Potomack Company: America's 250th: Historical, Antiques & Modern, Incl. Estate of Chief Justice Warren Burger
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | America's 250th: Historical, Antiques & Modern, Incl. Estate of Chief Justice Warren Burger | Total Sales (USD) | 26,231.25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 24, 2026 - June 24, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 15,770.00 |
| Sale Number | #62426 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 25,840.00 |
| Total Lots | 54 | ||
| Sold Lots | 46.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 18,070.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 85.19% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 29,540.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 8 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 88.80% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1074 | Kennedy John F. | President John F. Kennedy Autographed Photo |
circa 1961-1963 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
| 1143 | Gates William N.; Hegg Eric A. | Alaska and Yellowstone National Park 1899 Travel Album |
1899 | USD 400.00 - 700.00 | USD 2,250.00 |
| 1020A | Riger Robert (1924-1995) | Portrait of Robert F. Kennedy |
1974 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 1015 | Garfield James A. | Autograph Letter Signed and Other Garfield Ephemera |
1881 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 1189 | Bleckner Ross | Song Bird |
1999 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 1012 | Tiddeman Mark | Draught of New York from the Hook to New Yorktown |
1855 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 1009 | Doolittle Amos | Set of Four |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 1016 | Coombs Olin; Coombs William Carey | Collection of Civil War Letters and Daguerreotype |
1913 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 1089 | Burger Warren E. | Pocket U.S. Constitutions and Stationery |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 1007 | Millar George Henry;Lodge John | Engraved View of the Attack on Bunker's Hill with the Burning of Charles Town, Massachusetts |
1781-90s | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 875.00 |
| 1147 | Adams Henry | History of the United States of America |
1891 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 875.00 |
| 1188 | Osthaus Edmund Henry (1858-1928) | Lady's Count Gladstone |
1900 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 875.00 |
| 1146 | Selby & McCauley; Fredricks Charles D.; Ying Cheong; Brady Mathew; Anderson C.H.; Anthony Edward | American Leather Photo Album |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 1193 | Neiman Leroy (1921-2012) | Lady Liberty |
1986 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 1151 | Miller Francis Trevelyan; Lanier Robert S. | Photographic History of the Civil War |
1911 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 1008 | Bellin Jacques-Nicolas | Map of Northeast America |
1757 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 1195 | Gorman Rudolph Carl (1932-2005) | Woman from Canyon de Chelly; Homage to Seated Woman |
1978; 1975 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 593.75 |
| 1148 | Baist's Real Estate Atlas of Surveys of Washington, DC |
1932 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 562.50 | |
| 1013 | United States Land Grant Document |
1821 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 1088 | Burger Warren E. | Supreme & DC Court Opinions, Authored Pamphlets, and Pocket Constitutions |
1969; 1987; 1993; 1995 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 1190 | Perlmutter Jack (1920-2006) | Tug Boats |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 437.50 |
| 1010 | Ellicott Andrew | Plan of the City of Washington |
1880 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 1011 | Gray's New Map of Texas and the Indian Territory |
1880 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 375.00 | |
| 1153 | Sandburg Carl | Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years |
1954 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 1198 | Kennerly David Hume | John and Martha Mitchell |
1970 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 343.75 |
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Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000. -
