Source : Johns Western Gallery

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Description Johns' Western Gallery of San Francisco, California, was founded in 2001 by Doug Johns, who came with almost 20 years experience in auction sales of books, maps and related ephemera. The first auction was held in May, 2002. In establishing his house, Johns turned to his field of primary interest, Americana and the West.

The material focused upon by Johns' includes books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, art, and ephemera. Auctions are held four to six times per year, while some material is also sold via a fixed-price format. Among the sales held at Johns' Western Gallery were those of the Los Angeles collection of Glen Dawson, who for 58 years operated the legendary Dawson's Book Shop in L.A.
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Total Records in AED 2826
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    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
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    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
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