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Sotheby’s
New York Book Week
12-26 JuneSotheby’s, June 25: Theocritus. Theocriti Eclogae triginta, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, February 1495/1496. 220,000 - 280,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby, 1925. 40,000 - 60,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Printed ca. 1381-1832. 400,000 - 600,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Lincoln, Abraham. Thirteenth Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln. 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Galieli, Galileo. First Edition of the Foundation of Modern Astronomy, 1610. 300,000 - 400,000 USD -
Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE / LANDINO, CRISTOFORO. Comento di Christophoro Landino Fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino, 1481. €40,000 to €50,000.Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. Il Convivio, 1490. €20,000 to €25,000.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.Finarte, June 24-25: LEGATURA – PLUTARCO. Le vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romaines translates, 1567. €10,000 to €12,000.Finarte, June 24-25: TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO. Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti…, 1548. €4,000 to €6,000.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.Finarte, June 24-25: SPINOZA, BARUCH. Opera posthuma, 1677. €8,000 to €12,000.Finarte, June 24-25: PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. Borus Godunov, 1831. €30,000 to €50,000.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - LECUIRE, PIERRE. Ballets-minute, 1954. €35,000 to €40,000.Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MAJAKOVSKIJ, VLADIMIR / LISSITZKY, LAZAR MARKOVICH. Dlia Golosa, 1923. €7,000 to €10,000.Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MATISSE, HENRI / MONTHERLANT, HENRY DE. Pasiphaé. Chant de Minos., 1944. €22,000 to €24,000. -
Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.Swann, June 17: Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, "I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson.", oil on canvas, 1957.Swann, June 17: Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, Thumbelina, gouache and pencil, 1945.Swann, June 17: Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard, watercolor and gouache, 1932.Swann, June 17: Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth, gouache, circa 1953.Swann, June 17: Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, 2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air, pen and ink and wash, 1947.Swann, June 17: Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, Confetti Hourglass, mixed media, 1973.Swann, June 17: Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine), charcoal, circa 1915.Swann, June 17: Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue De Buci, Paris, casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955.Swann, June 17: Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch, pencil, 1988.
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Bonhams, June 16-25: 15th-CENTURY TREATISE ON SYPHILIS. GRÜNPECK. 1496. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF BENIVIENI'S TREATISE ON PATHOLOGY. 1507. $12,000 - $18,000Bonhams, June 16-25: FRACASTORO. Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus. 1530. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON SKIN DISEASES. MERCURIALIS. De morbis cutaneis... 1572. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, June 16-25: BIDLOO. Anatomia humani corporis... 1685. $6,000 - $9,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF DOUGLASS'S EARLY AMERICAN WORK ON INNOCULATION AND SMALLPOX. 1722. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-25: LIND'S FIRST TREATISE ON SCURVY. 1753. $15,000 - $20,000Bonhams, June 16-25: RARE JENNER SIGNED CIRCULAR ON VACCINATION. 1821. $4,000 - $6,000Bonhams, June 16-25: MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. BRIGHT. Reports of Medical Cases... 1827-1831. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, June 16-25: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTATION COPY TO HER MOTHER. 1860. $6,000 - $8,000Bonhams, June 16-25: LORENZO TRAVER'S MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF BURNSIDE'S NORTH CAROLINA EXPEDITION. TRAVER, Lorenzo. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, June 16-25: ONE OF THE EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS ON DERMATOLOGY. HARDY. Clinique Photographique... 1868. $3,000 - $5,000
![Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4ee20109-25f3-42e8-93ab-bd4c8e17093a.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano],</i> 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5adfdf34-8a9a-47e5-9288-5e65dac5ce79.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> BANDELLO, MATTEO. <i>La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello,</i> 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a1b8605-a566-4fb7-8a4c-5fb72ac539bc.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. <i>Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…,</i> 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.")
