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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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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    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.
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    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Dawe (George, engraver). The Life of a Nobleman, first edition, Geo. Henderson, [c.1825]. £1,000 to £1,500.
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    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.
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    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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Heritage Auctions: Depth of Field: Photographs

Auction Reports

Auction Name Depth of Field: Photographs Total Sales (USD) 70,260.25
Auction Date January 12, 2022 - January 12, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 65,500.00
Sale Number #14181 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 98,400.00
Total Lots 137
Sold Lots 111 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 83,450.00
% of Lots Sold 81.02% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 124,350.00
Unsold Lots 26 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 56.50%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
38056 George Hurrell (American, 1904-1992)

Gene Tierney

1944, printed circa 1979 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 7,500.00
38001 Slim Aarons (American, 1916-2006)

Poolside Gossip

circa 1970, printed later USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,000.00
38005 Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)

Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California

1960, printed 1995 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,312.50
38002 Slim Aarons (American, 1916-2006)

Verbier Vacation

1964, printed later USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,062.50
38133 Frank Worth (American, 1923-2000)

James Dean (on the set of Giant)

1955, printed later USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,000.00
38006 Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984)

Oaktree, Snowstorm, Yosemite National Park, California

1948, printed circa 1973-1974 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,875.00
38032 Jack Delano (American, 1914-1997)

Group of 6 Farm Security Administration Photographs

1940-1941s, printed later USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,750.00
38137 James Van Der Zee (American, 1886-1983)

Little Girls Dancing

1928, printed later USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,500.00
38007 Albert Arthur Allen (American, 1886-1962)

Group of 7 Nude Studies

circa 1920ss USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,312.50
38040 Larry Fink (American, 1941)

Pat Sabatine's Eighth Birthday Party

1977, printed 2004 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,093.75
38022 Imogen Cunningham (American, 1883-1976)

Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz

1934, printed later USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,062.50
38132 Frank Worth (American, 1923-2000)

Elizabeth Taylor (on the set of Giant)

1955, printed later USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,062.50
38066 David LaChapelle (American, 1964)

Male Angel

1987 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,031.25
38003 Berenice Abbott (American, 1898-1991)

Milken's General Store, Bridgewater, Maine

1954, printed later USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,012.50
38112 George Tice (American, 1938)

Mount Desert Island, Maine

1970, printed later USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,000.00
38105 John Sexton (American, 1953)

Birch Trees, Rockport, Maine

1981 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 937.50
38004 Berenice Abbott (American, 1898-1991)

Custom House Statues and New York Produce Exchange Building

1936 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 906.25
38062 Michael Kenna (British/American, 1953)

Twenty Fences, Obira, Hokkaido, Japan,

2004 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 906.25
38131 Frank Worth (American, 1923-2000)

Elizabeth Taylor with a Lasso (on the set of Giant)

1955, printed later USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 906.25
38075 Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946-1989)

Cyprieedium, African Daisy, and Phalaenopsis Amabyllis (3 works)

1982, printed later USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 875.00
38090 Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006)

Group of 5 Farm Security Administration Photographs

1942-1943s, printed later USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 875.00
38092 Bill Ray (American, 1936)

Roy Lichtenstein in Leo Castelli Gallery, New York

1962 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 812.50
38110 W. Eugene Smith (American, 1918-1978)

Albert Schweitzer in Africa

1954, printed circa 1970 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 781.25
38039 Walker Evans (American, 1903-1975)

Grocery Store, New Hampshire

circa 1938 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 750.00
38044 Ernst Haas (American/Austrian, 1921-1986)

Greece

1952, printed 1990s USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 750.00
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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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.
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    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
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    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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