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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	41888

Swann Auction Galleries Illustration Art: Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, hand-painted collage. Sold for a record $20,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Illustration Art: Charles Addams, Couple passing a giant bird house, watercolor cartoon for The New Yorker, 1948. Sold for $16,250.

Swann Auction Galleries Illustration Art: Miriam Troop, Rain on Laundry Day, oil on canvas, cover for The Saturday Evening Post, 1940. Sold for $40,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Illustration Art: Rockwell Kent, To All Fascists, ink broadside for The League of American Writers, circa 1937. Sold for $6,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Illustration Art: Jo Mielziner, Pet Shop Drop, backdrop design for Pal Joey on Broadway, 1940. Sold for a record $55,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Illustration Art: Lee Brown Coye, acrylic cover illustration for the 25th anniversary of Weird Tales, 1944. Sold for $18,750.

Swann Auction Galleries Illustration Art: Virgil Finlay, The Outsider & Others, pen & ink dust jacket illustration for H.P. Lovecraft's book, 1939. Sold for $5,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Illustration Art: Al Hirschfeld, Paul Robeson as Othello, illustration for The New York Times, 1942. Sold for $68,750

Swann Auction Galleries Illustration Art: Frederic Remington, pen & ink illustration for A Scout with the Buffalo Soldiers in The Century magazine, 1889. Sold for $17,500.
<center>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper September 25, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, first issue, 8vo, 1997. £15,000 to £20,000

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Bible, Italian.- Malermi Bible, woodcut illustrations, folio, Lazaro de Soardi & Bernardino Benali, Venice,1517. £8,000 to £12,000

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Germany.- Homann (Johann Baptist). Atlas von Deutschland, engraved half title, hand coloured, 87 double page engraved maps, [folio, Erben, Nuremberg, 1753]. £8,000 to £10,000

<center>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper September 25, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: [Mirk (John)].- Liber festivalis et Quatuor sermons [bound with], [Le Roy (Pierre)] A Pleasant Satyre or Poesie, first edition in English, Widdow Orwin for Thomas Man, 1595, 8vo. £1,500 to £2,000

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Antoninus Florentinus (Saint Archbishop of Florence). Confessionale: Defecerunt…, 8vo, Pietro Quarengi, Venice, 15 February 1499. £1,000 to £1,500

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Jesuit Letters.- [Froes (Father Luigi) & et al.)] Avvisi del Giapone de gli anni 1582, 1583, 1584…, 1586 [bound with] Avvisi della Cina et Giapone…, FIRST EDITIONS, Rome. £1,000 to £1,500

<center>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper September 25, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Plutarch & Probus (Aemilius). Plutarchi Cheronei et Aemilii Probi Illustrium, folio, Nicolas de Pratis for Jean-Petit, Paris, 1521. £1,000 to £1,500

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Bible.- English. The Byble in Englyshe of the Largest and Greatest volume, elaborate woodcut border, text vignettes, folio, 1541. £1,000 to £1,500

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Fore-edge Painting.- Lord George Byron, The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale, bound with 10 other titles, 4 plates marked 'Proof.', 1813. £800 to £1,200

<center>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper September 25, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Manson (John). Twelve by Sixteen Papers of John Mason, a collection of 50 sheets of paper, some watermarked, 12 x 16”, c.1978. £800 to £1,200

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Fleming (Ian). Dr. No, FIRST EDITION, original boards, dust-jacket, 8vo, 1958. £700 to £900

Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 25: Eliot (T.S.) Four Quartets, NUMBER 121 of 290 COPIES, signed by author, 1960. £400 to £600
Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. September 26, 2019

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Joyce (James). Dubliners, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1914. £100,000 to £150,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: The Beatles.- Baker (Geoffrey.) 3 Autograph Letters and 1 Autograph Card signed to Ann Gosnell, addtionally sgn’d by George Harrison, John Lennon, Cynthia Lennon and others, 1968. £5,000 to £7,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Pilgrim Press.- Dod (John). A plaine and familiar exposition of the tenne commandements ..., [Leiden], [William Brewster], 1617. £15,000 to £20,000

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. September 26, 2019

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Automaton Chess Player & Mechanical Illusion.- Reynell (H., printer). “The Famous Chess-Player, No.14, St.James's-Street, next Brooks's,” broadside advertisement for "The famous Automaton", [1784]. £2,000 to £3,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Clemens (Samuel Langhorne). Life on the Mississippi, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1883. £8,000 to £12,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Arctic Sledge Flag.- Fulford (Reginald Baldwin). Sledge flag... HMS Discovery, 1875. £4,000 to £6,000

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. September 26, 2019

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first printing, 1997. £20,000 to £30,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Piranesi (Giovanni Battista). Le Antichità Romane, 4 vol., 1756. £20,000 to £30,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal, called). Urbis Venetiarum Prospectus Celebriores, 3 parts in 1, Richard Ford's copy, Venice, Giovanni Battista Pasquali, 1751. £10,000 to £15,000

Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. September 26, 2019

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Atlases.- Speed (John). A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, bound with The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, 1631-27. £12,000 to £18,000

Forum Auctions, Sep. 26: Anatomical illustration.- Aselli (Gaspare). De lactibus sive lacteis venis... dissertatio, first edition, Milan, Giovanni Battista Bidelli, 1627. £20,000 to £30,000
<center>Arader Galleries Fall 2019 Auction September 28, 2019

Arader Galleries, Sep. 28: AUDUBON, John James. Snowy Owl, Plate 121. Aquatint Engraving with original hand color. London: Havell Jr., 1827-1838 from Birds of America. $225,000 to $300,000.

Arader Galleries, Sep. 28: JEFFERYS, Thomas. The American Atlas... London: Sayer and Bennett, 1776. $65,000 to $90,000.

Arader Galleries, Sep. 28: RACKHAM, Arthur. Original Illustrations for Jack and the Beanstalk. Pen and ink with watercolor on paper. C. 1913. $60,000 to $80,000.

Arader Galleries, Sep. 28: AUDUBON, John James. Ruffed Grous, Plate 41. Aquatint Engraving with original hand color. London: Havell Jr., 1827-1838 from Birds of America. $50,000 to $70,000.

Arader Galleries, Sep. 28: ROESSLER, A. R. Latest Map of the State of Texas. Lithograph with original hand color. New York: Mittendorfer, 1874. $50,000 to $65,000.

<center>Arader Galleries Fall 2019 Auction September 28, 2019

Arader Galleries, Sep. 28: AUDUBON, John James. American Bison or Buffalo (Male), Plate 56. Lithograph with original hand color. New York, 1845-1848 from Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. $18,000 to $25,000.

Arader Galleries, Sep. 28: HOOKER, Sir William Jackson & FITCH, Walter Hood. Victoria Regia. Lithograph with original hand color. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1851. $20,000 to $30,000.

Arader Galleries, Sep. 28: AUDUBON, John James. Pin Tailed Duck, Plate 227. Aquatint Engraving with original hand color. London: Havell Jr., 1827-1838 from Birds of America. $15,000 to $20,000.

Arader Galleries, Sep. 28: LEWIS, Meriwether and CLARK, William. Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent... London, 1814. $7,000 to $10,000.

Arader Galleries, Sep. 28: AUDUBON, John James. American Black or Silver Fox, Plate 116. Lithograph with original hand color. New York, 1845-1848 from Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. $18,000 to $25,000.

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