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Auction Name Automobilia and Petroliana Total Sales (USD) 131,680.00
Auction Date July 10, 2024 - July 11, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 85,100.00
Sale Number #71024 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 163,700.00
Total Lots 73
Sold Lots 72 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 86,100.00
% of Lots Sold 98.63% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 165,700.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 79.47%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1182

COCA-COLA BRUNHOFF LIGHTED COUNTERTOP DISPLAY

 c.1940s USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 14,080.00
1299

"PROPERTY OF" COCA-COLA HUTCHINSON BOTTLE

 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,680.00
1181

COCA-COLA DIECUT WHITE SIX PACK SIGN.

 USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,864.00
1417

10C/ DRINK COCA-COLA VENDO 44 MACHINE.

 c.1950's USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,864.00
1114

WW2 ERA MATCHLESS G3I MOTORCYCLE

 USD 5,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 4,352.00
1115

1946 AJS 16M 350CC MOTORCYCLE

 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,352.00
1063

PORCELAIN COCA-COLA COLONIAL SIGN W/ ORIGINAL BRACKET & PORCELAIN LIGHT FIXTURES

 USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,840.00
1180

DRINK COCA-COLA DELICIOUS AND REFRESHING SELF-FRAMED PORCELAIN SIGN

 c.1930s USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,840.00
1292

SCHWINN BICYCLES NEON SIGN

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,584.00
1416

COCA-COLA SCHOOL ZONE POLICEMAN SIGN W/ FISHTAIL GRAPHIC

 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,072.00
1300

BAKELITE COCA-COLA BOTTLE RADIO

 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,816.00
1612

COCA-COLA VENDO 44 MACHINE

 c.1950s USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,816.00
1178

COCA COLA ELECTRIC NEON LIGHT UP ADVERTISING CLOCK.

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,560.00
1064

ROTATING COCA-COLA HALO SIGN.

 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,432.00
1069

LIGHT UP COCA COLA COUNTER TOP SIGN.

 c.1950's USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,432.00
1068

COLLECTION OF 3 COCA-COLA TIN ADVERTISING SIGNS

 c.1950s and 1960s USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,304.00
1187

COLLECTION OF 2 PORCELAIN COCA-COLA ADVERTISING SIGNS

 1930s and 1940s USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,304.00
1298

DIE-CUT 6' COCA-COLA TIN BOTTLE SIGN

 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,304.00
1184

COCA-COLA CURB SERVICE SIGN

 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,176.00
1525

COCA-COLA VMC 44 MACHINE

 USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,176.00
1295

DRINK COCA-COLA PLEASE PAY CASHIER GLASS HANGING SIGN.

 c.1950's USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,048.00
1301

TIN 12' DIE-CUT COCA-COLA BOTTLE SIGN

 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,048.00
1302

TAKE HOME A CARTON DRINK COCA-COLA SIGN.

