• Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
  • Forum Auctions
    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
    19th June 2025
    Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum, June 19: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, June 19: Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, 1598. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, June 19: Livius (Titus). The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, Adam Islip, 1600. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
    19th June 2025
    Forum, June 19: Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de). The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses, first edition in English, 1603. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, June 19: Boyle (Robert). Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica, first edition, for Samuel Smith, 1690. £2,500 to £3,500.
    Forum, June 19: Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, first edition, second issue, 1690. £8,00 to £12,000.
  • ALDE, June 18: CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). Voyage en Sibérie fait par ordre du Roi en 1761 contenant les mœurs…, Paris, 1768. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, June 18: HENNEPIN (LOUIS). Description de la Louisiane nouvellement découverte au Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle France…, Paris, 1688. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LA BOULLAYE-LE GOUZ (FRANÇOIS DE). Les Voyages et Observations, Paris, 1653. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LE BRUN (CORNELIS DE BRUYN DIT CORNEILLE). Voyage au Levant, c'est à dire dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie mineure..., Delft, 1700. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, June 18: SAINT-NON (J.-CL. RICHARD, ABBÉ DE). Voyage pittoresque ou description du royaume de Naples et de Sicile, Paris, 1781-1786. €3,500 to €5,000.
    ALDE, June 18: (CALVIN JEAN). SÉNÈQUE. Annei Senecae..., Paris, 1532. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LACTANCE. De divinis institutionibus. De ira Dei. De opificio Dei. De phoenice carmen, Rome, 1468. €30,000 to €40,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, June 18: POLITIEN (ANGE). Omnia opera, et alia quædam lectu Digna, Venise, 1498. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, June 18: SIDOINE APOLLINAIRE. Poema aureum ejusdemque Epistole, Milan, 1498. €3,000 to €4,000.
  • SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Øiesvold Collection
    June 14, 2025
    SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: HIERONYMUS MÜNTZER (1437 – 1508): (Northern and Central Europe) No title recto. Nuremberg, 1493.
    SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SIGISMUND VON HERBERSTEIN (1486 – 1566): «Commentari della Moscovia et partmente della Russia.» Venice, 1550.
    SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI in quibus iuxta certioris […]» Basel, 1559.
    SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Deerwunder und seltzame Thier / wie die in den Mitnächtigen Länder im Meer […]» Basel, c. 1550.
    SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: WILLEM BARENTSZ (1550 – 97): «Deliniatio cartæ trium navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagem [...]» Amsterdam, 1598.
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University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts and Books

Auction Reports

Auction Name Rare Autographs, Manuscripts and Books Total Sales (USD) 991,205.15
Auction Date January 29, 2025 - January 29, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 684,750.00
Sale Number #12925 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 917,700.00
Total Lots 415
Sold Lots 401 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 727,850.00
% of Lots Sold 96.63% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 972,300.00
Unsold Lots 14 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 101.94%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
138

Fabulous NY Art Dealer Collection! 70+ Original Metal Etching Plates & Woodblocks from 30+ Artists Incl. Picasso, Dali, Chagall, Braque, Giacometti, Rouault & More, 1887-1975

ca. 1887-1975 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 112,500.00
273 Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan Handwritten Signed Lyrics for "Blowing in the Wind", Legendary Civil Rights Anthem, with Jeff Rosen COA, Just in Time For Oscar Buzzworthy Movie "A Complete Unknown"

ca. 2011 USD 60,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 50,000.00
321

"Jaws of Death" D-Day Photo, Type I PSA Encapsulated, One of Most Iconic Photos in History taken by Robert Sargent.

1944-07-30 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 37,500.00
52 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson ALS to Grandson, Signed 4x Including Rare Full Signature!

February 17, 1809 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 34,375.00
81 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln on Horseback, Check to Get a Saddle!

September 28, 1857 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 31,250.00
358

Eiffel Tower Stairway Section #6, Unique and Rare!

ca. 1889 USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 USD 31,250.00
407 Einstein Original

Einstein Original Geometry Drawing With Signed Explanation Sent to H.S. Student: "...you are the only person we know of who could supply us with the answer..."

ca. May 12, 1952 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 31,250.00
51 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson ALS as President, Cabinet-Level Appointment!

