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Auction Name The Collection of a Connoiseur: History in Manuscript - bidstart 7/8 Total Sales (GBP) 464,178.00
Auction Date July 15, 2020 - July 15, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 192,150.00
Sale Number #L20314 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 280,600.00
Total Lots 136
Sold Lots 104 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 351,150.00
% of Lots Sold 76.47% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 520,200.00
Unsold Lots 32 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 89.23%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
45 FERDINAND AND ISABELLA, King and Queen of Spain

FERDINAND AND ISABELLA, King and Queen of Spain | document signed, expelling unconverted Moors, 1501

1501 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 52,500.00
85 NAPOLEON I

NAPOLEON I | letter signed, ordering General Desaix to sail to Malta, prior to the Egyptian Expedition, 1798

1798 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 52,500.00
26 CHURCHILL

CHURCHILL | autograph letter signed, to Pamela Plowden, 1900

1900 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 27,500.00
29 CHURCHILL

CHURCHILL | photographic portrait signed, 1941

1941 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 27,500.00
81 MONET

MONET | autograph letter signed, begging for 100 Francs

100 Francs GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 27,500.00
28 CHURCHILL

CHURCHILL | autograph letter signed, to Pamela, Countess of Lytton, 1907

1907 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 23,750.00
44 ELIZABETH I

ELIZABETH I | early letter signed, to Edward North, First Baron North, 1560

1560 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 23,750.00
9 BATHURST

BATHURST | warrant, appointing Sir Hudson Lowe jailer to Napoleon, 1816

1816 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 21,250.00
68 T.E. LAWRENCE

T.E. LAWRENCE | autograph letter signed, to Major Littleton, 14 October 1918

1918 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 13,750.00
20 CATHERINE II, Empress of Russia

CATHERINE II, Empress of Russia | letter signed, to Ferdinand IV, 1777

1777 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 10,625.00
77 MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS | document signed, 1565

1565 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 10,000.00
95 NELSON

NELSON | autograph letter signed, to Emma, Lady Hamilton, 1801

1801 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 10,000.00
31 DARWIN

DARWIN | photograph signed, c. 1871

1871 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 9,375.00
8 BALL, Capt.

BALL, Capt. | manuscript plans of the Battle of the Nile, c.1798

1798 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 8,750.00
84 NAPOLEON I

NAPOLEON I | early signed letter, as Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Interior, to the Minister of War, [1796]

1796 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 6,875.00
111 ROBESPIERRE

ROBESPIERRE | document signed, also signed by two other members of the Committee for Public Safety, 1794

1794 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 6,000.00
42 EINSTEIN

EINSTEIN | two typed letters signed, to R.L. Worrall about the realistic basis of physics, 1931

1931 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,625.00
134

WORLD WAR I--GOSCHEN | typescript document to Von Jagow, the German Foreign Minister, 4 August 1914

1914 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,250.00
43 EINSTEIN

EINSTEIN | typed letter signed, to Leo Kohn, secretary of the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem, 8 January 1936

1936 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,000.00
125 QUEEN VICTORIA

QUEEN VICTORIA | autograph letter signed, to Tennyson, 28 August 1883

1883 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,000.00
21 CATHERINE II, Empress of Russia

CATHERINE II, Empress of Russia | letter signed, to Prince Potemkin about building the docks at Kherson, 1784

1784 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,750.00
69 T.E. LAWRENCE

T.E. LAWRENCE | autograph letter signed, to John Buchan, 1926

1926 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,375.00
87 NAPOLEON I

NAPOLEON I | letter signed, to Général Berthier, on military units for Holland, 11 December 1802

1802 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 4,000.00
114 BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY

BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY | a collection of ten items, 1864-1956

1864-1956 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 4,000.00
119 TOLSTOY

TOLSTOY | photograph signed, 1909

1909 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,750.00
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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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  • 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
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
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    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
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    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
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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: [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
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    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
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
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    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.
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