• Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR
    Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
  • Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE / LANDINO, CRISTOFORO. Comento di Christophoro Landino Fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino, 1481. €40,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. Il Convivio, 1490. €20,000 to €25,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LEGATURA – PLUTARCO. Le vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romaines translates, 1567. €10,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO. Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti…, 1548. €4,000 to €6,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: SPINOZA, BARUCH. Opera posthuma, 1677. €8,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. Borus Godunov, 1831. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - LECUIRE, PIERRE. Ballets-minute, 1954. €35,000 to €40,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MAJAKOVSKIJ, VLADIMIR / LISSITZKY, LAZAR MARKOVICH. Dlia Golosa, 1923. €7,000 to €10,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MATISSE, HENRI / MONTHERLANT, HENRY DE. Pasiphaé. Chant de Minos., 1944. €22,000 to €24,000.
  • Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, "I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson.", oil on canvas, 1957.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, Thumbelina, gouache and pencil, 1945.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard, watercolor and gouache, 1932.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth, gouache, circa 1953.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, 2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air, pen and ink and wash, 1947.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, Confetti Hourglass, mixed media, 1973.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine), charcoal, circa 1915.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue De Buci, Paris, casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch, pencil, 1988.
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Freeman's | Hindman: Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln, 6441, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 21, 2025 - May 21, 2025
Page Size: 136 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
27 LINCOLN, Abraham

Speech of Mr. A. Lincoln, of Illinois, on the Presidential Question Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, July 21, 1848

1848 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 10,880.00
28 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln"), to John M. Clayton. Washington, D.C., 23 June 1849.

1849 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,360.00
29 LINCOLN, Abraham

Group of 3 Documents by Lincoln Relating to Mary Ann Jacobus vs. Kitchell & Kitchell, ca. 1851

ca. 1851 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 23,040.00
30 LINCOLN, Abraham

Lincoln's Share in the Alton and Sangamon Rail Road Company, Illinois, 27 August 1852.

1852 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
31 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph legal document in the hand of Lincoln signed by Moses Thorpe and J. Johnson, Clerk. Piatt County, Illinois, 11 October 1852.

1852 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 9,600.00
32 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") to Richard Yates, 14 January 1855.

1855 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 57,600.00
33 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") to Jesse O. Norton, 16 February 1855.

1855 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 USD 229,100.00
34 LINCOLN, Abraham

DeWitt County Court Judge's and Clerk's docket book, Spring 1855-Spring 1860.

1855-1860. USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 25,600.00
35 LINCOLN, Abraham

Manuscript document, signed ("A. Lincoln"), and by over 180 Sangamon County citizens, June 1855

1855 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
36 LINCOLN, Abraham

Partially printed promissory note. Springfield, Illinois, 28 August 1855.

1855 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 17,920.00
37 LINCOLN, Abraham

Small archive related to the Bullock Land Transaction, Springfield, Illinois, 1855-1859.

1855-1859. USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 38,400.00
38 HOWARD, Benjamin Chew

Dred Scott v. Sandford, First edition, 1857.

1857 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 4,160.00
39 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") to Jesse K. Dubois, 13 September 1857.

1857 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 25,600.00
40 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph letter, signed ("A. Lincoln") to John Olney. Springfield, Illinois, 29 January 1858.

1858 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 19,200.00
41 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") to his client Haden Keeling, 3 March 1859.

1859 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 Not Sold
42

Commissioner's Sale of Valuable Negroes... ca. 1859.

ca. 1859. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 20,480.00
43 KEDDIE, William (1809-1877), editor.

Lincoln's Copy of Cyclopaedia of Literary and Scientific Anecdote.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,160.00
44 LINCOLN, Abraham

The Doheny Copy of the Lincoln and Douglas Debates, Inscribed by Lincoln.

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 57,600.00
45 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph document, signed ("Lincoln & Herndon fr.d."). Logan County, Illinois, filed 19 March 1860.

1860 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,960.00
46 [LINCOLN, Mary Todd

Mary Todd Lincoln's Copies of Life of George Washington, 1860.

1860 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,880.00
47 HILL, John

Lincoln's Abolitionism. A Searching Analysis. 1860,

1860, USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 8,320.00
48

Miniature Photographs of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, ca. 1860.

ca. 1860. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 6,080.00
49

Republican Election ticket for Sangamon County, Illinois, 1860.

1860 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 7,680.00
50

Lincoln and Hamlin "Union" campaign lantern, ca. 1860.

ca. 1860. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 5,440.00
51

Lincoln and Hamlin Wide Awakes campaign ribbon, ca. 1860.

ca. 1860. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,440.00
  • ALDE, June 18: CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). Voyage en Sibérie fait par ordre du Roi en 1761 contenant les mœurs…, Paris, 1768. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, June 18: HENNEPIN (LOUIS). Description de la Louisiane nouvellement découverte au Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle France…, Paris, 1688. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LA BOULLAYE-LE GOUZ (FRANÇOIS DE). Les Voyages et Observations, Paris, 1653. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LE BRUN (CORNELIS DE BRUYN DIT CORNEILLE). Voyage au Levant, c'est à dire dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie mineure..., Delft, 1700. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, June 18: SAINT-NON (J.-CL. RICHARD, ABBÉ DE). Voyage pittoresque ou description du royaume de Naples et de Sicile, Paris, 1781-1786. €3,500 to €5,000.
    ALDE, June 18: (CALVIN JEAN). SÉNÈQUE. Annei Senecae..., Paris, 1532. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LACTANCE. De divinis institutionibus. De ira Dei. De opificio Dei. De phoenice carmen, Rome, 1468. €30,000 to €40,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, June 18: POLITIEN (ANGE). Omnia opera, et alia quædam lectu Digna, Venise, 1498. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, June 18: SIDOINE APOLLINAIRE. Poema aureum ejusdemque Epistole, Milan, 1498. €3,000 to €4,000.
  • Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
  • Forum Auctions
    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
    19th June 2025
    Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum, June 19: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, June 19: Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, 1598. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, June 19: Livius (Titus). The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, Adam Islip, 1600. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
    19th June 2025
    Forum, June 19: Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de). The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses, first edition in English, 1603. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, June 19: Boyle (Robert). Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica, first edition, for Samuel Smith, 1690. £2,500 to £3,500.
    Forum, June 19: Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, first edition, second issue, 1690. £8,00 to £12,000.