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Auction Name Book Auction Total Sales (USD) 29,873.00
Auction Date November 08, 2019 - November 08, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #110819 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 399
Sold Lots 395 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 99.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 4 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
120

Das Gantz Nüw Testament unsers Herrn Jesu Christi. Recht grundlich vertütschet

1737 Not Available USD 7,200.00
138

Auß Bundt. Das ist: Ettliche schöne christliche Lieder wie die in der Gefängnuß zu Passaw in dem Schloß von den Schweitzer-Brüderen und von anderen rechtgläubigen Christen hin und her gedicht worden.

[17--?] Not Available USD 5,136.00
132 T.T.V.S. [i.e., Tieleman Tielen van Sittert]

Christliche Glaubens-Bekentnus: Der Waffenlosen, und fürnehmlich in den Niederländern (unter dem Nahmen der Mennonisten) wohlbekanten Christen :

1711 Not Available USD 2,136.00
68

Ausbund, Das ist: Etliche schöne christliche Lieder, wie sie in Gefängnüß zu Bassau in dem Schloß von den Schweitzer-Brüdern, und von anderen rechtglaubigen Christen hin und her gedichtet worden. . . .

1767 Not Available USD 1,725.00
66

Die Ernsthaffte Christen-Pflicht, darinnen schöne geistreiche Gebäter, darmit sich fromme Christen-Hertzen zu allen Zeiten und in allen Nöthen trösten können.

1770 Not Available USD 775.00
140

[Ausbund].

18--?] Not Available USD 550.00
27

Atlas of Surveys of the County of Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania. Compiled from Actual Surveys, City and County Records.

1899 Not Available USD 420.00
47

Biblia, Das ist: Die ganze Heilige Schrift, Alten und Neuen Testaments.

1819 Not Available USD 400.00
64 Schabalie, Johann Philip

Die Wandlende Seel, Das ist: Gespräch der Wandlenden Seelen mit Adam, Noah und Simon Cleophas; verfasset die Geschichten von Erschaffung der Welt an, biß zu und nach Vermüstung Jerusalems. . . .

1771 Not Available USD 375.00
380 Ruth, John Landis

The Earth Is the Lord’s: A Narrative History of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, no. 39

2001 Not Available USD 325.00
67

Die Ernsthaffte Christen-Pflicht, darinnen schöne geistreiche Gebäter, darmit sich fromme Christen-Hertzen zu allen Zeiten und in allen Nöthen trösten können.

1785. 1794, sds, syp, single clasp missing, spine cover torn, spine broken, mc) Not Available USD 275.00
160

Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage.

Not Available USD 225.00
125

[?Neu-vermehrt- und vollständiges Gesang-Buch, worinnen sowohl die Psalmen Davids,

Not Available USD 215.00
139

Ausbund, Das ist: Etliche schöne christliche Lieder, wie sie in Gefängniß zu Bassau in dem Schloß von den Schweizer-Brüdern, und von andern rechtglaubigen Christen hin und her gedichtet worden. . . .

1846 Not Available USD 210.00
29

Atlas of the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Compiled from Official Records, Actual Survys & Private Plans by G. Wm. Baist.

1886 Not Available USD 190.00
70

Das neue und verbesserte Gesangbuch, worinnen die Psalmen Davids samt einer Sammlung alter und neuer geistreicher Lieder,

1799 Not Available USD 160.00
142 R.V. [i.e. Richard Verstegan]

Restitution of Decayed Intelligence in Antiquities, Concerning the Most Noble and Renowned English Nation.

1673 Not Available USD 160.00
105 [Martin, Georg Adam]

Christliche Bibliothek, enthalt dasjenige was allen Pilgern auf der Reise nach der verlornen Herrlichkeit zu wissen nöthig ist.

1792 Not Available USD 150.00
310

The Mennonite Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Work on the Anabaptist-Mennonite Movement. Edited by Harold S. Bender and C. Henry Smith. Vols. 1-4

1955-59 Not Available USD 150.00
121

Biblia, Das ist: Die ganze Heilige Schrift, Alten und Neuen Testaments. Nach der deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers. . .

1786 Not Available USD 131.00
399 Fisher, John M., family

Descendants and History of Christian Fisher Family.

1957 Not Available USD 110.00
122

Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi. Nach der Deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers. . . .

1808 Not Available USD 100.00
49

Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi, nach der Deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers.

1807 Not Available USD 95.00
58 Bracht, Thielem J. von

The Bloody Theatre; or, Martyrs’ Mirror, of the Defenceless Christians, Who Suffered and Were Put to Death for the Testimony of Jesus, Their Savior, from the Time of Christ, Until the Year A.D. 1660.

1837 Not Available USD 95.00
227 Adams, Richard G.

The Amish and Social Security.

1963 Not Available USD 85.00
  • 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.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    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.
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    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    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.
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  • 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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