• Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Alken (Henry). Sporting Notions, first edition, T.McLean, 1832-33. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Bardi (Lorenzo). Nuova Raccolta delle piu interessanti Vedute della Citta di Firenze…, Florence, Lorenzo Bardi, [c.1840]. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Crawfurd (John). Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava..., first edition, 1829. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Dawe (George, engraver). The Life of a Nobleman, first edition, Geo. Henderson, [c.1825]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: [Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., Thomas McLean, [1829-51]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Eben (Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron von) and Nicolaus Heideloff. Modèles de l'Uniforme Militaire Adopté dans l'Armée Royale de Suède, Rudolph Ackerman, 1808. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Geissler (J.G.G.) and Friedrich Hempel. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebrauche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tartarischen…, 4 parts in 1, Leipzig and Paris, [1804]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Hunt (Charles). Portraits of Winning Horses...of the Derby, Oaks, & St. Leger, from the Year 1842 to 1849…, Rock Brothers & Payne, 1849. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Kunike (Adolf Friedrich). Zwey hundert und sechzig Donau-Ansichten nach dem Laufe des Donaustromes…, Vienna, Leopold Grund, 1826. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Lasinio (Carlo). [Matrimony], Florence, 1790. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Reinhardt (Joseph). A Collection of Swiss Costumes, in Miniature, second English edition, James Goodwin, [1828]. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Wengen (Gottfried Durst von). Die Öffentliche Maskerade Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1833…, Bamberg, [1833]. £2,000 to £3,000.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
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  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.

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No Sale Number Auction House Sale Name Date of Auction Archived Date Total Lots Lots Sold % Lots Sold CURR Exch. Rate Low Est. Lots Sold High Est. Lots Sold High Est. All Lots Total Sales Total Sales In $ % Total Sales / High Est.
1 #2345 Swann Galleries The Vernacular Eye: Photographic Albums, Snapshots & Objects April 17, 2014 April 18, 2014 297 220 74.07% USD 1.0 506,600.00 749,000.00 1,198,100.00 748,801.00 748,801.00 62.50%
2 #201416 Heritage Auctions Rare Books - Internet bidstart 4/10 April 17, 2014 April 18, 2014 565 502 88.85% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 37,504.25 37,504.25
3 #36116 Bloomsbury Auctions Antiquarian Books April 17, 2014 April 18, 2014 419 294 70.17% GBP 1.715 123,550.00 174,500.00 264,130.00 198,941.00 334,220.88 75.32%
4 #5279 Christies Prints and Multiples April 16, 2014 April 16, 2014 316 211 66.77% GBP 1.715 406,600.00 596,400.00 872,400.00 678,005.00 1,132,268.35 77.72%
5 #21583 Bonhams Grosvenor School and Avant Garde British Printing April 15, 2014 April 16, 2014 107 64 59.81% GBP 1.715 550,500.00 800,200.00 1,195,000.00 895,336.00 1,495,211.12 74.92%
6 #21656 Bonhams Marine April 15, 2014 April 16, 2014 5 4 80.00% GBP 1.715 3,300.00 4,400.00 5,600.00 4,500.00 7,515.00 80.36%
7 #21870 Bonhams The Scottish Sale April 15, 2014 April 16, 2014 46 38 82.61% GBP 1.715 20,650.00 30,150.00 36,300.00 37,872.00 63,246.24 104.33%
