  • <b>Bonhams 11 Dec 2013:</b> BAUM, L. FRANK. 1856-1919. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Geo. M. Hill Co., 1900. $80,000-120,000.
    <b>Bonhams 11 Dec 2013:</b> EXTER, ALEXANDRA. 1882-1949. FRANCE, ANATOLE. Mystère du Sang. Paris, June 1, 1941. $70,000-90,000.
    <b>Bonhams 11 Dec 2013:</b> GONCHAROVA, NATALYA SERGEEVNA, ILLUSTRATOR. KHLEBNIKOV, VELIMIR, AND ALEKSEI KRUCHENYKH. $60,000-80,000.
    <b>Bonhams 11 Dec 2013:</b> GEISEL, THEODORE. 1904-1991. "Please Do Not Ask for Breakfast in Bed...," $35,000-45,000.
    <b>Bonhams 11 Dec 2013:</b> BUNIN, IVAN ALEKSEEVICH. 1870-1953. Photograph Signed "Iv. Bunin". $30,000-40,000.
    <b>Bonhams 11 Dec 2013:</b> WASHINGTON, GEORGE. 1732-1799. Autograph Letter Signed ("Go: Washington"). $30,000-50,000.
    <b>Bonhams 11 Dec 2013:</b> HAGALL, MARC, ILLUSTRATOR. KAHANOVICH, PINCHUS ("DER NISTER"). $25,000-30,000.
    <b>Bonhams 11 Dec 2013:</b> DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. Autograph Letter Signed ("C. Darwin"). $25,000-35,000.
    <b>Bonhams 11 Dec 2013:</b> EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955. Autograph Manuscript Signed ("A.E."), 2 pp recto and verso. $20,000-30,000.
    <b>Bonhams 11 Dec 2013:</b> NEILL, JOHN REA. 1877-1943. Endpaper design for <i>The Wonder City of Oz</i>. $10,000-12,000.
  • <b>SKINNER Boston November 17:</b> Lot 23. Declaration of Independence. Washington, D.C.: engraved by W.J. Stone, [1833]. Estimate: $18,000-20,000
    <b>SKINNER Boston November 17:</b> Lot 34. Kennedy Onassis, Jacqueline (1929-1994) Autograph Letter, Draft, Unsigned, and Carbon Copy of Typed Version, also Draft, [Summer, 1964], Hyannisport, Massachusetts.<br>Estimate: $5,000-7,000
    <b>SKINNER Boston November 17:</b> Lot 66. Aesop (c. 620-564 BC) Appologi sive Mythologi cum quibusdam Carminum et Fabularum additionibus Sebastiani Brant. Basel: Jacob Wolff of Pforzheim, 1501.<br>Estimate: $10,000-15,000
    <b>SKINNER Boston November 17:</b> Lot 112. Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) A Christmas Carol, in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First edition, first issue. Estimate: $5,000-7,000
    <b>SKINNER Boston November 17:</b> Lot 140. Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Washington, D.C.: Philip & Solomons, [1866]. Estimate: $150,000-170,000
    <b>SKINNER Boston November 17:</b> Lot 160. Jackson, William Henry (1843-1942) Thirty Photographs of the American West and Mexico, c. 1880. Estimate: $10,000-12,000
    <b>SKINNER Boston November 17:</b> Lot 170. Kafka, Franz (1883-1924) The Trial. New York: Knopf, 1937. First American edition.<br>Estimate: $1,000-1,500
    <b>SKINNER Boston November 17:</b> Lot 209. Medieval Latin Text Manuscript, Peregrinus de Opole (1260-after 1333) Sermones Peregrinus de Sanctis. Germany or Eastern Europe, 1376. Estimate: $15,000-17,000
    <b>SKINNER Boston November 17:</b> Lot 211. Medieval Parchment Document, Ravenna Italy, 1081.<br>Estimate: $200-250
    <b>SKINNER Boston November 17:</b> Lot 214. Merian, Maria Sybilla (1647-1717) Histoire Generale des Insectes de Surinam et Toute L'Europe. Paris: Desnos, 1771. Estimate: $45,000-65,000
    <b>SKINNER Boston November 17:</b> Lot 254. Qur'an Manuscript, Persian, 18th Century. Estimate: $400-600
