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Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h. -
![<b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. <i>De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate,</i> Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b719f220-50aa-4855-9a72-293cad312283.jpg "<b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. <i>De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate,</i> Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.")
ALDE, Dec. 11: ALBINUS (BERNHARD SIEGFIED). Tabulæ Sceleti et Musculorum corporis humanum, Londres, 1749. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Dec. 11: BIDLOO (GOVARD). Anatomia humani corporis. Centum et quinque tabulis per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse..., Amsterdam, 1685.ALDE, Dec. 11: BOURGERY (JEAN-MARC) – JACOB (NICOLAS-HENRI). Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’Homme comprenant la médecine opératoire, Paris, 1832. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Dec. 11: CALDANI (LEOPOLDO MARCANTONIO ET FLORIANO). Icones anatomicae, Venice, 1801-14. €5,000 to €6,000.ALDE, Dec. 11: CARSWELL (ROBERT). Pathological Anatomy. Illustrations of the elementary forms of disease, London, 1838. €5,000 to €6,000.ALDE, Dec. 11: CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate, Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Dec. 11: ESTIENNE (CHARLES). De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres, Paris, 1545. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Dec. 11: GAMELIN (JACQUES). Nouveau Recueil d'Ostéologie et de Myologie dessiné d'après nature... pour l’utilité des sciences et des arts, divisé en deux parties, Toulouse, 1779. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Dec. 11: ROESSLIN (EUCHER). Des divers travaux et enfantemens des femmes et par quel moyen l'on doit survenir aux accidens…, Paris, 1536. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 11: RUYSCH (FREDERICK). Thesaurus anatomicus - Anatomisch Cabinet, Amsterdam, 1701-1714. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 11: VALVERDE (JUAN DE). Anatome corporis humani. Nunc primum a Michaele Michaele Columbo latine reddita, et additis novis aliquot tabulis exornata, Venetiis, 1589. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Dec. 11: VESALIUS (ANDREAS). De humani Corporis Fabrica libri septem, Venetiis, 1568. €3,000 to €4,000. -
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Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USDSotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USDSotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USDSotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USDSotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD -
Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000.
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Donald Heald Auctions: Americana Rare Books, Maps, Prints and Photos
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Americana Rare Books, Maps, Prints and Photos | Total Sales (USD) | 91,531.25 |
| Auction Date | July 17, 2021 - July 17, 2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 128,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #208644 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 163,475.00 |
| Total Lots | 200 | ||
| Sold Lots | 95 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 324,070.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 47.50% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 410,075.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 105 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 22.32% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | FRANKLIN, Benjamin. | Experiments and Observations on Electricity. |
1774 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
| 83 | DE BRAHM, William Gerard (1717-99) | Caroline meridionale et partie de la Georgie Par le Chevr. |
1777 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 4,375.00 |
| 73 | SEUTTER, Matthäus (1678-1757) | [New York & New England] Recens Edita totius Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionali siti, delineatio cura et sumtibus Matthæi Seutteri, Sac. |
circa 1740 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,875.00 |
| 133 | [CURTIS, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) | Wolf Lies Down - Apsaroke. |
1907-1930 | USD 6,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 196 | BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) | Sih-Chidä & Mahchsi-Karehde. |
1839-1842 | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,250.00 |
| 15 | [BEVERLEY, Robert (c.1673-c.1722)] | The History and Present State of Virginia, in four parts ... |
1705 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,125.00 |
| 190 | BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) | Camp of the Gros Ventres of the Prairies on the upper Missouri. |
1839-1842 | USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,125.00 |
| 200 | BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) | Péhriska-Rúhpa. |
1839-1842 | USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,125.00 |
| 189 | BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) | Assiniboin Indians. |
1839-1842 | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 191 | BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) | Idols of the Mandan Indians. |
1839-1842 | USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,625.00 |
| 198 | BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) | Herds of Bisons and Elks on the upper Missouri. |
1839-1842 | USD 4,250.00 - 4,750.00 | USD 2,625.00 |
| 197 | BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) | Indian Utensils and Arms. |
1841 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 47 | WAR OF 1812, Treaty of Ghent. |
1815 | USD 3,000.00 - 3,750.00 | USD 2,000.00 | |
| 51 | MICHAUX, François-André (1770-1855) and Thomas NUTTALL (1786-1859) | The North American Sylva; or, a description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia. |
1871 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 40 | [TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de (1805-1859)] | [Four manuscript letters from Tocqueville to John Stuart Mill (3) and Henry Reeve (1), written in the hand of Gustave de Beaumont evidently in preparation for his edition of Tocqueville's Oeuvres] |
1839-1849 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 194 | BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) | [Mouth of the Fox River (Indiana)] |
1839-1842 | USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 192 | BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) | Mexkemahuastan. |
1839-1842 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,562.50 |
| 90 | TANNER, Henry Schenck (1786-1858) | Illinois and Missouri by H. |
1825 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 187 | BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) | Pachtüwa-Chtä. |
1839-1842 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 172 | LAUGIER, Jean Nicolas (1785-1875); after Leon COGNIET (1794-1880) | Washington. |
1839 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,437.50 |
| 171 | DURAND, Asher B. (1796-1886) | This Portrait is published to identify the person with the true character of one of the basest of men. |
1823 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 199 | BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) | Mehkskeme-Sukahs. |
1839-1842 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,400.00 | USD 1,312.50 |
| 195 | BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) | The travelers meeting with the Minatarre Indians. |
1842 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 186 | BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) | Niagara Falls. |
1839-1842 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 75 | DRIPPS, Matthew (publisher) | Map of New York City south of 46th. |
1876 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,031.25 |
