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Auction Name Manuscripts and Autographs - Books Total Sales (USD) 347,570.50
Auction Date June 24, 2020 - June 24, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 253,490.00
Sale Number #62420 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 304,325.00
Total Lots 276
Sold Lots 259 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 351,390.00
% of Lots Sold 93.84% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 412,325.00
Unsold Lots 17 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 84.30%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
169 A. Lincoln

A. Lincoln Fully Signed Whaling Ship's Papers - Fully Engrossed, Too - Quite Rare

August 8, 1864 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 15,000.00
265 George Washington

George Washington Franking Signature During the Revolutionary War -- From 25 September 1777 Just One Day Before the British Captured Philadelphia

September 25, 1777 USD 5,500.00 - 6,500.00 USD 13,750.00
34 Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell Important ALS from 1648 Regarding His Son's Matrimony, ''Mr. Maijor desired 400l. per annum of inheritance ... wherein I desired to be advised by my wife''

April 3, 1648 USD 8,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 10,000.00
103 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Land Grant Signed as President, Countersigned by James Madison as Secretary of State

December 20, 1808 USD 4,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,375.00
261

Andy Warhol's Personally Owned Iconic Polaroid Big Shot Camera W. Superb Provenance

Ca. 1970s USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 9,375.00
224 Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth SIGNED, "The Babe Ruth Story", 1st/1st Printing in Vibrant Unfaded Jacket

Ca. 1948 USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,750.00
116

John Kennedy Signed Oath Of Office, Unique! Ex. Forbes

n.d. USD 1,500.00 - 1,700.00 USD 7,500.00
145

Jack Kerouac's Personally Worn Modest Stainless Steel Rolex Wristwatch

Ca. 1962 USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 USD 7,500.00
165 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln War-Dated DS, Great Signature!

February 27, 1863 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,875.00
39 Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan Signed Album "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" with Jeff Rosen COA

n.d. USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,562.50
40 Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan "Bringing It All Back Home" with Jeff Rosen COA

1965 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,562.50
27

Civil War Presentation Sword for a Jewish Soldier Who Championed African American Causes

May 28,1861 USD 2,000.00 - 2,400.00 USD 5,937.50
189

Gold Nobel Peace Prize, Unissued

Ca. 1980 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,937.50
225 J. D. Salinger,

J. D. Salinger, 3 Great Items with Writing Content, One Signed in Full

April 1953-January 1954 USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,937.50
3 Armstrong, Aldrin & Collins

Apollo XI Insurance Cover Signed by Armstrong, Aldrin & Collins, From Buzz Aldrin Family Space Collection

Ca. July 1969 USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,625.00
41 Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan Signed Double Album "Blonde on Blonde" with Jeff Rosen COA

1966 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,625.00
228 Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley Autograph Letter Signed During Her Travels Through Italy in 1843 -- Shelley Gives Thanks for Sending Letters Written by Her Late Husband, Percy Shelley

July 10, [1843] USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,625.00
273 Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright Signed Huge Architectural Plans for His Last Usonian House

Ca. 1957 USD 8,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 5,000.00
37 Walt Disney

Walt Disney Signed Copy of His Pioneering Animation Study, "The Art of Walt Disney," with Phil Sears COA

1942 USD 3,750.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,687.50
274 Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright Signed, Huge Architectural Plans for His Last Usonian House

Ca. 1957 USD 8,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 4,687.50
144

On the Road, Ed Ruscha's Masterpiece Huge Book of the Classic Novel by Jack Kerouac, Estate Owned

Ca. 2009 USD 2,400.00 - 2,800.00 USD 4,375.00
88 Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway ALS "bring your shortwave set down to Key West and we could try to turn an honest penny running Chinamen"

ca. October 1931 USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD 4,250.00
35 Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin Autograph Letter Signed 1857

December 9, 1857 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,750.00
212 Franklin Roosevelt

Franklin Roosevelt's Well Documented "Moonstone" Scarf Pin. Ex. Forbes

n.d. USD 700.00 - 800.00 USD 3,750.00
264

Volume V from the Library of George Washington, with words written by Washington tipped into the book

Ca. 1798 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,750.00
  • 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.
    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
  • 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
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