• Bonhams, June 16-25: 15th-CENTURY TREATISE ON SYPHILIS. GRÜNPECK. 1496. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF BENIVIENI'S TREATISE ON PATHOLOGY. 1507. $12,000 - $18,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: FRACASTORO. Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus. 1530. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON SKIN DISEASES. MERCURIALIS. De morbis cutaneis... 1572. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: BIDLOO. Anatomia humani corporis... 1685. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF DOUGLASS'S EARLY AMERICAN WORK ON INNOCULATION AND SMALLPOX. 1722. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: LIND'S FIRST TREATISE ON SCURVY. 1753. $15,000 - $20,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: RARE JENNER SIGNED CIRCULAR ON VACCINATION. 1821. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. BRIGHT. Reports of Medical Cases... 1827-1831. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTATION COPY TO HER MOTHER. 1860. $6,000 - $8,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: LORENZO TRAVER'S MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF BURNSIDE'S NORTH CAROLINA EXPEDITION. TRAVER, Lorenzo. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: ONE OF THE EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS ON DERMATOLOGY. HARDY. Clinique Photographique... 1868. $3,000 - $5,000
  • Bonhams, June 16-24: KELMSCOTT PRESS. RUSKIN. The Nature of Gothic. 1892. $1,500 - $2,500
    Bonhams, June 16-24: ASHENDENE PRESS. The Wisdom of Jesus. 1932. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: CHARLOTTE BRONTE WRITES AS GOVERNESS. Autograph Letter Signed, 1851. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS. BRONTE, Emily. New York, 1848. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: IAN FLEMING ASSOCIATION COPY. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. $7,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: DELUXE EDITION WITH ORIGINAL PAINTING. BUKOWSKI, Charles. War All the Time. 1984. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN'S MOST POWERFUL STATEMENT ON THE ATOMIC BOMB. Original Typed Manuscript Signed, "On My Participation in the Atom Bomb Project," 1953. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN ON SCIENCE, WAR AND MORALITY. Autograph Letter Signed, 1949. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. WASHINGTON, George. Engraved document signed, 1786. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: AN EARLY CHINESE-MADE 34-STAR U.S. CONSULAR FLAG. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF LINCOLN WITH HIS SON TAD. 1864. $60,000 - $90,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: MALCOLM X WRITES FROM KENYA. Postcard signed, 1964. $4,000 - $6,000
  • Case Antiques
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    July 12 & 13, 2025
    Case Antiques, July 12-13: Winston Link Signed Photograph, Hotshot Eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, July 1957. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, July 12-13: Alexander Hamilton ALS, Whiskey Rebellion. $2,800 to $3,200.
    Case Antiques, July 12-13: Civil War Canteen and Letters, Thomas Tabb Jr. CSA. $1,800 to $2,200.
    Case Antiques
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    Case Antiques, July 12-13: Archive of Capt. William Tabb of MS, CSA, Killed Atlanta. $1,000 to $1,400.
    Case Antiques, July 12-13: Rudyard Kipling Collection, 29 Volumes, First Editions; Zaehnsdorf Bindings. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, July 12-13: Artist Andrew Wyeth & Family Signed Letters, Cards. $1,000 to $1,200.
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    Case Antiques, July 12-13: Augusta Resolves Silk Broadside, Revolutionary War RelateD. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, July 12-13: 1894 Map of Nashville. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, July 12-13: CSA Navy Appointment, Semmes and Mallory plus Photo of Lt. Armstrong. $600 to $800.
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    Case Antiques, July 12-13: Slave Colonies of Great Britain, 1825, Macaulay, First Edition, plus Debate on Abolition, 1792. $600 to $800.
    Case Antiques, July 12-13: Signed Photo of 3 Presidents: Nixon, Ford, Carter. $600 to $800.
    Case Antiques, July 12-13: Slave Ledger, Merrill Plantations, Natchez, MS & Concordia, LA. $1,000 to $1,200.
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Mennonite Life: Rare and Used Book Auction

Auction Reports

Auction Name Rare and Used Book Auction Total Sales (USD) 23,649.00
Auction Date March 14, 2025 - March 14, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #31425 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 397
Sold Lots 380 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 95.72% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 17 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
319

Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi. Nach der Deutschen Uebersetzung Doctor Martin Luthers.

1859 Not Available USD 2,000.00
85 Braght, T.J.V.

Het Bloedig Tooneel, of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-Gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die / om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker / geleden hebben / ende gedood zijn / van Christi tijd af / tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk.

1685 Not Available USD 1,550.00
126

[Biblia, Das ist: Die Heilige Schrift, Altes und Neues Testaments. Nach der Deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers....

