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Prehistoric to Present: Sotheby’s Sales of Books, Manuscripts and Science Lots are Timeless

168开奖官方开奖网站查询:The Olympic Manifesto
168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Americana
168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Literature
168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Incunables and Early Printed Books
168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Lyrics & Music
168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Atlases & Maps
168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Scientific Thinkers
168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Computing Science
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Prehistoric to Present: Sotheby’s Sales of Books, Manuscripts and Science Lots are Timeless

By Sotheby's | Feb 4, 2020

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168开奖官方开奖网站查询:The Olympic Manifesto
168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Americana
168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Literature
168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Incunables and Early Printed Books
168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Lyrics & Music
168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Atlases & Maps
168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Scientific Thinkers
168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Computing Science
168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Natural History
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F rom a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible to first-generation NASA videotape recordings of the Apollo 11 Lunar EVA, Sotheby’s Books & Manuscripts Department ended the decade with sales that ღspanned the histor🌊y of intellectual and technological innovation – and set a few records along the way.

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A series of leather bound rare books by Walt Whitman

A series of leather bound rare books by Walt Whitman

A series of leather bound rare books by Walt Whitman

A series of leather bound rare books by Walt Whitman

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The Olympic Manifesto

PIERRE DE Coubertin, The Olympic Manifesto, 1892. Sold for $8,806,500.

Americana

John James Audubon

John James Audubon

The Birds of America; from the Original Drawings by John James Audubon. London: Published by the Author, 1827–1838

Estimate: 6,000,000 – 8,000,000 USD

The Birds of America from Original Drawings by John James Audubon

18 December 2019 | 3:30 PM EST | New York

manuscript letter signed, announcing the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, 6 July 1776

Estimate: 600,000 – 800,000 USD

Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana

27 January 2020 | 2:00 PM EST | New York

The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence

First Book Printing, in the Genuine principles of the Ancient Saxon. Philadelphia: 1776

Estimate: 300,000 – 500,000 USD

Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana

24 January 2019 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence

THE ONLY KNOWN PRIVATELY HELD COPY OF THE CELEBRATED WILLIAM J. STONE FACSIMILE FOR WHICH PROVENANCE CAN BE TRACED BACK TO A DIRECT ANCESTOR WHO RECEIVED IT IN 1824

Estimate: 600,000 – 800,000 USD

Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana

24 January 2019 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("TH: JEFFERSON"), TO ROBERT S. GARNETT, MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (1817-1827), ON LIMITING GOVERNMENT’S HAND IN THE ECONOMY

Estimate: 80,000 – 100,000 USD

Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana

24 January 2019 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

"The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King-Street Boston..." BOSTON: 1770

Estimate: 150,000 – 200,000 USD

Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana

24 January 2019 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

Treaty of Paris, Ratification

Treaty of Paris, Ratification

BY THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, A PROCLAMATION … ANNAPOLIS: PRINTED BY JOHN DUNLAP, PRINTER FOR THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, [CA. 16-17 JANUARY 1784]

Estimate: 800,000 – 1,200,000 USD

Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana

24 January 2019 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

George Washington

George Washington

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("GO: WASHINGTON") AS CONTINENTAL COMMANDER TO BRYAN FAIRFAX "AT TOWLSTON IN VIRGINIA," EXPRESSING HIS EAGERNESS TO RESIGN HIS COMMISSION AND RETIRE TO MOUNT VERNON

Estimate: 120,000 – 180,000 USD

Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana

24 January 2019 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

Literature

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

The Raven. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845

Estimate: 120,000 – 180,000 USD

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including the Olympic Manifesto

18 December 2019 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

LEAVES OF GRASS. NEW YORK: (WILLIAM E. CHAPIN FOR THE AUTHOR,) 1867, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO PETER DOYLE

Estimate: 70,000 – 100,000 USD

27 June 2019 | 10:00 AM EDT | New York

Herman Melville

Herman Melville

The Whale. London: Richard Bentley, 1851

Estimate: 60,000 – 90,000 USD

Fine Books and Manuscripts Online

7–21 June 2019 | 12:00 PM EDT | New York

three “Seckatary Hawkins”-related books inscribed and signed by Harper Lee

Estimate: 60,000 – 80,000 USD

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including the Olympic Manifesto

18 December 2019 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

Poems. London: C. & J. Ollier, 1817

Estimate: 12,000 – 18,000 USD

Fine Books and Manuscripts Online

7–21 June 2019 | 12:00 PM EDT | New York

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter, A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850

Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 USD

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including the Olympic Manifesto

18 December 2019 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926

Estimate: 25,000 – 35,000 USD

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including the Olympic Manifesto