 c.1942 USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,048.00
1062

9' DIE-CUT COCA-COLA TIN BOTTLE SIGN

 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,920.00
1179

COCA-COLA SLED SIGN W/ DAVID CITY PORCELAIN ATTACHMENTS

 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,920.00
  • <b><center>Koller Auctions<br>Books & Autographs<br>18 September 2024</b> <b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000 <b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000. <b><center>Koller Auctions<br>Books & Autographs<br>18 September 2024</b> <b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
  • <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25:</b> HAMILTON, Sir William - <i>Campi Phlegraei.</i> Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25:</b> KIRCHER, Athanasius - <i>Turris Babel.</i> Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25:</b> EDWARDS, George.London - <i>Gleanings of Natural History.</i> Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25:</b> HEVELIUS, Johannes - <i>Cometographia.</i> Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25:</b> KUPKA, Frantisek - <i>Quatre histoires de blanc et noir.</i> Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
  • <b>Old World Auctions (Sept 11):</b> Lot 732. Early Announcement of Continental Congress' Declaration of Independence (1776) Est. $12,000 - $15,000 <b>Old World Auctions (Sept 11):</b> Lot 361. One of Ortelius' Most Decorative Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1585) Est. $9,500 - $12,000 <b>Old World Auctions (Sept 11):</b> Lot 55. Early Edition of One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1545) Est. $6,000 - $7,500 <b>Old World Auctions (Sept 11):</b> Lot 27. Fascinating Japanese Satirical Map of the World Published After WWI (1924) Est. $2,750 - $3,500 <b>Old World Auctions (Sept 11):</b> Lot 637. Complete Example of De Bry's Petits Voyages, Part VIII (1606) Est. $4,750 - $5,500 <b>Old World Auctions (Sept 11):</b> Lot 50. Extremely Rare Uncut Sheet from Sylvanus's 1511 Edition of Ptolemy's Geographia (1511) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 <b>Old World Auctions (Sept 11):</b> Lot 399. One of the Most Desired Maps of Ireland by John Speed (1610) Est. $2,750 - $3,500 <b>Old World Auctions (Sept 11):</b> Lot 689. Pictorial Map of Melbourne in the Style of MacDonald Gill (1934) Est. $900 - $1,100 <b>Old World Auctions (Sept 11):</b> Lot 652. Blaeu's Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa in Full Contemporary Color (1663) Est. $3,000 - $3,750 <b>Old World Auctions (Sept 11):</b> Lot 729. Hand-Colored Image of David Handing the Letter to Uriah (1518) Est. $1,000 - $1,300 <b>Old World Auctions (Sept 11):</b> Lot 533. Eight-Volume Set Recounting Travels of Anacharsis in Greece (1789) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 732. Early Announcement of Continental Congress' Declaration of Independence (1776) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 361. One of Ortelius' Most Decorative Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1585) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 55. Early Edition of One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1545) Est. $6,000 - $7,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 27. Fascinating Japanese Satirical Map of the World Published After WWI (1924) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 637. Complete Example of De Bry's Petits Voyages, Part VIII (1606) Est. $4,750 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 50. Extremely Rare Uncut Sheet from Sylvanus's 1511 Edition of Ptolemy's Geographia (1511) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 399. One of the Most Desired Maps of Ireland by John Speed (1610) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 689. Pictorial Map of Melbourne in the Style of MacDonald Gill (1934) Est. $900 - $1,100
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 652. Blaeu's Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa in Full Contemporary Color (1663) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 729. Hand-Colored Image of David Handing the Letter to Uriah (1518) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 533. Eight-Volume Set Recounting Travels of Anacharsis in Greece (1789) Est. $800 - $950
  • <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>September 11<br>Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I</b></center> <b>Dominic Winter, Sep. 11:</b> Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier). The History of the Bucaniers of America..., 4 parts in one, 3rd edition, 1704. £1,000-1,500 <b>Dominic Winter, Sep. 11:</b> Greenough (George Bellos). A Physical and Geological Map of England & Wales..., Geological Society, July 1865. £5,000-8,000 <b>Dominic Winter, Sep. 11:</b> Illuminated Psalter. Manuscript Psalter with Calendar, Flanders or North-East France, late 13th century. £7,000-10,000 <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>September 11<br>Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I</b></center> <b>Dominic Winter, Sep. 11:</b> Book of Hours. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, Use of Rome, in Latin, Florence, c. 1470s. £3,000-5,000 <b>Dominic Winter, Sep. 11:</b> Henry VIII (King of England). Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, Antwerp: Michiel Hillen, 1522. £3,000-5,000 <b>Dominic Winter, Sep. 11:</b> Binding for Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Polydori Vergilii Urbinatis Anglicae..., 1555. £20,000-30,000 <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>September 11<br>Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I</b></center> <b>Dominic Winter, Sep. 11:</b> Llwyd (Humphrey). The Breviary of Britayne..., 1st edition in English, 1573. William Lambarde's copy. £2,000-3,000 <b>Dominic Winter, Sep. 11:</b> Embroidered Binding. The Whole Book of Psalmes..., Imprinted for the Company of Stationers, 1634. £700-1,000 <b>Dominic Winter, Sep. 11:</b> Astronomy Manuscript. [Shakerley, Jeremy (1626-c.1655). Tabulae Britannicae, the British tables…], late 17th c. £1,000-1,500 <b><center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>September 11<br>Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I</b></center> <b>Dominic Winter, Sep. 11:</b> Elew (Jan Barend, publisher). Nederlandsch bloemwerk, Amsterdam: J.B. Elwe, 1794. £2,000-3,000 <b>Dominic Winter, Sep. 11:</b> Vellucent Art Nouveau Binding [Book of Common Prayer] by Herbert Granville Fell, 1900. £1,000-1,500 <b>Dominic Winter, Sep. 11:</b> Palladio (Andrea). The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books, 2nd edition, 1721. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier). The History of the Bucaniers of America..., 4 parts in one, 3rd edition, 1704. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Greenough (George Bellos). A Physical and Geological Map of England & Wales..., Geological Society, July 1865. £5,000-8,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Illuminated Psalter. Manuscript Psalter with Calendar, Flanders or North-East France, late 13th century. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Book of Hours. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, Use of Rome, in Latin, Florence, c. 1470s. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Henry VIII (King of England). Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, Antwerp: Michiel Hillen, 1522. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Binding for Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Polydori Vergilii Urbinatis Anglicae..., 1555. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Llwyd (Humphrey). The Breviary of Britayne..., 1st edition in English, 1573. William Lambarde's copy. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Embroidered Binding. The Whole Book of Psalmes..., Imprinted for the Company of Stationers, 1634. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Astronomy Manuscript. [Shakerley, Jeremy (1626-c.1655). Tabulae Britannicae, the British tables…], late 17th c. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Elew (Jan Barend, publisher). Nederlandsch bloemwerk, Amsterdam: J.B. Elwe, 1794. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Vellucent Art Nouveau Binding [Book of Common Prayer] by Herbert Granville Fell, 1900. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Palladio (Andrea). The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books, 2nd edition, 1721. £2,000-3,000
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>10 September 2024<br>The Shem Tov Bible</b></center>
    Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
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