    <b>SKINNER Boston November 17:</b> Lot 331. Lent, Blair (1930-2009) Artist's Idea Notebooks. Two small quarto-format softcover notebooks, marked Research #1 and #3, approximately 40 leaves each. Estimate: $600-800
    <b>SKINNER Boston November 17:</b> Lot 361. Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Stanley Hawks, Plate 36. [from] Birds of America. London: R. Havell, 1826-1838. Estimate: $3,000-5,000
    <b>SKINNER Boston November 17:</b> Lot 396. Koranyi, Anna So'os (1870-1947) Congres International pour le Suffrage des Femmes. Budapest, 15-20 June 1913. Estimate: $600-800
    <b>SKINNER Boston November 17:</b> Lot 406. Russell, Andrew Joseph (1830-1902) Eighty-four Photographs of the American West, c. 1869. Estimate: $3,000-5,000
    <b>SKINNER Boston November 17:</b> Lot 444. Louisiana, Texas, Gulf Coast, Great Lakes, and the Mississippi. John Senex (1678-1740) A Map of Louisiana and of the River Mississippi. [London, undated, c. 1721]. Estimate: $1,000-1,5000
  • <b>Christies London:</b> CHARTER OF AZNAR GARCIA TO THE MONASTERY OF SAN MILLÁN, in Latin, written in Visigothic script, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM. $80,050-$128,080.
    <b>Christies London:</b> HERBERT OF BOSHAM (FL. C.1160-1180), THOMUS <i>(THE LIFE OF ST THOMAS BECKET)</i>, IN LATIN. $48,030-$80,050.
    <b>Christies London:</b> BOOK OF GENESIS, glossed, in Latin, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [northern France, mid-12th century]. $320,200-$480,300.
    <b>Christies London:</b> BIBLE, WITH PREFACES, IN LATIN, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM. $160,100-$240,150.
    <b>Christies London:</b> THE BOWET HOURS, USE OF SARUM, IN LATIN, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM. $96,060-$144,090.
    <b>Christies London:</b> AN ENGLISH FOLDING ALMANAC, IN LATIN, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM. $160,100-$240,150.
    <b>Christies London:</b> BOOK OF HOURS, USE OF PARIS, IN LATIN AND FRENCH, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM. $800,500 - $1,280,800.
    <b>Christies London:</b> CRICK, FRANCIS (1916-2004). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ('FRANCIS') TO IAN [TROTTER], CAVENDISH LABORATORY, CAMBRIDGE, 18 MARCH 1953. $32,020-$48,030.
    <b>Christies London:</b> ALEXANDER III - <i>Description du Sacre et du Couronnement de... Alexandre III et l'Imperatrice Marie Féodorovna en l'année 1883</i>. $48,030-$80,050.
    <b>Christies London:</b> BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750). <i>Dritter Theil der Clavier Übung bestehend in verschieden Vorspielen über die Catechismus- und andere Gesaenge, vor die Orgel</i>. $24,015-$32,020.
    <b>Christies London:</b> COPERNICUS, Nicolaus (1473-1543). De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI. Nuremberg: Johann Petreius, 1543. $640,400-$960,600.
    <b>Christies London:</b> SMITH, Adam (1723-90). <i>An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations</i>. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776. $96,060-$144,090.
  • <b>Sotheby's Paris:</b> MONTESQUIEU Refflexions sur le caractere de quelques Princes. [1734]. 68 autograph pages.<br>Estimate €150,000-200,000
    <b>Sotheby's Paris:</b> LOUIS XVI Autograph letter to Gabrielle de Polignac. (VERSAILLES) 12 SEPTEMBRE 1789. Estimate €10,000-15,000.
    <b>Sotheby's Paris:</b> LOUIS XVI Autograph letter to Gabrielle de Polignac. PARIS, 9 FÉVRIER 1790.<br>Estimate €15,000-20,000.
