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Auction Name History Auction Total Sales (USD) 395,473.00
Auction Date December 14, 2024 - December 14, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 310,850.00
Sale Number #121424 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 439,950.00
Total Lots 172
Sold Lots 152 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 701,750.00
% of Lots Sold 88.37% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 931,850.00
Unsold Lots 20 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 42.44%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
67 GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799).

1782 George Washington Signed Medical Discharge Form for a Soldier in the Regiment of Invalids at Newburgh, NY

December 31st, 1782 USD 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 USD 24,700.00
195

First Edition of Theodor Herzl's 1896 Historic Proposal and Plan for a Jewish State that laid the Foundations of Political Zionism

1896 USD 14,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 15,600.00
84

One of the Rarest of Benjamin Franklin Portraits, Stauffer's First State of Three, published by Edward Savage in 1793

published by Edward Savage, London, published Sept. 17. 1793 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 14,300.00
79

Exceedingly Rare Original 1634 Engraving Depicting Pocahontas Rescuing Captain John Smith from Execution by Clubbing, by Thoedore De Bry (1528-1598) and Sons

c. 1634 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 12,350.00
17 SUSAN DECATUR (1776-1860).

Susan Decatur the Widow of Naval Hero Stephen Decatur, 1821 Dated Superb Content Autograph Letter Signed To President James Monroe Attacking Captain Jesse Elliott For His Actions in the Duel with Commodore James Barron

January 15, 1821 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 10,790.00
83

c. 1761 "A View of the City of Boston the Capital of NEW ENGLAND, in North America." After Governor Pownal, Extremely Rare Original Colonial Boston Harbor Engraving

c. 1761 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,400.00
76

Historic 1766 British Parliament "Declaratory Act" Imprint Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, London

1766 USD 1,800.00 - 3,400.00 USD 9,100.00
1 JOHN ADAMS (1735 - July 4, 1826).

1797 President "John Adams" Signed Four Language Ship Papers also with "Timothy Pickering" as Secretary of State

June 8, 1797 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,800.00
13 JEFFERSON "JEFF" DAVIS (1808-1889).

CSA President & Confederate States of America President-Elect Jefferson Davis Autograph Letter Signed 1861

November 11, 1861 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,800.00
35 STEPHEN HOPKINS (March 7, 1707 - July 13, 1785).

1755 French and Indian War Letter Signed by Governor Stephen Hopkins of Rhode Island with Important Content regarding Raising more men to Reinforce and Strengthen the Expedition Against Crown Point, Per Genl. Braddock's Defeat

August 2nd, 1755 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,800.00
89

1778 Capture of the Prize Schooner "Hawke" American Privateer Nathaniel Bently, the Commander of the American Armed Schooner "Hornet" in a Legal case involving Aaron Lopez & the American Congress

October 17, 1778 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 7,800.00
167

Genl. Stonewall Jackson's Official Report on the "Battle of McDowell" Contemporary Period True Copy a Confederate Victory Prior to the First Battle of Winchester Fought as part of Jackson's "Shenandoah Valley Campaign" of 1862 in Highland County, Virginia

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,800.00
196

1755 Original First State French Printing of the Fry - Jefferson Map of Virginia, Paris: Robert Vaugondy

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 7,150.00
164

UNION VICTORY ! ... Richmond has fallen! / Slavery is abolished! our Union Restored! Possibly Unique Historic Civil War Broadside @c. April 3rd,1865 Civil War Period Broadside titled, UNION VICTORY" this exceptional content Printed Broadside starts: UNIO

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 6,500.00
92

1780 Revolutionary War Printed Broadsheet Draft ACT Order for Raising Massachusetts' Soldiers Quota to Serve in the Continental Army "Sixteen years old and upwards..."

June 22, 1780 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,175.00
189

John Quincy Adams Presidential Campaign Political Song Handbill, to be Sung to the TUNE - YANKEE DOODLE

c. 1828, USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,175.00
68 GIDEON WELLES (1802-1878).

Gideon Welles' Written Telegram Congratulating Admiral David D. Porter & General Terry on the Fall of Fort Fisher

January 17, 1865 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,525.00
103

1776 Revolutionary War Engraving titled "David Wooster, Esqr. : Commander in Chief of the Provincial Army against Quebec."

March 26, 1776 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 5,200.00
19 BENJAMIN EDES (1732-1803).

1780 Benjamin Edes Signed Revolutionary War Boston Town - Treasury Tax Loan Certificate: for the Purpose of carrying on the War. Signed by "David Jeffries" Deacon of Old South Church

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,875.00
48 CHESTER W. NIMITZ (1885-1966).

Highly Important Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Signed WWII "PROCLAMATION NO. 1 - To the People of the Marshall Islands" Broadside Document Regarding His Being "MILITARY GOVERNOR OCCUPATION OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS"

1944-01-31 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,550.00
51 JOSEPH WARREN REVERE (1812-1880).

Joseph Warren Revere Civil War General's Extensive Family Related Archive of Revolutionary War Patriot Paul Revere's Grandson and Great Grandson "Paul Revere"

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,550.00
97

Plan of the Town of Boston, with the ATTACK on BUNKERS-HILL, in the Peninsula of CHARLESTOWN, the 17th of June, 1775 J. Norman, Sc.

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,550.00
77

December 13, 1773 Philadelphia Postscript Newspaper Broadsheet Imortant Reports on a Boston Tea Party Meeting

c. December 13, 1773 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,225.00
30 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (1805-1879).

To Liberty Civil War Autographed Handwritten Poem Signed by William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, October 21, 1860

October 21, 1860 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 3,900.00
185

1859 Kentucky Estate Slave Appraisal Listing Four Named Slaves

May 26, 1859 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 3,900.00
  • 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”.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    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
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    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
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    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