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