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    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.
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    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.
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Morton Subastas: Antiquarian and Contemporary Books

Auction Reports

Auction Name Antiquarian and Contemporary Books Total Sales (MXN) 767,880.00
Auction Date February 23, 2021 - February 23, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) 702,000.00
Sale Number #1008 High Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) 895,000.00
Total Lots 250
Sold Lots 88 Low Estimate of All Lots (MXN) 2,237,500.00
% of Lots Sold 35.20% High Estimate of All Lots (MXN) 2,881,000.00
Unsold Lots 162 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 26.65%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
23 Varios Autores.

Apuntes para la Historia de la Guerra entre México y los Estados Unidos.

1848 MXN 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 MXN 60,000.00
2 Kingsborough, Edward.

Antiquities of Mexico: Comprising Fac-similes of Ancient Mexican Paintings and Hieroglyphics.

1848 MXN 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 MXN 48,000.00
105 Nebrija, Antonio.

Habes in Hoc Volumine Amice Lector Aelii Antonii Nebriss. Rerum a Fernando & Elisabe Hispaniaru[m] Faelicissimis Regibus Gestarum Decades Duas, Nec no[n] Belli Navariensis Libros Duos. Annexa Insuper Archiepi Roderici Chronica, Aliisq[ue] Historijs Anteha

1545 MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 38,400.00
226 Palafox y Mendoza, Juan de.

Historia Real Sagrada. Luz de Príncipes y Súbditos. Injusticias que Intervinieron en la Muerte de Christo Bien Nuestro.

1661 MXN 30,000.00 - 35,000.00 MXN 33,600.00
111

Anales Eclesiásticos y Seglares de la M. N. y M. L. Ciudad de Sevilla.

1747 MXN 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 MXN 30,000.00
4 Clavigero, Francesco Saverio.

The History of Mexico.

1806 MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 19,200.00
178 Vega Carpio, Lope Félix de.

Colección de Obras Sueltas, Assi en Prosa, como en Verso.

1776 - 1779. MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 18,000.00
202 Ward, Henry George.

México in 1827.

1828 MXN 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 18,000.00
69

Guía de la Ciudad de México, Breve Guía Ilustrada.

1906 MXN 9,000.00 - 11,000.00 MXN 15,600.00
133 Junta Directiva del Desagüe y Saneamiento.

Memoria sobre las Obras de Desagüe del Valle y el Saneamiento de la Ciudad de México: Noviembre 1º de 1896.

1896 MXN 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 14,400.00
21 Stevens, Isaac I.

Campaigns of the Rio Grande and of Mexico. With Notices of the Recent Work of Major Ripley.

1851 MXN 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
181 Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm.

Essais de Théodicée sur la Bonté de Dieu, la Liberté de l’Homme et l’Origine du Mal.

1714 MXN 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
240 Landesio, Eugenio.

Cimientos del Artista, Dibujante y Pintor.

1866 MXN 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
73

México y las Colonias Extranjeras en el Centenario de la Independencia.

ca. 1910 MXN 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 MXN 11,400.00
205 Anónimo.

Plano de la Ciudad de México.

1600 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 10,800.00
216 Alvarez de Toledo, Gabriel.

Historia de la Iglesia, y del Mundo, que Contiene los Sucesos desde su Creación hasta el Diluvio.

1713 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 10,800.00
169

Lecturas Clásicas para Niños.

1924 - 1925. MXN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 MXN 10,200.00
198 Ober, Frederick A.

Travels in Mexico and Life Among the Mexicans.

1884 MXN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 MXN 10,200.00
18 Reid, Samuel C.

The Scouting Expeditions of McCulloch's Texas Rangers; or The Summer and Fall Campaign of the Army of the United States in Mexico 1846.

1860 MXN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 MXN 9,600.00
29 Filisola, Vicente.

Memorias para la Historia de la Guerra de Tejas. Por el Sr. General de División y actual Presidente del Supremo Tribunal de Guerra y Marina de la República.

1849 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 9,600.00
40 Alvensleben, Maximilian.

With Maximilian in Mexico from the Note - Book of a Mexican Officer.

1867 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 9,600.00
108 Ramos del Manzano, Francisco.

Respuesta de España al Tratado de Francia sobre las Pretensiones de la Reyna Christianissima.

1667 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 9,600.00
137 Salas López, F. E.

La Irrigación. Su Utilidad y Medios de Ejecutarla. Estudio Técnico - Descriptivo de Algunas de las Principales Construcciones para Retener y Distribuir el Agua.

1908 MXN 9,000.00 - 11,000.00 MXN 9,600.00
155 El Observador de la República Mexicana.

Periódico Semanario.

1827 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 9,600.00
93 Gil y Sáenz, Manuel.

Historia de Tabasco.

1892 MXN 9,000.00 - 11,000.00 MXN 9,000.00
  • 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.
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