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Auction Name Rare Books, Autographs and Maps Total Sales (USD) 583,098.00
Auction Date December 09, 2021 - December 09, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 257,830.00
Sale Number #422 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 393,210.00
Total Lots 446
Sold Lots 415 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 285,770.00
% of Lots Sold 93.05% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 438,370.00
Unsold Lots 31 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 133.02%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
178 WHITMAN, WALT

Leaves of Grass.

1855 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 63,000.00
105 NERI DA RIMINI (attributed).

Large excised initial "N" from a choirbook, extensively historiated.

14th century USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 28,350.00
6

A large group of finely bound works on early American subjects, many of revolutionary and antiquarian interest. All but one leather bound, 14 works in 34 volumes, a very attractive and clean group overall but subject to foxing, markings, etc. No work full

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 16,380.00
1 ADAMS, JOHN

The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: with a Life of the Author, notes and illustrations, by his Grandson Charles Francis Adams.

1856 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 15,120.00
22 [HAMILTON, ALEXANDER]

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, on the Subject of Manufactures. Presented to the House of Representatives Dec. 5, 1791.

1793 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 13,860.00
23 [HAMILTON, ALEXANDER]

The Examination of the President's Message at the Opening of Congress December 7, 1801. Revised and Corrected.

1802 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 13,860.00
7

A large group of finely bound works on early American subjects, many of revolutionary and antiquarian interest. All but one leather bound, 11 works in 19 volumes, a very attractive and clean group overall but subject to foxing, markings, etc. No work full

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 11,340.00
63 [WASHINGTON, GEORGE]

Message of the President of the United States to Congress, Enclosing Three Letters from the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States in London...

1794 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 10,710.00
164 DICKENS, CHARLES

Twelve volumes of first and early editions of the major works of Dickens, uniformly bound in scarlet morocco. Comprises The Pickwick Papers.

1837 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 10,710.00
50 [SNOWDEN, RICHARD]

History of the American Revolution in Scripture Style...

1823 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 9,450.00
10 GORDON, WILLIAM.

The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the ... United States.

1789 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 8,190.00
25 [HAMILTON, ALEXANDER]

History of the Republic of the United States of America, as Traced in the Writings of Alexander Hamilton.

1857-59 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 8,190.00
40 McKENNEY, THOMAS L. [and HALL, JAMES]

History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with One Hundred Portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington.

1870 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,930.00
97 FADEN, WILLIAM

The Province of New Jersey, Divided Into East and West, Commonly Called The Jerseys.

1778 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,985.00
419

A large miscellany of club histories and related works.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 5,985.00
374

Approximately two-hundred sporting related volumes from the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 5,355.00
9 BURGOYNE, JOHN.

A State of the Expedition from Canada, as laid before the House of Commons.

1780 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 5,040.00
363

A large group of game books and other manuscript material.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,040.00
373

A collection of manuscript and typed items relating to hunting, sporting, and travel.

USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 5,040.00
30 KENNEDY, JOHN F.

The Strategy of Peace.

1960 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,725.00
38 MATHER, COTTON

Magnalia Christi Americana; or, the Ecclesiastical History of New-England, from the First Planting in the Year 1620 unto the Year of our Lord, 1698.

1702 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,725.00
96 VISSCHER, NICOLAS

Novi Belgii novaeque angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula multis in locis emendate.

circa 1684 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,725.00
100 DES BARRES, JOSEPH F. WALLET

A Chart of Nova Scotia.

1780 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,725.00
250 [ANGLING-CREEL]

The Robert Wethern Archive.

Second half of the 20th century. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,725.00
20 FISKE, JOHN.

Works. Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, 1902. One of 1,000 sets of the "Edition de Luxe." 24 volumes extended to 33 with the addition of many hundreds of plates, portraits, and autographs, full dark blue levant (stamped "Thomas W. Best," but likely

1910 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,410.00
  • 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
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    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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    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
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    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
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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
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • 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
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    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
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    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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