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Source Title	Dorotheum based in Vienna, Austria
Description	The Dorotheum is based in Vienna, Austria, but its sales go far beyond that nation's borders. It is Europe's leading German-speaking auction house. The firm traces its roots back over three centuries to its founding in 1707. It now has over 700 employees, including 200 abroad, and operates around 600 auctions per year, with annual sales well over €100 million. Among the many items featured in their auctions are art, antiques and collectibles, furniture, and jewelry. Naturally, many books and related works on paper are also found in the many auctions run by this large firm.
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Total Records in AED	43092

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Helvelius. Two Autograph Letters Signed to Francis Aston, Royal Society Secretary, noting his feud with Robert Hooke, 5 pp total, 1685. $70,000 to $100,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Newton, Isaac. Autograph manuscript on God, 4 pp, c.1710, "In the beginning was the Word...."?$100,000 to $150,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. First edition, first issue. Untrimmed copy in contemporary boards. $30,000 to $50,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Lincoln, Abraham. Signed photograph, beardless portrait with Civil War provenance. $80,000 to $120,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: IMPEACHMENT. Original engrossed copy of the first Andrew Johnson impeachment resolution vote. $120,000 to $180,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Mucha, Alphonse. 11 original pencil drawings for?Andelicek z Baroku, "Litte Baroque Angel," Prague, 1929. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Einstein, Albert. Annotated Galley Proofs for The Meaning of Relativity. 1921. $25,000 to $35,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Silverstein, Shel. Original maquette for The Giving Tree, 34 original drawings. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Roth, Philip. Typed Manuscript with substantial autograph corrections for an unpublished sequel to The Breast. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Taupin, Bernie. Autograph Manuscript, the original draft of lyrics for Elton John's "Candle in the Wind," 2 pp, 1973. $100,000 to $150,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: HARVEY, WILLIAM. De Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus Anatomica Exercitatio. Padua: 1643. $12,000 to $18,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: CESALPINO, ANDREA. Peripateticarum Quaestionum Libri Quinque. Venice: 1571. $30,000 to $40,000.
Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Francis Scott Key, Star Spangled Banner, first printing, c. 1814-16. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: William Sydney Porter, a.k.a. “O. Henry,” archive of drawings made to illustrate a lost mining memoir, c. 1883-84. $30,000 to $40,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: [Bay Psalm Book], printed for Hezekiah Usher of Boston, Cambridge, c. 1648-65. $50,000 to $75,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Book of Mormon, first edition, Palmyra, 1830. $40,000 to $60,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Noticia estraordinario, probable first announcement in Mexico City of the fall of the Alamo, 1836. $40,000 to $60,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Patrick Gass, first edition of earliest first-hand account of the Lewis and Clarke expedition, Pittsburgh, 1807. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Diploma from the Princeton Class of 1783, commencement attended by Washington & Continental Congress. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Sprague Light Cavalry! color-printed broadside, NY, 1863. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: The Lincoln & Johnson Union Campaign Songster, Philadelphia, 1864. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Lucy Parsons, labor organizer, albumen cabinet card, New York, 1886. $800 to $1,200.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Daniel L.F. Swift, journal as third mate on a Pacific Whaling voyage, 1848-1850. $3,000 to $4,0000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Two photos of Thomas Moran, Grand Canyon, silver prints, 1901. $1,500 to $2,500.
<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Documents, The Library of Dawson Turner 4 March 2020

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Beck (Henry). London Underground Transport, 1934. Iconic original poster. £20,000 to £30,000.

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Turner (Dawson, 1775-1858). ‘Journal of a Three Weeks' Tour, with Thos. Phillips’, 1815. Unpublished illustrated manuscript. £7,000 to £10,000.

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Sander (Frederick). Reichenbachia, 4 volumes, 1st edition, 1886-95. Ex libris Sir David Salomons (1797-1873). £3,000 to £5,000.

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Documents, The Library of Dawson Turner 4 March 2020

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Mary I, Queen of England (1516-1558). Illuminated grant of arms on vellum to John Hombreston, 1554. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Restoration London. Album of important autographs, c.1660-90. Including a letter from Sir William Petty to John Evelyn. £1,000 to £1,500.

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Levellers. The Womens Petition to Over Cromwell, 1651. Extremely rare broadside, 2 copies in libraries. £1,000 to £1,500.

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Documents, The Library of Dawson Turner 4 March 2020

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Catherine of Siena. Lettere devotissime, Venice, 1562. Ex libris Giacomo Castelvetro (1546-1616), with marginalia. £1,000 to £1,500.

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Kane (Brig. Gen. Richard, 1666-1732). ‘A Plan of the Town, Mountain and Bay of Gibraltar’, 1712. Pen and ink and watercolour. £1,000 to £1,500.

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Costa (Emanuel Mendes da). A Natural History of Fossils, 1st edition, 1757. £600 to £800.

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Documents, The Library of Dawson Turner 4 March 2020

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Blaeu (Johannes). Britannia Anglo-Saxonum, c.1646. £700 to £1,000.

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Donne (John). Devotions, 1st edition, 1624. Contemporary vellum gilt, £700 to £1,000.

Dominic Winter, Mar. 4: Baden-Powell (Robert). Scouting for Boys, 1st edition, 1908. £800 to £1,200.

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