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New England Book Auctions: Early Printing, Architectural Printing, and Typography - online 1/17

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Auction Name	Early Printing, Architectural Printing, and Typography - online 1/17	Total Sales (USD)	62,472.00
Auction Date	February 27, 2024 - February 27, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#525	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	173
Sold Lots	168	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	97.11%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	5	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
88	Halfpenny, William.	Sammelband of 5 works bound in 1 volume, as listed below.	vd	Not Available	USD 5,100.00
165		Proef van Lettern.	18th century	Not Available	USD 4,800.00
65		The American Bond Detector; and Complete History of the United States Government Securities.	1869	Not Available	USD 2,700.00
109		Oratio Dominica CL Linduis Versa.	1818	Not Available	USD 2,040.00
18	American Type Founders Company.	Group of 4 volumes, as listed below.	vd	Not Available	USD 1,200.00
53	Bureau of Engraving & Printing.	Specimen book of 113 india proof mounted engravings (including 64 portraits and 49 vignettes).	Circa 1880	Not Available	USD 1,080.00
154	Rossiter, E. K.; & F. A. Wright.	Modern House Painting.	1882	Not Available	USD 1,020.00
166a		Specimens of Printing Types made at Bruce's New-York Type Foundry, including Supplements 1-7 [bound with:] De VInne.	1878-82	Not Available	USD 960.00
19	Anderson, James .	The History and Constitutions of the Most ancient and honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons...Engraved plate.	i.e. 1746	Not Available	USD 840.00
60		A Selection of Types in Use at the Chiswick Press.	1867	Not Available	USD 840.00
73		England Illustrated. or a Compendium of the Natural History, Geography, Topography, and Antiquities Ecclesiastical and Civil, of England and Wales.	1754	Not Available	USD 840.00
103	La Rue, Jean-Baptiste de.	Traite de la Coupe des Pierres, ou par une Methode facile & abregee, l'on peut aisement se perfectionner en cette Science.	1728	Not Available	USD 840.00
16	American Type Founders.	Group of 3 volumes, as listed below.	vd	Not Available	USD 780.00
44		William F. Murphy Murphy Commemorative (?) Press.	Circa 1820s	Not Available	USD 780.00
59	Chambers, William.	A Treatise On Civil Architecture...Second Edition.	1768	Not Available	USD 780.00
72		Neu-Eingerichtetes Gesang-Buch in sich haltend eine Sammlung.	1762	Not Available	USD 780.00
7		American Printers'. Specimen Exchange.	1887	Not Available	USD 720.00
36	Benjamin, Asher.	The Country Builder's Assistant, Fully Explaining, the Best Methods for Striking Regular and Quirked Mouldings...35 (of 37 engraved plates).	1798	Not Available	USD 720.00
108	Brown, G. M. L.	Printed Pages from European Literature.	1925	Not Available	USD 720.00
131	Palladio, Andrea.	L'Architettura...Divisa in Quattro Libri.	1642	Not Available	USD 720.00
137	Pilkington, Matthew.	The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters.	1780	Not Available	USD 660.00
142	Elsnerdruck, Berlin, S.	42	Circa 1910s	Not Available	USD 660.00
147		Printing Types. Specimens of Printing Types Made by the Lindsay Type Foundry [cover title].	Circa 1890s	Not Available	USD 660.00
55	Carpenters Company of the City of Philadelphia.	Articles of the Carpenters Company of the City and County of Philadelphia.	1805	Not Available	USD 600.00
75	(Ernesti, Johann Heinrich Gottfried).	Die wol-eingerichtete Buchdruckerey.	1721	Not Available	USD 600.00

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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

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Closing Time, Advance Readers Copy of Uncorrected Proof with a letter from Heller on his personal stationary

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Gates, Bill, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, N Y: Knopf, 2021; first edition, with a handwritten note from Bill Gates

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Something Happened, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, first edition, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Austen, Jane, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, London: John Murray, 1818, in four volumes
Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
London auction, 11 June
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Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.

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