amelia jeffers: Summer Great Estates Auction, Day 2: America 250, American Material Culture
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Summer Great Estates Auction, Day 2: America 250, American Material Culture | Total Sales (USD) | 20,665.60 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | July 31, 2026 - July 31, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 11,850.00 |
| Sale Number | #73126 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 24,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 40 | ||
| Sold Lots | 39.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 12,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 97.50% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 24,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 1 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 85.04% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 470 | Honeywell Martha Ann (1787-1847) | Cut Silhouette of a Lady |
19th Century | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,536.00 |
| 472 | Hollow Cut Paper and Watercolor Silhouette Portrait Bust of a Young Man in a Chair |
19th Century | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,280.00 | |
| 352 | The Life of George Washington |
1807 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,216.00 | |
| 734 | Sprague Isaac | Wild Flowers of North America |
1882 | USD 100.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,152.00 |
| 743 | Harris Thaddeus Mason; Henry Alexander; Bradbury John; Darby William; Keating William H | 6 Books, including: The Journal of a Tour Into the Territory Northwest of the Allegheny Mountains |
1805; 1809; 1817; 1819; 1825 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,088.00 |
| 469 | Honeywell Martha Ann (1787-1847) | Cut Silhouette of William Cary, Jr. |
1833 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 473 | Eleven Silhouettes of the Harvey Family |
early 19th century | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 960.00 | |
| 746 | Anderson A; Russel John | An Accurate Map of the United States of America, According to the Treaty 1783 |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 896.00 |
| 416 | Holton Emma L. | Massachusetts Holton Family Register |
1854 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 704.00 |
| 745 | Niles Hezekian | The Weekly Register |
1811-1822 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 704.00 |
| 414 | Brubaker Abraham | Pennsylvania Fraktur Vorschrift for Jacob Rush |
1799; 1803 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 576.00 |
| 726 | Currier N | 4 Books, including: Andrew Jackson |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 576.00 |
| 725 | Currier N | 4 Books, including: George Washington |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 544.00 |
| 728 | Currier N | 5 Books, including: James Monroe |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 544.00 |
| 353 | Marshall John | The Life of George Washington |
1926 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 512.00 |
| 417 | Faber Wilhelm Antonius (1790-1818) | Watercolor Scherenschnitte Bookplate for Esther Janson |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 512.00 |
| 418 | Pennsylvania Pen and Ink Folk Art Fraktur |
1816; 1818 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 512.00 | |
| 419 | New England Knapp Family Record Fraktur |
First half 19th Century | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 480.00 | |
| 741 | Clark George Rogers; Wallace Joseph; Vandiveer Clarence A; Morse Jedidiah; Beadle J H | 5 Books, including: Col. George Rogers Clark's Sketch of His Campaign in the Illinois in 1778-79 |
1869; 1893; 1919; 1822; 1882 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 738 | Stone W L; Jacob John J; Draper Lyman C | 4 Books, including: The Life of Joseph Brant-Thayendanegea |
1838; 1866; 1881 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 448.00 |
| 712 | Smiling Gentlemen |
Late 19th or Early 20th Century | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 416.00 | |
| 724 | Currier; Ives | 4 Books, including: Gen. George Washington |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 384.00 |
| 735 | Thomas David; Bache Robert | Travel Through the Western Country in the Summer 1816; View of the Valley of the Mississippi |
1819; 1834 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 384.00 |
| 742 | Spencer O M; Foster J W; Taylor Edward Livingston | 6 Books, including: Indian Captivity |
1848; 1853; 1867; 1873; 1868; 1909 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 384.00 |
| 744 | Martineau; Hooper; Howe; Ramsay | Collection of Books |
1836; 1837; 1842; 1838; 1832; 1854 | USD 100.00 - 300.00 | USD 384.00 |
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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. -
