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Cowans Auctions: American History - Online bidstart 12/27

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Auction Name American History - Online bidstart 12/27 Total Sales (USD) 121,818.00
Auction Date January 08, 2018 - January 08, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 83,925.00
Sale Number #10818 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 142,925.00
Total Lots 457
Sold Lots 395 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 96,500.00
% of Lots Sold 86.43% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 163,925.00
Unsold Lots 62 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 74.31%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
83

Personal Register of Dr. William Crane, Surgeon of the 71st O.V.I., Listing the Killed at Wounded at Battle of Nashville, Dated 1864, with Albumen Photograph of Civil War Officer

 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,760.00
394

Fine Group of Cabinet Cards of Northern Plains American Indians, Incl. Sitting Bull, Rain-in-the-Face, and More

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,400.00
414

Tombstone, Arizona Photographs, Incl. Bird's-Eye-View of the Town, Plus Portraits by Tombstone Photographers

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,160.00
427

Two Wells, Fargo & Co. Express Reward Posters for Train and Gold Dust Robberies

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,560.00
420

Tim McCoy, "Two Fisted Law" Movie Poster

 USD 75.00 - 150.00 USD 1,440.00
7

War of 1812 Era Auction Broadside

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,320.00
84

Collection of Civil War Military and Political Autographs

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,320.00
401

Cabinet Cards of Osage Indians by G.W. Parsons, Pawhuska, Oklahoma, Indian Territory

 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,080.00
436

Oregon and Alaska Mining Operations, Lot of 7 Photographs

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,080.00
80

General Frederick W. Lander, Rare Lander's Brigade Medal Plus Corps Badge

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 960.00
113

33-Star American Flag

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 960.00
384

Geronimo Cabinet Card by Collins, Lawton, Oklahoma

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 960.00
423

Cabinet Photograph of a Pair of Armed Texas Rangers

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 960.00
175

Sixth Plate Daguerreotypes, Large Grouping

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 900.00
293

Theodore Roosevelt Tapestry

 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 900.00
48

Fine Group of Five Civil War Stereoviews of Confederate Dead Outside Petersburg, by Thomas Roche

 USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 USD 840.00
62

Civil War Patriotic Covers, Plus

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 840.00
79

Civil War Dog Tag Identified to Hiram Nye, Massachusetts 45th Infantry, Plus Unidentified POW Bone Ring & More

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 840.00
122

Abolitionist James G. Birney and the "Garland Forgery," ALS, 1845

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 840.00
150

World War I Medal Group, Incl. Flight Lt. Valentine H. Baker, Royal Flying Corps & Royal Air Force

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 840.00
163

Hap Arnold War-Dated Quebec Conference General Pass Signed

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 840.00
391

Two Cabinet Cards of Rain-in-the-Face

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 840.00
419

Cabinet Photographs & Tintype of Armed Cowboys, Lot of 4

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 840.00
24

Civil War Ninth Plate Tintypes & Ambrotypes of Cavalrymen, Some Armed, Lot of 7

 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 780.00
27

Civil War Ambrotypes and Tintypes, Lot of 10

 USD 250.00 - 450.00 USD 780.00
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
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