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
| 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 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’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. -
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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
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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
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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
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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