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Auction Name Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Maps & Views Total Sales (USD) 126,500.00
Auction Date December 18, 2025 - December 18, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 127,180.00
Sale Number #853 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 197,300.00
Total Lots 467
Sold Lots 243.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 258,080.00
% of Lots Sold 52.03% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 400,100.00
Unsold Lots 224 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 31.62%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
61

Official Monthly Bulletin of the Great National Celebration of Peace and Musical Festival to take place in the City of Boston on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, June 15, 16, & 17, 1869, to commemorate the restoration of peace throughout the land. No. 3, Ma

1869 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 7,500.00
373 Schoberl, Frederic, editor

The World in Miniature

[1821] USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,250.00
165 Kennedy, John F.

Letter from John F. Kennedy as President to John B. Connally

1961 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,062.50
224

Manuscript detailing cattle brand of Thomas Robbins of Santa Barbara with bull and brand drawing

1843 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,500.00
28

Illustrations of Napa County California with Historical Sketch

1878 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,375.00
161 Garfield, James A.

The signature of President James A. Garfield [with] engraved portrait

1881 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 2,250.00
111 Lewis, Meriwether & William Clark

History of the Expedition under the Command of Lewis and Clark to the Sources of the Missouri River, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean performed during the Years 1804-5-6, by Order of the Government of the

1893 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,125.00
168 Johnson, Lyndon Baines

Typed Letter Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson as President to Texas Governor John B. Connally, regarding the Vietnam War

1966 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,125.00
37

Swimming Championships of the Pacific Coast: Sutro Baths, Friday, July 4, 1913

1913 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,625.00
251

Archive of documents from the Trinidad, Cuba, military hospital during the Cuban War of Independence, with ledgers and invoices for purchases

1895-1899 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,625.00
265

12 slave trade ship manifests from ships entering the port of Charleston

c. 1805 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,625.00
225

Manuscript document recording indentured servitude of Native American child, 1856

1856 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,500.00
47 Beerz, Geo. A.

Vasquez; or, The Hunted Bandits of the San Joaquin. Containing Thrilling Scenes and Incidents Among the Outlaws and Desperadoes of Southern California. With a Full and Accurate Account of the Capture, Trial, and Execution of the Noted Bandit

[1875] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,375.00
120 Mullan, John

Miners and Travelers' Guide to Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. Via the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. Accompanied by a General Map of the Mineral Region of the Northern Sections of the Rocky Mountains

1865 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,375.00
300 Hodges, Russ

Baseball Complete

[1952] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,375.00
315 Campanis, Al

The Dodgers' Way to Play Baseball

1954 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,375.00
10 Dutton, Clarence E.

Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District with Atlas

1882 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
222

11 letters and notices addressed to Guillermo Carrillo, 19th c. Santa Barbara Californio manuscripts

1857-1886 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
233

Manuscript legal depositions from an investigation into shipboard deaths of Chinese laborers bound for Cuba

c.1860s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
331 Barker, B. B. Edward

Syria and Egypt Under the Last Five Sultans of Turkey: Being Experiences, During the Fifty Years, of Mr. Consul-General Barker

1876 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,250.00
378 Stow, John

A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. Written at first in the Year MDXCVIII. By John Stow...Since Reprinted and Augmented by the Author...and Others...

[1720] USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
146 Owen, John

The Journals and Letters of Major John Owen, Pioneer of the Northwest, 1850-1871, Embracing His Purchase of St. Mary's Mission; the Building of Fort Owen; His Travels; His Relation with the Indians; His Work for the Government; and His Activities as a Wes

1927 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,187.50
438 Gross, Alexander

Occupation Map of Japan and Adjacent Areas, including Potential U.S. Bases in the Pacific [cover title]

[1940s] USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,187.50
116 Marcou, Jules

Geology of North America; with Two Reports on the Prairies of Arkansas and Texas, The Rocky Mountains of New Mexico, and the Sierra Nevada of California.

1858 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,062.50
158 Taylor, Zachary

Autograph note signed by Zachary Taylor as Major General

[c.1840s] USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,062.50
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    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
  • Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
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