8 #1416b Bruun Rasmussen Modern and Contemporary Prints April 15, 2014 April 16, 2014 52 43 82.69% EUR 1.361 18,360.00 21,795.00 33,570.00 25,153.75 34,712.17 74.93%
9 #1416a Bruun Rasmussen Old Master Prints April 14, 2014 April 16, 2014 6 5 83.33% EUR 1.361 1,605.00 2,070.00 2,470.00 1,880.00 2,594.41 76.11%
10 #161415 Heritage Auctions Movie Posters - Internet Bidstart 4/6 April 13, 2014 April 14, 2014 419 415 99.05% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 39,776.63 39,776.63
11 #121415 Heritage Auctions Comics -Internet bidstart 4/6 April 13, 2014 April 14, 2014 693 681 98.27% USD 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 150,603.97 150,603.97
12 #41314 Clars Auction Gallery Prints and Photographs, Day 2 April 13, 2014 April 16, 2014 90 71 78.89% USD 1.0 43,800.00 70,400.00 99,500.00 57,596.00 57,596.00 57.89%
13 #41214 Clars Auction Gallery Prints and Photographs April 12, 2014 April 16, 2014 189 158 83.60% USD 1.0 33,100.00 57,000.00 75,650.00 41,590.50 41,590.50 54.98%
14 #103 F Galerie Bassenge Modern Literature and Prints April 12, 2014 April 18, 2014 958 571 59.60% EUR 1.361 296,250.00 296,250.00 463,620.00 376,481.25 519,544.12 81.20%
15 #103 D Galerie Bassenge Literature of the 17th - 19th Century April 11, 2014 April 18, 2014 507 247 48.72% EUR 1.361 99,300.00 99,300.00 198,543.00 122,362.50 168,860.25 61.63%
16 #103 E Galerie Bassenge Autographs April 11, 2014 April 18, 2014 373 216 57.91% EUR 1.361 116,030.00 116,030.00 284,030.00 160,850.00 221,973.00 56.63%
17 #36125 Bloomsbury Auctions Modern Literature April 11, 2014 April 12, 2014 217 199 91.71% GBP 1.715 131,800.00 187,040.00 206,490.00 242,710.00 406,502.88 117.54%
18 #1488 Freemans Posters, Maps and other Graphics April 11, 2014 April 12, 2014 227 171 75.33% USD 1.0 58,540.00 92,500.00 144,740.00 78,662.00 78,662.00 54.35%
19 #5267 Christies Travel, Science and Natural History April 10, 2014 April 12, 2014 166 93 56.02% GBP 1.715 292,200.00 446,100.00 730,700.00 548,439.00 921,377.52 75.06%
20 #103 A Galerie Bassenge Geography April 10, 2014 April 18, 2014 259 134 51.74% EUR 1.361 126,080.00 126,080.00 268,870.00 154,625.00 213,382.50 57.51%
21 #398 Cowans Auctions Americana - Prints, Ephemera April 10, 2014 April 14, 2014 21 19 90.48% USD 1.0 12,150.00 16,825.00 17,475.00 18,807.00 18,807.00 107.62%
22 #103 B Galerie Bassenge Rare Books April 10, 2014 April 18, 2014 367 163 44.41% EUR 1.361 110,443.00 110,443.00 212,233.00 163,350.00 225,423.00 76.97%
23 #103 C Galerie Bassenge Incunabula April 10, 2014 April 18, 2014 271 147 54.24% EUR 1.361 209,640.00 209,640.00 340,350.00 266,650.00 367,977.00 78.35%
24 #36141 Bloomsbury Auctions Bibliophile April 10, 2014 April 12, 2014 390 267 68.46% GBP 1.715 45,500.00 64,650.00 110,940.00 62,628.00 105,215.04 56.45%
25 #530 PBA Galleries Fine Books April 10, 2014 April 12, 2014 705 408 57.87% USD 1.0 140,560.00 214,820.00 374,200.00 129,336.00 129,336.00 34.56%
26 #1487 Freemans Rare Books and Manuscripts April 10, 2014 April 12, 2014 539 480 89.05% USD 1.0 205,460.00 323,650.00 402,130.00 380,349.00 380,349.00 94.58%
27 #26655 Rossini Prints and Photographs April 09, 2014 April 12, 2014 18 8 44.44% EUR 1.361 9,480.00 16,320.00 34,670.00 15,869.45 22,058.53 45.77%
28 #18532 Kapandji Morhange Books April 09, 2014 April 12, 2014 434 363 83.64% EUR 1.361 121,690.00 199,220.00 331,960.00 321,141.60 446,386.86 96.74%
29 #41939 Carlsen Gallery Spring Sale - Prints April 06, 2014 April 17, 2014 12 12 100.00% USD 1.0 2,350.00 5,600.00 5,600.00 6,399.75 6,399.75 114.28%
