Current Auctions

Two First Edition A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court, Mark Twain (American, 1835-1910)
Two first editions, comprising an American edition published by Charles L. Webster & Company, New York, 1889, in original green pictorial cloth, and a Canadian edition published by G. M. Rose & Sons, Toronto, 1889, in brown cloth binding.

Estimate: $400 - $600

The Old Man And The Sea, Ernest Hemingway (American, 1899-1961)
First edition, published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1952, with Scribner’s “A” and publisher’s device to copyright page, in original cloth binding with pictorial dust jacket.

Estimate: $200 - $400

Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) (American 1835,1910)
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.
Illustrated cloth-bound volume with pictorial gilt and black stamped cover, titled Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, “Illustrated.” Title page dated 1883, noting “With more than 300 illustrations” and “Sold by Subscription Only.” Copyright page dated 1874, 1875 (H.O. Houghton & Co.) and 1883 by Samuel L. Clemens. University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.

Estimate: $200 - $400

Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) (American 1835,1910)
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.
Illustrated cloth-bound volume with pictorial gilt and black stamped cover, titled Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, “Illustrated.” Title page dated 1883, noting “With more than 300 illustrations” and “Sold by Subscription Only.” Copyright page dated 1874, 1875 (H.O. Houghton & Co.) and 1883 by Samuel L. Clemens. University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.

Estimate: $100 - $300

First Edition, Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain (American, 1835-1910)
First edition, first issue, published by Charles L. Webster and Company, New York, 1885, with copyright date 1884, illustrated by E. W. Kemble, in original black cloth binding, together with inserted manuscript note regarding textual points and issue states.

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Two Volumes of F. Scott Fitzgerald (American, 1896–1940)
to include This Side of Paradise; and Tender Is the Night
This Side of Paradise, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1920, first edition, early printing (April 1920 with subsequent printings noted); together with Tender Is the Night, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1934, first edition.

Estimate: $100 - $300

Eight Volumes of Mark Twain (American, 1835-1910)
Including two copies of The Innocents Abroad; or, The New Pilgrims’ Progress, 1870 (both first editions); Roughing It, 1897 edition; The Gilded Age, 1874 (first edition, with Charles Dudley Warner); Mark Twain’s Sketches, New and Old, 1875 (first edition) along with printing plate; The Prince and the Pauper, 1882 (early edition); Mark Twain’s Library of Humor, 1888 (first edition); and Following the Equator, 1897 (first edition).

Estimate: $400 - $600

Lot of Late 19th / Early 20th Century World Silver Coins
countries include France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, and Belgium, silver contains 83.5%
total weight 5.1 troy oz

Estimate: $300 - $600

Two: Omar Lama (American 1942-2022)
“Head of Christ”
Pen and ink on paper depicting Christ wearing the crown of thorns, rendered in the artist’s distinctive geometric and stippled linear style.
Signed lower left Omar
12″ x 9″
“Woman in Prayer”
Pen and ink on paper depicting a veiled woman in profile with outstretched hands, rendered in black ink with geometric patterning and dense stippling throughout the background.
Signed lower left Omar Lama
12″ x 11″

Estimate: $300 - $500

Two: Omar Lama (American 1942-2022)
“Portrait of Malcolm X”
Pen and ink on paper depicting a frontal portrait of Malcolm X rendered in the artist’s distinctive geometric linear style, the composition formed from an intricate network of interlocking shapes.
Signed lower left Omar Lama
12″ x 9 1/2″
Side Profile Portrait
Pen and ink depicting a stylized profile portrait with elongated coiffure, rendered through dense stippling and pointillism
Signed lower left Omar
12 1/2″ x 10″

Estimate: $300 - $500

Three Piece 19th Century American Military Flag Lot to include
Civil War Ohio Army Navy Welcome Banner, 1865–1890
Cotton red, white, and blue vertical swallowtail hang flag featuring red lettering “Our Army and Navy. Welcome to the Brave.” An identical example is in the Ohio Historical collection bearing the maker’s mark of Bloch & Co., Cincinnati.
3′ x 2′
framed Admiral George Dewey Patriotic handkerchief with a border of American Flags
depicting Admiral Dewey to its center with the caption “Our George he’s alright”
20 1/2″ x 20 1/2″
along with a Benjamin Harrison “Protection for American Industries” patriotic textile banner

Estimate: $200 - $400

Seven British Legal and Political Documents, 18th–19th Century
including several Lords and Earls, along with an English Vellum Indenture Deed dated April 4, 1786, documenting a property conveyance between Henry and Mary Corbett and Thomas Rivers. Largest 24″ x 28″.

Estimate: $300 - $600

Approximately 100 Late 19th Early 20th Century Photographs
mostly of portraits of men, women, children, families, scenes of National Parks, daily life, and the circus. Along with postcards. Largest 10″ x 12″.

Estimate: $100 - $300