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Vogt Auction: Memorial Day
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Memorial Day | Total Sales (USD) | 98,963.20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 25, 2026 - May 25, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 50,200.00 |
| Sale Number | #22996 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 82,400.00 |
| Total Lots | 129 | ||
| Sold Lots | 114.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 54,800.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 88.37% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 89,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 15 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 110.20% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 771 | Grelle Martin (b. 1954) | The Buffalo Rattler |
N/A | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 |
| 413 | McMurtry Larry | Lonesome Dove |
1985 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 421 | McMurtry Larry | Horseman, Pass By |
1985 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 379 | Jackson Joaquin | One Ranger |
N/A | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,944.00 |
| 418 | McMurtry Larry | Comanche Moon |
1997 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,688.00 |
| 427 | McMurtry Larry | All my Friends Are Going To Be Strangers |
1972 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 2,688.00 |
| 377 | Webb Walter Prescott | The Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense |
1935 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 2,560.00 |
| 272 | Nowhere But Texas Armadillo Poster |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 2,304.00 | |
| 416 | McMurtry Larry | Streets of Laredo |
1993 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,304.00 |
| 395 | Dobie J Frank | The Cattle Industry of Texas and Adjacent Territories |
1959 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,176.00 |
| 410 | Wittliff Bill (1940-2019) | Stolen Horses |
1988 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 412 | Wittliff Bill | A Book on the Making of Lonesome Dove |
2012 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 415 | McMurtry Larry | Terms of Endearment |
1975 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 385 | Kleberg Tres; Kleberg Sally; Kleberg Stephen | 100 Years of Ranching, 1853-1953 |
1953 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,792.00 |
| 380 | Jackson Joaquin | Walkin' Tall |
1976 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,664.00 |
| 417 | McMurtry Larry | Dead Man's Walk |
1995 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,664.00 |
| 151 | Lovell Tom (1909-1997) | Surrender at Appomattox |
N/A | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,536.00 |
| 411 | Wittliff Bill | A Book of Photographs from Lonesome Dove |
2005 | USD 800.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,536.00 |
| 777 | Terpning Howard (b. 1927) | The Ploy |
N/A | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,536.00 |
| 348 | McKinley William | Presidential Appointment of Postmaster for Kerrville, TX |
circa 1901 | USD 400.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,280.00 |
| 422 | McMurtry Larry | The Berrybender Narratives |
2002; 2003; 2004 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,280.00 |
| 138 | DeJolie LeRoy | Last Light |
circa 2009 | USD 800.00 - 1,400.00 | USD 1,216.00 |
| 224 | Judge Roy Bean Pearl Beer Advertisement |
circa 1958 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,216.00 | |
| 376 | The Encyclopedia of Texas |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,216.00 | |
| 775 | Liang Z. S. (b. 1953) | Solitary Hunter |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,216.00 |
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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.