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Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: North American Collection
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | North American Collection | Total Sales (USD) | 11,025.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 15, 2026 - May 15, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 16,350.00 |
| Sale Number | #51526 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 24,250.00 |
| Total Lots | 88 | ||
| Sold Lots | 48.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 27,250.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 54.55% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 40,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 40 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 26.96% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1299 | Nolie Mumey | The Teton Mountains: Their History and Tradition |
1947 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,187.50 |
| 1153 | Frank Howell (1937-1997) | The Crow Messengers |
1984 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 1378 | John Hervey; W.S. Vosburgh; Robert F. Kelley; WH Rudy | 6 Books, including: Racing in America |
1944; 1922; 1937; 1960; 1980 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 937.50 |
| 1285 | Thomas D. Mangelsen (1945 - ) | Reflections of Denali |
1998 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 1333 | Mary Frische; Tom Collopy | Swan Lake |
2005 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 1381 | Rusty Frentner | Wolf Resting |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 1062 | Willis Boyd Allen; A.C. Harris; Ernest Ingersoll; Ella Higginson; Mary Lee Davis; Frank G Carpenter; John M Holzworth; Agnes Rush Burr | 18 Books, including: Red Mountain of Alaska |
1898; 1897; 1908; 1931; 1960; 1923; 1930; 1919; 1923 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 1159 | Frank Howell (1937-1997) | Reunion |
1996 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 1328 | Jody Martin; Ned Martin | Bit and Spur Makers, in the Vaquero Tradition |
1997 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 1063 | Elisha Kent Kane; John Burroughs; John Muir; George Bird Grinnell; G. Waldo Browne; Henry W. Elliott; Frederick Schwatka | 18 Books, including: Arctic Explorations |
1856; 1902; 1910; 1898 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 1064 | William H. Dall; Adolphus W. Greely; Hubert Howe Bancroft; Frederick Schwatka; Hudson Stuck; Vilhjalmur Stefansson; Captain Thierry Mallet | 16 Books, including: Alaska and Its Resources |
1870; 1886; 1886; 1893; 1917; 1943; 1930 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 1406 | Blaine Billman (1953 - ) | Spirit of the Sockeye |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 281.25 |
| 1311 | Thomas D. Mangelsen (1945 - ) | Grizzly Bear with Salmon |
2002 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 1202 | Karl Bodmer (1809-1893) | Portrait of a Native American |
c. 1965 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 218.75 |
| 1302 | Guy Coheleach (1933 - ) | Mountain Rush |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 1363 | Richard Luce (1950 - ) | Buffalo Hunt |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 1420 | Judi E. Rideout | Otter with Clam |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 1148 | John Ford Clymer (1907-1989) | The Peace Pipe |
1979 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 156.25 |
| 1321 | Thomas D. Mangelsen (1945-) | Bay Watch - Bald Eagles |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 156.25 |
| 1386 | Anthony M. Alonzo (1931-2013) | Secretariat |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 156.25 |
| 1387 | Thomas D. Mangelsen (1945 - ) | Indian Summer - Dall Sheep |
1985 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 156.25 |
| 1390 | Terence Cuneo (1907-1996); Richard Stone Reeves (1919-2005); Christine Picault; Louis Maurier; Elizabeth Bell (1916-1985); Jenness Cortez | 9 Thoroughbred Race Horse Prints |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 156.25 |
| 1412 | Gary Lyon | Musk Ox Circle |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 156.25 |
| 1418 | Jon Van Zyle (1942 - ) | Perched Puffin |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 156.25 |
| 1162 | Donald Vann | Cherokee Heritage |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 125.00 |
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Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000 -
Sotheby’s
Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
Live Sale 24 JuneSotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.