18 December 2019 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. London: The Egoist Ltd, [1918]

Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 USD

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including the Olympic Manifesto

18 December 2019 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

Incunables and Early Printed Books

A leaf from the Gutenberg Bible. [Mainz: Johann Gutenberg and Johann Fust, 1455]

Estimate: 30,000 – 50,000 USD

Fine Books and Manuscripts Online

7–21 June 2019 | 12:00 PM EDT | New York

Bible in English. New Testament (Tyndale’s Version)

Bible in English. New Testament (Tyndale’s Version)

[The newe Testament of oure sauiour Iesus Christe. Faythfully translated oute of the Greke. With the notes and expositions of the darke places therein. London: by (S. Mierdman for) Rycharde Iugge, 1553]

Estimate: 10,000 – 20,000 USD

Fine Books and Manuscripts Online

7–21 June 2019 | 12:00 PM EDT | New York

TABULAE LONG AC LAT. STELLARUM FIXARUM EX OBSERVATIONE. OXFORD, 1665. FIRST EDITION IN PERSIAN.

Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 USD

History of Science and Technology, Including Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites

17 December 2019 | 2:00 PM EST | New York

Lyrics & Music

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

“Thunder Road” Working Manuscript, [Long Branch, New Jersey & New York City, ca. 1975]

Estimate: 40,000 – 60,000 USD

Fine Books and Manuscripts Online

7–21 June 2019 | 12:00 PM EDT | New York

Archive related to taxation of the first Beatles tour of the United States, containing three full band signatures, and one signature from Brian Epstein, 1964

Estimate: 70,000 – 100,000 USD

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including the Olympic Manifesto

18 December 2019 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

George Gershwin

George Gershwin

Autograph music manuscript of "Leavin’ for de Promise’ Lan’" from the opera Porgy and Bess, Act One Scene Two

Estimate: 25,000 – 35,000 USD

Fine Books and Manuscripts Online

7–21 June 2019 | 12:00 PM EDT | New York

Atlases & Maps

Joseph Nicolas Delisle

Joseph Nicolas Delisle

[Atlas of Russia, consisting of nineteen special maps, representing the All-Russian Empire....]. St Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1745

Estimate: 18,000 – 25,000 USD

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including the Olympic Manifesto

18 December 2019 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

Philipe Vandermaelen

Philipe Vandermaelen

Atlas Universel De Geographie Physique, Politique, Statistique et Mineralogique Sur L'echelle De 1/1641836 Ou D'une Ligne Par 1900 Toises. Brussels: 1827

Estimate: 25,000 – 35,000 USD

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including the Olympic Manifesto

18 December 2019 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

Cornelius Wytfliet

Cornelius Wytfliet

DESCRIPTIONIS PTOLEMAICAE AUGMENTUM, SIVE OCCIDENTALIS NOTITIA BREVI COMMENTARIO ILLUSTRATA. LEUVEN: JOHANNES BOGAERTS 1597

Estimate: 35,000 – 50,000 USD

Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana

24 January 2019 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

Claudius Ptolemy

Claudius Ptolemy

LA GEOGRAFIA, CON ALCUNI COMENTI & AGGIUNTE FATTEVI DA SEBASTIANO MUNSTERO, CON LE TAVOLE NON SOLAMENTE ANTICHE & MODERNE SOLITE DI STA(M)PARSI, MA ALTRE NUOVO AGGIUNTEVI DI JACOPO GASTALDO, RIDOTTA IN VOLGARE ITALIANO DA PIETRO ANDREA MATTIOLO. VENICE: G. B. PEDREZANO, 1548 [1547]

Estimate: 18,000 – 25,000 USD

Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana

24 January 2019 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

Coloney & Fairchild’s Patent River Maps

Coloney & Fairchild’s Patent River Maps

Ribbon Map of the Father of Waters (Myron Coloney & Sidney B. Fairchild inventors & patentees). St. Louis: lithographed by Gast. Moeller & co., ca. 1866

Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 USD

Fine Books and Manuscripts Online

7–21 June 2019 | 12:00 PM EDT | New York

Scientific Thinkers

Space Shuttle Models sold in an auction selling space exploration objects

Space Shuttle Models sold in an auction selling space exploration objects

Space Shuttle Models sold in an auction selling space exploration objects

Space Shuttle Models sold in an auction selling space exploration objects

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ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES....LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, 1859. FIRST EDITION, ERNST MAYR'S COPY

Estimate: 50,000 – 80,000 USD

History of Science and Technology, Including Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites

17 December 2019 | 2:00 PM EST | New York

TWO HIGHLY IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS RELATING TO NEWTON’S HISTORICAL RESEARCHES

Estimate: 60,000 – 90,000 USD

History of Science and Technology, Including Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites

17 December 2019 | 2:00 PM EST | New York

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

TLS TO ARTHUR RUSHMORE, DISCUSSING THE TRANSLATION OF EINSTEIN’S MOST FAMOUS QUOTE “GOD IS SUBTLE, BUT HE IS NOT MALICIOUS”, 1 P, 29 APRIL 1954.

Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 USD

History of Science and Technology, Including Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites

17 December 2019 | 2:00 PM EST | New York

FEYNMAN DIAGRAM, DRAWN & SIGNED BY FEYNMAN

FEYNMAN DIAGRAM, DRAWN & SIGNED BY FEYNMAN

Estimate: 8,000 – 12,000 USD

History of Science and Technology, Including Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites

17 December 2019 | 2:00 PM EST | New York

Richard Feynman

Richard Feynman

“Zorthian’s Wife.”

Estimate: 12,000 – 18,000 USD

Fine Books and Manuscripts Online

7–21 June 2019 | 12:00 PM EDT | New York

Computing Science

A FULLY OPERATIONAL FOUR-ROTOR ("M4") KRIEGSMARINE ENIGMA CIPHER MACHINE. BERLIN-WILMERSDORF, GERMANY, HEIMSOETH UND RINKE, 1942, SEIZED FROM THE BAUAUFSICHT DER KRIEGSMARINE IN TRONDHEIM, NORWAY, AFTER THE CAPITULATION OF NAZI FORCES THERE IN 1945

Estimate: 300,000 – 500,000 USD

History of Science and Technology, Including Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites

17 December 2019 | 2:00 PM EST | New York

A FULLY OPERATIONAL THREE-ROTOR ENIGMA I CIPHER MACHINE. BERLIN: HEIMSOETH UND RINKE, 1943

Estimate: 180,000 – 200,000 USD

History of Science and Technology, Including Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites

17 December 2019 | 2:00 PM EST | New York

Apple Computer, Inc.

Apple Computer, Inc.

ORIGINAL NEON RAINBOW APPLE LOGO SIGN

Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 USD

History of Science and Technology, Including Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites

17 December 2019 | 2:00 PM EST | New York

A PORTABLE JACQUARD LOOM

A PORTABLE JACQUARD LOOM

Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 USD

History of Science and Technology, Including Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites

17 December 2019 | 2:00 PM EST | New York

Comspace CT-650

Comspace CT-650

COMSPACE CORPORATION, CIRCA 1967

Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 USD

History of Science and Technology, Including Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites

17 December 2019 | 2:00 PM EST | New York

Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage

ON A METHOD OF EXPRESSING BY SIGNS THE ACTION OF MACHINERY. 1826

Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 USD

History of Science and Technology, Including Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites

17 December 2019 | 2:00 PM EST | New York

Natural History

THE TOOTH OF A TYRANNOSAURUS REX

THE TOOTH OF A TYRANNOSAURUS REX

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 USD

History of Science and Technology, Including Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites

17 December 2019 | 2:00 PM EST | New York

A REMARKABLE FOSSIL SEA LILY MURAL

A REMARKABLE FOSSIL SEA LILY MURAL

Estimate: 60,000 – 80,000 USD

History of Science and Technology, Including Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites

17 December 2019 | 2:00 PM EST | New York

A LARGE CAVE BEAR SKELETON

A LARGE CAVE BEAR SKELETON

Estimate: 30,000 – 35,000 USD

History of Science and Technology, Including Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites

17 December 2019 | 2:00 PM EST | New York

A RARE STARFISH FOSSIL

A RARE STARFISH FOSSIL

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 USD

History of Science and Technology, Including Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites

17 December 2019 | 2:00 PM EST | New York

RARE PALM FLOWER AND FISH PLAQUE

RARE PALM FLOWER AND FISH PLAQUE

Estimate: 35,000 – 45,000 USD

History of Science and Technology, Including Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites

17 December 2019 | 2:00 PM EST | New York

"VOYAGE TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH" GOGOTTE FORMATION, OLIGOCENE (30 MILLION YEARS AGO), FONTAINEBLEAU, FRANCE

"VOYAGE TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH" GOGOTTE FORMATION, OLIGOCENE (30 MILLION YEARS AGO), FONTAINEBLEAU, FRANCE

Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 USD

History of Science and Technology, Including Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites

17 December 2019 | 2:00 PM EST | New York

Space Exploration

[APOLLO 11]. ORIGINAL, FIRST-GENERATION NASA VIDEOTAPE RECORDINGS OF THE APOLLO 11 LUNAR EVA

[APOLLO 11]. ORIGINAL, FIRST-GENERATION NASA VIDEOTAPE RECORDINGS OF THE APOLLO 11 LUNAR EVA

Estimate: 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 USD

Space Exploration

20 July 2019 | 11:00 AM EDT | New York

[APOLLO PROGRAM]. SATURN V & SATURN IB/ APOLLO FIRING ROOM CONTROL PANELS

[APOLLO PROGRAM]. SATURN V & SATURN IB/ APOLLO FIRING ROOM CONTROL PANELS

Estimate: 200,000 – 300,000 USD

Space Exploration

20 July 2019 | 11:00 AM EDT | New York

[APOLLO 11]. "LIFTOFF" — THE FLOWN FIRST PAGE OF THE APOLLO 11 FLIGHT PLAN, DIRECTLY FROM BUZZ ALDRIN

[APOLLO 11]. "LIFTOFF" — THE FLOWN FIRST PAGE OF THE APOLLO 11 FLIGHT PLAN, DIRECTLY FROM BUZZ ALDRIN

Estimate: 30,000 – 50,000 USD

Space Exploration

20 July 2019 | 11:00 AM EDT | New York

[APOLLO 11]. FLOWN TO THE MOON ON APOLLO 11, BUZZ ALDRIN'S UNITED STATES FLAG

[APOLLO 11]. FLOWN TO THE MOON ON APOLLO 11, BUZZ ALDRIN'S UNITED STATES FLAG

Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 USD

Space Exploration

20 July 2019 | 11:00 AM EDT | New York

SATURN V ROCKET MODEL, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY VARIOUS ASTRONAUTS

SATURN V ROCKET MODEL, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY VARIOUS ASTRONAUTS

Estimate: 5,000 – 8,000 USD

Space Exploration

20 July 2019 | 11:00 AM EDT | New York

[APOLLO 11]. FLOWN ON APOLLO 11. LUNAR MODULE PILOT BUZZ ALDRIN'S APOLLO 11 SILVER ROBBINS MEDALLION

[APOLLO 11]. FLOWN ON APOLLO 11. LUNAR MODULE PILOT BUZZ ALDRIN'S APOLLO 11 SILVER ROBBINS MEDALLION

Estimate: 40,000 – 60,000 USD

Space Exploration

20 July 2019 | 11:00 AM EDT | New York

MOCK-UP A7L SPACESUIT, COMPLETE WITH BUBBLE HELMET, BOOTS, AND GLOVES, CA 1969

MOCK-UP A7L SPACESUIT, COMPLETE WITH BUBBLE HELMET, BOOTS, AND GLOVES, CA 1969

Estimate: 7,000 – 10,000 USD

Space Exploration

20 July 2019 | 11:00 AM EDT | New York

[APOLLO 16]. JOHN YOUNG JUMPING SALUTE. COLOR PHOTOGRAPH, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY JOHN YOUNG

[APOLLO 16]. JOHN YOUNG JUMPING SALUTE. COLOR PHOTOGRAPH, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY JOHN YOUNG

Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 USD

Space Exploration

20 July 2019 | 11:00 AM EDT | New York

[APOLLO 8]. EARTHRISE. VINTAGE NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH

[APOLLO 8]. EARTHRISE. VINTAGE NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH

Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 USD

Space Exploration

20 July 2019 | 11:00 AM EDT | New York

Judaica

AN ELABORATELY ILLUSTRATED KETUBBAH FROM CORFU, 1790

5 JUNE 2019 | SALE PRICE $61,250

JERUSALEM TALMUD, VENICE: DANIEL BOMBERG, [1522-1524]

JERUSALEM TALMUD, VENICE: DANIEL BOMBERG, [1522-1524]

Estimate: 25,000 – 40,000 USD

Sacred Splendor: Judaica from the Arthur and Gitel Marx Collection

20 November 2019 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

SIDDUR (DAILY PRAYER BOOK) ACCORDING TO THE ROMAN RITE, BOLOGNA: RAPHAEL TALMI AND THE GUILD OF SILK WEAVERS, 1537

SIDDUR (DAILY PRAYER BOOK) ACCORDING TO THE ROMAN RITE, BOLOGNA: RAPHAEL TALMI AND THE GUILD OF SILK WEAVERS, 1537

Estimate: 80,000 – 120,000 USD

Sacred Splendor: Judaica from the Arthur and Gitel Marx Collection

20 November 2019 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

PSALTERIUM, VENICE: DANIEL BOMBERG AND PETRUS LIECHTENSTEIN, 1515

PSALTERIUM, VENICE: DANIEL BOMBERG AND PETRUS LIECHTENSTEIN, 1515

Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 USD

Sacred Splendor: Judaica from the Arthur and Gitel Marx Collection

20 November 2019 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

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