Heritage Auctions: The Alfred Orendorff Archive: Treasures from the Law Offices of Abraham Lincoln Manuscripts Signature® Auction, 6342, Dallas

Auction Details

Auction Date
July 30, 2026 - July 30, 2026
Page Size: 28 items in 2 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
43001 Lincoln Abraham

[Abraham Lincoln]. Manuscript Fair Copy of a Now-Lost "To the People of Sangamon County" Handbill.

Springfield, Illinois post-1880 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
43002 Lincoln Abraham; Stuart John Todd

Abraham Lincoln and John Todd Stuart Autograph Office Fee Book Signed by Lincoln Nineteen Times, 1837–1840.

1837-1840 USD 320,000.00 - 480,000.00 Unknown
43003

Abraham Lincoln Land Grant Issued Under Martin Van Buren.

Washington 1839 USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 Unknown
43004 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Document.

Springfield, Illinois 1841 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 Unknown
43005 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Document Signed

Springfield, Illinois 1841 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
43006 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Document Signed

1842 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
43007 Lincoln Abraham

[Joshua Fry Speed]. Abraham Lincoln Autograph Indenture Signed Five Times

Sangamon County, Illinois 1842 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 Unknown
43008 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Partial Autograph Letter.

circa 1844 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 Unknown
43009

Lincoln & Herndon Firm Attorney's Docket Folder and Rules of Practice for the Courts of Equity of the United States.

Springfield, Illinois 1845 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
43010 Davis David

[Abraham Lincoln]. David Davis Partial Autograph Letter Signed

Camden, Illinois 1846 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 Unknown
43011 Herndon William H.

William H. Herndon Autograph Document Signed: Accounting of Office Furniture and Supplies for the Lincoln & Herndon Law Firm

Springfield, Illinois 1846 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 Unknown
43012 Speed Joshua Fry

Joshua Fry Speed Autograph Letter Signed to William Herndon

Knob View, Kentucky 1848 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
43013 Herndon William Henry

William Henry Herndon Autograph Notes on the "Hornbaker" Case.

Springfield, Illinois 1853 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 Unknown
43014

[Abraham Lincoln]. Two Telegrams to Lincoln Concerning the Illinois Central Railroad.

Chicago 1853 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 Unknown
43015 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Document Signed Three Times

New Lisbon, Ohio 1855 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
43016 Carpenter Matthew Hale

[Abraham Lincoln]. Matthew Carpenter Autograph Letter Signed with Postmaster Instructions

Beloit, Wisconsin 1855 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 Unknown
43017 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Legal Notes for Correll v. McDaniel.

Springfield, Illinois circa 1855 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 Unknown
43018 Davis David

[Abraham Lincoln]. David Davis Autograph Letter Signed to Abraham Lincoln

Bloomington, Illinois 1856 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
43019 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Letter Signed

1856 USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 Unknown
43020 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Legal Memorandum, Transcript, and Case Abstract for Aspinall v. Lewis, 1856.

1856 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
43021 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Declaration, Affidavit and Litigation Notes Signed

McLean County, Illinois 1857 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 Unknown
43022 Peck E.

[Illinois Central Railroad Company]. Abraham Lincoln's Signed Copy of Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois,

Chicago 1857 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 Unknown
43023 Lincoln Abraham; Herndon William

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Replication for Buffom v. Stockdale Signed

Sangamon County, Illinois 1857 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
43024 Lincoln Abraham

[1858 U.S. Senate Race]. Abraham Lincoln Autograph Document.

Springfield, Illinois 1858 USD 160,000.00 - 240,000.00 Unknown
43025 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Memorandum for Clark & Morrison v. Page & Bacon.

Springfield, Illinois circa 1855-1859 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 Unknown
  • Sotheby’s Geek Week
    14-15 July
    Sotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, 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. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, 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]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, 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-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
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    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
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    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, 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