Multi-Estate Ethnographic Auction: Merton Simpson and more December 8, 2018, 11:00 AM @ Falls Church Preview Available: Saturday, December 1, 10am-12pm Monday, December 3, 10am - 5pm Tuesday, December 4, 10am - 6pm Wednesday, December 5, 10am - 6pm Thursday, December 6, 10am - 5:00pm Friday, December 7, 10am - 4:00pm Saturday, December 8, 10am-11am

Collector's Series: Jewelry, Clothing, Accessories December 5, 2018, 6:00PM @ Falls Church Preview Available Saturday, December 1, 10am-12pm Monday, December 3, 10am - 5pm Tuesday, December 4, 10am - 6pm Wednesday, December 5, 10am - 6pm

Collectors' Series: Coin & Currency Auction 11-28-2018 5:30 PM EST @ Falls Church Location Quinn's Auction Galleries is pleased to offer a dedicated sale of 400+ lots of gold and silver coins, including Morgan silver dollars, Liberty and Indian head coins, and more! Preview Time: Monday, November 26, 10am - 5pm Tuesday, November 27, 10am - 6pm Wednesday, November 28, 10am - 5:30pm

Collectors Series: Science Fiction, Comics & Fantasy November 15th, 2018 @ 6:00PM Quinn's Auction Galleries and Waverly Rare Books are pleased to offer a dedicated sale of Science Fiction, Comics, & Fantasy. Amassed from several long-standing collections, this sale includes: Significant works by famed American poet and fantasy, horror and science fiction author Clark Ashton Smith, including an unpublished manuscript/draft of 'La Isla de Circe' and an independent press printing of The Hill of Dionysus. Leah Bodine Drake's 'A Hornbook For Witches.' 1950. 1st edition from the limited release of 553 copies. Five original comic art storyboards by Sal Buscema for Thor, Captain America, Marvel Two-in-One, and The Defenders. Over 10,000 Modern Age comic books, as well as several Gold Age and Silver Age issues. Large runs of early pulp fiction magazines, including Unknown/Unknown Worlds, Astounding Stories, and the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Preview Times: Saturday, November 10: 10:00AM - 12:00PM Monday, November 12: 10:00AM - 5:00PM Tuesday, November 13: 10:00AM - 6:00PM Wednesday, November 14: 10:00AM - 6:00PM Thursday, November 15: 10:00AM - 6:00PM

Chinese Snuff Bottle Auction - November 1, 2018 @ 6:30 PM Join us for a Thursday night auction featuring Chinese snuff bottles of various materials, including jade, porcelain, glass, semi-precious stones, lacquer, and so much more! Preview Available: Saturday, October 27, 10am – 12pm Monday, October 29, 10am – 5pm Tuesday, October 30, 10am – 6pm Wednesday, October 31, 10am – 6pm Thursday, November 1, 10am – 6:30pm For more information contact Asian Arts Department 703-532-5632 ext. 572

Wednesday, October 17 at 6:30 PM Join us for an interesting Wednesday night auction featuring outsider and folk arts of vairous materials, encompassing Jose Maria Cundin, Ruby Williams, R. A. Miller, and so much more! Featuring a fun collection of colorful Caribbean folk arts from Stella Walters. Preview Available: Friday, October 12, 10am – 4pm Saturday, October 13, 10am – 12pm Monday, October 15, 10am – 5pm Tuesday, October 16, 10am – 6pm Wednesday, October 17, 10am – 6:30pm

Fine & Decorative Art Auction - September 15, 2018 at 11AM (EST) Fine and Decorative Arts featuring American, European and Modern furniture, designers including Micheal Taylor, Mies van de Rohe, Florence Knoll, Charles Pollock, and others. Decorative Arts such as silver, porcelain, sculpture, fine clocks, glass, Majolica, paintings, and more. Featuring works by Jay Connaway, Maximilien Luce, Merton Simpson, Balcomb Greene, and more. In addition, a fine collection of Asian decorative arts including the Bucklin collection of Chinese jade, the Richard Smith collection of Buddhist arts and Chinese paintings, contemporary Chinese paintings, Japanese decorative arts, among others. Preview Available: Saturday, September 8, 10am -12pm Monday, September 10, 10am - 5pm Tuesday, September 11, 10am - 6pm Wednesday, September 12, 10am - 6pm Thursday, September 13, 10am - 5pm Friday, September 14, 10am - 4:30pm Saturday, September 15, 9am-11am

