SAN FRANCISCO – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present the Holbrook T. Mitchell Collection of Books & Manuscripts on January 29. Drawn from the estate of a Northern California collector, the auction features 85 lots of antique or vintage written works in various languages from the 14th-20th centuries. Highlights include an illuminated 19th-century Persian Qu’ran (Koran) in Arabic; a book from the library of Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, the second wife of Napoleon; a 1781 copy of Cook’s Voyages Around the World by G. W. Anderson; 11 Egyptian papyrus fragments, likely all from a single leaf; and an 1885 first edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Jeschke van Vliet presents choice books, prints and photos, Dec. 14
BERLIN – An important collection of geographical view drawings of Persia, Afghanistan and Armenia is the top lot of Valuable Books, Prints and Historical Photography, an auction scheduled for December 14 at Jeschke van Vliet in Berlin. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.