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Auction Name Prints Total Sales (USD) 275,970.00
Auction Date May 10, 2014 - May 11, 2014 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 172,525.00
Sale Number #51014 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 265,725.00
Total Lots 253
Sold Lots 212 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 195,350.00
% of Lots Sold 83.79% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 300,475.00
Unsold Lots 41 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 91.85%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
816 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (AMERICAN 1785-1851).

GREAT AMERICAN COCK MALE - VULGO (WILD TURKEY), PLATE I, FROM "THE BIRDS OF AMERICA."

USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 USD 69,000.00
823 ROBERT FEKE (AMERICAN 1707-1752).

IMPORTANT PAIR OF EARLY AMERICAN PORTRAITS OF THE CHILDREN, JAMES AND HANNAH FLAGG OF BOSTON, CIRCA 1742-43.

USD 18,000.00 - 28,000.00 USD 21,600.00
822 JEAN-JULES LINDEN,

RARE COMPLETE SET OF JEAN-JULES LINDEN, "LINDENIA. ICONOGRAPHIE DES ORCHIDEES," EDITED BY LUCIEN LINDEN & EMILE RODIGAS, GHENT: F. MEYER-VAN LOO, VOLS. 1-17, FIRST EDITION, 1885-1906.

USD 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 20,400.00
46 CURRIER & IVES

LANDSCAPE, FRUIT AND FLOWERS.

1862 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,000.00
15 CURRIER & IVES

THE ROAD - SUMMER.

1853 USD 1,800.00 - 2,800.00 USD 5,760.00
16 CURRIER & IVES

THE OLD HOMESTEAD IN WINTER.

1864 USD 1,800.00 - 2,800.00 USD 5,520.00
132

VIEW OF GLOUCESTER, MASS., AFTER FITZ HENRY LANE.

circa 1855 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,100.00
819 THOMAS L. MCKENNEY AND JAMES HALL,

"HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA," PHILADELPHIA: J.T. BOWEN, 1848-50.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,800.00
845 JOHN CAMPBELL

JOHN CAMPBELL, 4TH EARL OF LOUDOUN, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF BRITISH FORCES, NORTH AMERICA., MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED, NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 7TH 1757, TO BENNING WENTWORTH, GOVERNOR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

USD 250.00 - 400.00 USD 4,800.00
38 CURRIER & IVES

A MIDNIGHT RACE ON THE MISSISSIPPI.

1860 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,320.00
151

ALEXANDER HAMILTON, MAJOR GENERAL OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, ETC.

USD 900.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,080.00
3 CURRIER & IVES

PAIR OF WINTER SCENES: "SHALL I?" AND "THROW IF YOU DARE!"

USD 900.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,840.00
21 CURRIER & IVES

MOUNT WASHINGTON AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, FROM THE VALLEY OF CONWAY.

1860 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,840.00
47 CURRIER & IVES

FAST TROTTERS ON HARLEM LANE N.Y.

1870 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,600.00
34 CURRIER & IVES

ICE-BOAT RACE ON THE HUDSON.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,300.00
28 CURRIER & IVES

CAMPING OUT. "SOME OF THE RIGHT SORT."

1856 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,000.00
820 WILLIAM HENRY BROWN.

"PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN CITIZENS," FIRST EDITION, E.B. AND E.C. KELLOG, HARTFORD, 1845.

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,000.00
20

WOLFEBOROUGH, N.H., LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE.

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,880.00
147

TWO FRENCH ENGRAVINGS OF GENERAL WASHINGTON AND THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE.

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,880.00
39 CURRIER & IVES

PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

USD 900.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,640.00
2 CURRIER & IVES

GOLD MINING IN CALIFORNIA.

1871 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,400.00
18 CURRIER & IVES

AMERICAN FOREST SCENE. MAPLE SUGARING.

1856 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,400.00
22 CURRIER & IVES

LAKE WINNIPISEOGEE, FROM CENTER HARBOR, N.H.

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,280.00
64 CURRIER & IVES

GENERAL BUTLER, AND DEXTER. IN THEIR GREAT MATCH FOR $2000, TWO MILE HEATS, TO WAGONS.

1866 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,160.00
134

A VIEW OF THE MANSION OF THE LATE LORD TIMOTHY DEXTER IN HIGHT STREET, NEWBURY PORT 1810 AND A BROADSIDE "THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF HIS EXCELLENCY SIR TIMOTHY DEXTER, DEC'D" TOGETHER WITH AN ENGRAVED PORTRAIT.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,160.00
  • 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
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
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    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • 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
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
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    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.
  • 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.
  • 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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