Item 232 is another promotional piece, but this one is for agriculture, and focuses on rural Colorado: Soil and Products: Story of the Midland Empire... The promoter was the Colorado Midland Railway, which ran a line over the Rocky Mountains from Colorado Springs in the east to Grand Junction in the West. There were plans to extend it to Salt Lake City, which might have made it more viable, but business was not sufficient to support the cost. The Midland's territory was probably not the greatest for agriculture, most of it being either so high that there are frosts year around, or arid, desert like territory, though there are more favorable pockets. The railway could have used more farmers as it needed cargo to haul, especially since its terminus in Grand Junction made it hard to compete for long-haul business. Like so many railroads, it was born in the 1880s, 1883 to be precise, and went out of business in 1918, eight years after this pamphlet was published. $145.
One thinks of the West as a place for cattle and agriculture, but it was a home of great scientific inventions too, as this undated San Antonio broadside displays:Dr. Bergman's Radio Magnetic Nerve Vitalizer. It comes with the instructions (but not the device itself). It was promoted as “A Scientific Invention for the Treatment of All Nervous and Chronic Diseases.” “The Result of twenty-seven years of unceasing research, combined with some of the greatest work modern expert intellects have been able to produce...” (I think this is what is known as “hyberbole”) it cured such things as appendicitis (no need for an operation), eye trouble, ear trouble, gland trouble, constipation, kidney trouble, asthma, rheumatism, pleurisy, paralysis and much more. It worked by converting “electrical current into magnetic force, which feeds and revives the entire system including all nerve centers.” Now, I'm not an expert in electrophysics, but isn't this where you wrap a wire around a nail, hook it up to a battery, and it becomes a magnet? It took the greatest expert intellects 27 years to come up with this? This will cure virtually every disease known to mankind? Who knew? I guess Dr. Bergman knew, and he undoubtedly said it with a smile. Item 246. $475.
Doyle The Collection of Mary Tyler Moore June 4, 2025
Doyle The Collection of Mary Tyler Moore June 4, 2025
DOYLE: Peter Max, Portrait of Mary Tyler Moore (Versions 1,2, 5, 6), 2001. Estimate $10,000-15,000
DOYLE: The iconic screen-used wall-mounted "M" from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Estimate $5,000-8,000
DOYLE: The Mary Tyler Moore Show by Al Hirschfeld. Estimate $4,000-6,000
Doyle The Collection of Mary Tyler Moore June 4, 2025
DOYLE: Annie Leibovitz presents Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke for Vanity Fair. Estimate $4,000-6,000
DOYLE: Al Hirschfeld presents Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke in the CBS Wednesday Night Lineup. Estimate $4,000-6,000
DOYLE: Richard McKenzie, Portrait of Mary Tyler Moore. Estimate $1,000-2,000
Doyle The Collection of Mary Tyler Moore June 4, 2025
DOYLE: Three Original Bill Hargate Costume Designs for The Mary Tyler Moore Hour. Estimate $600-800
DOYLE: The famous Bonnie and Clyde "Wanted" broadside. Estimate $500-800
DOYLE: Ticket to the Final Episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show Estimate $400-600
Sotheby's Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June
Sotheby's Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June
Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR
Sotheby's Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June
Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR
Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR
Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
Gros & Delettrez Livres & Manuscrits Arméniens Jeudi 12 juin 2025 Paris, Francis
Gros & Delettrez Livres & Manuscrits Arméniens Jeudi 12 juin 2025 Paris, Francis
Gros & Delettrez, June 12: BIBLE, Venise 1733, reliure arménienne
Gros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, manuscrit XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle
