Quinn's Auction Galleries

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
Frederic Dorr Steele, ‘The Slavering Hound,’ illustration
300+ lots of Signed Books, Maps, Prints & Americana at Quinn’s on July 8
Falls Church, VA – On Thursday, July 8, Quinn’s Auction Galleries in northern Virginia will host an outstanding 317-lot auction of rare and signed books, antique maps, prints and autographs.
The History of Japan by Engelbertus Kaempfer
Rare Books, Documents & Works on Paper at Quinn’s October 29
Falls Church, VA – Quinn’s Auction Galleries will present an online, phone and absentee auction of rare and illustrated books, works on paper, Americana and signed books and documents on Thursday,
Woman with Pen and Ink illustration
Quinn’s to Host May 14 Prints, Photographs & Posters Auction
Falls Church, VA – On Thursday, May 14, Quinn's Auction Galleries will present a 188-lot Modern Prints, Posters and Photographs auction with absentee and Internet live bidding available through