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Swann Galleries: Printed and Manuscript Americana

Auction Reports

Auction Name Printed and Manuscript Americana Total Sales (USD) 604,538.00
Auction Date November 21, 2024 - November 21, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 406,900.00
Sale Number #2687 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 610,550.00
Total Lots 319
Sold Lots 230 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 555,050.00
% of Lots Sold 72.10% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 835,400.00
Unsold Lots 89 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 72.37%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
173

New Englands First Fruits . . . First of the Conversion of Some of the Indians,

1643 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 60,000.00
177

Original manuscript diary of a mission to western New York with Joseph Smith.

16 September to 20 October 1833 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 50,000.00
154

Catalogue of the Library of the United States.

1815 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 30,000.00
179

Pair of documents signed by Joseph Smith's grandfather and uncle in Vermont.

1805 and 1814 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 27,500.00
178

Family record of Brigham Young and his siblings, compiled by a cousin during the Kirtland period.

circa 1838 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 20,000.00
205

A Union Army physician describes the first year of occupation in Georgia.

July 1865 to March 1866 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 16,250.00
111

Acts and Laws of the State of Connecticut, in America.

1784-1793 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 15,000.00
110

Register of baptisms performed in Durham in the early 18th century.

1711-1756 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 13,750.00
130

Extensive family papers of noted physician Cornelius R. Agnew.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 13,750.00
224

Group of letters by a clerk with Perry's expedition to Japan.

USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 13,750.00
257

Journal of the whaling ship Hunter out of New Bedford, including a long search for six whalemen lost at sea.

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,500.00
200

An uncut tintype sheet of 30 miniature campaign photographs of the 4 candidates for use in badges.

1860] USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,875.00
158

Acts Passed at a Congress of the United States of America

1789 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 10,625.00
282

El sol eclypsado antes de llegar al zenid: real pyra que encendio a la apagada luz

1701] USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 8,125.00
194

A Collection of Speeches of the President of the United States.

July 1796 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,500.00
92

Diary of a Civil War hospital worker, describing Lincoln, contrabands and more.

1864-1865 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 7,000.00
300

Three engravings of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe and environs.

circa 1790 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 7,000.00
86

Diary of a Shell Rock woman searching for her soldier son.

6 October to 16 December 1864 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,750.00
128

Correspondence of Consul James Maury with related family papers.

1790-1914 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,750.00
213

The Frederick Douglass Souvenir.

[1896] USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 5,000.00
102

To Horse, To Horse! My All For a Horse! The Washington Cavalry.

[August 1862] USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,750.00
74

The United States Conscription Law or National Militia Act . . . Official and Complete.

1863 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 4,250.00
162

The Federalist, on the New Constitution.

1802 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,250.00
183

Records of the Sterling iron mines and railway in Orange County.

1859-1948 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,250.00
201

Large group of press photographs from the Underwood & Underwood files relating to Theodore Roosevelt.

circa 1898-1919 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 4,250.00
  • 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