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Source Title	Woolley and Wallis
Description	Woolley and Wallis is one of the U.K.'s most successful regional auction houses. Established in 1884, the house is located in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Among its accomplishments is a record price for a U.K. regional auction, a Chinese jade carving that sold for £3.4 million. Woolley and Wallis describe their specialties as "most areas of fine art, including antique furniture and works of art, clocks and scientific instruments, ceramics, glass and Asian works of art, oil paintings, watercolours, prints and books, silver, jewellery, spoons and 20th century design." The firm is also engaged in the real estate business. Woolley and Wallis hosts two dedicated book auctions per year.
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Swann Auction Galleries, Feb 21: NASA archive with 351 photographs, silver & chromogenic prints, 1960-2002. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Feb 21: Edward S. Curtis, suite of 18 cyanotypes, 1910-14. $25,000 to $35,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Feb 21: Edward S. Curtis, Horse Capture, Atsina, unique copper plate for The North American Indian, 1908. $60,000 to $90,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Feb 21: John Whipple, Harriet Beecher Stowe, salted print from a calotype negative, 1853. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Feb 21: Lewis Carroll, Xie Kitchen, albumen print, circa 1872. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Feb 21: Ansel Adams, Taos Pueblo, limited, signed first edition of the artist's first book, 12 silver bromide prints, 1930. $30,000 to $45,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Feb 21: JFK in his motorcade about 2 mins before his assassination, chromogenic print, 1963. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Feb 21: Anton Guilio Bragaglia, 6 photomechanical postcards with facsimile signatures, 1911-13, printed 1932. $30,000 to $45,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Feb 21: Société Anonyme, Inc, group of 9 postcards, including 8 real photo postcards, 1920-30. $25,000 to $35,000.
Chiswick Auctions: Autographs & Memorabilia. February 28, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 28: Autograph album featuring signatures by prominent actors, politicians, musicians and authors, including Rudolph Valentino. £1,000 to £1,500

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 28: An extremely rare working radio script for Crazy People No 29, the first series of The Goon Show. £600 to £800

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 28: Manuscript prayer book, in German. 8vo, 1755 £800 to £1,200

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 28: Italian Manuscript on Geometry, with diagrams, 18th century. £500 to £700

Chiswick Auctions: Ornithology, Zoology & Voyages. February 27, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 27: Thorburn (Archibald). Sparrowhawk, original watercolour & gouache, signed & dated lower right, 1917. £1,500 to £2,000

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 27: Burton (Sir Richard Francis). Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah. 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, 1855-56. £1,000 to £1,500

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 27: [Mount (Richard) & Page (Thomas)]. The English Pilot. Describing the Sea-Coasts… 31 engraved maps, W. & J. Mount, T. Page, 1756 £4000 to £6000

Chiswick Auctions: Ornithology, Zoology & Voyages. February 27, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 27: D’apres De Mannevillette (Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Denis). Le Neptune Oriental. Paris & Brest, [1775 – 1781]. £10,000 to £15,000

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 27: Loring (Josiah). Terrestrial Globe Containing all the Late Discoveries and Geographical Improvements. Boston, Gilman Joslin, 1846, £800 to £1,200

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 27: Shelley (G. E., Capt.). A Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sun-birds, FIRST EDITION, by the Author, 1876-80. £4,000 to £6,000
Bonhams: Treasures from the Eric C. Caren Collection: How History Unfolds on Paper, Part VII (Online). March 6-14, 2019

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Albert Einstein A remarkable letter on God in English, one of his most eloquent and quoted, 1 p, July 2, 1945. $100,000 to $150,000.

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Benjamin Lincoln's commission as Major General in the Continental Army, February 19th, 1777. $60,000 to $90,000.

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Broadside. A Poem Upon the Bloody Engagement That Was Fought on Bunker's-Hill. 1775. $15,000 to $25,000.

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Early, full printing of the Star-Spangled Banner in The Yankee, October 7, 1814. $8,000 to $12,000.

