• 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
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    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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    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.
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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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    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
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  • Potter & Potter Auctions
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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.
  • 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 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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Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 6/11

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Auction Name Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper - bidstart 6/11 Total Sales (USD) 64,443.50
Auction Date June 18, 2022 - June 18, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 121,000.00
Sale Number #61822 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 244,700.00
Total Lots 200
Sold Lots 197 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 126,300.00
% of Lots Sold 98.50% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 254,300.00
Unsold Lots 3 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 25.34%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
42478 Champenois; Artist: Alphonse Mucha

L'Estampe Moderne by Mucha - Salome

1897-1898 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,805.00
42496 Charles Wilkes; Artist: A. T. Agate

Wilkes, Hawaii - Hanapepe Valley

1845 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 2,145.00
42467 Sebastian Munster

Munster, pub. 1564 - Sea Monster and Animal Tableau (Famous Chart, Munster's Monsters); Monstra Marina et Terrestria

1564 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,035.00
42596 George Catlin

Catlin, On Card - Catching the Wild Horse

c1875 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 2,035.00
42414 David Roberts

David Roberts, RSE - Front Elevation of the Great Temple of Aboo Simble, Nubia

1842-1849 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,925.00
42412 David Roberts

David Roberts, RSE - The Citadel of Cairo

1842-1849 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,705.00
42510 Rex Brasher

Brasher - Northern Pileated Woodpecker. 405a

1931 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,485.00
42464 Thomas Jefferys; Cartographer: Braddock Meade (alias John Green)

Jefferys - A Chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

1776 USD 7,000.00 - 14,000.00 USD 1,375.00
42497 Charles Wilkes; Artist: J. Drayton

Wilkes, Hawaii - View of Crater Kilauea

1845 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,375.00
42595 John Gould

Gould - Shining Sun-bream Hummingbird with Cactus

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,375.00
42578 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Pomegranate & Butterfly Metamorphosis. 9

1771 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,210.00
42466 Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr

Doppelmayr - Celestial Map or Chart - Systema Solare et Planetarium

1747 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 935.00
42507 Rex Brasher

Brasher - Bluebird. 766

1931 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 935.00
42413 David Roberts

David Roberts, RSE - Cairo, from the Gate of Citizenib, looking towards the Desert of Suez

1842-1849 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 880.00
42577 Maria Sibylla Merian

Merian, Folio - Butterfly Metamorphosis. 7

1771 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 880.00
42594 John Gould

Gould - The Rivoli Hummingbird with Orchid

1849-1887 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 825.00
42490 Author: Homer; Artist: Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall, Homer's Odyssey - Poseidon

1975 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 770.00
42493 Scott Barchard Wilson and Arthur Humble Evans

Wilson & Evans, Hawaii - Goose (Bernicula Sandvicensis)

1890-1899 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 770.00
42454 Giovanni Maria Cassini

Cassini - Map of the World

1788 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 742.50
42472 Alphonse Mucha

Mucha - 7 Illustrations on Postcards

c1910 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 742.50
42489 Author: Homer; Artist: Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall, Homer's Odyssey - Penelope and the Bow of Odysseus - Penelope et l'arc d'Ulysse

1975 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 742.50
42572 Emile Alain Seguy

Seguy - Butterflies or Moths. 1

1925 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 742.50
42599 Daniel Giraud Elliot; Artist: Joseph Wolf

Elliot, Folio - Pampas Cat

1878-1883 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 742.50
42597 Karl Bodmer

Karl Bodmer - Remarkable Hills on the upper Missouri. 34

1839-1842 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 687.50
42587 John Gould

Gould - Osprey

1862-1875 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 660.00
  • 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
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    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
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    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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