• Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
  • University Archives
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    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Solider Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic
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  • Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.

Early American: History Auction, 92025, Rancho Santa Fe

Auction Details

Auction Date
September 20, 2025 - September 20, 2025
Page Size: 174 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
151

April 11, 1865 Confederate Chesterville, Mississippi Letter to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark regarding Local Votes, Three Days Later President Abraham Lincoln would be Shot

April 11, 1865 USD 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
152

Rare Civil War Printed Broadside titled: $100 Bounty for Soldiers Discharged on account of Wounds received in Battle.

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
153

JULY 23, 1861, Confederate Newspaper Special Printed Broadside EXTRA, GLORIOUS VICTORY !, regarding the First Battle of Bull Run,

JULY 23, 1861. USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 Unknown
154 E. Mack

MONITOR GRAND MARCH, 1862-Dated Civil War Colorful Sheet Music, composed by E. Mack and dedicated to Captain John L. Worden, Commander of the USS Monitor,

Philadelphia 1862, USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
155

c. 1861, Ambrotype Photograph of a Young Civil War Drummer Boy in uniform with his Drum at his side wearing a Kepi

c. 1861 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
157

1862 Civil War Union Pencil Sketch of Camp Near Baton Rouge

1862 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
159

1862 Civil War Encased Postage Stamp, EP-1, HB-1, Scott-1, Reed AB01. One Cent, AERATED BREAD COMPANY, New York, Choice Extremely Fine. Rated as Rarity-7 (11 to 15 known).

1862 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
160

1862 Civil War Encased Postage Stamp, EP-5, HB-44, S-21, Reed-BC01. One Cent, BAILEY & CO., JEWELLERS, 819 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Choice About Uncirculated. Rarity-8 (5 to 10 known).

1862 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
161

1862 Civil War Era Encased Postage Stamp, EP-6, HB-50, S-26a, Reed-BA01F/G. One Cent, Joseph L. Bates, FANCY GOODS (Two Words), Plain Frame, Extremely Fine

1862 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
162

1862 Civil War Era Encased Postage Stamp, EP-33, HB-18, S-9, Reed-AP03. Three Cents, Take Ayer's Pills, Partial Silvering, Choice Extremely Fine.

1862 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
163

1862 Civil War Encased Postage Stamp, EP-34, HB-29, S-15, Reed-AS03SM. Three Cents, AYER'S SARSAPARILLA, Small AYER'S Type, About Uncirculated. Rated as Rarity-4 (31 to 40 known)

1862 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
164

1862 Civil War Era Encased Postage Stamp, EP-34a, HB-30, S-15, Reed AS03MD. Three Cents, AYER'S SARSAPARILLA, Medium AYER'S with Legend, Ayer's Sarsaparilla to Purify the Blood, Very Fine.

1862 USD 350.00 - 450.00 Unknown
165

1862 Civil War Encased Postage Stamp, EP-38, HB-63, S-32, 3, BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES, Choice Extremely Fine. Rated as Rarity-6 (16 to 20 known)

1862 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
166

1862 Civil War Encased Postage Stamp, EP-40, HB-82, S-53, 3, BURNETT'S STANDARD COOKING EXTRACTS, Choice Extremely Fine or better. Rated as Rarity-6 (16 to 20 known)

1862 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
167

1862 Civil War Era Encased Postage Stamp, EP-69, HB-75, S-46, Reed-BK05. Five Cents, Burnett's Cocaine Kalliston, Fine/Very Fine.

1862 USD 350.00 - 450.00 Unknown
168

1862 Civil War Encased Postage Stamp, EP-79, HB-132, S-96a, 5, J. GAULT, Ribbed Frame Type, Choice Extremely Fine. Rated as Rarity-4 (31 to 40 known)

1862 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Unknown
169

1862 Civil War Rare Encased Postage Stamp, EP-86, HB-183, Reed-MI05. Five Cents, B. F. Miles, Peoria, Illinois Exceptionally Rare + Elusive Key Merchant Type Required to Complete the Thirty-Four Individual Encased Postage Merchant Type Set, Rarity 8

1862 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Unknown
170

1862 Civil War Encased Postage Stamp Currency 10 HUNT + NASH Irving House Ribbed Frame Type, EF

1862 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
171

1862 Civil War Encased Postage Stamp, HB-86, EP-143, Scott-56, Reed-BE12. Twelve Cents, Burnett's Standard Cooking Extracts, Traces of Original Silvering, Choice Extremely Fine. Rarity-8

1862 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
172

October 18, 1860-Dated Civil War Period, Rich Political Content 2-page Handwritten Autograph Letter Signed with: I'm bound to put in a vote for the Hon. Abraham Lincoln of Ill., Choice Very Fine.

October 18, 1860 USD 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
173

c. 1867 Photograph Portrait of presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, Inscribed on the blank reverse "Copyright Geo. B. Ayers Phila." from the original negative plate taken by Alexander Hesler on June 3, 1860 in Springfield, Illinois, Very Fine.

c. 1867 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
174

1862 Civil War Colorful Lithograph Sheet Music, President Lincoln's Grand March

1862 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
177 by Nathan Upham,

(1865) LINCOLN LIES SLEEPING. - Air: Under the Willow., titled Printed Memorial Song Sheet,

Boston, 1865 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
178

April 15, 1865-Dated Civil War Era, LINCOLN ASSASSINATION NEWSPAPER, The Daily Ottumwa Courier, Broadsheet 'Extra", Saturday Morning, April 15, 1865.

April 15, 1865 USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 Unknown
179 Henry F. Warren

Carte-de-Visite Photograph of President Abraham Lincoln taken March 6, 1865 by Photographer Henry F. Warren

March 6, 1865 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
  • Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300.
  • Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
  • Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
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  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.
    Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.