Auction Reports

Freeman's | Hindman

Auction Info

Auction Name
Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Auction Date
09/10/2025 - 09/10/2025
Sale Number
#6417
Total Lots
289
Sold Lots
265
Lots Sold
91.70%
Unsold Lots
24
Total Sales (USD)
773,262.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
464,300.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
716,500.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
589,900.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
910,500.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
84.93%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
264 [Lincoln, Abraham]

By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation

1863 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 70,350.00
61 [Picasso, Pablo] Level, Andre.

Picasso

1928 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 35,200.00
242 Audubon, John James.

The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories

1839-1840-44. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 28,800.00
40 Albers, Josef.

Die Oberflache

1965 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 21,760.00
13

The New-Haven Gazette, and the Connecticut Magazine

1787 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 17,920.00
273 [Arion Press] Joyce, James.

Ulysses

1988 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,640.00
5 (Bowdoin, James, and Joseph Warren, and Samuel Pemberton).

A Short Narrative of The horrid Massacre in Boston, Perpetrated In the Evening of the Fifth Day of March 1770...

1770 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 14,080.00
254 [Sowerby, James, et al.]

Archive of Various Material, Including Manuscripts, Family Items, and Books

ca. late 18th to early 20th centuries. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 12,800.00
222 Tagore, Rabindranath.

Group of 6 Signed Titles

1915-16. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,160.00
172 Dickens, Charles.

Great Expectations

1861 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 12,160.00
265 [Lincoln, Abraham] Seward, William H.

Printed Circular Letter

1862 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,240.00
66 Roth, Dieter.

Picture-Book

1956 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 10,240.00
261 Lincoln, Abraham.

Partially-printed Document

1852 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,240.00
257 [Jefferson, Thomas]. Tucker, George.

The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States...

1837 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 9,600.00
18 Doolittle, A(mos).

A Display of the United States of America...

1791 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,960.00
8 Ramsay, David.

The History of the Revolution of South-Carolina, From a British Province to an Independent State

1785 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,320.00
276 [Morris, William] Ovid, and Raphael Regius.

Metamorphosin cum luculentissimis Raphaelis Regii enarrationibus...

1509 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,680.00
117 Rackham, Arthur.

Each one, tripping on his toe will be here with mop and mow

1926 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,040.00
193 Dickens, Charles.

Sketches by Boz Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People

1837-1839. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,040.00
103 Baudelaire, Charles.

Les Paradis Artificiels Opium et Haschisch

1860 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,040.00

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  • Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair
    17 and 18 Oct
    Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair
    17 and 18 Oct
    Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair
    17 and 18 Oct
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 1st privately printed edition, 1901. £40,000-£60,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). Squintina Tabby, Licensed dealer in Tea. £7,000-£10,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). A pair of original illustrations from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. £8,000-£12,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix, illustrator). A Happy Pair, 1st [and only] edition, 1890. £5,000-£8,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter, c. 1920. £3,000-£5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Fairy Caravan, 1st (autographed limited) edition, 1929. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st edition, 1903, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £1,500-£2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, 1st deluxe edition, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £3,000-£5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st deluxe edition, 1903, rare trial binding. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tailor of Gloucester, 1st privately printed edition, December 1902. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter Signed, 26 October 1936. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Signed and Inscribed ICAA Christmas Card, 1938. £1,500-£2,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    By a Lady
    1-15 October 2025
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. A long and intimate autograph letter signed ("JA"), to Cassandra Austen. $300,000 to $400,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. “Lines on Maria Beckford,” autograph manuscript signed ("Jane Austen"). $100,000 to $150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000.
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