Auction Reports

Nate D. Sanders Auctions

Auction Info

Auction Name
May 2026 Auction
Auction Date
05/28/2026 - 05/28/2026
Sale Number
#52826
Total Lots
62
Sold Lots
13.0
Lots Sold
20.97%
Unsold Lots
49
Total Sales (USD)
31,428.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
0.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
0.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
0.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
0.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
Inf%

Top twenty five by sale price

Top twenty five lots by sale price
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
69 Johnson William E.

Nantucket Whaling Journal

1832-1837 Not Available USD 9,151.00
26 Polk James K

Certificate of Merit

1848 Not Available USD 4,125.00
67 Gotti John

Signed Envelope

2000 Not Available USD 3,750.00
42 Schulz Charles M.

Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown

1980 Not Available USD 3,021.00
47 Hemingway Ernest M.

Holograph Check

1929 Not Available USD 2,500.00
13 Weichmann L J

Typed Letter Signed by Louis Weichmann

1896 Not Available USD 1,875.00
53 Earhart Amelia

20 Hrs. 40 Mins.

1928 Not Available USD 1,750.00
4 Grant Ulysses S.

Military Commission

1873 Not Available USD 1,375.00
30 Roosevelt Theodore

Military Appointment

1903 Not Available USD 1,250.00
1 Arthur Chester

Military Commission

1885 Not Available USD 756.00
24 McKinley William

Military Commission

1899 Not Available USD 625.00
16 Weichmann L J

Autograph Letter Signed by Louis Weichmann

1889 Not Available USD 625.00
17 Weichmann L J

Autograph Letter Signed by Louis Weichmann

1889 Not Available USD 625.00
14 Fisher George P

Autograph Letter Signed by George P. Fisher

1867 Not Available Not Sold
12 Burnett Henry L

Autograph Letter Signed by Henry Burnett

1889 Not Available Not Sold
10 Holt Joseph

Autograph Letter Signed

1873 Not Available Not Sold
9 Hunter David

Military Commission Pass

circa May-June 1865 Not Available Not Sold
8 Rath Christian

Autograph Letter Signed

1892 Not Available Not Sold
7 Lincoln Abraham

Autograph Legal Manuscript Signed

1857 Not Available Not Sold
5 Johnson Andrew

Military Commission

1867 Not Available Not Sold

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  • 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.