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Auction Name	Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper	Total Sales (GBP)	77,464.25
Auction Date	August 08, 2019 - August 08, 2019	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	31,500.00
Sale Number	#2112	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	44,780.00
Total Lots	217
Sold Lots	204	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	34,500.00
% of Lots Sold	94.01%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	49,030.00
Unsold Lots	13	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	157.99%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
58	America.- Slavery.- Benezet (Anthony) A Caution to Great Britain and her Colonies, in a short …	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 5,250.00
43	Civil War.- [Peirce (Sir Edmund)] The Petition of the Gentry, Ministers, and Commonalty of the …	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 5,000.00
164	Fontenai (L'Abbe de) Galerie du Palais Royal, 3 vol., Paris, J. Couché, 1786-1808.	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 4,000.00
42	Crime.- Coppy (A) of the Prisoners Judgment Condemned to Dy [sic] from Nugate on Mundaie the 13. …	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,750.00
75	[Dallington (Sir Robert)] A Method for Trauell. Shewed by Taking the View of France. As It Stoode …	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,625.00
125	Fermor (Patrick Leigh) A Time of Gifts, first edition, inscribed by author, 1977; and others by …	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 1,500.00
93	Wilberforce (William).- Abolition of the Slave Trade.- Proposals for Publishing by Subscription, …	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 1,375.00
116	Economics.- Keynes (John Maynard) The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, first …	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,250.00
44	Civil War.- Ireland.- Jones (Lt. Gen. M.) Lieut: General Jones's Letter to the Councel of State, …	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,187.50
213	Middle East.- Abbondanza (Vincenzo) Dizionario Storico delle Vite di tutti i Monarchi Ottomani, …	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,062.50
149	Searle (Ronald) and Geoffrey Williams. How to be Topp, first edition, signed presentation …	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,000.00
175	Verlaine (Paul) Recull Poetic, one of only 2 manuscript copies with an original drawing and …	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,000.00
95	Arabian Nights.- Daniell (William) Seventeen folio illustrations to the Arabian Nights after …	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 975.00
59	Bristol.- Quakers.- Young (Sarah) Some Particulars, relating to the Life and Death, of Rebecca …	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 937.50
63	Biscuit-making.- Purssell's, confectioners Messrs. Purssell, Biscuit Bakers, for Families or …	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 937.50
84	South Sea Bubble.- The Case of Robert Surman, [William Bowyer], [1728].	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 875.00
49	Marlborough (Duke of).- Exact Journal (An) of the Actions of the Allies this last Summers …	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 812.50
101	Blank Paper.- binding.- An album of c.84 sheets of plain, light blue and buff paper, 1830.	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 812.50
110	Verne (Jules) A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, 1874.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 812.50
184	Architecture.- Tipping (H.Avray) English Homes, 9 vol, all but 3 vol., first editions, 1920-1937.	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 812.50
111	Verne (Jules) Abandoned, first English edition, 1875; and 2 others by the same (3)	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 750.00
151	Steinbeck (John) Of Mice and Men, first edition, New York, 1937; and 2 others (3)	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 750.00
205	Birds.- Falcons.- Schlegel (Hermann) Traité de Fauconnerie, limited edition, 1979; and another (2).	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 750.00
11	Naval Surgeon.- Prideaux (Robert) 8 Autograph Letters signed to members of his family, Falmouth …	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 715.00
74	Paper.- 53 sheets of eighteenth-century paper, each sheet 390 x 255mm, [eighteenth century].	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 687.50

Sotheby’s
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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

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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
Potter & Potter Auctions
How History Unfolds on Paper:
Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
Part IX
Starting 10AM CST
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
Starting 10AM CST
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
Starting 10AM CST
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
Starting 10AM CST
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.

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