Thursday, September 13, 2018 @ 6:00PM Quinn's Auction Galleries and Waverly Rare Books & Prints are pleased to offer a Rare Books Catalog Auction on September 13th, 2018 at 6:00PM. The sale features a large and significant group of early printed books and other material spanning the 1400s through the 1700s, including books by Durandus, Bartholomaeus Anglicus, and George Simon Winter, and prints by Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt, Jacob van Ruisdael, and Lucas van Leyden. In addition, the sale contains books from the personal libraries of Robert Southey and James Boswell, as well as a fine copy of Donald Mennie's Grandeur of the Gorges, complete with original box. We will also offer important Black Americana: the historically important, exceedingly rare,1854 address by Frederick Douglass to the Literary Societies of Western Reserve College, At Commencement; the Archive of printed material and manuscript papers belonging to Charles E. Francis, author of "The Tuskegee Airmen; The Story of the Negro in the U.S. Air Force." Autographs, fine bindings and illustrated works complete our sale. Part II in our series of Natural World Fine Print Auctions follows our book sale; animals, birds, botanicals, fish, amphibians and reptiles of all kinds are richly represented in a sale of more than 170 lots. Included are bird and quadruped plates from John James Audubon's Octavo and Bien Editions. Other important prints in the sale include works by Basilius Besler, John Gould, Innocente Alessandri, Comte de Buffon, Elizabeth Blackwell, Emanuel Sweerts, and Johann Christoph Volckhamer. Preview Times: September 8th: 10:00AM - 12:00PM September 10th: 10:00AM - 5:00PM September 11th: 10:00AM - 6:00PM September 12th: 10:00AM - 6:00PM September 13th: 10:00AM - 6:00PM

Wine and Spirits September 12, 2018 Auction starts 6:00 PM. Join us for a fun night auction featuring selected collections of wines and spirits encompassing Marquis de Lur Saluces, Romanee-Conti, Château Margaux, Chateau Bahans Haut Brion, and so much more! Preview Available: Saturday, September 8, 10am - 12pm Monday, September 10, 10am - 5pm Tuesday, September 11, 10am - 6pm Wednesday, September 12, 10am - 6pm NOTE: Shipping of wine lots will be determined on a case by case basis as state and international shipping laws are significantly different from state to state and country to country. We will facilitate all shipping that would involve an outside shipper, i.e. DHL, UPS and we will pack your wine when at all possible to lower costs to our winning bidders.

Thursday, July 26th @ 6:00PM Quinn's Auction Galleries and Waverly Rare Books & Prints is pleased to offer a sale of Fine Art Prints, Posters, and Works on Paper, ranging from the late 19th century to present day. Sale Highlights: - Accessible art for the new collector: over 200 lots priced at $400 and less. - Andy Warhol's Cancelled Production Screen for the famous 'Marilyn' silkscreens. - Works by Aaron Douglas, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali, Ansel Adams, Toulouse-Lautrec, Whistler, and Rockwell Kent. - Significant works by Washington, D.C. area artists, including Gene Davis, Sam Gilliam, Rockne Krebs, Werner Drewes, Kathleen Spagnolo, and Paul Reed. - Over a dozen 20th Century Self-Portraits, including: Karl Knaths, Martin Lewis, Isaac Friedlander, & Prentiss Taylor. - Posters from the Hans Sachs Collection. - Original drawings, watercolors, and mixed media pieces from renowned artists. Preview Times: July 21st: 10:00AM - 12:00PM (S) July 23rd: 10:00AM - 5:00PM (M) July 24th: 10:00AM - 6:00PM (T) July 25th: 10:00AM - 6:00PM (W) July 26th: 10:00AM - 6:00PM (Th)

