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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. -
Sotheby's
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. -
ALDE, Dec. 9: BLAEU (JOAN) ET BORGOGNIO (GIO TOMASO). Theatre des Estats de son Altesse Royale le duc de Savoye…, La Haye, 1700. €25,000 to €30,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: BROWNE (JAMES D. HOWE). Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc including five Views from the Summit. London, 1853. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: FELLOWS (CHARLES). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc. London, 1827. €30,000 to €40,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: HACQUET (BELSAZAR). Physikalisch= Politische Reise aus den Dinarischen durch die Julischen…, Leipzig, 1785. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: HAWES (BENJAMIN). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc made during the summer of 1827 by Mr. William Hawes and Mr. Charles Fellows, 1828.ALDE, Dec. 9: MARTEL (PIERRE) ET WINDHAM (WILLIAM). An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters…, London, 1744. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: PITSCHNER (WILHELM). Der Mont Blanc Darstellung des Besteigung desselben am 31 Juli, 1 und 2 August 1859…, Berlin, 1860-1864. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: SCHEUCHZER (JOHANN JACOB). Natur-Geschichte des Schweizerlandes, samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge. Zurich, 1746. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: STUMPF (JOANNES). Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnosschaft Stetten, Landen, und Völckeren Chronicwirdiger Thaatenbeschreybung. Zurich, Christoph Froschauer, 1548. €2,500 to €3,500.ALDE, Dec. 9: WALTON (ELIJAH) ET BONNEY (THOMAS GEORGE). The Peaks and valleys of the Alps. London, 1868. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Dec. 9: WYTTENBACH (JACOB SAMUEL). Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse, avec leur description. Amsterdam, 1785. €15,000 to €20,000.
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Potomack Company: Books, Maps and Prints Cornucopia
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books, Maps and Prints Cornucopia | Total Sales (USD) | 33,228.00 |
| Auction Date | November 18, 2024 - November 18, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 13,535.00 |
| Sale Number | #111824 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 24,640.00 |
| Total Lots | 107 | ||
| Sold Lots | 93 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 15,270.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 86.92% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 28,005.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 14 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 118.65% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2085 | WORLD STAMP COLLECTION, 19 ALBUMS, MID-19TH CENTURY AND LATER |
USD 400.00 - 700.00 | USD 11,700.00 | ||
| 2097 | MAPS OF CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 17TH TO 19TH CENTURY |
17TH TO 19TH CENTURY | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,820.00 | |
| 2057 | ALEXANDRE DUMAS | The Works of Alexandre Dumas. |
1890s. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,105.00 |
| 2001 | Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities... |
1860 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 910.00 | |
| 2010 | Dickens, Charles. | Works of Charles Dickens, Riverside Edition. |
1871-72. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 845.00 |
| 2013 | Mayhew, Jonathan. | Practical Discourses Delivered on Occasion of the Earthquakes in November, 1755. |
1760 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 2062 | L. LESLIE BROOKE, JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH, AND ARTHUR RACKHAM | VINTAGE CHILDREN'S BOOKS, ILLUSTRATED BY L. LESLIE BROOKE, JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH, AND ARTHUR RACKHAM |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 617.50 | |
| 2005 | Harris, Joel Chandler. | Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. |
1881 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 585.00 |
| 2043 | FIFTEEN SIGNED LIMITED EDITION BOOKS |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 520.00 | ||
| 2070 | HARTMANN SCHEDEL | "CONSTANTINOPLE," |
CIRCA 1493 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 520.00 |
| 2002 | Parkman, Francis. | Works... |
1883 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 422.50 |
| 2042 | SIXTEEN SIGNED LIMITED EDITION BOOKS |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 422.50 | ||
| 2081 | PAIR OF ENGRAVINGS: OF EDINBURGH (EDYNBRUGUM); OF BRUNSCHWEIG / BRUNSWICK (BRUNSVICUM) |
USD 200.00 - 500.00 | USD 422.50 | ||
| 2093 | NINETEEN MAPS OF SCOTLAND, ENGLAND AND WALES, 19TH CENTURY AND EARLIER |
19TH CENTURY AND EARLIER | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 422.50 | |
| 2040 | ELEVEN SIGNED BOOKS, MOST FIRST EDITIONS |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 390.00 | ||
| 2016 | Monkhouse, W. Cosmo (text by). | The Turner Gallery, A Series of One Hundred and Twenty Engravings from the Works of the Late J.M.W. Turner. |
1880?. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 2037 | Catch-22. |
1989 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 357.50 | |
| 2052 | Wollstonecraft Shelley, Mary and Shelley, Percy Bysshe. | The Poetical Works.... |
1839 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 2060 | BOOKS ON UNITED STATES HISTORY, VIRGINIA HISTORY, AND MINNESOTA HISTORY |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 357.50 | ||
| 2100 | MAPS OF GERMANY AND PRUSSIA, 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY |
17TH AND 18TH CENTURY | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 357.50 | |
| 2033 | Irving, Washington. | The Works of Washington Irving (Author's Revised Edition). |
1859 and 1860. | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 325.00 |
| 2041 | ELEVEN SIGNED BOOKS, MOST FIRST EDITIONS |
USD 100.00 - 300.00 | USD 325.00 | ||
| 2092 | MAPS OF THE CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH AMERICA, 19TH CENTURY AND EARLIER |
19TH CENTURY AND EARLIER | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 325.00 | |
| 2012 | Cervantes and Dore, Gustave (illustrator). | Don Quixote. |
1880's. | USD 100.00 - 300.00 | USD 292.50 |
| 2094 | MAPS OF ITALY, 19TH CENTURY AND EARLIER |
19TH CENTURY AND EARLIER | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 292.50 |
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/2bfa5105-2bf9-4a52-8ab5-45f3ef7b1eb4.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.")
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d8cd5291-2e7d-4a24-8d22-f316554ec8f8.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/73871a8f-7c5e-4b80-933d-0d0161d4363c.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.")
