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Turner Auctions & Appraisals: A Family Collection
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | A Family Collection | Total Sales (USD) | 3,614.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 24, 2026 - May 24, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 2,380.00 |
| Sale Number | #416625 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 3,990.00 |
| Total Lots | 38 | ||
| Sold Lots | 21.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 3,970.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 55.26% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 6,580.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 17 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 54.92% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103 | James Edward Alexander | Salmon-Fishing In Canada |
1860 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 111 | John Muir; Clyde Ormond | Our National Parks; Complete Book of Outdoor Lore |
1864 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 106 | Franz Keim (1840-1918); Carl Otto Czeschka (1878-1960) | Die Nibelungen |
1924 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 292.50 |
| 122 | Wegman William (b.1943) | You are now ready to go to the ball |
1993 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 260.00 |
| 130 | Toulouse-Lautrec Henri (1864-1901) | L'Hareng Saur |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 260.00 |
| 108 | Paul Bunyon; J. Clayton Clarke; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Robert W. Service; Alfred Tennyson | The Pilgrim's Progress; The Characters of Charles Dickens; The Longfellow Birthday Book; Evangeline; Ballads of a Bohemian; The Complete Poetical Works |
n.d.; c. 1890; 1883; 1921; 1884 | USD 60.00 - 80.00 | USD 227.50 |
| 113 | Russell Cordon Carter; Alexander Duma; Nancy Dunlea; J. Walker McSpadden; Andre Maurois; J. H. Stickney; N. C. Wyeth | The White Plume of Navarre; The Three Musketeers; The Courtesy Book; Stories from Wagner; Frederic Chopin; Aesop's Fables; Robin Hood |
1928; 1937; 1927; 1942; 1915; 1917 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 227.50 |
| 127 | Zompini Gaetano (1700-1778) | Pair of Colored Etchings |
1753 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 227.50 |
| 114 | Ayn Rand | The Fountainhead |
1943 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 195.00 |
| 107 | Duchess D'Abrantes | The Memoirs of Napoleon, His Court and Family |
1855 | USD 40.00 - 60.00 | USD 162.50 |
| 109 | Henry Howard Brownell; William Stearns Davis | The Eastern, Or Old World; Readings in Ancient History |
1861; 1912 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 162.50 |
| 98 | Benvenuto Cellini | The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini |
1948 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 130.00 |
| 101 | William Butler Yeats | The Tower |
1928 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 130.00 |
| 110 | John Geddie; F. O. Morris | The Royal Palaces Historic Castles and Stately Homes of Great Britain; A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of The Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland |
n.d. | USD 60.00 - 80.00 | USD 117.00 |
| 100 | Alfred Tennyson | Guinevere |
1868 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 104.00 |
| 105 | Roderick L. Haig-Brown; Jim Rimmer; Benjamin Franklin | Alison's Fishing Birds; Chinese Proverbs from Olden Times; Poor Richard's Almanack |
1980; 1956; n.d. | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 91.00 |
| 104 | Izaak Walton | The Complete Angler |
1893 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 78.00 |
| 58 | Tomikichiro Tokuriki (1902-2000) | Kyoto Imperial Palace; Willow Tree at the Gate of the Shimabara |
circa 1940s-1950s | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 65.00 |
| 124 | Titeux Eugene (1838-1904) | Six Military Uniform Prints |
N/A | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 65.00 |
| 128 | Two Vintage Temple Rubbings |
circa 1960s | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 65.00 | |
| 115 | Hardy Thomas; Jowett B.; Lang Andrew; Leaf Walter; Lardner Ring; Proust Marcel | Group of Vintage Modern Library Volumes (5) |
1927 to 1950s; ND; 1956 | USD 60.00 - 80.00 | USD 39.00 |
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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.