Bogota Auction: Books, Documents and Old Engravings, 2470B, Bogota
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- August 30, 2024 - August 30, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | s.a | El Manifiesto Republicano y el Problema Religioso : folleto interesante y de actualidad |
Manizales | 1912 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 177 | [s.a] | In memoriam al R.P. Antonio Aime sus hijos |
Bogota | 1922 | Not Available | USD 60,000.00 |
| 178 | Mercado, Pedro S.J. | Historia de la Provincia del Nuevo Reino y Quito de la Compania de Jesus |
Bogota | 1957 | Not Available | USD 96,000.00 |
| 179 | Rivero, Juan S.J. | Historia de las Misiones |
Bogota | 1956 | Not Available | USD 60,000.00 |
| 180 | Dominguez Camargo, Hernando | San Ignacio de Loyola |
Bogota | 1956 | Not Available | USD 84,000.00 |
| 181 | 3 piezas. Pastoral que el Ilmo. Sor. Dor Ramon Ignacio Mendez dignisimo arzobispo de Caracas dirigio al clero y fieles de su diocesis al tiempo de morir |
1852-1868. | Not Available | USD 120,000.00 | ||
| 182 | Campo Larraondo y Valencia, Mariano | Compendio de la moral cristiana para el uso de las escuelas primarias de Popayan |
Bogota | 1835-1842 | Not Available | USD 420,000.00 |
| 183 | Lote de cinco medallas de premios de colegios Siglo XX, Bogota |
Bogota | 1910 | Not Available | USD 36,000.00 | |
| 184 | Lote de medallas del congreso Eucaristico |
Bogota | 1913-1968. | Not Available | USD 300,000.00 | |
| 185 | Pan-American Airways | Commemorating the dedication of the Pan American airways System Linking North America, Central America, South America , west Indies and the Christening of the "Christopher columbus" |
Washington | 1928 | Not Available | USD 180,000.00 |
| 186 | American Bank Note | Billete de Banco de Great Falls Company en la Exposicion del Centenario de Filadelfia de 1876 |
New York | 1876 | Not Available | USD 300,000.00 |
| 187 | Acosta de Samper, Soledad | Los Comuneros |
Bogota | 1887 | Not Available | USD 360,000.00 |
| 188 | Florez de Ocariz, Juan | Libro de las Genealogias del Nuevo Reino de Granada |
Bogota | 1990 | Not Available | USD 180,000.00 |
| 189 | Perez y Soto, Juan B | El crimen de Berruecos. Asesinato de Antonio Jose de Sucre. Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho. |
Roma | 1924 | Not Available | USD 300,000.00 |
| 190 | Robertson, William Spence | The Life of Miranda |
North Carolina | 1929 | Not Available | USD 120,000.00 |
| 191 | Cortes Vargas, Carlos | Participacion de Colombia en la libertad del Peru |
Bogota | 1945 | Not Available | USD 120,000.00 |
| 192 | Soffia, J.A. | Romancero Colombiano. Homenaje a Simon Bolivar |
Bogota | 1883 | Not Available | USD 360,000.00 |
| 193 | Sanudo, Jose Rafael | Estudios sobre la vida de Bolivar |
Pasto | 1949 | Not Available | USD 240,000.00 |
| 194 | Santander, Francisco de Paula | Santander ante la historia o sea apuntamientos para las memorias sobre Colombia y la Nueva Granada |
Paris | 1869 | Not Available | USD 240,000.00 |
| 195 | Santander, Francisco de Paula | Voz del pueblo. Informe dirijido al exmo. sr Libertador Presidente, acompanandole la esposicion que le presentara S. E. el Vice-presidente al devolver el mando supremo de la Republica. |
Bogota | 1827 | Not Available | USD 780,000.00 |
| 196 | Velazco y Valdes, Pedro Jose | Republica de la Nueva Granada. |
Popayan | 1855 | Not Available | USD 420,000.00 |
| 197 | Perez, Felipe | Jeografia fisica i politica del Estado de Cundinamarca |
Bogota | 1861 | Not Available | USD 180,000.00 |
| 198 | Paris de la Roche, Jose Joaquin. | Una Familia de Proceres : Los Parises / estudio dispuesto por Jose Joaquin Paris de la Roche y publicado bajo la direccion de Gustavo Arboleda. |
Bogota | 1919 | Not Available | USD 180,000.00 |
| 199 | Estados Unidos de Colombia. Secretaria de Guerra y Marina | Memoria del Secretario de Guerra i Marina |
Bogota | 1882 | Not Available | USD 96,000.00 |
| 200 | Carnicelli, Americo. | La masoneria en la independencia de America. Bogota |
Bogota | 1970 | Not Available | USD 180,000.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.