Potter and Potter Auctions: Houdiniana and Magic Memorabilia, 1205, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 24, 2025 - April 24, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 | FU MANCHU (David Bamberg, 1904 -- 74) | Two Spanish Language Broadsides. |
1930s-40s. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 | |
| 148 | HAN Ping Chien (1891 -- 1930) | Han Ping Chien Real Photo Postcard, Signed and Inscribed. |
Circa1908. | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 360.00 | |
| 149 | HENRY, M. | Autograph Letter Signed by M. Henry the Magician. |
Circa1822. | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 300.00 | |
| 150 | [HOFFMANN] | The Christmas Conjuror. |
London | 1877 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 153 | KASSNER, Alois (1887 -- 1970) | Group of Kassner Photos. |
German | 1910s-50s. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 154 | LAFAYETTE (Sigmund Neuberger, 1871 -- 1911) | RPPC of Lafayette's Funeral. |
1911 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 156 | LANG, Melitta. | Three Portraits of Magician Alfredo Cantarelli. |
Circa1920. | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 157 | LEROY, Servais (1865 -- 1953) | Archive of Servais LeRoy Ephemera and Illusion Data. |
1890s-1910s. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,800.00 | |
| 158 | LEROY, Servais (1865 -- 1953) | ALS to Will Goldston. |
Dated March 13 | 1912 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 159 | [MAGIC -- PROGRAM] ALLIEN, Edgar. | Grand Magical Seance Program. |
1874 | USD 50.00 - 150.00 | USD 48.00 | |
| 162 | O'DELL, Dell (Odella Newton, 1902 -- 62) | Inscribed and Signed Portrait. Florida: Jack Karrel, . |
ca.1950. | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 120.00 | |
| 163 | OKITO (Tobias Bamberg, 1884 -- 1963) | RPPC Signed Twice by Okito. |
Germany | 1930s. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 164 | OKITO (Tobias Bamberg, 1884 -- 1963) | TLS from Okito to John Braun. |
1955 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 240.00 | |
| 165 | Portrait of a Spirit Medium. |
Philadelphia | ca.1880. | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 240.00 | |
| 166 | [PROGRAMS - MAGIC] Group of Nearly 70 Programs for Magicians' Conventions. |
V.p. | ca.20th-21st centuries. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 167 | RAMSAY, John (1877 - 1962) | Ramsay Photos and Postcard. |
1940s-60s. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 270.00 | |
| 168 | [SPIRITUALISM] Archive of Manuscripts, Notebooks, and Publications from a Spirit Medium. A chronicle of the Edward Erickson (d. |
1974 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 169 | THURSTON, Howard (1869 -- 1936) | Typed Letter Signed by Thurston. |
1926 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 330.00 | |
| 170 | WHEATLEY, Al (1901 -- 64) | Hand-Sculpted Bust, Photograph, and Rising Cards. |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,320.00 | ||
| 171 | [VENTRILOQUISTS] Large Collection of Ventriloquists' Ephemera and Photographs. |
1890s-1980s. | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 330.00 | ||
| 172 | ZANCIGS, The (Julius and Agnes) | RPPC Portraits of the Zancigs. |
London | ca.1907. | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 241 | BLAINE, David (b. 1973) | Blaine. Frozen in Time. |
Circa 2000. | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 150.00 | |
| 242 | CARTER, Charles. | Carter the Great. The Modern Priestess of Delphi: Your Mind is an Open Book to Her. |
Cleveland | ca.1930. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 243 | CARTER, Charles (1874 -- 1926) | The World's Weird Wonderful Wizard. |
Cleveland | 1930s. | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 244 | CARTER, Charles (1874 -- 1936) | Carter the Great. The Vanishing Elephant. |
Cleveland | ca.1930s. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,680.00 |
![Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dbc5286a-4210-44e3-bbf0-6031c1c49801.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Euclid. <i>The Elements of Geometrie,</i> first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.")
![Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/655b361c-71c7-48ba-9455-09c14e8c7494.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Tempest</i> [&] <i>The Two Gentlemen of Verona,</i> from the <i>Second Folio,</i> [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/16cfdea8-0749-44a9-b801-b991dc2eaa21.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. <i>De remediis utriusque fortunæ,</i> [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/46e14fa0-19d2-42b7-9994-312d5ae3df4d.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> GAZA (THÉODORE). <i>[...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum,</i> Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/13d0418d-fffb-4841-9721-851464785bd9.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> LUTHER (MARTIN). <i>Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri,</i> Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.")
