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Description	Lawrences Auctioneers is located in the west country town of Crewkerne, Somerset, U.K. Lawrences specializes in the field of fine arts, conducting two kinds of sales: weekly uncatalogued general sales, and special catalogued sales. Among their fine arts experts are specialists in books and manuscripts, and they often have auctions devoted entirely to this field.
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Total Records in AED	1917

<center>Sotheby’s Music, Continental Books and Medieval Manuscripts Online Auction 7-14 July

Sotheby’s: Isaac Newton. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. 280,000 to 350,000 £.

Sotheby’s: Johann Sebastian Bach. Two early editions: Fantaisie pour le Clavecin. 1,000 to 1,500 £.

Sotheby’s: Mozart. Early edition, in parts, of the Concerto in A for piano and orchestra. 2,000 to 3,000 £.

<center>Sotheby’s Music, Continental Books and Medieval Manuscripts Online Auction 7-14 July

Sotheby’s: Beethoven. First edition, second issue of the Ninth Symphony op.125. 1,000 to 1,500 £.

Sotheby’s: Cervantes. Don Quixote, Barcelona, 1617. 2,000 to 3,000 £.

Sotheby’s: Johann Sebastian Bach. Three first and early editions of music for organ. 1,200 to 1,500 £.
Swann Auction Galleries July 16: N.C. Wyeth, The Black Arrow, oil on canvas, for the book by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1916. $150,000 to $250,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 16: Laurent de Brunhoff, mixed media color study for Babar’s World Tour, 2005. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 16: Hilary Knight, Eloise with Valentine, watercolor, ink & pencil, 2015. $25,000 to $35,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 16: Howard Pyle, It was a Comrade from His Own Regiment, oil on canvas, for Harper’s Monthly Magazine, 1909. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 16: Coby Whitmore, ‘Poor baby! You want me so much,’ she said, acrylic, for The Saturday Evening Post, 1968. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 16: Al Hirschfeld, Charley’s Aunt, pen & ink, for the Broadway revival, The New York Times, 1940. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 16: Erté, Décor de Laideronnette, gouache set design for third movement of Mother Goose, 1949. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries July 16: Vince McIndoe, Villainous Last Supper, DC Comics, oil on canvas, 2016. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 16: Arthur Getz, Rooftop Party, casein tempera, cover illustration for The New Yorker, 1970. $2,000 to $3,000.
<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Summer Sale July 11 & 12, 2020

Case Antiques, Jul. 11 – 12: Very scarce autograph letter, signed, by Emily Tennessee Donelson, wife of Andrew Jackson Donelson, who served as First Lady / White House Hostess to President Andrew Jackson from 1828 to about 1834. $1,000 to $1,200.

Case Antiques, Jul. 11 – 12: Thirteen Edward Wells maps plus title page from his rare atlas, A NEW SET OF MAPS BOTH OF ANCIENT AND PRESENT GEOGRAPHY. $600 to $700.

Case Antiques, Jul. 11 – 12: L.B. Folger and C. Kallenback: MEMPHIS - BIRD'S EYE VIEW - SUPPLEMENT TO THE APPEAL. Scarce lithograph on paper. $800 to $1,200.

<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Summer Sale July 11 & 12, 2020

Case Antiques, Jul. 11 – 12: Large NASA-Space Race era archive of material related to Colonel Michael J. Vaccaro, director of administration of the Marshall Space Flight Center of Huntsville, Alabama. $800 to $1,200.

Case Antiques, Jul. 11 – 12: 1836 slavery related document signed by President Andrew Jackson, Andrew Jackson Jr., and Andrew Jackson Donelson. $800 to $1,100.

Case Antiques, Jul. 11 – 12: Roger Sherman Signed CT Land Grant, 1757. $600 to $700.

<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Summer Sale July 11 & 12, 2020

Case Antiques, Jul. 11 – 12: Letter archive related to the Randolph family of Virginia, including Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Lewis Meriwether Randolph – the grandson of President Jefferson. $400 to $500.

Case Antiques, Jul. 11 – 12: Louisiana, as formerly claimed by France, now containing part of British America to the East in Spanish America to the West of Mississippi map, by Thomas Kitchin, 1765. $400 to $450.

Case Antiques, Jul. 11 – 12: Andrew Jackson manuscript document, unsigned, containing notes on several Tennessee legal cases, including one regarding a slave, circa 1790-96. $350 to $450.

<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Summer Sale July 11 & 12, 2020

Case Antiques, Jul. 11 – 12: VA Civil War Photo, Alexander Gardner – Timothy O'Sullivan. $400 to $450.

Case Antiques, Jul. 11 – 12: Military Archive, WWI/WWII French Soldier Paul Didier. $400 to $450.

Case Antiques, Jul. 11 – 12: Early Virginia Map, B. Tanner, J. Reid, 1796. $300 to $400.
<center>Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts Including the Eric C. Caren Collection Part 8 Online July 6 - 21, 2020

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: Albert Einstein, typed letter signed, explaining the nature of his personal atheism and belief in God. $70,000 to $100,000.

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: George Washington. Autograph letter signed to Bryan Fairfax, looking forward to the Treaty of Paris, 5 February 1783. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: Alfred Swaine Taylor. Early “photogenic drawing,” photograph of a fern, dated 2 December 1839. $10,000 to $15,000.

<center>Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts Including the Eric C. Caren Collection Part 8 Online July 6 - 21, 2020

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: "Departure of Mr. Lincoln—Parting Address" in the Weekly Illinois State Journal, Vol. XXX, No. 1541, Springfield, February 13, 1861. $4,000 to $6,000

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: Benjamin Harrison document signed certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a black Revolutionary soldier. $10,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: Front page printing of the Articles of Confederation in the New-Jersey Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 22. Trenton, April 29, 1778. $4,000 to $6,000.

<center>Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts Including the Eric C. Caren Collection Part 8 Online July 6 - 21, 2020

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: George Washington Funeral Procession Broadside. Boston, January 6, 1800. $5,000 to $7,000.

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: Philippe Laroque, printed score for “The Heroe of New Orleans Battle.” Philadelphia, 1815. $3,000 to $5,000.

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: Report of the Battle of Queenston Heights, the first major battle in the War of 1812, in Supplement to the Quebec Gazette, 24th October 1812. $2,000 to $3,000.

<center>Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts Including the Eric C. Caren Collection Part 8 Online July 6 - 21, 2020

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: His Majesty's Most Gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament, On Tuesday the Eighteenth Day of November, 1760. London, 1760. $2,000 to $3,000.

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: Elegy on the Death of James Lawrence, Esq. late Commander of the U.S. Frigate Chesapeake. [Boston]: A. Bowen, 1813. $2,000 to $3,000.

Sotheby’s, Jul. 6 to 21: Benjamin Lincoln's Commission as Major General, signed by John Hancock, 19 February 1777. $30,000 to $50,000.

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