1743 Not Available USD 1,525.00
123

Biblia, Das ist: Die Heilige Schrift, Altes und Neues Testaments.... Nach der Deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers.

1776 Not Available USD 1,500.00
158 Ruth, John Landis

The Earth Is the Lord's: A Narrative History of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, no. 39

2001 Not Available USD 875.00
122

Biblia, Das ist: Die Heilige Schrift, Altes und Neues Testaments.... Nach der Deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers.

1763 Not Available USD 800.00
121 Braght, T.J.V.

Der blutige Schau-Platz oder Martyrer Spiegel der Tauffs Gesinnten oder Wehrlosen-Christen, die um des ZeugnuAY Jesu ihres Seligmachers willen gelitten haven, und seynd getAPdtet worden, von Christi Zeit an bis auf das Jahr 1660.

MDCCXLVIII [i.e. 1748]. Not Available USD 775.00
173 Mast, C.Z., and Robert E.

Simpson Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania....

1942 Not Available USD 700.00
312 Ruth, John Landis

The Earth Is the Lord's: A Narrative History of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, no. 39

2001 Not Available USD 625.00
86 Braght, T.J.V.

Het Bloedig Tooneel, of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-Gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die / om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker / geleden hebben / ende gedood zijn / van Christi tijd af / tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk.

1685, 1984]. Not Available USD 350.00
127

Biblia, Das ist : Die ganze GAPttliche Heilige Schrift, Alten und Neuen Testaments. Nach der Deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers....

1813 Not Available USD 325.00
313 Edited by Harold S. Bender and C. Henry Smith.

The Mennonite Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Work on the Anabaptist-Mennonite Movement.

1955-59. Not Available USD 280.00
113

The Mennonite Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Work on the Anabaptist-Mennonite Movement .

1957 Not Available USD 251.00
310 Edited by Harold S. Bender and C. Henry Smith.

The Mennonite Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Work on the Anabaptist-Mennonite Movement.

1955-59. Not Available USD 250.00
87 Zimmerman, Ezra and Maria

A Branch of the Zimmerman Off Spring of Glause Zimmerman in Europe and His Children Who Came from Europe: Records of 12 Generations, Records of Births of Over 325 Years, Over 12,000 Families. 2nd ed.

1988 Not Available USD 210.00
132 Sachse, Julius Friedrich

The German Sectarians of Pennsylvania, 1708-1742: A Critical and Legendary History of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers. Vols. 1-2.

1899-1900. Not Available USD 200.00
202

Das Kleine Davidische Psalterspiel der Kinder Zions, von alten und neuen auserlesenen geistes GesA$nge, allen wahren Heils-begierigen SA$uglingen der Weisheit....

1795 Not Available USD 200.00
124

Biblia, Das ist: Die ganze GAPttliche Heilige Schrift, Alten und Neuen Testaments. Nach der Deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers....

1805 Not Available USD 170.00
223 Wynantz, Wilhelm

Predigten ueber hAPchst wichtige GegenstA$nde des Christenthums....

1830 Not Available USD 170.00
125

Biblia, Das ist: Die ganze GAPttliche Heilige Schrift, Alten und Neuen Testaments. Nach der Deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers....

1805 Not Available USD 160.00
347 Runion-Slear, Ruth

Gingrichs Mennonite Church and Cemetery, ca. 1730-2005.

2005 Not Available USD 160.00
2

Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage.

Not Available USD 120.00
160 Lapp, Aaron, Jr.

Weavertown Church History: Memoirs of an Amish Mennonite Church.

2003 Not Available USD 120.00
179 Translated by J. Max Hark.

Lamech and Agrippa Chronicon Ephratense: A History of the Community of Seventh Day Baptists of Ephrata, Lancaster County, Penn'a.

1889 Not Available USD 120.00
279

The Mennonite Experience in America. Vol. 1: MacMaster, Richard K. Land, Piety, Peoplehood; Vol. 2: Schlabach, Theron F. Peace, Faith, Nation; Vol. 3: Juhnke, James C. Vision, Doctrine, War; Toews, Paul. Mennonites in American Society, 1930-1970.

1985-96. Not Available USD 120.00
  • Sotheby’s
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    12-26 June
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Theocritus. Theocriti Eclogae triginta, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, February 1495/1496. 220,000 - 280,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby, 1925. 40,000 - 60,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Printed ca. 1381-1832. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Lincoln, Abraham. Thirteenth Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln. 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Galieli, Galileo. First Edition of the Foundation of Modern Astronomy, 1610. 300,000 - 400,000 USD
  • Finarte
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Books, Autographs & Prints
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    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.