WINTER / SPRING 2013 AUCTIONS
PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT
AMERICANA
APRIL 16
Civil War manuscripts are featured in the
Spring Americana sale, with letters and a diary
of Private Julius Hall, fighting Rebs and Indians
in the southwest as par t of the 1st California
Regiment. Two impor tant early Mormon items
will also be featured: an 1840 Nauvoo edition
of
The Book of Mormon
, and the first two years
of
The Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate
,
1834 to 1836. Also look for a beautiful extra-illus-
trated set of
The Life andTimes of Benjamin Franklin
,
which includes documents signed by both Franklin
andThomas Jefferson.The auction will also include
the renowned Theodore Roosevelt collection of
Peter Scanlan, including signed first editions,
scarce pamphlets, letters, a family photograph album
and much more.
The Book of Mormon
, first state of the third edition,
1840. $4,000 to $6,000.
Jack Smith,
The Beautiful Book
, NewYork, 1960-62. $14,000 to $18,000.
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Shelf Sale
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2:00pm
20th Century Illustration: Original Art • Books
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1:30
pm
Old Master Drawings
– 1:30pm
Vintage Posters
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10:30
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1:30
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African-American Fine Art
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2:30
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Fine Photographs & Photobooks
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2:30
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Early Printed, Medical, Scientific &Travel Books
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1:30
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19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings
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10:30
am &
1:30
pm
Fine &VintageWriting Instruments
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1:30
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Printed & Manuscript African Americana
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10:30
am &
1:30
pm
Fine Books
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10:30am
Printed & Manuscript Americana
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1:30
pm
Fine Photographs & Photobooks
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1:30
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Old MasterThrough Modern Prints
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10:30
am &
1:30
pm
Art, Press & Illustrated Books
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1:30
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Modernist Posters
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1:30
pm
Contemporary Art
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1:30
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Autographs
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1:30
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Maps &Atlases, Natural History & Historical Prints, Ephemera
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1:30
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American Art
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1:30
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19th & 20th Century Literature
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1:30
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Discovery Sale
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1:30
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FINE PHOTOGRAPHS & PHOTOBOOKS
APRIL 18
Our April auction includes Berenice Abbott’s
Brooklyn Bridge
, 1936;
Ruth Bernhard’s
Triangles
, 1949, printed 1980s; Diane Arbus’s
Topless
Waitress
, 1963-67; two stunning Paul Strand photographs,
The White
Horse, Rancho Taos
, 1932 and
Camargue
, 1951; Sebastião Salgado’s
Brazilian Workers
, 1986; and Sally Mann’s
Virginia Asleep
, 1988. Among
photojournalism highlights are Nat Fein’s
Babe Ruth emerging from
the dugout
, 1948, printed 1980s; while sets and por tfolios include Karl
Struss’s
Portfolio 1920-29
, with 15 platinum prints, published 1979, and a
group of Fred Kover t’s vintage photographs of American bodybuilders.
Featured photobooks include
Camera Work #40
, 1912 and Jack Smith’s
avant-garde classic
The Beautiful Book
, 1960.
James Ensor,
Les Patineurs
(detail), etching, 1889. $12,000 to $18,000.At auction March 7.
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