• Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Gonnelli:
    Auction 55
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    November 26st 2024
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€
    Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€
    Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€
    Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€
    Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€
  • Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 37: Archive of the pioneering woman artist Arrah Lee Gaul, most 1911-59. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 66: Letter describing the dropping water level at Owens Lake near Death Valley, long before it was drained, Keeler, CA, 26 July 1904. $3,000 to $4,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 102: To Horse, To Horse! My All for a Horse! The Washington Cavalry, illustrated Civil War broadside, Philadelphia, 1862. $4,000 to $6,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 135: Album of cyanotype views of the Florida panhandle and beyond, 224 photographs, 174 of them cyanotypes, Apalachicola, FL and elsewhere, circa 1895-1896. $1,200 to $1,800
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 154: Catalogue of the Library of the United States, as acquired from Thomas Jefferson, Washington, 1815. $15,000 to $25,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 173: New Englands First Fruits, featuring the first description of Harvard in print, London, 1643. $40,000 to $60,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 177: John P. Greene, Original manuscript diary of a mission to western New York with Joseph Smith, 1833. $60,000 to $90,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 243: P.E. Larson, photographer, Such is Life in the Far West: Early Morning Call in a Gambling Hall, Goldfield, NV, circa 1906. $2,500 to $3,500
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 261: Fred W. Sladen, Diaries of a WWII colonel commanding troops from Morocco to Italy to France, 1942-44. $3,000 to $4,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 309: Los mexicanos pintados por si mismos, por varios autores, a Mexican plate book. Mexico, 1854-1855. $2,000 to $3,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 8: Diaries of a prospector / trapper in the remote Alaska wilderness, 5 manuscript volumes. Alaska, 1917-64. $1,500 to $2,500.
  • Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia, [col commento di Jacopo della Lana e Martino Paolo Nidobeato, curata da Martino Paolo Nidobeato e Guido da Terzago. Aggiunto Il Credo], 1478
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus, edita da Piero da Figino. Aggiunte le Rime diverse; Marsilius Ficinius, Ad Dantem gratulatio], 1491
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lactantius, Lucius Coelius Firmianus - Opera, 1465
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - Le terze rime di Dante, 1502
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Boccaccio, Giovanni - Il Decamerone. Di messer Giouanni Boccaccio, 1516
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Giordano Bruno - Candelaio comedia del Bruno nolano achademico di nulla achademia; detto il fastidito. In tristitia hilaris: in hilaritate tristis, 1582
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Petrarca, Francesco - Le cose volgari di Messer Francesco Petrarcha, 1504
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Legatura - Manoscritto - Medici - Cosimo III de' Medici / Solari, Giuseppe - I Ritratti Medicei overo Glorie e Grandezze della sempre sereniss. Casa Medici..., 1678
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri con varie annotazioni, e copiosi Rami adornata, 1757
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lot containing 80 printed guides and publications dedicated to travel and itineraries in Italy

Heritage Auctions: Americana and Political Signature Auction, 6310, Dallas

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 01, 2024 - November 02, 2024
Page Size: 138 items in 6 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
43001

William Stone Declaration of Independence Together With a Copy of Peter Force's Book, "American Archives".

USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 20,000.00
43029

George Washington: Artist-Signed Proof Engraving.

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 937.50
43030

George Washington: Circa 1791 Song Sheet.

Circa1791 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,437.50
43036

[John Adams]: 1798 "Congressional Pugilists" Cartoon.

1798 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 4,625.00
43037

Thomas Jefferson: Printed Handbill Announcing the Election of 1800 in February 1801.

1801 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 9,687.50
43038

Republican; or, Anti-Democrat Newspaper with Excerpts and Letters Commenting on the Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings Scandal.

USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 1,875.00
43039

The Repertory (Boston, MA) July 17, 1804: Death of Alexander Hamilton.

1804 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
43042

"Universalist Watchman": Volume of Bound Newspapers with 1830 Book of Mormon Content.

1830 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 6,875.00
43044

Two Issues of The Albion from 1835 with Texas Revolution Content.

1835 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,500.00
43056

James K. Polk: Bound Volume of Nine Campaign Magazines / Newspapers.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,156.25
43073

Abraham Lincoln: Appointment Signed.

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,812.50
43074

Abraham Lincoln: Autograph Note Signed [ANS] to Gideon Welles.

USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 6,250.00
43080

Abraham Lincoln: "The Old Bull Dog on the Right Track" Currier & Ives Cartoon.

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,062.50
43082

Abraham Lincoln: 1865 Inauguration Ball Invitation.

1865 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,375.00
43084

Lincoln & Hamlin: Jugate Paper Ribbon or Printer's Proof.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,000.00
43088

Abraham Lincoln: School Autograph and Photograph Book with Lincoln Salt Print Photographs.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,625.00
43089

Bennington Weekly Banner (VT) Nov. 10, 1864: Lincoln and Johnson....Victory!

1864 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
43090

Worcester Weekly Palladium (MA) Jan 7, 1863: Proclamation of Emancipation by President Lincoln.

1863 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
43100

John Bell: 30mm Back-to-Back "Doughnut" Ferrotype.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 781.25
43119

William McKinley: Large Group of Signed Stock Certificates.

USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,125.00
43161

John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson: Collection of Presidential Bill Signing Pens.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 68,750.00
43162

John F. Kennedy: 1962 Poster for "New York's Birthday Salute" with Marilyn Monroe, Including Handbill, Ticket, and Program.

1962 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 Not Sold
43163

John F. Kennedy: Signed Appointment to the F. C. C.

USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 2,500.00
43165

John F. Kennedy: Norman Rockwell Signed Artist's Proof.

USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 4,000.00
43166

[John F. Kennedy]: United Press Teletype Bulletins Announcing the Assassination of President John Kennedy.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 687.50
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 51. Ortelius' Influential Map of the New World - Second Plate in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $5,500 - $6,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 165. Reduced-Size Edition of Jefferys/Mead Map with Revolutionary War Updates (1776) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 688. Blaeu's Superb Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 105. Striking Map of French Colonial Possessions (1720) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 98. Rare First Edition of the First Published Plan of a Settlement in North America (1556) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 181. Important Map of the Georgia Colony (1748) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 547. Ortelius' Map of Russia with a Vignette of Ivan the Terrible in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 85. Homann's Decorative Map of Colonial America (1720) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 642. Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 748. The Martyrdom of St. John in Contemporary Hand Color with Gilt Highlights (1520) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 298. Scarce Early Map of Chester County (1822) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000