Neal Auction Company: Louisiana Purchase Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Louisiana Purchase Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 85,026.50 |
| Auction Date | November 22, 2024 - November 22, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 55,150.00 |
| Sale Number | #112224 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 88,050.00 |
| Total Lots | 40 | ||
| Sold Lots | 40 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 55,150.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 88,050.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 96.57% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 586 | John James Audubon | Common American Swan |
USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 48,750.00 | |
| 605 | Albert Bierstadt | The Last of the Buffalo |
1891 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 9,100.00 |
| 682 | George Rodrigue | Butterflies are Free |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,560.00 | |
| 683 | George Rodrigue | Carmel Edition I |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,430.00 | |
| 584 | John Gould | Spathura Solstitialis, "Dorifera Ludoviciae" and "Eutoxeres Aquila" |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,430.00 | |
| 686 | Berenice Abbott | Advertisements, East Houston Street and 2nd Ave. |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,235.00 | |
| 681 | George Rodrigue | Codex Blue Dog |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,170.00 | |
| 680 | George Valentine Dureau | Erni, Troy Brown and Wendell Platt |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,170.00 | |
| 616 | Confederate Note |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,170.00 | ||
| 677 | Robert Gordy | Study for Folly |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,105.00 | |
| 520 | Peter Hurd | The Late Call |
1949 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,105.00 |
| 636 | Theodore "Fonville" Winans | Dixie Belles |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,040.00 | |
| 587 | John James Audubon | Birds of America Octavo Edition |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,040.00 | |
| 585 | John James Audubon | Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-cockaded Woodpecker", "Lewis' Woodpecker", 2 "Ivory-billed Woodpecker", "Carolina Parrot or Parrakeet", "Artic three-toed Woodpecker" and "Brown-headed Nuthatch" |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,040.00 | |
| 607 | City of New Orleans and Vicinity, Compiled from the Latest Surveys and Most Authentic Data by W.D. Hardee & B.J. Oliveira, Civil Engineers, January 1897 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 910.00 | ||
| 494 | Ruth Bader Ginsberg | Ruth Bader Ginsberg Typed Letter Signed |
2011 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 910.00 |
| 684 | Sandra Russell Clark | Winterthur, Delaware |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 845.00 | |
| 608 | After Marie Adrien Persac | "Plantations of the Lower Mississippi River from the Natchez to New Orleans, 1858", reproduced from the original "Norman's Chart", |
1967 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 845.00 |
| 492 | [Leather Bindings] | , The Works of William Shakespeare, |
c. 1880 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 845.00 |
| 610 | Four Antique New Orleans Real Estate Plans |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 780.00 | ||
| 491 | Hazlitt, William. The Life of Napoleon; De Bourrienne, Louis. Memoirs of Napoleon; and Memoirs of Madame Junot, Duchesse D'Abrams, |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 780.00 | ||
| 679 | George Dureau | Windell Platt |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 715.00 | |
| 678 | George Valentine Dureau | Sonny Singleton |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 650.00 | |
| 615 | Rare Lincoln Death Newspaper Insert |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 617.50 | ||
| 637 | Clarence John Laughlin | The Exuberant Domes (Brighton Pavillion) |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 552.50 |
