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North American Auction Company: Trails of Tradition: Parade Saddles, Beadwork & Western Auction
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| Auction Name | Trails of Tradition: Parade Saddles, Beadwork & Western Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 19,961.60 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 16, 2026 - May 16, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 36,475.00 |
| Sale Number | #23448 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 60,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 125 | ||
| Sold Lots | 88.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 58,925.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 70.40% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 96,550.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 37 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 20.67% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | John James Audubon (1785-1851) | The Original Water-Color Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds Of America |
1966 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,280.00 |
| 137 | U.S. Grant | Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant |
1885 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,216.00 |
| 241 | Howard Terpning | Chief Joseph Rides To Surrender |
N/A | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,216.00 |
| 67 | Indian Art Students Carlisle Indian School |
c. 1880s | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 704.00 | |
| 27 | Meriwether Lewis; William Clark | Journals of the Expedition of Lewis and Clark |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 608.00 |
| 309 | Olin Dunbar Wheeler (1852-1925) | The Trail Of Lewis And Clark |
1904 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 576.00 |
| 445 | Winold Reiss (1886-1953) | Nobody Has Pity On Me - Blackfeet Indian Youth; Middle Rider - Young Blackfeet Indian Brave; Many Guns - Blackfeet Indian Brave |
1951; 1952; 1955 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 176 | Harley Brown (born 1939) | Terpning Tribute to the Plains People |
2012 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 448.00 |
| 523 | Ben K. Green | Back To Back |
1970 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 416.00 |
| 566 | Chuck Jones (1912-2002) | Next To The Last Chance Saloon |
1990 | USD 1,600.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 416.00 |
| 277 | William Frederick Cody (1846-1917); N. C. Wyeth | An Autobiography Of Buffalo Bill |
1923 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 384.00 |
| 25 | Winold Reiss (1886-1953) | 4 Items, including: Chief Eagle Calf |
c.1931 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 352.00 |
| 116 | Joe E. Milner (d. 1936); Earle R. Forrest (1883-1969) | California Joe |
1935 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 352.00 |
| 398 | Winold Reiss (1886-1953) | 1932 Winold Reiss (1886-1953) Great Northern (4) |
1932 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 352.00 |
| 437 | Winold Reiss (1886-1953) | 1944 & 1956 Winold Reiss (1886-53) Great Northern |
1944; 1956 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 352.00 |
| 708 | George F. Cram | Montana Railroad and Reservation Map |
1892 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 352.00 |
| 97 | Charles M. Russell | Good Medicine |
1929 | USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 320.00 |
| 421 | Perspective Map City Of Helena, MT Dated 1890 |
1890 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 320.00 | |
| 483 | Winold Reiss (1886-1953) | 4 Artworks, including: Mike Short Man |
1930 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 320.00 |
| 26 | Hamlin Garland (1860-1940); Frederic Remington (1861-1909) | The Book of the American Indian |
1923 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 288.00 |
| 28 | L.B. Miller | 5 Items, including: Coal Mines near New Castle, Wyoming |
1880s-1890s | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 288.00 |
| 495 | Tom Lea | A Picture Gallery; The Wonderful Country |
1952; 1968 | USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 288.00 |
| 735 | Winold Reiss (1886-1953) | Mountain Flower - Blackfeet Indian Maiden; Lazy Boy - Blackfeet Medicine Man |
1944; 1948 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 288.00 |
| 160 | Bob Kuhn (1920-2007) | Dall Rams |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 256.00 |
| 474 | Winold Reiss (1886-1953) | Sundance |
1942 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 256.00 |
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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.