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Auction Name American Historical Ephemera & Early Photography Online Total Sales (USD) 147,925.00
Auction Date November 24, 2025 - November 24, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 92,050.00
Sale Number #6431 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 139,700.00
Total Lots 286
Sold Lots 241.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 113,000.00
% of Lots Sold 84.27% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 171,000.00
Unsold Lots 45 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 86.51%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
90

[SPANISH AMERICAN WAR]. Archive identified to Capt. G.G. Scranton, incl. Philippine Republic flag.

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 6,100.00
358

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA]. Photo album documenting the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.

 1906 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 5,490.00
175

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate ambrotype of a young doctor with skeleton in painted background.

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 4,880.00
30

[CIVIL WAR]. 41 views of the destruction of Ft. Sumpter and around Charleston, SC.

 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 4,575.00
346

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. Mammoth California Grizzly Bear. Liverpool: S.A. Hurton, n.d.

 n.d. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 4,270.00
34

[CIVIL WAR]. Albumen photograph of a posed scene featuring deceased soldiers at Devil's Den, by Peter S. WEAVER.

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 3,660.00
301

[LINCOLNIANA]. Archive rel. to Frederick H. Meserve, collector of Lincoln & Civil War photography.

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,440.00
327 CURTIS, Edward

CURTIS, Edward (1868-1952). 30 photogravures of Native American women, children, artifacts, artwork.

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,318.00
229

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Cabinet card of an advertising display for BRADLEY & RULOFSON at an exhibit.

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,074.00
329 GOLDBECK, E.O.

GOLDBECK, E.O. Dr. and Mrs. Albert Einstein at Hopi House, Grand Canyon, AZ. 1931, printed later.

 1931, printed later. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,830.00
198

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 25 sixth plate daguerreotypes of young women, some posed with books and other objects.

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,586.00
199

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 26 quarter plate daguerreotype portraits featuring women of varying ages.

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,586.00
200

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 26 sixth plate daguerreotype portraits of middle aged and older women wearing bonnets.

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,586.00
202

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 29 sixth plate daguerreotypes of aged women.

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,586.00
300

[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. A photographic study of John Wilkes Booth in 14 CDVs.

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,586.00
335

[NATIVE AMERICAN]. Archive of documents related to the Assiniboine and Sisseton Sioux tribes.

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,586.00
342

[MINING]. Pictorial California letter sheet depicting gold miners with period note.

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,464.00
12

[CIVIL WAR]. A group of 30 CDVs, incl. identified members of the 7th New York State Militia.

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,342.00
207

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 32 sixth plate daguerreotype portraits of young to middle-aged women.

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,342.00
240

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] CDV album cont. approx. 185 photographs of American and European personalities.

 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,342.00
362 SULLIVAN, JOHN H.

SULLIVAN, JOHN H. Broncho John. Life and Adventures of a Cowboy. Philadelphia, PA: Morrell Brothers, Show Printers.

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,342.00
29

[CIVIL WAR]. 32 stereoviews of Charleston and Ft. Sumpter, many including artillery.

 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,159.00
188

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 19 pairs of sixth plate daguerreotype portraits of couples, 38 images in total.

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,159.00
204

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 30 quarter plate daguerreotypes of men incl. examples by ROOT, MCLEES, EASTERLY

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,159.00
33

[CIVIL WAR]. A group of 12 views of deceased and wounded soldiers and related subjects, incl. embalming tent.

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,098.00
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