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Paul Revere. Engraving, “The Boston Massacre Perpetrated on March 5, 1770," in Massachusett's Calendar 1772. $8,000 to $12,000.

Bonhams: Treasures from the Eric C. Caren Collection: How History Unfolds on Paper, Part VII (Online). March 6-14, 2019

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Earliest known newspaper coverage of Babe Ruth, "a St Mary's schoolboy," Baltimore, April 4, 1914. $6,000 to $9,000

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Franklin, Benjamin. The Independent Whig. First Magazine Published in America, Philadelphia: Keimer, 1723-4. $15,000 to $20,000

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Smith, Joseph. The Book of Mormon. Palmyra: Printed by E.B. Grandin for the Author, 1830. First printing. $40,000 to $60,000

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Last Words of Joseph Smith. Autograph Letter Signed from a Mormon disciple, conveying a contemporary account of the Prophet's final words, Nauvoo, July 27, 1844. $10,000 to $15,000

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: John Brown's Body. Autograph Letter Signed from the daughter of John Brown attempting to arrange the return of her father's body, North Elba, Essex Co, NY, November 29, 1859. $4,000 to $6,000

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Powell Expedition. Autograph diary of Rhodes C. Allen kept during the Powell Expedition of 1868, June 29, 1868 - November 16, 1868. $20,000 to $40,000
Bonhams, Mar 12: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. First edition, first issue, SIGNED in block letters by Whitman. 1855. $200,000 to $300,000

Bonhams, Mar 12: Isaac Newton's copy of John Greave's Pyramidographia, London, 1646. $50,000 to $70,000

Bonhams, Mar 12: Colonel John Mosby. Robert E. Lee's autograph letter to Samuel Cooper reporting on Mosby's exploits, with Cooper's autograph note ordering his appointment to Major.

Bonhams, Mar 12: Gyula Halasz Brassai. Large archive of autograph and typed letters, over 260, to his family including his wife Gilberte, 1947-1978. $40,000 to $60,000

Bonhams, Mar 12: Archive of drawings and letters from Harper Lee to Charles Carruth, including an inscribed first edition of To Kill a Mockingbird. $20,000 to $30,000

Bonhams, Mar 11: VESALIUS, ANDREAS. 1514-1564. De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Basel: Johannes Oporinus, June 1543. $300,000 to $500,000

Bonhams, Mar 11: HARVEY, WILLIAM. 1578-1657. De motu cordis & sanguinis in animalibus Anatomica Exercitatio. Leiden: Joannis Maire, 1639. $25,000 to $35,000

Bonhams, Mar 11: BERENGARIO DA CARPI, GIACOMO. 1460-1530. Isagogae breves perlucide ac uberrimae in Anatomiam humani corporis. Bologna: Benedictus Hectoris, 15 July 1523. $15,000 to $25,000

Bonhams NY, Mar 11: FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. 1706-1790. Experiments and Observations on Electricity, made at Philadelphia in America… London, 1769. $10,000 to $15,000

Bonhams NY, Mar 11: BENIVIENI, ANTONIO. 1443-1502. De abditis nonnullis ac mirandis morborum et sanationum causis.Florence: Filippo Giunta, 1507. $8,000 to $12,000
Christie’s Paris, 20 Feb: BELON. L’Histoire de la nature des oyseaux. Paris : Corrozet, 1555. $17,000 to $23,000

Christie’s Paris, 20 Feb: MIOMANDRE – BARBIER. Dessins sur les danses de Vaslav Nijinsky. Paris. 1913. $23,000 to $34,000

Christie’s Paris, 20 Feb: HOKUSAI. Fugaku Hyakkei, Edo : Nishimura Yûzô. 1834-1875. $58,000 to $80,000

Christie’s Paris, 20 Feb: EDWARDS. A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… London : Printed for the Author. 1743-1764. $35,000 to $46,000

Christie’s Paris, 20 Feb: VESALIUS. De Humane Corporis Fabrica libri septem... Basle : J. Oporinus. 1555. $58,000 to $80,000

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