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![<b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 35<br>Matthias C. Sprengel, Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, the first published appearance of the American flag, [1784].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/f0781015-5eab-4da4-863c-33412e7d42b5.jpg "<b>Swann, Nov. 20:</b> Lot 35<br>Matthias C. Sprengel, Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, the first published appearance of the American flag, [1784].")
Swann
Printed & Manuscript Americana
November 20, 2025Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 9
George Catlin. O-Kee-Pa: A Religious Ceremony; and other Customs of the Mandans. London, 1867.Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 17
Benjamin Beal, Unpublished diary of a lieutenant serving in the Invasion of Quebec, 1776.Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 23
George Washington, Autograph Letter Signed anticipating the coming British campaign against Philadelphia, 1777.Swann
Printed & Manuscript Americana
November 20, 2025Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 35
Matthias C. Sprengel, Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, the first published appearance of the American flag, [1784].Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 120
Portfolio of lithograph Civil War portraits by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. and others. Cincinnati, OH, circa 1863.Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 130
Eleazar Huntington, engraver. Early broadside engraving of the Declaration of Independence, circa 1820-24.Swann
Printed & Manuscript Americana
November 20, 2025Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 175
Jeremiah B. Taylor, Letterbook of a frontier Baptist missionary in Kansas with tales of friendly Indians and unfriendly Confederate raiders, 1839-1887.Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 188
Jonas Rishel, The Indian Physician, Containing a New System of Practice, Founded on Medical Plants, 1828.Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 201
Brigham Young and the First Presidency of the LDS, Commission issued to two Church representatives, 1849.Swann
Printed & Manuscript Americana
November 20, 2025Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 293
Kuonraden's Vart (Kuonrad's Travels), an illustrated western travel memoir set to verse, circa 1914.Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 311
Hermann Stieffel, Early watercolor view of the ruins of a Spanish mission in the Manzano Grant. Manzano, NM, circa 1860-67.Swann, Nov. 20: Lot 343
Vida de San Felipe de Jesus, protomartir del Japon, y patron de su patria Mexico. -
University Archives
Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
Now through Nov. 19University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA AuthenticationUniversity Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002University Archives
Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
Now through Nov. 19University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly ImportantUniversity Archives
Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
Now through Nov. 19University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Soldier Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected CavalrymanUniversity Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert ZarelliUniversity Archives
Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
Now through Nov. 19University Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie RodellUniversity Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest KnownUniversity Archives, Nov. 19:
Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic -
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Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 24thKetterer, Nov. 24: M. Waldseemüller, Ptolemaeus auctus restitutus, 1520. Est: € 250,000Ketterer, Nov. 24: I. Newton, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, 1687. Est: € 100,000Ketterer, Nov. 24: L. Feininger, Collection of 33 comic strips, 1906-1907. Est: € 8,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 24thKetterer, Nov. 24:H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 30,000Ketterer, Nov. 24: K. Bodmer, Personal Sketchbook with ca. 80 pencil drawings. Est: € 25,000Ketterer, Nov. 24: Collection of 18 postcards “Bauhaus-Ausstellung Weimar 1923.“ Est: € 40,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 24thKetterer, Nov. 24: Latin Book of hours on vellum, 1505. Est: € 12,000Ketterer, Nov. 24: G. Shaw & F. P. Nodder, Vivarium naturae, 1789-1813. Est: € 10,000Ketterer, Nov. 24: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, 1943. First American edition. Est: € 6,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 24thKetterer, Nov. 24: Ibn Butlan, Tacuini sanitatis, 1531. Est: € 8,000Ketterer, Nov. 24: Hermann Hesse, Casa Camuzzi in Montagnola, 1927. Est: € 12,000Ketterer, Nov. 24: Pop Art portfolio Reality & Paradoxes, 1973. Est: € 12,000
Auction Reports
Sworders
