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  Sotheby’s
  Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
  Live Sale 24 June

  Sotheby’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.
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  Freeman’s
  How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
  June 30

  Freeman’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. $8,000/12,000

  Freeman’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. $8,000/12,000

  Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000

  Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000

  Freeman’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. $10,000/15,000

  Freeman’s
  How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
  June 30

  Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000

  Freeman’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. $40,000/60,000

  Freeman’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. $60,000/80,000

  Freeman’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. $100,000/200,000

  Freeman’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
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  June 25, 2026

  Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.

  Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.

  Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.

  Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.

  Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.

  Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.

  Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.

  June 25, 2026

  Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.

  Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.

  Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.

  Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.

  Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.

  Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.

  Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
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  Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

  Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.

  Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.

  Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

  Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.

  Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.”

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