Source : OShaughnessy

Source Title Messrs. Scott and O'Shaughnessy late of the Merwin Sales Company Book Auctioneers, 331 Madison Avenue, New York City
Description

Scott & O’Shaughnessy was an auction house in the New York area during the period 1910 to 1930.  They were, before becoming an auction house, associated with The Merwin Sales Company, itself an auction house.  Earlier in their careers they were dealers and late in their careers consignors to auction.   They were active in the golden era of rare book collecting.

 

Price entry in this group might not be as accurate but that's the best interpretation we have from the catalogues we adopted.
Scope of Text

Their records in the RBH Database are taken from their “house copies”.
Total Records in AED 26643
  • <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> These are the Times that Try Men's Souls, Thomas Paine. $80,000-$120,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> Manuscrpit from Aboard The Discovery, Signed by George Vancouver. $80,000-$120,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> Exceedingly Rare Holograph Fragment of James Cook's Logbook. $80,000-$120,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> Colonial America: The Collection of William Nesheim: Thomas Lechford: Important First-Hand Account of Life in New England. $40,000-$60,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> The First Expanded Edition of Common Sense, Thomas Paine. $30,000-$50,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> California! The Gold Rush Collection of Bruce Maclin: Album of Exceptional California Lettersheets. $20,000-$30,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> California! The Gold Rush Collection of Bruce Maclin: An Exceptional Group of Gold Rush Letters, c. 1849-1850. $20,000-$30,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> Colonial America: The Collection of William Nesheim: Mather's King Phillips War Tract 1639-1723. $15,000-$25,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> Colonial America: The Collection of William Nesheim: The First Contemporaneous Account of the Salem Witch Trials, Cotton Mather. $15,000-$25,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> Poor Richard's Almanack 1749, Benjamin Franklin. $15,000-$20,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> California! The Gold Rush Collection of Bruce Maclin: Fruits of Mormonism by Nelson Slater. $15,000-$25,000 <b>Bonhams, Oct. 13-23:</b> California! The Gold Rush Collection of Bruce Maclin, Across the Plains in '49 by Emanuel Goughnour. $12,000-$18,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: These are the Times that Try Men's Souls, Thomas Paine. $80,000-$120,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: Manuscrpit from Aboard The Discovery, Signed by George Vancouver. $80,000-$120,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: Exceedingly Rare Holograph Fragment of James Cook's Logbook. $80,000-$120,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: Colonial America: The Collection of William Nesheim: Thomas Lechford: Important First-Hand Account of Life in New England. $40,000-$60,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: The First Expanded Edition of Common Sense, Thomas Paine. $30,000-$50,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: California! The Gold Rush Collection of Bruce Maclin: Album of Exceptional California Lettersheets. $20,000-$30,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: California! The Gold Rush Collection of Bruce Maclin: An Exceptional Group of Gold Rush Letters, c. 1849-1850. $20,000-$30,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: Colonial America: The Collection of William Nesheim: Mather's King Phillips War Tract 1639-1723. $15,000-$25,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: Colonial America: The Collection of William Nesheim: The First Contemporaneous Account of the Salem Witch Trials, Cotton Mather. $15,000-$25,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: Poor Richard's Almanack 1749, Benjamin Franklin. $15,000-$20,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: California! The Gold Rush Collection of Bruce Maclin: Fruits of Mormonism by Nelson Slater. $15,000-$25,000
    Bonhams, Oct. 13-23: California! The Gold Rush Collection of Bruce Maclin, Across the Plains in '49 by Emanuel Goughnour. $12,000-$18,000
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  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>By a Lady<br>1-15 October 2025</b> <b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15:</b> Queen Elizabeth I. A queen’s defense of the realm, and the birth of the British Empire. $500,000 to $700,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15:</b> Vanessa Bell — [Virginia Woolf]. An exceptional encapsulation of the Bloomsbury Group. A striking tile created by Vanesa Bell for her sister, Virginia Woolf, ca. Christmas 1926. $25,000 to $35,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15:</b> Austen, Jane. A long and intimate autograph letter signed ("JA"), to Cassandra Austen. $300,000 to $400,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15:</b> Austen, Jane. “Lines on Maria Beckford,” autograph manuscript signed ("Jane Austen"). $100,000 to $150,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15:</b> [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000.
    Sotheby’s
    By a Lady
    1-15 October 2025
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Queen Elizabeth I. A queen’s defense of the realm, and the birth of the British Empire. $500,000 to $700,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Vanessa Bell — [Virginia Woolf]. An exceptional encapsulation of the Bloomsbury Group. A striking tile created by Vanesa Bell for her sister, Virginia Woolf, ca. Christmas 1926. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. A long and intimate autograph letter signed ("JA"), to Cassandra Austen. $300,000 to $400,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. “Lines on Maria Beckford,” autograph manuscript signed ("Jane Austen"). $100,000 to $150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000.
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    Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair
    17 and 18 Oct
    Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair
    17 and 18 Oct
    Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair
    17 and 18 Oct