Auction House Details

Cowans Auctions

Auction House Name Cowans Auctions
Site URL https://www.cowanauctions.com
About Us Americana auctions held twice yearly. In addition, auctions are regularly held on a single focus. C. Wesley Cowan has been a dealer in fine historical Americana for nearly 25 years. Wes has been a guest appraiser on the PBS television series, Antiques Road Show. Auctions include historical firearms, books and printed Americana, circus and world's fair ephemera, militaria, and rare photographic cameras and images.
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City Cincinnati
State Ohio
Country United States
Zipcode 45226
Contact Number (513) 871-1670
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Consigner's Fee

AUCTION LIST


  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR