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

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

By Sotheby's | Feb 4, 2020
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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 spanned the history of intellectual and technological innovation – and set a few records along the way.

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The Olympic Manifesto

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

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Americana

250
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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2271
Type: lot
Category: Lot
John Hancock
John Hancock
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
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2078
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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2122
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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2121
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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2072
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Paul Revere
Paul Revere
"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
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2086
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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2085
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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Literature

76
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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107
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
LEAVES OF GRASS. NEW YORK: (WILLIAM E. CHAPIN FOR THE AUTHOR,) 1867, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO PETER DOYLE
Estimate: 70,000 – 100,000 USD
BENT.
27 June 2019 | 10:00 AM EDT | New York
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212
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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146
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Harper Lee
Harper Lee
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
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199
Type: lot
Category: Lot
John Keats
John Keats
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
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55
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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58
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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143
Type: lot
Category: Lot
James Joyce
James Joyce
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
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Incunables and Early Printed Books

101
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Bible in Latin
Bible in Latin
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
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109
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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2
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Ulugh Beg
Ulugh Beg
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
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Lyrics & Music

238
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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104
Type: lot
Category: Lot
The Beatles
The Beatles
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
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185
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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Atlases & Maps

123
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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186
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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2040
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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2037
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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166
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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Scientific Thinkers

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6
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
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
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1
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
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
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18
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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27
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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178
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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Computing Science

37
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Enigma M4
Enigma M4
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
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38
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Enigma I
Enigma I
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
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44
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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30
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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41
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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33
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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Natural History

56
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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81
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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84
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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85
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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95
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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71
Type: lot
Category: Lot
"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
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Space Exploration

104
Type: lot
Category: Lot
[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
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105
Type: lot
Category: Lot
[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
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109
Type: lot
Category: Lot
[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
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112
Type: lot
Category: Lot
[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
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26
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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119
Type: lot
Category: Lot
[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
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12
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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205
Type: lot
Category: Lot
[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
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82
Type: lot
Category: Lot
[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
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Judaica

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AN ELABORATELY ILLUSTRATED KETUBBAH FROM CORFU, 1790
5 JUNE 2019 | SALE PRICE $61,250
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Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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17
Type: lot
Category: Lot
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
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7
Type: lot
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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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