    <b>Sotheby's Paris:</b> SCHEDEL, Hartmann. Liber chronicarum. July 1493. Richly annotated by a French humanist.<br>Estimate €20,000-30,000.
    <b>Sotheby's Paris: Livres et Manuscrits, 26 NOVEMBER 2013.</b>
    <b>Sotheby's Paris:</b> GAUGUIN, Paul. The first known letter to his wife Mette. 1883. Estimate €20,000-30,000.
    <b>Sotheby's Paris:</b> MAURRAS, Charles. Letter to general Franco. 30 août 1935. And 5 first editions inscribed to Anatole France, Ramon Fernandez...<br>Estimate €8,000-12,000.
    <b>Sotheby's Paris:</b> PROUST. Placard for A l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, with a long autograph passage, remained unpublished.<br>Estimate €30,000-40,000.
    <b>Sotheby's Paris: Livres et Manuscrits, 26 NOVEMBER 2013.</b>
    <b>Sotheby's Paris:</b> [PROUST] – André GIDE. The draft for the famous letter from Gide to Proust repenting about his refusal to publish him. 10 or 11 January 1914. Estimate €100,000-150,000.
    <b>Sotheby's Paris:</b> DELAUNAY, Sonia. 3 drawings for La Prose du Transsibérien’s prospectus. 1913. Estimate €20,000-30,000.
    <b>Sotheby's Paris:</b> CELINE. Voyage au bout de la nuit. 1932. André Breton’s copy with an inscription by Céline. Estimate €10,000-15,000.
    <b>Sotheby's Paris:</b> LINDBERGH, Charles. Photographic portrait, inscribed to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. 1939. €2,500-3,500.

Auction Reports

Lot Number 1
Author WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President
Title THE BIRTH OF AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT: PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON'S PERSONAL COPY OF THE CONSTITUTION, THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND OTHER KEY ACTS OF THE FIRST CONGRESS IN 1789
Year Published 1789
Place Printed New York Francis Childs and John Swaine, Printers to the United States
Printed By
Description WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President. UNITED STATES, First Congress, First Session. Acts passed at a Congress of the United States of America, : begun and held at the city of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, in the year M,DCC,LXXXIX. and of the independence of the United States, the thirteenth. Being the acts passed at the First Session of the First Congress of the United States, to wit, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia; which eleven states respectively ratified the Constitution of Government for the United States, proposed by the Federal Convention, held in Philadelphia, on the seventeenth of September, one thousand eight hundred and seven. New York: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, Printers to the United States, [1789].
Comments THE BIRTH OF AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT: PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON'S PERSONAL COPY OF THE CONSTITUTION, THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND OTHER KEY ACTS OF THE FIRST CONGRESS IN 1789 IN A SUPERB CONTEMPORARY BINDING, WITH WASHINGTON'S ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE AND HIS BOLD SIGNATURE ("GO: WASHINGTON") WITH WASHINGTON'S AUTOGRAPH MARGINALIA, HIGHLIGHTING THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT Folio (305 x 190mm., 12 x 7½ in.). Collation: [A] B-C [D] E-Z2 Aa1 Bb-Dd2: 53 leaves. Various watermarks. (A number of quires evenly and lightly age-toned, due to varying paper stocks). BINDING: Contemporary polished tree calf, covers with thin Greek-key borders at edges; upper cover with rectangular green morocco label gilt-lettered PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; rounded spine gilt in six compartments with five raised bands; two compartments with red or green morocco gilt-lettered labels (LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES and FIRST SESSION 1789); the remaining four compartments with a gilt patera tool and four small hollow star tools; marbled endpapers, edges tinted pale yellow, BOUND BY THOMAS ALLEN OF NEW YORK (who bound identical copies for Thomas Jefferson and John Jay.) CONDITION: Very slight rubbing to corners, raised bands and spine extremities, surface abrasion in several places on covers, catching small bits of the Greek-key border, otherwise in fine condition. Blue morocco clamshell case. Washington's personal copy of the Constitution and proposed Bill of Rights does not carry Allen's printed binder's ticket. But the classical style of Thomas Allen's elegant binding is identical to that of copies owned by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and Chief Justice John Jay, strongly suggesting that Washington himself had a direct hand in their design. All three bindings employ polished calf, use a