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Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26thKetterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26thKetterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26thKetterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26thKetterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000 -
Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
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Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USDSotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USDSotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USDSotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USDSotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USDSotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBPSotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBPSotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR -
Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
![Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc0b1dc0-f7c8-40b6-a5a6-870689484c07.jpg "<b>Gonnelli:</b> Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€")
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Potter and Potter Auctions: The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part III
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part III | Total Sales (USD) | 452,064.00 |
| Auction Date | February 15, 2025 - February 15, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 202,900.00 |
| Sale Number | #1200 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 373,050.00 |
| Total Lots | 372 | ||
| Sold Lots | 371 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 204,400.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 99.73% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 375,550.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 1 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 120.37% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | HERRMANN, Adelaide (1853 -- 1942). | Adelaide Herrmann |
ca. 1905. | USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 22,800.00 |
| 201 | OKITO (Tobias Bamberg, 1875 -- 1963). | OKITO |
ca. 1930. | USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 12,000.00 |
| 322 | DANIEL, George. | [EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED]. Merrie England in the Olden Time |
1842 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 12,000.00 |
| 166 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 -- 1918). | Chung Ling Soo |
ca. 1908. | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 11,400.00 |
| 165 | CHUNG Ling Soo (William E. Robinson, 1861 -- 1918). | Chung Ling Soo Marvellous Chinese Conjurer |
ca. 1910. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,200.00 |
| 86 | HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926). | Six Houdini TLSs to Magician Alex De Vega |
1922 -- 25. | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
| 168 | CHUNG Ling Soo (W.E. Robinson, 1861 -- 1918). | Chung Ling Soo |
ca. 1908. | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 8,400.00 |
| 169 | CHUNG Ling Soo (W.E. Robinson, 1861 -- 1918). | Chung Ling Soo. The Marvellous Chinese Conjurer |
ca. 1915. | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 8,400.00 |
| 202 | OKITO (Tobias Bamberg, 1875 -- 1963). | Hong Too Ming |
ca. 1915. | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,400.00 |
| 345 | HILL, Thomas (ca. 1528- 74). | Natural and Artificial Conclusions |
1684 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,800.00 |
| 167 | CHUNG Ling Soo (W.E. Robinson, 1861 -- 1918). | Chung Ling Soo |
ca. 1918. | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 7,200.00 |
| 111 | LAFAYETTE (Sigmund Neuberger, 1871 -- 1911). | Portrait of the Magician and his Dog |
ca. 1910. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 7,200.00 |
| 170 | [CHUNG LING SOO]. | Suee Seen and Chung Ling Soo Marvellous Chinese Conjurer |
ca. 1910. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 6,600.00 |
| 160 | ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 -- 74). | The Great Wizard of the North! Professor Anderson |
[ca. 1856]. | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
| 213 | YOUNG, E.W. Mr. E.W. | Young, The Great Northern Magician, As He Appeared in his Gorgeous Temple of Enchantment |
ca. 1847. | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 5,280.00 |
| 171 | DANTE (Harry Jansen, 1883 - 1955). | Dante. Sim Sala Bim |
1930s. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 290 | CAULFIELD, James (1764 -- 1826). | Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons, from the Reign of Edward The Third to the Revolution |
1794 -- 95 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 4,560.00 |
| 358 | (Erik Weisz, 1874 -- 1926). | HOUDINI, Harry The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin and Handcuff Secrets |
1909 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,320.00 |
| 196 | (Niels Hansen, 1891 - 1961). | NIC, Chevalier. Chevalier Nic Illusion |
ca. 1920. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,080.00 |
| 211 | THURSTON, Howard (1869 -- 1936). | Thurston's Greatest Mystery |
1920s. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,080.00 |
| 77 | GOLDIN, Horace (Hyman Goldstein, 1873 -- 1939). | Candid Photographs of Goldin and His Illusion Show |
1930s. | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 4,080.00 |
| 40 | COLLINS, Stanley (1881 -- 1966). | Three Magic Scrapbooks |
1890s -- 1910s. | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 4,080.00 |
| 41 | COLLINS, Stanley (1881 -- 1966). | Important Archive of Magic Correspondence, Brochures, Autographs, and Ephemera |
1890s -- 1960s | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,080.00 |
| 365 | JARRETT, Guy (1881 -- 1972). | Jarrett. Magic and Stage Craft Technical |
1936 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,080.00 |
| 199 | OKITO (Tobias Bamberg, 1875 -- 1963). | Okito. [Floating Ball] |
ca. 1935. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/033cf239-2b91-4588-aca2-50ad0a9c43b3.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Roberts (Henry, after). <i>Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ...,</i> [1784]. £500-800")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ecbc3d4-52ef-41c5-8a8d-d4a158a51253.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> World. Ortelius (Abraham), <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> [1598]. £2,000-3,000")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fcfb0b9a-4f59-4dc8-87fd-1dfdf90611dc.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Bible [English]. [<i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New...,</i> 1613]. £2,000-3,000")
