Quinn's Auction Galleries

Title page and frontispiece of J.M. Richards' "High Street".
Picasso Postcard, Bob Dylan's Yearbook, Richard Stockton's "Yankee Doodle": Auction Preview
Here's what I'll be watching this week:
Front covers of Evelyn Waugh books "Unconditional Surrender," "Officers and Gentlemen," "Men at Arms".
Kennedy Family Ephemera, Dada Posters, Hardy Boys: Auction Preview
At New England Auctions on Tuesday, February 18, 207 lots of Literature, Children's Prints & Ephemera, including a first issue copy of Joseph Conrad's Notes on Life & Letters (1921) and an…
Melody J. Miller’s personal album of more than 65 autographed and signed typed letters received from various members of the Kennedy family, including a handwritten letter from Jacqueline Kennedy, and many items of correspondence from politicians, celebrities and other notables. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000
Archive of Washington Insider and Kennedy Confidante Melody Miller to Auction
Quinn’s Auction Galleries will auction political memorabilia archive of Washington insider and Kennedy family confidante Melody Miller (1945-2022) onlin
Fore-edge painting
Fore-Edge Paintings, Rackham’s Shakespeare, and Shelf Lots: Auction Preview
On Monday, August 26, in the Winter Associates sale of Important Estate Offerings there are a handful of interesting book lots, including five volumes with fore-edge paintings ($800–1,200) as well as…
First extant draft copy of the Japanese ‘Instrument of Surrender’ in English, dated ‘Aug. 31, 1945’ and stamped ‘1945 AUG 31 1 20,’ prior to the official surrender ceremony aboard the ‘USS Missouri’ in Tokyo Bay, Japan, on Septebber 2, 1945.
1945 Draft of Japanese ‘Instrument of Surrender’ to Auction
An August 31, 1945, dated draft of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, the final iteration of which was signed aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945, leads
La Fontaine, Choix de fables de la Fontaine illustrees par un groupe des meilleurs artistes de Tokio under the direction of P. Baboutau, 1894, 2 vol., first edition illustrated with 38 color prints. Remarkable fusion of tradition Japanese prints and French fables. Estimate $300-$500
White House Copy of 1909 Plan of Chicago and Lafitau’s Moeurs des Sauvages Ameriquains at Quinn's
Early printings, illustrated books, Presidential autographs, and a Poe thriller go under the hammer at Quinn’s Rare Book, Autograph and Print Auction on
Archie Comics Hostess Twinkies ad, color reference and CMYK film
Archie Comics, Early Religious Books, and Klimt Plates: Auction Preview
New England Book Auctions sells 223 lots of Literature, Graphics, Ephemera on Tuesday, August 29. A copy of Gustav Klimt's Eine Nachlese (1946) with thirty plates by Klimt is expected to lead the way…
Birch-bark pattern books
Ricky Jay’s collection, Mark Twain’s typewriter, and Franco-Prussian War mail: Auction Preview
Here are the sales I'll be watching this week - it's a busy one!
Archive known as ‘The Telephone Cases
Early Telephone and AT&T Archive Material to Auction
This year marks the 150th anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell’s famous invention, the telephone.
Second edition copy of A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes (1673)
Godfather of Biodiversity Thomas Lovejoy's Library To Auction
Falls Church, Virginia – On Tuesday, November 29, Northern Virginia’s Quinn’s Auction Galleries will present a Rare Books, Prints and Autographs auction, loaded