distinct Greek-key roll at the cover edges and bear a gilt-lettered rectangular morocco panel on the upper covers. Little is known of Allen, whose binder's ticket reads: "Bound by Thomas Allen, No. 16, Queen- Street, New York." When the first Congress was meeting in New York, Washington's presidential residence was a large home at Number 1 Cherry Street, on the corner of Queen Street (now Pearl Street); a short distance from Fraunces Tavern (at 54 Queen Street, where many governmental offices were housed) and Allen's shop and bindery. WASHINGTON'S ENGRAVED BOOKPLATE In addition to the large signature on the title page, Washington has pasted in to the front endpaper his engraved armorial bookplate, featuring the Washington family coat of arms ("Argent two bars Gules, in chief three mullets in fess of the second") a decorative escutcheon with Washington's name and the motto exitus acta probat ("the end justifies the deed"). This bookplate is no doubt one of a shipment ordered from England by Washington in December 1771, through his friend Robert Adam and the agent Robert Cary. The engraving was the work of a London engraver, S. Valliscure. He charged Washington 14 shillings for the plate and an additional six shillings for 300 prints from the plate, printed on good quality laid paper. Washington seems to have reserved these specially ordered bookplates for the more important books in his library. WASHINGTON'S MARGINALIA It is striking that Washington, the owner of an extensive library at Mount Vernon, added marginalia in only this and one other volume (a copy of James Madison, View of the Conduct of the Executive. Here, in this volume, he has added brackets and marginal notes in light but readable pencil. All appear in the text of the Constitution itself and all relate to the duties and prerogatives of the chief executive in the new government. -- At Article I, Section 7, Clause 2 (on page vi), Washington has written "President" in the margin and has added a long bracket alongside the passage detailing the process by which legislation originates in Congress and is then subject to the approval or veto of the president: "Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law." In a further section of Section 7, Clause 2 (on page vii), Washington has written "President" twice, next to a description of two additional methods by which laws may be enacted or rejected: "But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law." In addition, at Clause 3, President Washington brackets another block of text: "Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill." -- At Article II, Section 2 (on page ix) Washington has written "President" and "Powers" in the margin, and has bracketed Clauses 1, 2 and 3, each stipulating critical responsibilities of the chief executive. First, Washington brackets Clause 1: "the President shall be Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in cases of Impeachment." Clause 2, dealing with treaties and their ratification, and presidential powers of appointment is also bracketed by Washington: "He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors and other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law; but the Congress may by Law vest the appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments." Additionally, Clause 3 is bracketed: "The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session." At Article II, Section 3 (page ix), Washington has written "required" and bracketed text stipulating further duties of the chief executive. "He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and speedy; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the Officers of the United States." SELECT TABLE OF CONTENTS - Constitution of the United States, (pp. v-xii) - Resolution to the states regarding ratification of the Constitution (17 September 1787), (pp. xiii-xiv) - [Oath of allegiance] Act to regulate the Time and Manner of administering certain Oaths (the Presidential, Vice-Presidential and other oaths), (pp. 15-16) - An Act for establishing an Executive Department, to be denominated the Department of Foreign Affairs [renamed State Department in late 1789], (p. 21) - An Act to establish an Executive Department, to be denominated the Department of War (p. 46) - An Act to provide for the Government of the Territory North-West of the River Ohio (p. 47) - [Treasury Act] An Act to Establish the Treasury Department (pp. 62-64) - An Act to provide for the safe-keeping of the Acts, Records and Seal of the United States (pp. 65-67) - [Post-Office Act] An Act for the temporary Establishment of the Post-Office (p. 68) - [Congressional Salary Act] An Act for allowing Compensation to the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives (pp. 68-70) - An Act for allowing a Compensation to the President and Vice-President (p. 71) - [Supreme Court Judiciary Act] An Act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States (pp. 72-85) - [Bill of Rights] Articles in Addition to, and Amendment of, the Constitution...ratified by the Legislatures of the Several States...