• 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
  • 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.
  • 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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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 #725 PBA Galleries Fine Literature with Beats, Bukowski, and Counterculture March 18, 2021 March 19, 2021 416 364 87.50% USD 1.0 168,400.00 259,500.00 300,800.00 239,010.00 239,010.00 79.46%
2 #31821 Eldreds Spring Asian Art: Session II March 18, 2021 March 19, 2021 59 54 91.53% USD 1.0 13,500.00 20,000.00 22,150.00 31,131.25 31,131.25 140.55%
3 #31821 Nye & Company Auctioneers Discovery Auction March 18, 2021 March 19, 2021 84 61 72.62% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,375.00 5,375.00
4 #31821 ALDE Max Cointreau humanist library March 18, 2021 March 18, 2021 175 130 74.29% EUR 1.219 151,430.00 198,540.00 239,260.00 331,822.00 396,825.99 138.69%
5 #L21167 Sothebys Banksy - bidstart 3/9 March 18, 2021 March 19, 2021 49 46 93.88% GBP 1.414 1,386,000.00 2,054,000.00 2,224,000.00 4,086,180.00 5,693,683.20 183.73%
6 #549 Aste Bolaffi Posters March 18, 2021 March 19, 2021 288 224 77.78% EUR 1.219 0.00 0.00 0.00 175,175.00 209,229.01
7 #2193 Forum Auctions Online Sale: Maps and Atlases March 18, 2021 March 19, 2021 157 138 87.90% GBP 1.414 33,730.00 49,270.00 56,760.00 57,189.00 79,687.33 100.76%
8 #31721a Tooveys Prints, Maps and Posters March 17, 2021 March 18, 2021 130 96 73.85% GBP 1.414 8,700.00 13,550.00 17,680.00 21,666.74 30,183.93 122.55%
9 #31721 Litchfield County Auctions Discovery Auction March 17, 2021 March 18, 2021 60 47 78.33% USD 1.0 3,075.00 5,605.00 7,595.00 4,582.50 4,582.50 60.34%
10 #L21160 Sothebys Prints and Multiples March 17, 2021 March 18, 2021 166 156 93.98% GBP 1.414 2,038,500.00 3,090,100.00 3,184,800.00 6,225,744.00 8,673,083.99 195.48%
11 #31721b Tooveys Antiquarian and Collector's Books March 17, 2021 March 18, 2021 182 170 93.41% GBP 1.414 22,410.00 34,180.00 39,170.00 78,430.02 109,260.90 200.23%
12 #76 Finarte Photographs March 17, 2021 March 18, 2021 239 167 69.87% EUR 1.219 265,750.00 367,750.00 539,650.00 424,929.00 508,172.52 78.74%
13 #31721 ALDE Max Cointreau gastronomic & oenological library March 17, 2021 March 18, 2021 248 187 75.40% EUR 1.219 85,260.00 110,060.00 143,440.00 174,867.00 209,123.50 121.91%
14 #pf2138 Sothebys Collection Pierre Le-Tan, Part II - bidstart3/9 March 17, 2021 March 18, 2021 44 43 97.73% EUR 1.219 19,480.00 28,620.00 29,420.00 101,808.00 121,752.17 346.05%
15 #3575T Skinner Studio Art - bidstart 3/9 March 17, 2021 March 18, 2021 80 72 90.00% USD 1.0 12,950.00 21,950.00 24,950.00 30,776.00 30,776.00 123.35%
16 #28 Kedem Auctions Ltd. Special Auction for Pessach and 11th Nissan: Honoring the Birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe March 16, 2021 March 19, 2021 60 60 100.00% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 97,012.50 97,012.50
17 #pf2137 Sothebys Collection Pierre Le-Tan, Part I March 16, 2021 March 17, 2021 10 10 100.00% EUR 1.219 14,300.00 21,400.00 21,400.00 46,116.00 55,122.46 215.50%
18 #142111 Heritage Auctions US Currency Weekly Online - Bidstart 3/9 March 16, 2021 March 18, 2021 663 655 98.79% USD 1.0 97,508.00 146,212.00 149,362.00 155,333.20 155,333.20 104.00%
19 #282111 Heritage Auctions World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/9 March 16, 2021 March 17, 2021 170 169 99.41% USD 1.0 32,020.00 48,030.00 48,240.00 47,474.60 47,474.60 98.41%
20 #2103 Tajan Old Books and Manuscripts March 16, 2021 March 18, 2021 197 89 45.18% EUR 1.219 74,220.00 103,750.00 184,100.00 160,062.50 191,418.75 86.94%
21 #110722 Ader Letters and Manuscripts March 16, 2021 March 18, 2021 321 209 65.11% EUR 1.219 106,960.00 136,300.00 196,040.00 228,029.00 272,699.92 116.32%
