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Auction Name	Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps, Prints & Views	Total Sales (USD)	297,556.25
Auction Date	December 19, 2024 - December 19, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	204,950.00
Sale Number	#828	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	281,910.00
Total Lots	558
Sold Lots	339	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	322,250.00
% of Lots Sold	60.75%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	464,210.00
Unsold Lots	219	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	64.10%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
226	Custer, George Armstrong	My Life on the Plains: or, Personal Experiences with Indians	1874	USD 10,000.00 - 9,500.00	USD 93,750.00
17	Schortemeier, Frederick E.	Rededicating America: Life and Recent Speeches of Warren G. Harding	[1920]	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 10,625.00
65	Carter, Jimmy	Inaugural Address of Jimmy Carter, President of the United States	1977	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 9,375.00
14	Cleveland, Grover	A Defense of Fishermen	1902	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 7,500.00
509	Parsons, Charles R., artist	The City of San Francisco. Birds Eye View from the Bay Looking South-West	1878	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 7,500.00
13	Arthur, Chester A.	Message of the President of the United States, Communicated to the Two Houses of Congress at the Beginning of the First Session of the Forty-Eighth Congress	1883	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 6,875.00
388	Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)	The History of the Bucaniers of America; from the first original down to this time; written in several languages, and now collected into one volume	1704	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 5,000.00
48	Nixon, Richard	The Inaugural Address of Richard M. Nixon, Thirty-Seventh President of the United States	1969	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 4,687.50
25	Hoover, Herbert	Four State of Union speeches inscribed by Hoover	1929-1932	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 4,062.50
381		Set of 8 volumes comprising the first edition of James Marra's Journal of the second voyage, and octavo editions of the official accounts of the first and third voyages	1775-1785	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 3,750.00
532	Keeler, William J.	National Map of the Territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made by the authority of the Hon. O.H. Browning Secretary of the Interior. In the Office of the Indian Bureau Chiefly for Government Purposes under the dir	1867	USD 3,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 3,437.50
18	Coolidge, Calvin	Foundations of the Republic: Speeches and Addresses	1926	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 2,812.50
32	Schnapper, M.B., editor	The Truman Program: Addresses and Messages by President Harry S. Truman	[1948]	USD 1,500.00 - 900.00	USD 2,812.50
317		14K Gold N.S.G.W. California Admission Day Gold Medal	1910	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,812.50
119	Toliver, Raymond F. and Trevor J. Constable	Fighter Aces of the U.S.A.	[1979]	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 2,500.00
315		14K Gold Ceremonial Plaque presented to Mayor James Rolph Jr.	1916	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,500.00
37	Kennedy, John F.	Autograph letter signed by John F. Kennedy as Senator	1955	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 2,000.00
38	Kennedy, John F.	Autograph letter signed by John F. Kennedy with signed envelope	1947	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,000.00
67	Carter, Jimmy	Presidential Campaign of Jimmy Carter 1976	1980	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 2,000.00
495	Kuchel & Dresel	Auburn, Placer County, Cal. 1857	1857 - [1858]	USD 2,000.00 - 1,000.00	USD 2,000.00
43	Johnson, Lyndon Baines	The President Speaks "A More Beautiful America..." Excerpts from speeches by Lyndon B. Johnson.	1965	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,500.00
75	Reagan, Ronald	Where's the Rest of Me: The Ronald Reagan Story	[1965]	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,375.00
118	Toliver, Colonel Raymond F. and Trevor J. Constable	Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe	[1977]	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 1,375.00
488	Yule, Henry	A Narrative of the Mission sent by the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava in 1855	1858	USD 1,500.00 - 750.00	USD 1,375.00
24	Hoover, Herbert	Five pamphlets by Herbert Hoover	1936-1948	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,250.00

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

Sotheby’s: William Golding.
Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD