Early American: History Auction - rescheduled , 122725, Rancho Santa Fe

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Auction Report
Auction Date
December 27, 2025 - December 27, 2025
Page Size: 134 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
52

Colonial Currency, April 2, 1776 Issue, North Carolina, Five Dollars, Triton vignette with Rare Error Date April d2, 1776 Copper-Plate Engraved Date, PMG graded Very Fine-25.

1776 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 617.50
53

Colonial Currency, May 1786, Rhode Island, Group Lot of Eight Notes, 6d, 9d, 1s, 3s, 6s, 10s, 30s + 40s, with average grade of Very Fine. Ex: Ambassador Middendorf who happily lived in Rhode Island

1786 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 520.00
54

1741 Colonial Rhode Island Document LAND BANK Loan from the Colony Secured by Land in South Kingston

1741 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 585.00
55

Colonial Currency, July 17, 1775 Revolutionary War Period Current Money of Virginia, Five Pounds, Large Format London Note, Engraved by John Ashby, sclp., PMG graded Very Fine-20.

1775 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,300.00
56

Colonial Currency, Treasury of Virginia, May 4, 1778, Two Thirds of a Dollar, Printed Date on Thick Rag Paper, PCGS graded Very Fine-25

1778 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 617.50
57

Continental/Colonial Currency Dealer Robert Idler, Philadelphia Old American Cents and Half Cents, Continental and Colonial Paper Money, Bought and Sold by R. Idler. Advertising Note,

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 422.50
58 by Samuel Allinson,

1776-Dated Colonial to Revolutionary War Book titled, Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New Jersey..,

Burlington: 1776 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,640.00
59

April 8, 1779 Revolutionary War Newspaper titled, The Independent Chronicle, Boston, mention of a service to be held at the GREEN-DRAGON (Tavern)

1779 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,560.00
60

1807 (Boston Massacre) Orations, Delivered at the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, to Commemorate the Evening of the Fifth of March, 1770; ...

1807 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
61 JOSEPH WARREN

June 1775 (Dr. JOSEPH WARREN), 4.5 Page Manuscript Period Copy of a Eulogium, An Oration for Major-General Joseph Warren, with Photocopy of the Pennsylvania Magazine Monthly Intelligence report where this Eulogy was published in June 1775.

1775 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,200.00
62

October 19, 1776 Published, Rare Revolutionary War Date, Engraved Broadside titled, "Plan of New York Island... Engagement on Woody Heights of Long Island... 27 August 1776, between His Majestys Forces... General Howe... under General Putnam..."

1776 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,150.00
63

1779 Revolutionary War Massachusetts Bay Treasury Bond with 6 Percent Interest

1779 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,470.00
64

George Washington - (John) Fitzgerald + Piers Revolutionary War Related Document

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,300.00
65 JOHN LANGDON, Speaker and M. WEARE

August 31, 1781-Dated Revolutionary War, Broadsheet, AN ACT for Supplying the Continental Army with Ten Thousand Gallons of West-India RUM, State of New-Hampshire, Town of Hillsboro Copy,

1781 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,550.00
66 Engraved by R. Whitechurch after James Hamilton

1840-1870, Historic Color Lithograph Print titled, The Action Between the Serapis and the Bon Homme Richard, September 23, 1779,

USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,900.00
68

June 26, 1779-Dated Revolutionary War Period Letter, Lisbon, Portugal, to Madeira, Spain with Superb Content Pertaining to the Revolutionary War, Spain's Entry Into the War, and More

1779 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,340.00
69

April 12, 1783-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Baltimore Letter together with an 1783 Havana, Cuba Manuscript Receipt for Bills of Exchange to Captain Thomas McIntyre at Philadelphia

1783 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 552.50
70

1777 Revolutionary War Handcolored Engraved Map by Matthew Lotter titled, A Plan Of The City and Environs of Philadelphia,...

1777 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,380.00
71

THOMAS PAINE American Patriotic Songsheet RULE NEW-ENGLAND: A NEW PATRIOTIC SONG

USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,820.00
72

Nov. 13, 1776 Revolutionary War content Newspaper, The Connecticut Journal, New Haven, CT., with Congressional Act to Emmit, ...

1776 USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 USD 1,300.00
73

March 20, 1779 Revolutionary War Broadside: SUPPLEMENT ... Providence, Rhode Island, Reporting on The New American Treaty With France, and TRENTON, February 3: Extract of a letter from Monmouth Court-House, January 29, 1779.

1779 USD 2,800.00 - 3,600.00 USD 1,950.00
78

(1778) Revolutionary War Engraved Satirical Cartoon, A Picturesque View of the State of the Nation, Philadelphia Rare Large Sheet Proof Impression Matted for Display

USD 2,400.00 - 2,800.00 USD 3,120.00
80

1843 Bunker Hill Monument Commemorative Printed Silk Ribbon with Rare Portrait Image of General Joseph Warren, Fine.

1843 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 520.00
81

1843 Bunker Hill Battle Monument Commemorative Silk Ribbon, Choice Mint Quality

1843 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 650.00
82

Mechanic Library NEW-HAVEN, Copper-Plate Engraved Bookplate by Amos Doolittle (a.k.a. The Paul Revere of Connecticut), Fine

USD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,820.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
  • Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
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    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
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    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
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