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Auction Name Books Total Sales (USD) 1,684,038.25
Auction Date March 05, 2019 - March 06, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 762,120.00
Sale Number #6208 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,140,680.00
Total Lots 548
Sold Lots 531 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 798,520.00
% of Lots Sold 96.90% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,195,280.00
Unsold Lots 17 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 140.89%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
45214 [Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay].

The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787.

1788 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 187,500.00
45147 Maurice Sendak.

Moo-Reese Tabletop Cow.

2000 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 93,750.00
45036 Dashiell Hammett.

Red Harvest.

1929 USD 48,000.00 - 72,000.00 USD 75,000.00
45021 Raymond Chandler.

The Big Sleep.

1939 USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 USD 57,500.00
45086 [Frank Herbert, original novel].

Alejandro Jodorowsky's Dune. From Frank Herbert's Novel.

circa 1975]. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 42,500.00
45038 Dashiell Hammett.

The Maltese Falcon.

1930 USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 USD 35,000.00
45190 David Roberts.

The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia.

1842-1843. USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 USD 30,000.00
45037 Dashiell Hammett.

The Dain Curse.

1929 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 27,500.00
45114 Harper Lee.

To Kill a Mockingbird.

[1960]. USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 25,000.00
45133 Ludwig Bemelmans.

Madeline in London: A Little Sunshine, A Little Rain.

1961 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 25,000.00
45095 J. R. R. Tolkien.

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, comprising: The Fellowship of the Ring.

1954 USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00 USD 22,500.00
45061 Edgar A[llan]. Poe.

Tales.

1845 USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00 USD 20,000.00
45134 Lewis Carroll.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

1874 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 20,000.00
45023 Raymond Chandler.

Farewell, My Lovely.

1940 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 19,375.00
45015 James M. Cain.

The Postman Always Rings Twice.

1934 USD 5,200.00 - 7,800.00 USD 18,750.00
45072 Cornell Woolrich.

The Bride Wore Black.

1940 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 15,000.00
45089 John Le Carré.

Call for the Dead.

1961 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 15,000.00
45132 L. Frank Baum.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

1900 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 15,000.00
45222 Theodore Roosevelt.

The Winning of the West.

1900 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 13,750.00
45046 Dashiell Hammett.

$106,000 Blood Money.

[no date but 1943]. USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 12,500.00
45081 A[rthur] Conan Doyle.

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes.

1921-1927. USD 3,600.00 - 5,400.00 USD 11,875.00
45064 Damon Runyon.

Guys and Dolls.

1931 USD 2,800.00 - 4,200.00 USD 11,250.00
45169 Benjamin Franklin.

Experiments and Observations on Electricity, Made at Philadelphia in America.

1769 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 11,250.00
45028 Carroll John Daly.

The Snarl of the Beast.

1927 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,625.00
45079 A[rthur] Conan Doyle.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

1903-1904 USD 2,800.00 - 4,200.00 USD 10,000.00
  • 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
  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • 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.
  • 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
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