Rare Book & Print Auctions

  • May Book Shelf Lot Auction

    Please note: 27% Buyer’s Premium. Credit card charges are subject to approval for high value invoices. Invoices over $4000.00 require Bank wire, check or money order payment.
    Quinn's Auction Galleries is pleased to present our latest shelf lot auction on Wednesday, May 28, at 12:05 PM EST. In person open preview will be held Friday, May 23 and Tuesday, May 27, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST. If you would like to make an appointment or have questions please contact diana@quinnsauction.com. SHIPPING FOR BOOK AUCTIONS: Contact shipping@quinnsauction.com for our shipping partner list. Please note 27% buyers premium for our book auction.

  • Kennedy and Political Memorabilia Auction

    Online only auction.
    Quinn's Auction Galleries is pleased to present our latest auction on Tuesday, May 6th, at 12:05 PM EST.

    In person open preview Monday, May 5th, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST.


    If you would like to make an appointment or have questions please contact diana@Quinnsauction.com. SHIPPING FOR AUCTIONS Contact shipping@quinnsauction.com for our shipping partner list.
    Please note 27% buyers premium for specialty auctions. Pick up will be BY APPOINTMENT ONLY starting on May 8th and May 9th, 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM. No WEEKEND PICKUP AVAILABLE. If you do not have an appointment you will not be allowed to pick up your items. Please bring your own packing materials to pack your items yourself. You will be able to schedule an appointment upon receipt of your invoice.

  • April Book Shelf Lot Auction

    CLOSED

    Monday, April 28th, at 12:05 PM EST.

    Open Preview April 21st-25th, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST.

    Please note 27% buyers premium for our book auction. If you have any questions please contact diana@Quinnsauction.com.

    Pick-Up BY APPOINTMENT ONLY April 29th, 30th and May 1st, 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM. NO weekend pick-up. If you do not have an appointment you will not be allowed to pick up your items.

  • Spring Rare Book, Print, and Americana Auction

    CLOSED
    Thursday, April 10th at 12:00PM EST
    No in person floor bidding
    Online-only auction held on LiveAuctioneers and Invaluable, with absentee bidding on HiBid.

    Quinn's Auction Galleries is proud to present our Spring Rare Book, Print, and Americana Auction. Featuring signed books by Kurt Vonnegut; Francois Truffaut and Alfred Hitchcock; Rad Bradbury; Richard Avedon, and over half a dozen signed presidential biographies. Also, first editions of such classic literature as Nineteen Eighty-Four and Alice and Wonderland; fine bindings; works on paper by Albrecht Durer and Giovanni Battista Piranesi; naturalist prints; and much more. Also included are photographs, letters and manuscripts, many from the Civil War; among them, an exceptionally unusual 1847 dual Autograph Letter Signed, featuring, on single sheet, a letter penned by a young James Edwin Slaughter, later to serve as a Confederate General under P.G.T. Beauregard; on verso is a lengthy letter from Gen. Slaughter’s 89 year old grandfather Capt. Philip Pendleton Slaughter, a Revolutionary War veteran who served under Washington at Valley Forge. Lastly, we have several impressive multivolume sets, including Jared Sparks’ 12 Volume Writings of George Washington, the 40 volume Autograph Edition of the Works of Washington Irving, and quite significantly, a first edition of St John Philby’s landmark 2 volume work, In the Heart of Arabia.

    Open Preview:
    Monday, April 7th – Wednesday, April 9th
    11am to 4pm

    If you would like to request a condition report or have any questions, please contact diana@quinnsauction.com

    LiveAuctioneers link: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/367575_spring-rare-book-print-and-americana-auction

    Invaluable link: https://www.invaluable.com/catalog/ekrbfife7j?page=1&size=48