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Vogt Auction: Memorial Day

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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

Top Sale Price Lots
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
  • Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’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. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’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. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’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. $10,000/15,000
    Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000
    Freeman’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. $40,000/60,000
    Freeman’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. $60,000/80,000
    Freeman’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. $100,000/200,000
    Freeman’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 June
    Sotheby’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.