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Freeman's | Hindman: American Historical Ephemera and Photography

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Auction Name American Historical Ephemera and Photography Total Sales (USD) 189,161.00
Auction Date July 02, 2025 - July 02, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 100,300.00
Sale Number #6356 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 152,600.00
Total Lots 324
Sold Lots 280 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 116,300.00
% of Lots Sold 86.42% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 175,950.00
Unsold Lots 44 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 107.51%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
75

[CIVIL WAR]. Large group of imprints and research related to Union and Confederate POWs.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 6,710.00
19

[CIVIL WAR]. A group of stereoviews showing battlefield carnage including deceased soldiers.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 5,795.00
256

[AUTOGRAPHS]. A group of misc. European and Russian documents and autographs.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 5,490.00
318

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. Cabinet Card of an African American Cowboy.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 4,270.00
21

[CIVIL WAR]. 16 stereoviews featuring artillery and munitions.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 3,965.00
16

[CIVIL WAR]. A group of 20 stereoviews of the 7th New York State Militia.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 3,660.00
20

[CIVIL WAR]. 15 stereoviews ft. breastworks and fortifications.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,318.00
25

[CIVIL WAR]. 5 mounted Brady photographs related to Yorktown, incl. African American soldiers.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,318.00
76

[CIVIL WAR]. Large group of 20th cent. publications and related research. [With:] additional items.

20th cent. publications and related research. [With:] additional items. USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 2,318.00
235

[RECONSTRUCTION]. Threatening letter to a "carpet bagger" instructing recipient to leave the county.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,196.00
216

[LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)]. 5 stereoviews of the vault at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL.

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 2,074.00
26

[CIVIL WAR]. 6 "Brady's Album Gallery" photographs incl. one of an unburied deceased Confederate.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,952.00
93

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Quarter plate daguerreotype of a young girl posed with her dog.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,952.00
173

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 3 late 19th-early 20th century albums documenting travels abroad, incl. India.

late 19th-early 20th century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,952.00
263

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. Cabinet card of Curley, George Custer's scout.

ca 1880s. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,952.00
22

[CIVIL WAR]. 11 stereoviews ft. railroad depots, locomotives, & other transportation subjects.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,830.00
35

[CIVIL WAR]. 5 stereoviews ft. Ulysses S. Grant and related subjects.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,586.00
163

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 8 stereoviews with photographic interest, incl. O'SULLIVAN and JACKSON at work.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,586.00
215

[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. The Lincoln funeral in CHICAGO. 7 stereoviews, incl. procession.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,586.00
89

[ROCKETRY]. A large collection of mid-20th century books regarding the history of rocket science, including:

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,464.00
110

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 14 cased images of varying subjects, incl. daguerreotypes of confident gents.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,464.00
147

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] Albumen photograph of "Ambrotypes & Photographs" studio, possibly in New Jersey.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,464.00
269

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. Cabinet card of Sitting Bull.

1882 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,464.00
79

[WORLD WAR II]. "Never Was So Much Owed by So Many to So Few."

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,342.00
143

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] 75+ tintypes and ambrotypes of civilians, incl. occupational and outdoor views.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,342.00
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