• 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.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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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
    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
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Swann Galleries: Fine Books and Autographs

Auction Reports

Auction Name Fine Books and Autographs Total Sales (USD) 521,273.00
Auction Date February 25, 2021 - February 25, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 259,800.00
Sale Number #2559 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 390,350.00
Total Lots 269
Sold Lots 243 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 303,800.00
% of Lots Sold 90.33% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 455,650.00
Unsold Lots 26 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 114.40%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
23 DOUGLASS, FREDERICK

DOUGLASS, FREDERICK. Autograph Letter Signed, to Sallie Holley ("Dear Sally"),

1851 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 112,500.00
172 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST

HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. The Sun Also Rises.

1926 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 32,500.00
6 SMITH, JOSEPH

(MORMONS.) SMITH, JOSEPH. Document Signed, "Joseph Smith Mayor," an affidavit for Isaac P. Chase, certifying Chase's obligation to app

1843 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,250.00
38 LISTER, JOSEPH

(MEDICINE.) LISTER, JOSEPH. Autograph Letter Signed, to "My dear Father,"

1866 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 10,000.00
22 DEAN, JAMES

DEAN, JAMES. Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "To Mrs. [Beulah] Roth / best wishes / James Dean,"

nd USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,750.00
27 GANDHI, MOHANDAS K

GANDHI, MOHANDAS K. Letter Signed, "MKGandhi," to Edmund Elmar Mack ("Dear Mr. Mack"), in English,

1940 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 8,750.00
68 BERNSTEIN, LEONARD

BERNSTEIN, LEONARD. Autograph Musical Manuscript Signed and Inscribed, sketch for "(Marches--(Prologue))" in Exception and the Rule,

1968 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 8,750.00
231 Carroll, Lewis

(DALÍ, SALVADOR.) Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

1969 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,450.00
177 JOYCE, JAMES

JOYCE, JAMES. Collected Poems.

1936 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 7,500.00
25 EINSTEIN, ALBERT

EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, in German, 11 lines of equations and three lines of text relating to a static field r

nd USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 7,000.00
26 EINSTEIN, ALBERT

EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Typed Letter Signed, "A. Einstein," to Dr. Isidor W. Held,

1945 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 7,000.00
21 CHAPLIN, CHARLIE

CHAPLIN, CHARLIE. My Trip Abroad. Signed and Inscribed, with a small ink drawing, to cartoonist Milt Gross, on front free endpaper:

1922 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,750.00
206 [TWAIN, MARK.] Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

[TWAIN, MARK.] Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia.

1878 USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 USD 6,750.00
142 FLEMING, IAN

FLEMING, IAN. The Man With the Golden Gun.

1965 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,500.00
41 NIGHTINGALE, FLORENCE

(MEDICINE.) NIGHTINGALE, FLORENCE. Autograph Letter Signed, to "My dear Mrs. Fowler" [wife of Dr. Richard Fowler?],

1861 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,000.00
96 BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL. Autograph Letter Signed, “Byron,” to his Cambridge classmate William John Bankes,

1812? USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,500.00
204 TWAIN, MARK

TWAIN, MARK. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

1885 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,250.00
103 DISNEY, WALT

DISNEY, WALT. Watercolor and graphite drawing showing Donald Duck, Signed and Inscribed to Bernard Hobdell.

nd USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
192 ORWELL, GEORGE

ORWELL, GEORGE. Inside the Whale.

1940 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 5,000.00
256 Picasso, Pablo and Aristophanes

(LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB.) Picasso, Pablo and Aristophanes. Lysistrata: A New Version by Gilbert Seldes.

1934 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
32 CURIE, MARIE

(MEDICINE.) CURIE, MARIE. Brief Typed Letter Signed, "M. Curie," to Otto Glasser in Cleveland, in French:

1928 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,680.00
89 WAGNER, RICHARD

WAGNER, RICHARD. Autograph Letter Signed, to "Dearest friend," in German,

1863 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,250.00
191 ORWELL, GEORGE

ORWELL, GEORGE. Down and Out in Paris and London.

1933 USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,250.00
60 KENNEDY, JOHN F

KENNEDY, JOHN F. Photograph Signed and Inscribed: "For Judge Elijah Prettyman / with warm personal regards / and high esteem John Kenne

nd USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,000.00
56 EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D

EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. Crusade in Europe.

1948 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,750.00
  • 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.
  • 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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