Picasso Postcard, Bob Dylan's Yearbook, Richard Stockton's "Yankee Doodle": Auction Preview

Here's what I'll be watching this week:

At Ader on Tuesday, April 8, 117 lots of Psychedelic Posters, most of which are estimated in the mid-three-figures: the catalog makes for a good browse! 

Bonhams New York sells 228 lots of Fine Books & Manuscripts on Tuesday, including three lots all sharing the top estimate of $80,000–120,000: the first printed work by Aristotle (Strassburg, 1469); George Boole's The Mathematical Analysis of Logic (1847) in its original wrappers; and an October 31, 1775 letter from Declaration Signer Richard Stockton which includes an early reference to "Yankee Doodle" having been re-appropriated from an insult to a pro-American term. A presentation copy of Ernest Hemingway's first book, Three Stories & Ten Poems (1923) is estimated at $60,000–90,000.

At Dominic Winter Auctioneers on Wednesday, April 9, Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints, in 476 lots. An antiphonal leaf from c.1470 with a historiated initial showing St. Peter holding the keys of heaven, attributed to Venturino Mercati, is estimated at £3,000–5,000. At the same range are two volumes of Erasmus' Paraphase (London, 1548–1549) with some leaves in facsimile, and a second edition of the Geneva Bible (1562) with the title in facsimile. Johnson's General History of the ... Pyrates (1724) is expected to sell for £3,000–4,000.

Tennants Auctioneers sell 143 lots of Books, Maps & Manuscripts on Wednesday, with a first edition of Carl Friedrich Gauss' Disquisitiones Arithmeticae (1801) expected to lead the way at £8,000–12,000.

At RR Auction on Wednesday, Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Civil War and Abraham Lincoln, in 678 lots. A postcard to Man Ray with a sketch of a bull by Pablo Picasso is expected to sell for more than $40,000, while a 1964 photo signed by all the Beatles could sell for more than $30,000 and an October 1862 note from Abraham Lincoln to Edwin Stanton is expected to fetch more than $20,000.

Forum Auctions sells 307 lots of Books and Works on Paper on Thursday, April 10, with J.M. Richards' High Street (1938) with illustrations by Eric Ravilious sharing the top estimate of £1,000–1,500 with William Hayes' Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds (1794–1799). A copy of the Kelmscott Press Sire Degrevaunt (1896) is estimated at £800–1,200.

Quinn's Auction Galleries holds their Spring Rare Book, Print, and Americana Auction on Thursday, with 183 lots. François Truffaut's Hitchcock (1967) inscribed by both Truffaut and Hitchcock to Syd Cassyd is expected to sell for $2,000–3,000.

At Swann Galleries on Thursday, Autographs & Subculture, in 276 lots. Among the printed and manuscript items, an April 1783 letter from John Adams to Benjamin Rush rates the top estimate at $35,000–50,000. A copy of Bob Dylan's high school yearbook for 1959, inscribed by him to a classmate, is expected to reach $10,000–20,000.

Doyle Auctions sells 406 lots of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on Friday, April 11. A large collection of Will and Ariel Durant correspondence, manuscripts, galleys, photographs, &c. is estimated at $20,000–30,000, as is a group of some 120 letters and documents from Major General Israel Bush Richardson (1815–1862).