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Potomack Company: America's 250th: Historical, Antiques & Modern, Incl. Estate of Chief Justice Warren Burger
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| 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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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. 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. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.