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Auction Info

Auction Name
Important Estates Collections
Auction Date
01/04/2025 - 01/04/2025
Sale Number
#10425
Total Lots
46
Sold Lots
44
Lots Sold
95.65%
Unsold Lots
2
Total Sales (USD)
31,806.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
13,660.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
25,510.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
14,060.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
26,310.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
120.89%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
353 THOMAS JEFFERSON

THOMAS JEFFERSON to WILLIAM WINGATE, FEB 25, 1803

1803 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 9,920.00
501

MAP of MINING LANDS NEWBURY NEAR NEWBURYPORT 1875

1875 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 2,790.00
531 J.J. AUDUBON

JULIUS BIEN 1860 RUFFED GROUSE by J.J. AUDUBON / A Later Printing

1860 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 1,860.00
265

1806 LAST WILL & TESTAMENT of SIR TIMOTHY DEXTER

1806 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,240.00
394

1817 SHIP'S PASSPORT SIGNED by MADISON & ADAMS

1817 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,240.00
611

(20th c) FOX STUDIOS AUTOGRAPHED FAN PHOTOS

(20th c) USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 992.00
502 COL. SMEDBERG

COL. SMEDBERGS (19th/20th c) MILITARY SCRAPBOOK

(19th/20th c) USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 992.00
393

EARLY (20th c) CARVED & PAINTED TRADE SIGN

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 868.00
421 N. CURRIER

1856 N. CURRIER CHROMOLITHOGRAPH "CAMPING OUT"

1856 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 868.00
614

(19th c) REPRODUCTION of (18th c) MAP of NEWBURY

(19th c) USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 744.00
500 JOHN MILTON

PARADISE LOST by JOHN MILTON 1688

1688 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 744.00
401

REVERSE PAINTED HUNTER BALTIMORE RYE TAVERN SIGN

(19th/20th c) USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 744.00
388

(3) HOLLOWCUT SILHOUETTES

USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 620.00
449

(2) SIDED W.T. DAVIES TAILOR & COSTUMER TRADE SIGN

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 620.00
514 Charles A. Palmer

MERRIMACK ICE COMPANY YARD LONG PHOTOGRAPH

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 589.00
455 JAMES MONROE

JAMES MONROE 1817 ILLINOIS TERRITORY LAND GRANT

1817 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 527.00
585

VINTAGE PAINTED SIGN with VIRTUOUS MOTTO

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 527.00
569

SHEFFIELD FARMS CO PAINTED WOOD ADVERTISING WAGON

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 496.00
422 N. CURRIER

1856 N CURRIER CHROMOLITHOGRAPH THE LAST WAR WHOOP

USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 496.00
581 GEORGE GROTE

A HISTORY OF GREECE in (12) VOLS. by GEORGE GROTE

1884 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 403.00

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