Early American: History Auction, 121424, Rancho Santa Fe

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Auction Report
Auction Date
December 14, 2024 - December 14, 2024
Page Size: 172 items in 7 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
139

c. 1808 Political Circular Democratic Republicans Warn Against Federalist Resurgence in Wake of Embargo Act

c. April 1808 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 260.00
140

1801 Methodist Minister Puts Up a $1,500 Current Money Bond to State of Virginia Governor James Monroe (Future President) to Officially and Legally be Allowed to Perform "Acts of Marriage" and Not to Perform Unlawful Marriages such as are Incestuous, Forc

September 28, 1801 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 650.00
141

1809 Printed Broadside Regarding President Madison Announcing the End of The Embargo with Great Britain

April 22, 1809 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,470.00
142

Former Presidents James Madison and James Monroe Oppose Election of Andrew Jackson, "The Virginia Address"

1828-Printed USD 400.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
143

Rare Printed Document Signed by Eight Litchfield Connecticut Men Signing in "Support the War 1812"

c. 1813-1815 USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,040.00
144

My Dog and Gun. Satyrical War of 1812 Era Broadside Printed & Sold No. 25 High Street, Providence Rhode Island

c. 1815 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,300.00
148

Masonic 3rd Degree Ornately Engraved Diploma Unissued

c. 1800s (Undated) USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 422.50
150

1828 British Song Book titled, "A Selection Of Dibdin's Naval Victories Songs &c" London, 168 pages Complete

1828 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 364.00
151

1837 U.S. Army Document to Andrew Kenton Believed to be the Grandson of famed Frontiersman Simon Kenton

June 30, 1837 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 195.00
153

1846 Dated Superb Content Letter From An American Sailor in China Serving Aboard the "U.S. Ship Columbus, Canton River, 24th Feby 1846"

February 24, 1846 USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,340.00
154

The Reform CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA. Signed by the Man Who Warned South Carolina Governor Pickens about the Reinforcement of Fort Sumter

c. 1851 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 650.00
155

1861 Dated "Fort Sumter Quick Step" Civil War Sheet Music that is Dedicated to Major Robert Anderson

1861 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 520.00
156

February 1, 1862 British Imprint: "The Queen's Neutrality Proclamation during the existing hostilities between the United States and the States calling themselves the Confederate States of America... the States in rebellion"

February 1, 1862 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 390.00
157

Frauds in Naval Contracts Senator John P. Hale's Speech His Daughter Lucy Hale, was Secretly Betrothed in 1865 to John Wilkes Booth, President Abraham Lincoln's Assassin

1864 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
159

May 24, 1861 "THE WAR BEGUN." Historic Broadside "Extra" from The Daily Herald, Newburyport, Massachusetts

May 24, 1861 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,600.00
160

Lincoln Calls for the Public to Support the U.S. Sanitary Commission "There is no agency through which voluntary offerings of patriotism can be more effectively made. - A. Lincoln."

October 1, 1861 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 650.00
161

1862 Letter to U.S. Minister to Prussia "Norman B. Judd" Recommending a Prussian Officer for a Commission in the Union Army Signed by Bernstorff, the Prussian Foreign Minister Commission Ultimately Approved by Abe Lincoln!

January 24, 1862 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
164

UNION VICTORY ! ... Richmond has fallen! / Slavery is abolished! our Union Restored! Possibly Unique Historic Civil War Broadside @c. April 3rd,1865 Civil War Period Broadside titled, UNION VICTORY" this exceptional content Printed Broadside starts: UNIO

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 6,500.00
165

1863 Stephen Mallory Confederate States Secretary of the Navy Letter Signed & Endorsed by CSA Navy Commander William A. Webb Forced to Surrender CSS Savannah June 17, 1863 Being Just 11 Days After Endorsing This Letter!

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,300.00
166

1864 Letter From Lt. Commander Fitch on USS "Moose" of the Mississippi Squadron Regarding Safety of Storing Gunpowder

March 20, 1864 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
167

Genl. Stonewall Jackson's Official Report on the "Battle of McDowell" Contemporary Period True Copy a Confederate Victory Prior to the First Battle of Winchester Fought as part of Jackson's "Shenandoah Valley Campaign" of 1862 in Highland County, Virginia

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,800.00
168

April 5, 1864 The Red River Campaign Signal Corps Department of the Gulf, Field Orders No. 2

April 5, 1864 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 390.00
169

1864 "Rebel Deserter" Union Draft Enrollment Form Claim Exempts a Pennsylvania Man from the Civil War Draft

October 21, 1864 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 585.00
170

Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort and Hygeia Hotel, Va. Protecting the entrance to the harbor of Hampton Roads

1861 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 650.00
171

1864 Maryland Governor Bradford's Proclamation Calling Out the Baltimore City Militia in Response to Confederate General Jubal Early's Invasion of Maryland

July 12, 1864 USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 USD 2,860.00
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD