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Auction Name Specialty Auction and Emporium Auction Total Sales (USD) 11,975.00
Auction Date October 22, 2020 - October 23, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 9,500.00
Sale Number #102220 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 16,500.00
Total Lots 64
Sold Lots 45 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 13,750.00
% of Lots Sold 70.31% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 23,400.00
Unsold Lots 19 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 51.18%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
611

TWO SCRAPBOOKS, SPORTS RELATED

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,353.00
599

PAIR $20 ERROR NOTES

1985 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 704.00
632 Richard Manson, Jr.

ARCHIVE OF SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY

late 19th century USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 576.00
517 JOAN MIRO (Spanish, 1893–1983)

Plate 6, 1980, from the portfolio La Mélodie Acide

1980 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 512.00
654

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHY, 1950S PITTSBURGH PIRATES

1958 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 512.00
352 Matthaus Seutter (German, 1678-1757)

SEUTTER - MAP OF VENICE AND PIAZZA DE SAN MARCO

circa 1740 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 492.00
431 HERB JACKSON (North Carolina, born 1945)

Sappho, 1981

1981 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 431.00
387 WILLIAM HOGARTH (British, 1697-1764)

Four engravings: An Election Entertainment, Pl. I; Canvasing for Votes, Pl. II; The Polling, Pl. III; Chairing the Members, Pl. 4

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 378.00
320

CARTE DE VISITE ALBUM (late 19th century)

(late 19th century) USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 369.00
363 Giacomo Puccini; Leontyne Price

THREE OPERA RELATED ITEMS Giacomo Puccini, portrait and signed letter; Leontyne Price, cast list from final performance and signed photograph; inaugural silk program for Antony and Cleopatra

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 369.00
173 Utagawa Kuniteru (Japanese, 1830-1874),

TWO FRAMED JAPANESE WOODBLOCK TRIPTYCHS, indoor party scene, circa 1849-1853; outdoor procession;

circa 1849-1853 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 320.00
578

89 UNITED STATES BANKNOTES

1917 -1963 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 320.00
586

GROUP OF U.S. AND CONFEDERATE CURRENCY

1923, 1914, 1779 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 320.00
588

GROUP OF FOREIGN COINS, BANKNOTES, MEDALS

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 320.00
172 TOSHI YOSHIDA (Japanese, 1911-1995); possibly Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1842-1894)

Iidabashi,

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 315.00
342 JACK YOUNGERMAN (American, 1926-2020)

Changes 7, 1970

1970 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 308.00
634

SEVEN WORLD SERIES TICKETS, 1955 AND 1956

1955; 1956 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 308.00
309 Giocondo Albertolli (1742-1839) Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)

FOUR ITALIAN ARCHITECTURAL ENGRAVINGS (18th century)

(18th century) USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 256.00
600

TWENTY DOLLAR GOLD CERTIFICATE

1906 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 256.00
580

GROUP OF U.S. CURRENCY

1917, 1918 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 252.00
176 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (Japanese, 1797-1858)

six woodblock prints, including two from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Night View of Saruwaka-machi, Kinryūzan Temple in Asakusa

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 246.00
515 W. Cosmo Monkhouse by W. Cosmo Monkhouse and J.M.W. Turner,

THE TURNER GALLERY A Series of One Hundred and Twenty Engravings from the Works of the Late J.M.W. Turner, R.A.

circa 1880, USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 246.00
605

GROUP OF SOUTHERN STATES BANKNOTES

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 246.00
138 K. Ogawa

SELECTED RELICS OF JAPANESE ART

1900 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 192.00
489

STEVE MCQUEEN PHOTOBUSTA POSTER Le Mans, 1971,

1971, USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 192.00
  • 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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