New England Book Auctions: Early Printing Americana, 552, South Deerfield
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 26, 2026 - May 26, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Willem Blaeu; Johannes Blaeu | China Veteribus Sinarum Regio |
Amsterdam | 17th century | Not Available | USD 120.00 |
| 27 | The Boston Herald and Its History |
Boston | 1878 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 28 | Shirely Hibberd | The Floral World and Garden Guide |
London | 1858-1876 | Not Available | USD 360.00 |
| 29 | Claude Buffier | Geographie Universelle |
Lyons | 1783 | Not Available | USD 144.00 |
| 30 | a Society of Architects | The Builder's Magazine |
London | 1774 | Not Available | USD 120.00 |
| 31 | Pierre Bunel; Paolo Manuzio | Epistolae Ciceroniano stylo scriptae |
Geneva | 1581 | Not Available | USD 168.00 |
| 32 | W. H. Holabird | Large Scale Sectional Map of Southern California |
Chicago | 1888 | Not Available | USD 390.00 |
| 33 | J. T. | The Call of the Son of God |
London | 1759 | Not Available | USD 204.00 |
| 34 | Raab C. J. | Special - Karte der Eisenbahn - Post - u. Dampfschiff - Verbindungen Mittel - Europa |
Glogau | 1870s | Not Available | USD 36.00 |
| 35 | Catalogue of Books on Printing |
Albany | 1868 | Not Available | USD 60.00 | |
| 36 | Stephens John L. | Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan |
New York | 1841 | Not Available | USD 72.00 |
| 37 | Perrault Charles | A New History of Blue Beard |
Philadelphia | 1804 | Not Available | USD 360.00 |
| 38 | Chapron Nicolaum | Sacrae Historiae Acta |
Paris | 1649 | Not Available | USD 270.00 |
| 39 | Zan; Wang | 3 Books, including: Zan. [China badges - badges sets Chapter Collector's Album] |
2000; 2000-03 | Not Available | USD 120.00 | |
| 40 | James Cassidy | Autograph Letter Signed James Cassidy |
1867 | Not Available | USD 156.00 | |
| 41 | Papers of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts |
Boston; New York | 1895-1912 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 42 | Mindil George Washington | Autograph Letter Signed to Major William P. Shreve |
New York | 1907 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 43 | Cleaveland Benjamin | Poetry, on Different Spiritual Subjects |
Norwich, CT | 1783 | Not Available | USD 2,280.00 |
| 44 | An Act for Regulating the Commencement of the Year; and for Correcting the Calendar now in Use |
New-London | 1752 | Not Available | USD 360.00 | |
| 45 | Mattson Morris | The American Vegetable Practice, or a New and Improved Guide to Health |
Boston | 1841 | Not Available | USD 390.00 |
| 46 | Condillac Etienne Bonnot de | The Logic of Condillac |
Philadelphia | 1809 | Not Available | USD 96.00 |
| 47 | A Continuation of the Narrative of the Missions to the New Settlements |
New-Haven | 1795 | Not Available | USD 84.00 | |
| 48 | Colcord Mrs. Anna L. | A Friend in the Kitchen; or, What to Cook and How to Cook it |
Melbourne, Australia | 1898 | Not Available | USD 48.00 |
| 49 | Cope Alexis | The Fifteenth Ohio Volunteers and Its Campaigns |
Columbus | 1916 | Not Available | USD 48.00 |
| 50 | Robertson W. S.; David Winslett | Nakcokv Eskeretv Enhvteceskv. Muskokee, or Creek First Reader |
New York | 1856 | Not Available | USD 450.00 |
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Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000 -
Sotheby’s
Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
Live Sale 24 JuneSotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.