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Books, Manuscripts and Maps
- Auction Date
- 11/02/2025 - 11/02/2025
- Sale Number
- #A1231
- Total Lots
- 376
- Sold Lots
- 269
- Lots Sold
- 71.54%
- Unsold Lots
- 107
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 159,025.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 68,400.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 111,300.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 91,400.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 147,500.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 107.81%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | CRICK, Francis Harry Compton | Manuscript Three volumes of his daily diaries, 1938-39 |
Starts March 17, 1938, & ends: April 12, 1939 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 16,500.00 |
| 301 | Francis CRICK SIGNED: Nobel Prize lecture: on the genetic code |
1963 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 12,750.00 | |
| 308 | NIELS Henrik David BOHR (Nobel Prize winner) | Birth of Nuclear Atom |
1955-04-14 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 6,250.00 |
| 125 | Gosse, Philip Henry | Illustrations of the birds of Jamaica |
1849 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 4,750.00 |
| 293 | Stuart, Charles Edward | Autograph Letter, Signed |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,687.50 | |
| 71 | Lilford, Lord | With Autograph Letter: Colourd figures of the Birds of the British Islands |
1891-7 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 4,000.00 |
| 98 | Gray (George Robert & R. Bowdler Sharpe) | Zoology of the Voyage of HMS of Erebus and Terror, Under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, Birds |
1846-75 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,062.50 |
| 108 | Buller, Sir Walter Lawry | Signed- A History of the Birds of New Zealand |
1888 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,875.00 |
| 115 | LEGGE, W Vincent | A history of the birds of Ceylon |
1880 | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,500.00 |
| 184 | Ian FLEMING | Live and Let Die |
1954 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,312.50 |
| 216 | BROGLIE, Louis Victor, Prince of (Nobel Prize winner in Physics in 1929) | Quantum physics- Inscribed & Signed by: Recherches sur la theorie des quanta |
1925 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,000.00 |
| 32 | ORTELIUS, Abraham | WORLD ATLAS: Theatro del Mondo |
20 September 1655 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,937.50 |
| 73 | Bannerman, David A | Fine Binding, Author SIGNED: The Birds of the British Isles |
1953-1963 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,875.00 |
| 164 | Dickens, Charles | NONESUCH Press- DICKENS- The Nonesuch Dickens, 1937-38 |
1940-09-01 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 1,687.50 |
| 113 | Willughby's Ornithology |
1678 | GBP 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,625.00 | |
| 111 | Cassin, John | Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America |
[1853]-1856 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,562.50 |
| 99 | Buller, Sir Walter Lawry | A History of the Birds of New Zealand |
1873 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 1,562.50 |
| 110 | Baedeker, Friedrich Wilhelm Justus | Die Eier der Europaischen Vogel nach der Natur gemalt |
1855-63 | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | GBP 1,437.50 |
| 79 | McKelvie Colin Laurie | The Woodcock, Snipe, Grouse, Partridge, Pheasant, & Sporting Wildfowl |
1988-1999 | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | GBP 1,312.50 |
| 78 | Lilford, Lord | Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood |
1895 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 1,312.50 |
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![<b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> [Hugo, Victor] — Charles Hugo, François-Victor Hugo ou Auguste Vacquerie. Portrait de Victor Hugo. Daguerréotype réalisé à Jersey vers 1852-1853. €20,000 to €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/2eb975fd-c434-48f2-b4fa-0c65aa245d45.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> [Hugo, Victor] — Charles Hugo, François-Victor Hugo ou Auguste Vacquerie. Portrait de Victor Hugo. Daguerréotype réalisé à Jersey vers 1852-1853. €20,000 to €30,000.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> Chelidonius, Benedictus. <i>Passio Jesu Chriti.</i> [1526?]. Maroquin bleu de Niédrée. 37 bois inspirés par Dürer. €3,000 to €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/2fc30244-16a0-4e6b-bc4d-7fcc2cd48e0e.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> Chelidonius, Benedictus. <i>Passio Jesu Chriti.</i> [1526?]. Maroquin bleu de Niédrée. 37 bois inspirés par Dürer. €3,000 to €5,000.")
![<b>Swann, Nov. 25:</b> Cunard [Slavonia] / New York Mediterranean. Circa 1905. $3,000 to $4,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4a5b5e65-4194-475f-9e08-b3fbbd8ece29.png "<b>Swann, Nov. 25:</b> Cunard [Slavonia] / New York Mediterranean. Circa 1905. $3,000 to $4,000.")
