Rare Books &c. at Auction This Week
An 1869 print of Julia Margaret Cameron's The Dream, offered at Dominic Winter Auctioneers on Thursday.
Lots of action in the auction rooms this week, with a number of sales focused on photographs:
Yesterday Doyle New York held an online sale of Americana & Hunting Books from the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson, in 285 lots. Taking top honors at $1,062 was a manuscript note by F. Gray Griswold to Judge Ernest Windle in which Griswold offers his definition of a sportsman. At $1,000 were John J. Brown's An American Angler (1845) and a presentation copy of John C. Phillips' Frank W. Killam (1935).
Today at Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Printed Books, Maps & Autographs, in 430 lots. A 1599 edition of Linschoten's Navigatio ac itinerarium in orientalem sive Lusitanorum Indiam and a copy of the 1757 reissue of Eilhard Lubben's map of Pomerania are each estimated at £10,000–15,000. Pierre de Tirregaille's 1762 plan of Warsaw and Conway Shipley's 1851 book Sketches in the Pacific could each fetch £7,000–10,000.
At Bonhams New York today, Photographs, in 154 lots. Aguttes in Paris will sell 285 lots of Livres et Manuscrits, including quite a few interesting manuscripts by artists and some nice designer bindings.
Christie's New York holds a Photographs sale today: the 299 lots include a complete set of Edward Sheriff Curtis' The North American Indian, estimated at $600,000–900,000. Last but not least among today's sales, University Archives holds an auction of Autographed Documents, Manuscripts, Books & Photos, in 240 lots. A 1781 George Washington letter rates the top estimate, at $50,000–60,000.
Tomorrow, October 3 at Dominic Winter, Photography: From West to East. The 320 lots include John Thomson's Illustrations of China and its People (1873–74), estimated at £20,000–30,000; Thomson's 1870 collection Views on the North River could sell for £15,000–20,000, and an album of Thomson's photographs of Hong Kong is estimated at £10,000–15,000. An 1869 print of Julia Margaret Cameron's photograph "The Dream" is also estimated at £15,000–20,000.
Sotheby's New York sells Classic Photographs tomorrow, in 138 lots, and Forum Auctions will hold another of their online sales of Books and Works on Paper, in 216 lots. A 1777 edition of the Encyclopédie and a 1680 volume documenting the Corpus Christi festival held at Venice are each estimated at £1,500–2,000.
On Friday, October 4, Heritage Auctions will hold a 311-lot Photographs Signature Auction. Peter Beard's 1984 "Garden of Eden," showing elephants and baboons, is expected to lead the way at $50,000–70,000.