[12 articles], pp. 92-93 THE MOUNT VERNON LIBRARY "There is little evidence that he ever read for the mere pleasure of it," writes Eugene Prussing, and due to the unrelenting demands of public service and the care and upkeep of the Mount Vernon plantation, Washington "had neither time nor much inclination...for general reading" (The Estate of George Washington, Deceased, Boston 1927, pp.138,142). Nevertheless, Washington's library at Mount Vernon at the time of his death was substantial, comprising between 800 and 1,000 books and hundreds of pamphlets. After Washington's death, an inventory of the library was prepared by Tobias Lear, Washington's private secretary, with a team of Virginia appraisers. Lear's inventory recorded (no.254) seven folio volumes under the title "Laws of the United States," valued at $28.00, and six octavo-format volumes, under the identical rubric (nos.267, 272 and 277), which were appraised for a total of $10.75. While the books subsumed in these cryptic entries may never be precisely identified, William Coolidge Lane, Librarian of the Boston Athenaeum, in an appendix to the 1897 catalogue of the Athenaeum's Washington collections, attempted to reconcile these listings and to trace the volumes in question (Appleton P.C. Griffin, The Washington Collection in the Boston Athenaeum...With An Appendix...by William Coolidge Lane, Boston, 1897, pp.533-534). Lane was able to identify three folio-format editions of the Acts of the First Congress owned by Washington, plus three small-format reprints. All were offered in the 1876 Lawrence Washington auction. The folios identified by Lane are as follows: [This copy] Lane, no. 1: (First Session) Evans 22189. Bound by Allen of New York (with his binder's ticket), with gilt-lettered label, with bookplate, signatures and marginalia. (For detailed provenance, see below). Lane, no. 2: (First, Second and Third Sessions) Evans 223842, 22952, 23845. 1) Philadelphia: Childs & Swain [1791]; 2) Acts passed at a Second Session...New York: Childs & Swaine [1790]; 3). Acts Passed at a Third Session.... Philadelphia: Childs & Swaine [1790. Bound by James Muir of Philadelphia, with gilt-lettered label and signature. Provenance: George Washington -- Bushrod Washington -- Lawrence A. Washington (sale, Thomas & Sons, 28 November 1876, lot 100) -- John R. Baker (sale, Philadelphia, February 1891, lot 38) -- W.F. Havemeyer -- The Chapin Library, Williams College. Lane, no.3: (First, Second and Third Sessions) Evans 23842, 22952, 23845. 1) Philadelphia: Childs & Swain [1791]; 2) Acts passed at a Second Session...New York: Childs & Swaine [1790]; 3). Acts Passed at a Third Session.... Philadelphia: Childs & Swaine [1790]. Bound by James Muir of Philadelphia, with gilt-lettered label, without bookplate or signature. Provenance: George Washington -- Bushrod Washington -- Lawrence A. Washington (sale, Thomas & Sons, 1876, lot 118) -- Senator Joseph Roswell Hawley -- Michael Papantonio -- Unidentified owner (sale, Christie's, 19 May 1995, lot 91, $310,500) -- Private collection. In addition, three other specially bound, association copies of the first acts are extant: 1. Richard Varick's copy: (First session). Evans 22189. Acts Passed at a Congress...New York: Francis Childs and John Swaine [1789]. First Edition. First Session. Evans 22189. Bound by Thomas Allen. Presented by Washington to Varick (1753-1831), with Varick's autograph inscription -- Princeton University Library. 2. John Jay's copy: (First Session. Acts Passed at a Congress... New York: Francis Childs and John Swaine [1789]. First edition. First Session. Evans 22189. Bound by Allen of New York. Inscribed by Jay: "9 Dec. 1789: Presented by the President of the United States to John Jay." With gilt-lettered label, no bookplate or signature. Evans 22191. Provenance: John Jay -- with A.S.W. Rosenbach -- Estelle Doheny -- Doheny Library (sold, Christie's, 22 February, lot 2026) -- Richard Manney (sale, Sotheby's, 11 October 1991, $210,000) -- Private collection. 3. Thomas Jefferson's copy: Acts Passed at a Congress...New York: Francis Childs and John Swaine [1789]. First Session. Evans 22191. Bound by Thomas Allen of New York, with gilt-lettered label, Jefferson's concealed ownership markings. Provenance: Thomas Jefferson -- Josiah Kirby Lilly (blue morocco bookplate) -- Lilly Library, Bloomington, Indiana.