Fine & Decorative Arts auction Quinn’s Auction Galleries Saturday, June 9 at 11:00 AM Fine and decorative arts featuring American, European and Modern furniture including , Galle, Charles and Ray Eames, Hans Wegner, Eero Saarinen, and others. Decorative Arts such as silver, porcelain, sculpture, fine clocks, art pottery and glass, paintings, prints, chandeliers, modern design, and more. Featuring works by Sam Gilliam, Amedeo Modigliani, Georgia O'Keeffe, Cesar Legaspi, and more. In addition, a fine collection of Asian decorative arts including two stunning Chinese libation cups, the Cockrell collection of Chinese export porcelain, jade, snuffbottle, contemporary Chinese paintings, Japanese decorative arts, among others. Preview Available: Saturday, June 2, 10am - 1pm. Monday, June 4, 10am - 5pm Tuesday, June 5, 10am - 5pm Wednesday, June 6, 10am - 5pm Thursday, June 7, 10am - 5:30pm Friday, June 8, 10am - 4:30pm Saturday, June 9, 10am - 11am For more information contact Fine and Decorative Arts Department 703-532-5632 ext. 571 / 572

June 7, 2018 @ 6:00PM Waverly Books and Quinn’s Auctions are delighted to offer a significant collection of Modern First Editions, including The Great Gatsby, The Catcher in the Rye, The Grapes of Wrath and titles by George Orwell, Jack Kerouac, Ray Bradbury, William Faulkner, Ezra Pound, Aldous Huxley, Herman Hesse, Rudyard Kipling and many more over more than 150 Lots. The sale will also include books, clothing and prints from the Estate of Dr. John Joseph McLaughlin, host of The McLaughlin Group, a collection of Children’s and Illustrated books, as well as a significant number of maps and atlases and Old Master Prints. Preview Times: June 2: 10:00AM - 1:00PM June 4: 10:00AM - 5:00PM June 5: 10:00AM - 6:00PM June 6: 10:00AM - 6:00PM June 7: 10:00AM - 6:00PM

June 6, 2018 @ 6:00PM Quinn's Auction Galleries and Waverly Rare Books are proud to offer a Collectors Series Auction of Comic Books & Comic Art. Amassed from several long-standing collections, this sale ranges from the Golden Age of Comics to Modern and present-day issues. A significant number have been graded by the CGC, an independent comic evaulation service trusted by collectors worldwide. Highlights of the sale include: original storyboard art by Sal and John Buscema, The Amazing Spider-Man #14 (Marvel, 1964), and Thor #165 (Marvel, 1969). Preview Times: June 2: 10:00AM - 1:00PM June 4: 10:00AM - 5:00PM June 5: 10:00AM - 6:00PM June 6: 10:00AM - 6:00PM

Saturday April 14, 11 AM EST.
The Wedgwood Collection of Adele & Alan Barnett.

It's cherry blossom season in DC! Sakura no Uta, the song of cherry blossom. Join us for an exciting Thursday night auction featuring Japanese arts encompassing Woodblock print, Kimono, Lacquer ware, and so much more! The auction includes the collection of Japanese Kimono, books and decorative arts from Sachiko Asano, a Maryland estate. Preview Available: Saturday, April 7, 10am - 12pm Monday, April 9, 10am - 5pm Tuesday, April 10, 10am - 6pm Wednesday, April 11, 10am - 6pm Thursday, April 12, 10am - 6pm

Quinn's Auction Galleries and Waverly Rare books are pleased to offer a catalog auction of rare books, manuscripts, maps, autographs, prints, photographs, and ephemera. The sale includes a signed letter by Alexander Hamilton and has a significant Travel and Exploration section. Preview is available starting Saturday, March 17, 2018. Preview Hours: March 17, 2018: 10:00am-12:00pm (S) March 19, 2018: 10:00am-5:00pm (M) March 20, 2018: 10:00am-6:00pm (T) March 21, 2018: 10:00am-6:00pm (W) March 22, 2018: 10:00am-6:00pm (Th)

