Heritage Auctions: Liberty & Legacy: 250 Years of the American Spirit Americana & Political Signature® Auction, 6332, Dallas
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 25, 2026 - June 25, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47030 | Stone William J. | Peter Force's 1833 Printing of the Declaration of Independence. |
Washington | 1833 | USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 | USD 100,000.00 |
| 47031 | Hamilton Alexander | Alexander Hamilton Autograph Letter Signed to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall. |
Morris Town; New York | 1777; 1789-1793; 1834 | USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
| 47032 | Louis XVI | Louis XVI Autograph Letter Signed to Charles III of Spain |
Versailles | 1778 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 47034 | La Perouse Jean-Francois de Galaup | Jean-Francois de Galaup, Comte de La Perouse Autograph Letter to General de Rochambeau. |
c. 1781 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 47035 | Christian William; Martin Joseph | Cherokee Treaty of 1781 Pay Muster with Related Joseph Martin Autograph Letter Signed. |
Virginia | 1781; 1784 | USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 47036 | Thomson Charles | Charles Thomson Autograph Revolutionary War Order Signed as Secretary of the Continental Congress |
Philadelphia | 1781 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 47037 | Choisy | Lieutenant General Marquis de Choisy Autograph Letter Signed. |
Yorktown, VA | 1781 | USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 | USD 9,062.50 |
| 47038 | Hancock John | John Hancock Appointment Signed Twice |
Massachusetts | 1781; 1783 | USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 47039 | Denis Louis | Carte du Theatre de la Guerre Presente en Amerique (Map of the Theater of the War Present in America). |
Paris | 1782 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
| 47040 | Henry Patrick | Patrick Henry Autograph Document Signed |
1782 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 8,437.50 | |
| 47041 | Adams John; Franklin Benjamin; Jay John | John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay Exceptionally Rare Signed 1783 Revolutionary War Ship's Passport |
Paris | 1783 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 68,750.00 |
| 47042 | Franklin Benjamin; Reich Jacques | Benjamin Franklin Document Signed with Etching Signed by Jacques Reich. |
Philadelphia | 1786 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 47043 | Gorham Nathaniel | Nathaniel Gorham Endorsement Signed |
Boston | 1787; 1789 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,250.00 |
| 47044 | Lee Richard Henry | [Richard Henry Lee]. Observations Leading to a Fair Examination of the System of Government Proposed by the Late Convention; and to Several Essential and Necessary Alterations in It. In a Number of Letters from the Federal Farmer to the Republican. |
New York | 1787 | USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 47049 | Washington George | George Washington Revolutionary War Letter Signed |
1777 | USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 | USD 35,000.00 | |
| 47050 | Washington George | George Washington Letter Signed |
1779 | USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 | |
| 47051 | Washington George; Knox Henry; La Belle Augustin-Louis; Le Veau Jean-Jacques; L'Enfant Pierre-Charles | George Washington Signed Society of the Cincinnati Membership Diploma |
Philadelphia | 1784 | USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 | USD 16,875.00 |
| 47052 | Washington George | George Washington Franking Signature on Cover Addressed in His Hand to John Jay and Docketed by Jay. |
Mount Vernon | circa April 15, 1788 | USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 47053 | Washington George | George Washington Autograph Document Signed |
Mount Vernon | 1789 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 |
| 47054 | Washington George | George Washington Autograph Letter to Thomas Paine Signed Twice as President. |
Philadelphia | 1792 | USD 240,000.00 - 360,000.00 | USD 187,500.00 |
| 47055 | Washington George; Jefferson Thomas | President George Washington and Thomas Jefferson Land Indenture Signed |
Philadelphia | 1793 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 47056 | Washington George; Jefferson Thomas | George Washington and Thomas Jefferson Three Languages Ship's Passport Signed |
New York | 1793 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 36,250.00 |
| 47057 | Washington George | George Washington Scallop Top Ship Passport Signed as President |
Portsmouth | 1796 | USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
| 47059 | Adams John | John Adams Autograph Letter Signed as President |
Quincy | 1798 | USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 47061 | [The Star-Spangled Banner]. The Analectic Magazine. Vol. IV. No. 23. Philadelphia: Moses Thomas, November 1814. |
Philadelphia | 1814 | USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000