October 14, 1801 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 25,000.00
129 George Washington

George Washington Franking Signature During Revolutionary War to Col. Stephen Moylan, January 5, 1780, PSA/DNA

January 5, 1780 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 25,000.00
270 Walt Disney

Walt Disney & His Artists Signed Sketches, Phil Sears COA, Best We Have Seen!

ca. 1941 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
236

New Orleans Slave Auction Broadside Sadly Includes Families; Among the Best Extant

February 12, 1859 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 22,500.00
37 James A. Garfield

James A. Garfield Signed Check as President, Only 1 of 2 Known PSA MINT 9, With Provenance from Son

April 1, 1881 USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 21,250.00
246 Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin AES 3 Months Before Start of Constitutional Convention of 1787, PSA NM-MT8

March 2, 1787 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,000.00
201 Rare Warren

Rare Warren Buffett Signed Lehigh Coal And Navigation Co. Stock Certificate, Only 8 Known

1962-03-13 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,750.00
130 George Washington

George Washington Signed 1788 Potomac Co. Receipt

August 5, 1788 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 15,000.00
82 Lincoln Funeral

Lincoln Funeral Ticket for Bearer to Sit in the South Section

April 19, 1865 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 13,750.00
311 Civil

Soldier's Civil War-date Correspondence Archive, Over 300 Letters, Plus More!

ca. 1862-1865 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 12,500.00
1 John Adams

John Adams 1810 ALS on His Pear Trees & A Lost Portrait by Female Artist

November 10, 1810 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,625.00
28 Eisenhower

D-Day Orders Signed By Eisenhower To His Troops, Outstanding PSA Mint 9!

n.d. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 10,625.00
131 Washington Franking

Washington Franking Signature "The President" to Burgess Ball, With Him at Valley Forge

February 7, 1794 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,625.00
353 Herbert Henry Asquith

Herbert Henry Asquith Extensive Archive of Letters [360+] to Mrs. Hilda Harrison, 1915-1927

ca. 1916-1928 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,625.00
64

Iconic JFK Jr. "Salute" UPI Negative Taken at Kennedy's Funeral, One of the Most Important Photos of the 20th Century, & a Never Before Seen Negative!

1963-11-25 USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 USD 10,000.00
409 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Signed Photo from Arriving in San Diego with Wife Elsa -- Superlative!

ca. 1931 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,000.00
2 John Adams

John Adams Partial 1798 Patent Signed, Large & Attractive Signature

May 28, 1798 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,125.00
209 Ray Kroc McDonald's

Ray Kroc McDonald's Gift Certificate Booklet Signed

ca. 1981 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 7,500.00
  • Rose City Book & Paper Fair
    June 14-15, 2025
    1000 NE Multnomah, Portland
    ROSECITYBOOKFAIR.COM
  • Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, "I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson.", oil on canvas, 1957.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, Thumbelina, gouache and pencil, 1945.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard, watercolor and gouache, 1932.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth, gouache, circa 1953.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, 2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air, pen and ink and wash, 1947.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, Confetti Hourglass, mixed media, 1973.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine), charcoal, circa 1915.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue De Buci, Paris, casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch, pencil, 1988.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Chatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale
    18th June 2025
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: French Bateau Bed, exhibition piece from the Exposition Universelle—The Paris World’s Fair, 1878. Third quarter of the 19th century. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
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  • Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR
    Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
  • Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE / LANDINO, CRISTOFORO. Comento di Christophoro Landino Fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino, 1481. €40,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. Il Convivio, 1490. €20,000 to €25,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LEGATURA – PLUTARCO. Le vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romaines translates, 1567. €10,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO. Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti…, 1548. €4,000 to €6,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: SPINOZA, BARUCH. Opera posthuma, 1677. €8,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. Borus Godunov, 1831. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - LECUIRE, PIERRE. Ballets-minute, 1954. €35,000 to €40,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MAJAKOVSKIJ, VLADIMIR / LISSITZKY, LAZAR MARKOVICH. Dlia Golosa, 1923. €7,000 to €10,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MATISSE, HENRI / MONTHERLANT, HENRY DE. Pasiphaé. Chant de Minos., 1944. €22,000 to €24,000.