30 #18389 De Baecque and Associes Information at a Glance twentieth century # 5 - Contemporary Art and Design - Prints and Photographs April 05, 2014 April 12, 2014 74 37 50.00% EUR 1.361 9,500.00 12,750.00 37,450.00 14,696.91 20,428.74 39.24%
31 #37 Kedem Auctions Ltd. Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinic Letters April 02, 2014 April 14, 2014 425 297 69.88% USD 1.0 158,620.00 158,620.00 285,540.00 288,852.00 288,852.00 101.16%
32 #25971 Audap and Mirabaud Jacques Faizant April 01, 2014 April 12, 2014 323 267 82.66% EUR 1.361 44,970.00 58,900.00 73,350.00 55,531.66 77,188.86 75.71%
33 #2489 Ferraton Posters, Photographs and Prints March 29, 2014 April 15, 2014 467 403 86.30% EUR 1.361 45,345.00 68,855.00 78,790.00 122,956.25 170,909.22 156.06%
34 #26399 Ader Photo Books March 28, 2014 April 15, 2014 358 170 47.49% EUR 1.361 66,770.00 89,830.00 184,280.00 91,001.00 126,491.39 49.38%
35 #1201b Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers Books - Day 2 March 28, 2014 April 15, 2014 178 110 61.80% GBP 1.715 2,590.00 3,260.00 7,680.00 5,996.02 10,013.37 78.07%
36 #701 Morton Subastas Antiquarian Books and Documents March 27, 2014 April 15, 2014 343 185 53.94% MXN 0.077 1,176,000.00 1,522,000.00 2,561,500.00 1,664,325.00 133,146.00 64.97%
37 #1201a Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers Books - Day 1 March 27, 2014 April 15, 2014 629 464 73.77% GBP 1.715 20,390.00 25,740.00 39,210.00 34,555.58 57,707.84 88.13%
38 #700d JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung Autographs IV. Music March 26, 2014 April 15, 2014 233 180 77.25% EUR 1.361 330,240.00 330,240.00 491,170.00 535,560.40 744,428.96 109.04%
39 #700e JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung Autographs V. Theatre and Film March 26, 2014 April 15, 2014 12 7 58.33% EUR 1.361 2,720.00 2,720.00 4,250.00 3,955.60 5,498.28 93.07%
40 #700f JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung Autographs VI. History March 26, 2014 April 15, 2014 318 237 74.53% EUR 1.361 194,670.00 194,670.00 242,330.00 284,002.80 394,763.86 117.20%
41 #700b JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung Autographs II. Science March 25, 2014 April 15, 2014 163 132 80.98% EUR 1.361 142,100.00 142,100.00 183,050.00 203,533.60 282,911.72 111.19%
42 #700c JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung Autographs III. Fine Arts March 25, 2014 April 15, 2014 85 64 75.29% EUR 1.361 57,700.00 57,700.00 67,480.00 98,031.60 136,263.95 145.28%
43 #700a JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung Autographs I. Literature March 25, 2014 April 15, 2014 391 346 88.49% EUR 1.361 671,820.00 671,820.00 713,420.00 1,201,667.20 1,670,317.46 168.44%
44 #18664 Giquello Ancient and Modern Books February 26, 2014 April 14, 2014 266 158 59.40% EUR 1.361 228,350.00 283,500.00 456,200.00 375,484.40 521,923.30 82.31%
45 #36 Kedem Auctions Ltd. Objects and Ceremonial Art: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals February 26, 2014 April 14, 2014 45 37 82.22% USD 1.0 14,750.00 14,750.00 25,000.00 32,988.00 32,988.00 131.95%
46 #698 Morton Subastas Books and Documents February 26, 2014 April 15, 2014 254 135 53.15% MXN 0.077 1,094,000.00 1,386,500.00 2,589,500.00 1,354,860.00 108,388.80 52.32%
47 #17794 De Baecque and Associes Autographs and Documents January 30, 2014 April 12, 2014 204 112 54.90% EUR 1.361 71,460.00 101,910.00 162,050.00 118,033.80 164,067.03 72.84%
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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