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Leslie Hindman Auctioneers: American Historical Ephemera and Photography

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Auction Name American Historical Ephemera and Photography Total Sales (USD) 364,016.00
Auction Date October 25, 2024 - October 25, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 231,800.00
Sale Number #2057 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 353,000.00
Total Lots 257
Sold Lots 188 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 310,900.00
% of Lots Sold 73.15% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 468,200.00
Unsold Lots 69 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 77.75%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
567 [KIRKLAND, Samuel (1741-1808)]

Webster's Calendar: Or, the Albany Almanack, with journal entries by the Rev. Samuel Kirkland, 1803-1804.

1803-1804. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 28,575.00
575 CURTIS, Edward (1868-1952), photographer.

Canyon de Chelly.

1904 USD 3,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD 22,860.00
428

A remarkable ninth plate daguerreotype of an interracial couple.

ca 1850-1855 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 20,320.00
429

A collection of images associated with South Carolina doctor and plantation owner Sidney Smith, including what may be the earliest known images of an identified plantation and enslaved African Americans posed with their owner.

mid-to-late 1840s USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 16,510.00
592 MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard (1830-1904), photographer.

Panorama of San Francisco from California St. Hill. 11-panel albumen photograph panorama.

1877 USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 12,700.00
398

Map of the East China Sea carried on board the Enola Gay by Captain Bob Lewis, 6 August 1945.

1945 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,525.00
566

Extensive collection of outdoor advertising survey reports and historical billboard images from the "Golden Age of Advertising."

ca 1947-1966 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,890.00
576 CURTIS, Edward S. (1868-1952), photographer.

The Three Chiefs-Piegan.

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 8,890.00
456 [DOUGLASS, Frederick (1818-1895)].

Unpublished CDV of Frederick Douglass. Descended directly in the family of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891).

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 8,255.00
569 BODMER, Karl (1809-1893).

A group of 2 engravings of Mandan and Gros Ventre Indians.

ca 1840s USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 8,255.00
574 CURTIS, Edward S. (1868-1952), photographer.

At the Old Well in Acoma.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,620.00
577 CURTIS, Edward (1868-1952).

Prayer to the Stars. Orotone.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,985.00
578 CURTIS, Edward (1868-1952), photographer.

Signal Fire to the Mountain Gods.

ca1909. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,985.00
579 CURTIS, Edward S. (1868-1952), photographer.

Canyon de Chelly.

1904 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 6,985.00
580 CURTIS, Edward S. (1868-1952), photographer.

Canyon de Chelly.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,985.00
323 BRADY, Mathew (1822-1896), photographer.

Quarter plate Cutting's Patent double-sided ambrotype of a pre-war first lieutenant and his female companion.

1854 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 6,350.00
335

CDV collection descended directly in the family of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin featuring portraits of family members and numerous military generals and officers.

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,715.00
375

Corporal Samuel McKinney Stafford (1837-1922), 16th Ohio Battery, archive including war-date diary and letters.

1862 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,080.00
330

Sixth plate tintype of two Union sailors casually sitting back to back on a studio floor.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,763.00
373

Ledger book associated with Winchester, Virginia, cabinet maker John Kerr (1797-1875), documenting coffins built and sold for Union and Confederate soldiers as well as other wartime activity.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 3,810.00
413

A collection of NASA photographs, including "Red Number" examples, with related publications.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,810.00
447

Two bills of sale for enslaved persons in Georgia, including a scarce Sheriff's Bill of Sale, 1852.

1852 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 3,810.00
466

LOCKE, Alain, ed. The New Negro, an Interpretation.

1925 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,810.00
336

A large collection of CDVs descended directly in the family of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, incl. portraits of Hamlin family members, Civil War officers, politicians, artists, and celebrities.

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,493.00
406 MCCARTHY, Frank (1924-2002).

Original poster art for the film Von Ryan's Express.

1965 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,493.00
  • 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