Event Calendar
| Date(s) Sort descending | Event | Event Type | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2025 | Dominic Winters Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Documents 10am Dominic Winters Auctioneers Cirencester, UK More info |
Auctions | International |
| May 15, 2025 | Swann Auction Galleries - Timed Auction
Focus on Women This year’s Focus on Women auction gathers together important archives, first edition books, fine art, craft art, vernacular photography and more in a very special sale celebrating women’s grit and power. 12pm EXHIBITON HOURS: Swann Auction Galleries New York, NY More info |
Auctions | Mid-Atlantic |
| May 15, 2025 - May 22, 2025 | AntiquarianAuctions.com - Online Auction
Auction #123 has an exciting line up of collectible titles, including: Lot 1: Sanuto (Livio), GEOGRAFIA... Venice, 1588. First Edition. Reserve: $15,000 Livio Sanuto (c.1520–1576) was a Venetian cosmographer, mathematician, and globe maker who aimed to create an accurate world atlas with his brother Giulio. He focused on Africa, producing descriptive text and 12 detailed maps. Although he died in 1576 before completing other regions, his Geografia, published posthumously in 1588, offered an exceptional and detailed account of sixteenth-century African geography. Despite delays and limited interest in Africa compared to the Americas and East, his work was praised for its precision. Lot 2: Ovington (John), A VOYAGE TO SURATT, IN THE YEAR, 1689. London, 1696. First Edition. Reserve: $2,500 John Ovington (1653–1731) was an English priest and East India Company chaplain best known for his travel narrative A Voyage to Surat in the Year 1689. His account, based on a two-and-a-half-year stay in India, offers vivid descriptions of Bombay as morally corrupt and detailed observations of Surat’s Mughal culture, Hindu and Parsi traditions, and the role of Muslim fakirs. He praised tea drinking, which drew criticism from Alexander Hamilton. His insights into the English trading post in Surat are especially valued, and his writing is noted for being particularly engaging and witty among contemporary travel accounts. Lot 16: Tolkien (J.R.R.), THE LORD OF THE RINGS (Three Volume Set in original slip covers). London, 1962-63. First Edition: 13th, 10th & 9th respectively. Reserve: $3,000. 16:30 GMT AntiquarianAuctions.com Constantia, Cape Town, South Africa More info |
Auctions | Virtual |
| May 21, 2025 | Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Photography & Cameras, Historical Autographs & Documents 10am Dominic Winters Auctioneers Cirencester, UK More info |
Auctions | International |
| May 21, 2025 | Lion Heart Autographs
Autographs of Genius: Darwin, Dickens, Gershwin, Jefferson, Mendelssohn, Napoleon, Paganini, Rand, Voltaire, Washington Lion Heart Autographs’ Spring 2025 auction, with nearly 250 lots, is our biggest to date, packed with rare, unusual & fascinating autographs in all subject areas! Highlights include one of the largest collections of VIOLINISTS, STRING QUARTETS and CELLISTS ever offered; rare examples of HEIFETZ; KREISLER; PAGANINI; THIBAUD; VIEUXTEMPS; VIOTTI; YSAYE; famous 19th- & 20th-century violinists. Also BERLIOZ; BIZET; Cesar FRANCK; “Woody” GUTHRIE; JANACEK; LEDBELLY; 8pp ALS by LISZT; rare ALS by MALIBRAN; 2 magnificent MENDELSSOHN ALSs; EUBIE BLAKE & HARRY TRUMAN letters re the gift to the Truman Library; WAGNER letter re his notorious “Judaism in Music.” HISTORY: J.Q. ADAMS ALS convening the Senate to certify the election of Andrew Jackson; BEN-GURION; PICQUART & CLEMENCEAU; Ruth Bader GINSBURG; US GRANT; Andrew JACKSON on prisoners from the Battle of New Orleans; gigantic SP of FM MONTGOMERY; historic TLS from NANSEN to LENIN; important DS of NAPOLEON; POTEMKIN; personal papers of a French Resistance fighter executed by the Nazis; St Francis DE SALES; WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON. SCIENCE: Unpublished DARWIN letter; JUNG; LUMIERE; MARCUSE; MONTESQUIEU; ROUSSEAU; VOLTAIRE; rare letter by economist David RICARDO to Jean-Baptiste SAY; SHACKLETON ALS re Antarctic postage stamps. LITERATURE: Ambrose BIERCE; John LE CARRE; 5 DICKENS items; 3 Ayn RAND items; GB SHAW; rare, early ALS of STENDAHL; ALS of ZOLA to TURGENEV. SPORTS: Spectacular 1928 Baseball Writers of America menu signed by many NY Yankees including Babe RUTH; Lou GEHRIG; Benny BENGOUGH; Joe “Bullet” BUSH; “Jumping Joe” DUGAN; Hinkey HAINES; Waite HOYT; Miller HUGGINS; Herb PENNOCK and Jacob RUPPERT; plus George M. COHAN, Eddie COLLINS; Johnny DUNDEE; Kenesaw M. LANDIS; Tris SPEAKER and Jimmy WALKER. ART & PHOTOGRAPHY: DEGAS; DELACROIX; Baron HAUSSMANN to NAPOLEON III; two RODIN items; Saul STEINBERG; original drawing by TENNEIL; unique album of cabinet photographs of Gilbert & Sullivan actress Venie CLANCEY 1pm Lion Heart Autographs New York, NY More info |
Auctions | Mid-Atlantic |