22 #111109 Tessier & Sarrou and Associates Chinese Contemporary Photographs and Works March 16, 2021 March 17, 2021 23 20 86.96% EUR 1.219 37,500.00 50,800.00 67,100.00 77,478.00 92,609.45 115.47%
23 #L21144 Sothebys Made in Britain - bidstart 3/9 March 16, 2021 March 17, 2021 141 129 91.49% GBP 1.414 479,700.00 715,900.00 871,100.00 1,159,956.00 1,611,874.81 133.16%
24 #2111 Bruun Rasmussen Prints March 15, 2021 March 17, 2021 113 98 86.73% DKK 0.152 274,700.00 334,500.00 414,500.00 410,875.00 65,822.31 99.13%
25 #122111 Heritage Auctions Comics, Animation and Art Weekly - Bidstart 3/7 March 14, 2021 March 16, 2021 1110 1108 99.82% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 592,165.20 592,165.20
26 #162111 Heritage Auctions Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 3/7 March 14, 2021 March 15, 2021 549 527 95.99% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 59,363.40 59,363.40
27 #128 Winner's Auctions Ltd Passover Sale March 14, 2021 March 15, 2021 145 122 84.14% USD 1.0 374,000.00 507,100.00 644,100.00 455,572.40 455,572.40 70.73%
28 #152111 Heritage Auctions Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 2/28 March 14, 2021 March 16, 2021 304 303 99.67% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 225,935.00 225,935.00
29 #7253 Heritage Auctions International Comic & Animation Art March 13, 2021 March 15, 2021 799 796 99.62% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,572,089.00 1,572,089.00
30 #1110 Potter and Potter Auctions Fine Books and Manuscripts March 13, 2021 March 15, 2021 618 569 92.07% USD 1.0 238,195.00 360,000.00 403,450.00 514,925.25 514,925.25 127.63%
31 #31321 Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper March 13, 2021 March 15, 2021 200 196 98.00% USD 1.0 73,500.00 150,350.00 152,050.00 56,606.00 56,606.00 37.23%
32 #31321 Leland Little Auctions The Important Spring Auction March 13, 2021 March 15, 2021 26 26 100.00% USD 1.0 43,700.00 75,300.00 75,300.00 155,160.00 155,160.00 206.06%
33 #31321 Dirk Soulis Auctions The Personal Collection of Georgia and Jack Olsen March 13, 2021 March 15, 2021 75 71 94.67% USD 1.0 26,050.00 40,425.00 41,625.00 57,748.65 57,748.65 138.74%
34 #31221 Catawiki B. V. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 3/5 March 12, 2021 March 15, 2021 121 92 76.03% EUR 1.219 4,470.00 5,540.00 8,015.00 13,080.19 15,623.00 163.20%
35 #111875 Giquello Ancient Books, Autographs, and Old Geological Maps March 12, 2021 March 15, 2021 360 236 65.56% EUR 1.219 187,410.00 252,140.00 337,770.00 313,905.00 374,928.05 92.93%
36 #89 Marc van de Wiele Auctions Antiquarian and Collectible Books March 12, 2021 March 15, 2021 841 712 84.66% EUR 1.219 323,230.00 445,850.00 488,750.00 759,200.00 906,788.48 155.34%
37 #31021 Catawiki B. V. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - bidstart 2/26 March 10, 2021 March 15, 2021 150 136 90.67% EUR 1.219 4,570.00 5,900.00 9,000.00 16,114.40 19,247.03 179.05%
38 #943 Tennants Auctioneers Books, Maps and Ephemera - online March 10, 2021 March 13, 2021 177 169 95.48% GBP 1.414 24,440.00 43,440.00 45,760.00 67,704.00 94,399.75 147.95%
39 #30921 Catawiki B. V. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - bidstart 2/26 March 09, 2021 March 15, 2021 38 35 92.11% EUR 1.219 8,630.00 10,350.00 12,300.00 17,264.51 20,620.73 140.36%
40 #30821 Catawiki B. V. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - bidstart 2/26 March 08, 2021 March 15, 2021 78 68 87.18% EUR 1.219 7,885.00 9,745.00 15,795.00 17,760.46 21,213.09 112.44%
41 #30721 Catawiki B. V. Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 2/26 March 07, 2021 March 15, 2021 41 30 73.17% EUR 1.219 3,835.00 4,910.00 10,560.00 5,713.78 6,824.55 54.11%
  • 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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