Source : Beaussant Lefevre

Source Title Beaussant Lefevre
Description

Beaussant Lefevre of Paris, France, specializes in auctions of top tier items, whether works of art, fashion designs, jewelry or antiquities. Items in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars, are not unusual for this firm. While most of the books they handle are not on quite such a lofty level, there is much in the way of exceptional antiquarian and modern books offered through their auctions.
Scope of Text
Total Records in AED 7153
  • Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000.