• 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
  • 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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Bonhams: Prints and Multiples

Auction Reports

Auction Name Prints and Multiples Total Sales (GBP) 504,237.50
Auction Date May 02, 2019 - May 02, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 291,400.00
Sale Number #25380 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 421,200.00
Total Lots 325
Sold Lots 226 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 397,900.00
% of Lots Sold 69.54% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 575,100.00
Unsold Lots 99 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 87.68%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
296 Harland Miller (British, born 1964)

This Is Where It's Fucking At

2012 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 50,062.50
96 Sir Terry Frost RA (British, 1915-2003)

Halzephron The complete portfolio of eight

2001 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 11,937.50
246 David Hockney (British, born 1937)

Soft Celia

1998 GBP 5,500.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 10,687.50
271 Damien Hirst (British, born 1965)

Valium

2000 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 8,812.50
283 Marc Quinn (British, born 1964)

Unique Prismatic Labyrinth

2018 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 8,812.50
295 Banksy (British, born 1975)

Applause

2006 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 8,187.50
15 Thomas Daniell (1749-1840) and William Daniell (British, 1769-1837)

Six plates, from 'Oriental Scenery' Six

1802 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 7,562.50
155 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)

Le Danseur (Tête d'Histrion) (Bloch 1849)

1965 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 6,937.50
272 Damien Hirst (British, born 1965)

Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)

2000 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 6,937.50
273 Patrick Hughes (British, born 1939)

Banksy Hand-painted 3D

2018 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 6,312.50
297 The Connor Brothers (British)

I tried to drown my sorrows but the bastards learnt how to swim Giclée and

2017 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 6,312.50
288 Tracey Emin (British, born 1963)

Laying Back

2008 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 6,062.50
73 Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. (British, 1887-1976)

The Pavilion

1969-72 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,812.50
291 Julian Opie (British, born 1958)

Twenty-Six Portraits The complete set of twenty-six prints in colours, sixteen

2006 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 5,562.50
6 Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669)

Landscape with cow drinking (Bartsch 237; New Hollstein 251)

1650 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 5,312.50
72 Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. (British, 1887-1976)

Francis Terrace, Salford

1969–72 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,312.50
122 Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863-1944)

Cally Monrad (Woll 608 I)

1917 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 5,312.50
139 Marc Chagall (Russian/French, 1887-1985)

Le Coq Rouge, from 'Derrière le Miroir' (Mourlot 60)

1952 GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 4,812.50
159 Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983)

One plate, from 'Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró' (Cramer books 211)

1975 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,812.50
313 Bridget Riley (British, born 1931)

Sonnet

2016 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 4,812.50
316 David Spiller (British, born 1942)

With Love (Mickey)

2016 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 4,812.50
110 Patrick Caulfield (British, 1936-2005)

Some Poems of Jules Laforgue (Cristea 38a-v) The complete portfolio, 1973, comprising 22

1973 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 4,437.50
75 Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. (British, 1887-1976)

Deal Beach; Deal Sketch

1973 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,062.50
145 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)

Bacchanale au hibou et au jeune homme masqué (Bloch 777, Baer 952)

1961 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,062.50
230 Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011)

La Sardana (Harrison 138)

1987 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,062.50
  • 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.
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