Quinn’s Auction Galleries is excited to present ‘The Faces of Merton Simpson’, a compilation of portraits, collages, and studies by artist, African art dealer, and activist Merton D. Simpson at 5:30 PM on Thursday February 22nd in Falls Church. Merton D. Simpson (1928-2013) was an abstract expressionist painter and a part of the Spiral Group, an African-American Artist collective that was passionate about social and political issues. This sale features portraits and collaged works of Jesse Jackson, Oprah Winfrey, Percy Sutton, Pablo Picasso, Spike Lee, Diana Ross, Maya Angelou, & Elton John, among others.

Quinn's Fine & Decorative Art Auction: Live with online bidding. Saturday, January 27th 11:00 am

Thursday, January 25, 2018. Begins at 6:00 P.M.
On Thursday January 25 at 6.00 pm, Quinns Auction Galleries in Falls Church is delighted to present the first on two sales devoted to the Natural World in its many forms, (the second sale is scheduled for May). The sale is the result of a small number of private collectors, chiefly Jim Willis of Virginia, who have consigned a remarkable and sweeping range of highly significant prints, many of them beautifully framed. Animals, birds, botanicals, fish, amphibians and reptiles of all kinds are richly represented in a sale of over 350 lots, featuring more than 2,600 items. Highlights of this sale include: More than 60 plates from Innocente Alessandri and Pietro Scattaglia's "Descrizioni degli Animali: corrispondenti alle cinquanta figure continente in questo ... volume de'quadrupedi." Venice: 1772. 144 plates from "The Birds of America", Amsterdam Edition; Amsterdam and New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1971-1972. The Amsterdam Edition is one of the most faithful and collectible facsimile editions of Audubons original Elephant Folio. More than 250 Plates from several of John Gould's majestic and wide-ranging ornithological titles, including Hummingbirds, The Birds of Great Britain, Europe, Australia, New Guinea and, above all, The Birds of Asia. Individually framed birds include the Kakapo, Triton Cockatoo, Black-mantled Goshawk and Black Falcon. More than 35 plates by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717). Notably 'Banane' from 'Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium,' Amsterdam, 1715;'Red Ginger Plant' and 'Cayman with Snake,' same title, 1719, 'Water Scorpion, Frogs & Water Beetle', 'Lantern Moth & Pomegranate Flower', and 'Jasmine & Snake' from 'Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphasibus Insectorum Surinamensium,' The Hague: Gosse, 1726. 16 botanical plates by Basilius Besler (1561-1629), including 'Dracontium Maius' and 'Sedum Arborescens' (1613, 1640). More than 60 plates by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann. From 'Phytanthoza iconographia.' 1737. One of the first produced plates featuring color printing (mezzotint). 16 Citrus Plates by Giovanni Battista Ferrari from 'Hesperides, sive, De Malorum Aureorum cultura etusa Libri Quatuor.' c.1646. 84 fish studies by Marcus Elieser Bloch. From 'Ichtyologie, ou Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere des Poissons' [Ichthyology or natural history, general and particular fish]. Berlin: 1785-1797. Some heightened in silver and gold. Other important prints in the sale include works by Mark Catesby, Albertus Seba, Moses Harris, George Edwards, Prideaux John Selby, Jacques Barraband, Redoute, Emanuel Sweerts, Elias Fries, Georg Knorr, Johann Christoph Volckamer, Elizabeth Blackwell, Abraham Munting and Jan and Caspar Commelin.

12/16/2017 (Auction is Live and online) 11am Estern Standard Time
Join us for an important one-day auction featuring ethnographic art encompassing Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal, Oceanic, and so much more! Session 1 features the final installment of the Estate of Merton Simpson's collection. Simpson assembled a memorable collection of African art and these are the remaining pieces. Session 2 focuses on multi-estate ethnographic collectors.