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Provenance Provenance of Washington's personal copy: 1. President George Washington (gilt morocco label, engraved bookplate, signature on title-page and penciled marginalia) 2. Bushrod Washington (1762-1829), nephew of the above, who inherited Mount Vernon, its libr
Estimated Price USD 2,000,000.00 - 3,000,000.00
Actual Price USD 9,826,500.00

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Auction House Christies
Website http://www.christies.com
Auction Name George Washington's Personal Copy of Acts Passed at a Congress
Sale Number #2761
Auction Date June 22, 2012 - June 22, 2012
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  • <b>Swann Auction Galleries November 26 2013: Autographs</b>
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries November 26:</b> Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, autograph musical manuscript, bars 52-70 of the sixth movement of his <i>Serenade in D Major</i>, Vienna, 1773. $120,000 to $180,000.
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries November 26:</b> Five autograph letters signed by Albert Einstein to Paul Hertz, in German, 1910-15. $70,000 to $100,000.
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries November 26:</b> Autograph letter signed by Robert E. Lee to George W. Callum, March 13, 1855. $25,000 to $35,000.
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries November 26 2013: Autographs</b>
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries November 26:</b> Vellum document signed, "Marie R" by Mary, Queen of Scots, 1582. $10,000 to $15,000.
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries November 26:</b> Partly-printed vellum document signed by George Washington, 1793. $10,000 to $15,000.
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries November 26 2013: Autographs</b>
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries November 26:</b> Mark Twain, autograph inscription reading <i>“Let us save the tomorrows for work,” </i>New York 1907. $4,000 to $6,000.
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries November 26:</b> Document signed by the Marquis de Lafayette decorating a French revolutionary, Paris 1789. $2,500 to $3,500.
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries November 26:</b> Autograph manuscript signed by explorer Richard Francis Burton, 1868-90. $2,000 to $3,000.
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries November 26 2013: Autographs</b>
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries November 26:</b> Typed letter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as Governor, to New York City Mayor James J. Walker, Albany, June 1932. $1,500 to $2,500.
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries November 26:</b> Signed and inscribed ink drawing by Enrico Caruso of his German manager Emil Ledner, New York, 1909. $1,500 to $2,500.
    <b>Swann Auction Galleries November 26:</b> Autograph note signed by Giuseppe Verdi to an unnamed recipient, August 1900. $1,500 to $2,500.
  • <b>Sotheby's New York: Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana<br>5 December 2013.</b>
    <b>Sotheby's New York:</b> Thomas Jefferson. Autograph letter signed, 25 June 1805, giving a very detailed report on the progress of the Lewis and Clark expedition.<br>$500,000-$700,000
    <b>Sotheby's New York:</b> Birch. The City of Philadelphia ...<i> [1804]</i>. The earliest published views of an American city in the remarkably scarce revised edition. $75,000–$100,000
    <b>Sotheby's New York:</b> Birch. The Country Seats of the United States … 1809. A lovely copy of an early American color plate and a true rarity, the scarce subscriber's issue. $70,000–$90,000
    <b>Sotheby's New York: Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana<br>5 December 2013.</b>
    <b>Sotheby's New York:</b> [The Order of Surrender of the Army of Northern Va.] An evidently unique copy of what is likely the last Confederate imprint. $70,000-$100,000
    <b>Sotheby's New York:</b> Gould. A Monograph of Trochilidae or Family of Humming Birds. <i>London: the author, [1849-]1861; Supplement. London: Henry Sotheran & Co.</i>, [1880-]1887. $90,000–$120,000.
    <b>Sotheby's New York:</b> Redoute. Rosa Indica dichotoma. $60,000-$80,000
    <b>Sotheby's New York:</b> Bill Wilson. First Draft The Twelve Traditions from Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. Inscribed by the author.<br>$15,000–$20,000
    <b>Sotheby's New York: Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana 5 December 2013.</b>
    <b>Sotheby's New York:</b> Austen. Sense and Sensibility.<i> Printed for the Author and published by T. Egerton, 1811</i>. First edition. $20,000–$30,000.
    <b>Sotheby's New York:</b> Burroughs. The Mayan Caper, typescript manuscript in red ink with corrections and changes. $8,000–$12,000
    <b>Sotheby's New York:</b> Melville. Moby-Dick; or, the Whale. <i>New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851</i>. First American Edition, first binding.<br>$30,000–$40,000.
    <b>Sotheby's New York: Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana 5 December 2013.</b>
    <b>Sotheby's New York:</b> Shakespeare. Fourth folio, first issue.<br>$30,000–$50,000.
    <b>Sotheby's New York:</b> Magritte. Two autograph letters, in French, signed ("RM") and illustrated with 4 sketches. $20,000–$30,000.
    <b>Sotheby's New York:</b> "C": A Journal of Poetry Vol. 1, No. 4 (September 1963). New York: Lorenz Gude, 1963. Cover design by Andy Warhol. $20,000–$30,000.
    <b>Sotheby's New York:</b> Abraham Lincoln. Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln"), 28 September 1861. Regarding the denial of an appointment.<br>$15,000–$20,000.
  • <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 20):</b> Lot 1. Famiamo Strada, De Bello Belgico, 1632. Est. $5500 - $7000
    <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 20):</b> Lot 18. Franz Ritter, [Untitled - World], 1610. Est. $12000 - $14000
    <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 20):</b> Lot 21. Willem Blaeu, Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1635. Est. $15000 - $18000
    <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 20):</b> Lot 26. Blaeu/Valck, Novus Planiglobii Terrestris per Utrumque Polum Conspectus, 1695. Est. $6500 - $7500
    <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 20):</b> Lot 47. Abraham Ortelius, Tabula Itineraria ex Illustri Peutingerorum Bibliotheca, 1598. Est. $7000 - $8500
    <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 20):</b> Lot 68. Waldseemuller/Fries, E. Tabula Terre Nova F.D.W., 1522. Est. $21000 - $25000
    <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 20):</b> Lot 132. Edward McCandlish, Bill Whiffletree's Bootlegger's Map of the United States, 1925. Est. $1000 - $1200
    <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 20):</b> Lot 153. Matthaus Merian, Virginia - Erforshet und Beschriben durch Capitain Iohan Schmidt, 1627. Est. $8000 - $9500
    <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 20):</b> Lot 225. Sayer & Bennett, A Plan of the Battle, on Bunkers Hill, 1775. Est. $13000 - $15000
    <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 20):</b> Lot 234. Hill/Mottram, New York, 1855. Est. $4000 - $5000
    <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 20):</b> Lot 317. Theodore de Bry, Americae Pars Magis Cognita, 1592. Est. $4000 - $5000
    <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 20):</b> Lot 391. Louis Raemaekers, Het Gekkenhuis, 1915. Est. $2750 - $3500
    <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 20):</b> Lot 527. Francesco Zanotto, Das Malerische, Monumentale, Historische und Artistische Venedig, 1857. Est. $8000 - $10000
    <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 20):</b> Lot 538. Jan Jansson, Cyprus Insula, 1653. Est. $1800 - $2100
    <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 20):</b> Lot 627. Linschoten/Langren, Exacta & Accurata Delineatio cum Orarum Maritimarum, 1595. Est. $13000 - $15000
    <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 20):</b> Lot 656. John Speed, Africae, Described, the Manners of their Habits, and Buildinge, 1626. Est. $4000 - $5000
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