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Auction Info

Auction Name
American and Southern
Auction Date
09/11/2025 - 09/11/2025
Sale Number
#17911
Total Lots
38
Sold Lots
37
Lots Sold
97.37%
Unsold Lots
1
Total Sales (USD)
42,880.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
30,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
47,100.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
30,400.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
47,700.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
89.90%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1220 Joseph A. Schumpeter,

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, Presentation Copy

1942 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,160.00
1021

Anti-Secession South Carolina Broadside (1851) titled "Southern Rights and Co-Operation"

1851 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 3,072.00
1046 Louis Armstrong

Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans, Signed First Edition, Publisher's Presentation Copy

1954 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,560.00
1219 Mark Twain

The Writings of Mark Twain, Autograph Edition, 23 Volumes

1899-1907 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,432.00
1214 Ayn Rand

Atlas Shrugged, First Edition, First Printing

1957 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,304.00
1221

Pardon Signed by James Madison and James Monroe; Two Engravings

1811 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,176.00
1249 Mark Catesby,

The Red Bird, T. 38 The Red Bird/Pig-nut/HiccoryTree, from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands,

1754 or 1771 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,048.00
1246 After John Woodhouse Audubon,

American Black Bear, Plate CXLI Ursus Americanus, Pallas, from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, 1848,

1845-1848 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,920.00
1053 Louis Orr

Three North Carolina Etchings

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,920.00
1213 Milton Friedman

Capitalism and Freedom, Signed Presentation Copy

1962 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,536.00
1215 Ayn Rand

Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, Signed Limited First Edition

1966 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,408.00
1110 William Wegman

By Association

1988 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,408.00
1247 After John Woodhouse Audubon,

Cinnamon Bear, Plate CXXVII Ursus Americanus, Pallas, from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,

1845-1848 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,280.00
1045

Old Homes and Gardens of North Carolina, Signed and Numbered First Edition

1939 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 1,280.00
1217 published [for] the House of Representatives

An Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of the United States, for the Year 1793

1794 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,280.00
1216 Ayn Rand

For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand, Signed

1961 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,216.00
1018

Carew Rice

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,088.00
1061 Louis Orr

Three North Carolina Etchings

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 768.00
1054 Louis Orr

Three North Carolina Etchings

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 768.00
1058 Louis Orr

Two North Carolina Etchings

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 704.00

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