• Ketterer Rare BooksAuction May 26th Ketterer Rare BooksAuction May 26th
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    Ketterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000
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    Ketterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000
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    Ketterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000
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    Ketterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000
  • Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
    Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.
    Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.
    Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.
    Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.
    Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.
    Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
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    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • GonnelliAuction 59Antique prints, paintings and mapsMay 20th 2025 GonnelliAuction 59Antique prints, paintings and mapsMay 20th 2025
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    Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€
    Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€
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    Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€
    Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€
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    Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€
    Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€
    Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€
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    Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€
    Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€

Early American: Early American History Auction, 41925, Rancho Santa Fe

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 19, 2025 - April 19, 2025
Page Size: 136 items in 6 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 JAMES MONROE, J. Q. Adams

April 1, 1825 JAMES MONROE Headed, yet Signed by J. Q. Adams as President, Rare Re-use Document.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,560.00
2 Elisha Boudinot

1789 Elisha Boudinot Autograph Document Signed as Supreme Court Justice of New Jersey

1789 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 455.00
3 JOHN CHESTER

JOHN CHESTER 1798 Autograph Letter Signed, Connecticut Revolutionary War and Bunker Hill Hero

1798 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 910.00
4 WENTWORTH CHESWELL

WENTWORTH CHESWELL ADS First African American Elected to Public Office in the US + First Black Judge

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,690.00
5 GEORGE CLINTON

1790 GEORGE CLINTON Founding Father Governor of New York; 4th U.S. Vice President, Signed Land Grant

1790 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 780.00
6 George A Custer

April 9, 1865 Gen. George A Custer's Farewell Address to Third Cavalry Div. Soldiers 3-Item Archive

1865 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 8,450.00
7 Stephen Decatur, Sr.

1808 the Personal Estate of Navy Captain Stephen Decatur, Sr. Deceased, Appaisal of his Inventory

1808 USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 USD 455.00
8 Abner Doubleday

Jan. 24, 1863 General Abner Doubleday Autograph Letter Signed, His Brother Ulysses Heroism in Battle

1863 USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD 5,200.00
9 Samuel F. Du Pont

1862 Letter to Abraham Lincoln from Admiral Samuel F. Du Pont Recommending a Chaplain's Appointment

1862 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 Not Sold
10 William Ellery

William Ellery, Signer of the Declaration of Independence Autograph Letter Signed with Slave Content

USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,235.00
12 THOMAS FITCH

THOMAS FITCH (c.1699-1774) 1754-Dated French and Indian War Period, Colonial Connecticut Governor

1754 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,300.00
13 WILLIAM FLOYD

Declaration of Independence Signer WILLIAM FLOYD Signed Owned Book titled, Letters Writ by a Turkish

1755 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,690.00
14 STEPHEN HOPKINS,

1755 STEPHEN HOPKINS, Signer + Founding Father, Important Content Letter Signed. Gen. Braddock Dead!

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
15 MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

1828 MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE Autograph Letter Signed Requesting a Legal Case Prominent Attorney Assist

1828 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,380.00
16 James Madison

President James Madison Appoints Future Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding as Midshipman at Age of Thirteen

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,550.00
17 James Madison

President James Madison Exercises Executive Clemency and Pardons a Sailor Sentenced to Death for

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,200.00
18 WILLIAM McKINLEY

President WILLIAM McKINLEY Signed Document Approving Chickasaw Nation, Executive Department Expenses

USD 2,400.00 - 2,800.00 USD 2,340.00
19 WILLIAM McKINLEY

25th President WILLIAM McKINLEY Signed Officer's Commission, served 1897 till his Assassination 1901

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 520.00
20 HENRY MIDDLETON

Founding Father HENRY MIDDLETON Signed Colonial Currency South Carolina April 1775 20 Pounds Rarity

1775 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,340.00
21 HENRY MIDDLETON

HENRY MIDDLETON Signed South Carolina, April 29, 1775 Dated, 50 Pounds Colonial Note PMG graded Fine

1775 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,340.00
22 JOHN NIXON

Colonial Currency, PA. March 1, 1769. Three Pounds Fr. PA-133. PCGS Very Fine-25, Signed by J. Nixon

1769 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,600.00
23 DAVID DIXON PORTER, GIDEON WELLES, SAMUEL P. LEE

1865 DAVID DIXON PORTER, Civil War Rear Admiral, GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy, and SAMUEL P.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,300.00
24 David D. Porter

January 16, 1865 Civil War-date Exceptional Content Letter Signed David D. Porter Union Rear Admiral

1865 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,950.00
25 Oliver Prescott

Oliver Prescott's Retained Copy of his Letter of Resignation from the Supreme Executive Council of

USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,860.00
26 Elias Hasket

1793 Elias Hasket Derby, Jr. + Noted Selectmen of Salem. MA. Approval of Spiritous Liquors Retailers

1793 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,040.00
  • Dominic Winter AuctioneersMay 14Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration Dominic Winter AuctioneersMay 14Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
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    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
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    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000
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    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800
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    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
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    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000
  • Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000. Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
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