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Heritage Auctions: Books from the Personal Library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Showcase Auction

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Auction Name Books from the Personal Library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Showcase Auction Total Sales (USD) 110,441.00
Auction Date March 29, 2024 - March 29, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #31178 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 118
Sold Lots 118 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 0 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
70035 [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].

Seven bound volumes of the Opinions of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

 1993-1998 and 2000 Not Available USD 16,250.00
70036 Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Laura W. Brill.

Women in the Federal Judiciary: Three Way Pavers and the Exhilarating Change President Carter Wrought.

 1995 Not Available USD 10,625.00
70040 Al Gore.

The Assault on Reason.

2007 Not Available USD 10,625.00
70084 Barbara Allen Babcock, Ann E. Freedman, Susan Deller Ross, Wendy Webster Williams, Rhonda Copelon, Deborah L. Rhode, and Nadine Taub.

Sex Discrimination and the Law: History, Practice, and Theory.

 1996 Not Available USD 9,375.00
70056 Karen Karbo.

In Parise of Difficult Women: Life Lessons from 29 Heroines who Dared to Break the Rules.

 2018 Not Available USD 2,500.00
70071 Kate Millett.

Sexual Politics.

 1970 Not Available USD 1,625.00
70012 David W. Blight.

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.

 2018 Not Available USD 1,375.00
70042 William B. Gould IV.

Diary of a Contraband: The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor.

 2002 Not Available USD 1,187.50
70095 Joan Forrester Sprague.

More Than Housing: Lifeboats for Women and Children.

 1991 Not Available USD 1,187.50
70024 Margaret G. Farrell.

Revisiting Roe v. Wade: Substance and Process in the Abortion Debate.

 1993 Not Available USD 1,062.50
70007 [Bill Bader]. Ken Gormley, editor.

The Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History.

 2016 Not Available USD 937.50
70008 Elizabeth Ann Bartlett, editor.

Sarah Grimke: Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and Other Essays.

 1988 Not Available USD 937.50
70029 [Lisa Beattie Frelinghuysen]. Molly Schiot.

Game Changers: the Unsung Heroines of Sports History.

 2016 Not Available USD 937.50
70037 Ira Glasser.

Visions of Liberty: The Bill of Rights for All Americans. Photographs by Bob Adelman.

 1991 Not Available USD 937.50
70102 Marlo Thomas, editor.

The Right Words at the Right Time.

 2002 Not Available USD 937.50
70110 Jay Winik.

April 1865: The Month that Saved America.

 2001 Not Available USD 937.50
70045 Stephen Hess.

America's Political Dynasties: From Adams to Clinton.

 2016 Not Available USD 875.00
70091 Lynn Sherr.

Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words.

 1995 Not Available USD 875.00
70111 Jay Winik.

The Great Upheaval: American and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800.

 2007 Not Available USD 875.00
70009 Barton Lidice Benes.

Curiosa: Celebrity Relics, Historical Fossils, & Other Metamorphic Rubbish. Introduction by John Berendt.

 2002 Not Available USD 812.50
70048 Judith Richards Hope.

Pinstripes & Pearls: The Women of the Harvard Law School Class of '64 Who Forged an Old-Girl Network and Paved the Way for Future Generations.

 2003 Not Available USD 812.50
70062 Lilly Ledbetter.

Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond. With Lanier Scott Isom.

 2012 Not Available USD 812.50
70085 Susan Deller Ross.

Women's Human Rights: The International and Comparative Law Casebook.

 2008 Not Available USD 812.50
70100 Deborah Tannen, Ph.D.

Talking from 9 to 5: How Women's and Men's Conversational Styles Affect Who Gets Heard, Who Gets Credit, and What Gets Done at Work.

 1994 Not Available USD 812.50
70104 Michael Waldman.

The Fight to Vote.

 2016 Not Available USD 812.50
  • 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.
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    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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  • Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Closing Time, Advance Readers Copy of Uncorrected Proof with a letter from Heller on his personal stationary
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    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
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