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Freeman's | Hindman: The Collected Library

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Auction Name The Collected Library Total Sales (USD) 136,825.00
Auction Date December 11, 2025 - December 11, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 115,570.00
Sale Number #6370 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 172,480.00
Total Lots 468
Sold Lots 346.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 158,270.00
% of Lots Sold 73.93% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 236,880.00
Unsold Lots 122 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 57.76%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
398 Piranesi, Giovanni Battista.

Group of 12 Etchings

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 5,200.00
242 Dickens, Charles.

A Tale Of Two Cities

1859 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,080.00
409

[Private Press] Group of 13 Titles

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,080.00
123 Bemelmans, Ludwig.

The Donkey Inside

1941 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,560.00
151 Dickens, Charles.

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas

1844 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,560.00
30 Jay, John.

Autograph Document, signed

1770 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,430.00
134 Milne, A.A.

The Christopher Robin Story Book

1929 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,430.00
367

[Philosophy] Group of 9 Works

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,300.00
333

A Combined View of the Principal Mountains & Rivers in the World...

1852 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,170.00
22

Group of 9 Works on Early American Political Thought

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,040.00
114 Elstob, Elizabeth.

Rudiments of Grammar for the English-Saxon Tongue, First Given in English

1715 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,040.00
193

[Law] Group of 6 Works

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,040.00
393 Durer, Albrecht.

Erasmus of Rotterdam

1526 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,040.00
364 Wilson, Alexander and Charles Lucien Bonaparte.

American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States

1877 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 975.00
24

Group of 12 Titles Related to United States Geological & Scientific Surveys

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 910.00
41 Powell, John Wesley.

Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries...

1875 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 910.00
305 Sebald, W.G.

[Literature] Group of 7 Titles

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 910.00
442

[Science, Medicine & Mathematics] Group of 14 Works

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 910.00
126 [Walt Disney]

Original Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Production Cel

1937 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 845.00
170 Benson, Jeffrey, and Alastair Mackenzie.

Sauternes A study of the great sweet wines of Bordeaux

1979 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 845.00
256

[Literature] Group of 17 Works

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 845.00
299 Raleigh, Walter, Sir.

History of the World

1621 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 845.00
353 Beebe, William.

A Monograph of the Pheasants

1918-22 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 845.00
23

Group of 5 Titles Related To The Iron District of Lake Superior

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 780.00
51 [Webster, Daniel] Story, Joseph.

Autograph Letter, signed

1823 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 780.00
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    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
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    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
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    January 31 and February 1, 2026
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    January 31 and February 1, 2026
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