1.0 17,800.00 26,200.00 26,200.00 27,838.00 27,838.00 106.25%
13 #82419 Catawiki B. V. Art and Photography - Online bidstart 8/16 August 24, 2019 August 27, 2019 20 15 75.00% EUR 1.119 16,210.00 22,050.00 24,490.00 16,910.26 18,770.41 69.05%
14 #859 Leland Little Auctions Single-Owner Advertising & Americana Auction, The Collection of Mary Wells, Greensboro, NC August 23, 2019 August 26, 2019 114 113 99.12% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 29,063.40 29,063.40
15 #82319 Catawiki B. V. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 8/16 August 23, 2019 August 27, 2019 118 104 88.14% EUR 1.119 5,575.00 6,945.00 13,245.00 11,948.58 13,262.92 90.21%
16 #2111 Forum Auctions Artsy: The Master and the Muse August 22, 2019 August 26, 2019 75 50 66.67% GBP 1.312 19,390.00 28,180.00 94,400.00 27,339.00 33,353.58 28.96%
17 #50 JellyFishTree South African Books August 21, 2019 August 26, 2019 287 80 27.87% USD 1.0 12,397.00 15,980.00 44,350.00 11,811.15 11,811.15 26.63%
18 #81919 Catawiki B. V. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) Online bidstart 8/9 August 19, 2019 August 27, 2019 58 55 94.83% EUR 1.119 9,975.00 12,875.00 14,005.00 13,731.82 15,242.37 98.05%
19 #81819 Catawiki B. V. Autographs and Manuscripts - Online bidstart 8/9 August 18, 2019 August 27, 2019 47 33 70.21% EUR 1.119 4,210.00 5,700.00 9,300.00 5,490.33 6,094.31 59.04%
20 #81819 Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians & Associates, LLC Summer Americana and Marine Auction August 18, 2019 August 26, 2019 29 28 96.55% USD 1.0 25,375.00 39,550.00 44,550.00 32,070.00 32,070.00 71.99%
21 #1022 Addison and Sarova Rare Books and Ephemera August 17, 2019 August 30, 2019 614 495 80.62% USD 1.0 100,070.00 178,950.00 210,990.00 135,366.00 135,491.00 64.16%
22 #81619 Catawiki B. V. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) bidstart 8/9 August 16, 2019 August 27, 2019 119 101 84.87% EUR 1.119 7,020.00 8,900.00 13,575.00 15,887.84 17,635.57 117.04%
23 #24 Moreshet Auctions Jewish Books and Manuscripts July 31, 2019 August 26, 2019 174 100 57.47% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 99,636.00 99,636.00
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
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    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
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