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Auction Reports

Auction Name Outstanding Selection of Autographed Documents, Manuscripts, Photos, Books & Relics Total Sales (USD) 262,998.00
Auction Date April 10, 2018 - April 10, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 291,660.00
Sale Number #41018 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 354,200.00
Total Lots 254
Sold Lots 206 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 346,310.00
% of Lots Sold 81.10% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 421,250.00
Unsold Lots 48 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 62.43%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
6

Robert Anderson Remarkable Letter “... the firing upon my little band at Fort Sumter opened a war ...”

 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 14,400.00
155

Mohawk 1726 Signed by the Brave old Hendrick and 8 other Chiefs showing stunning pictograph signatures including those of the Wolf, bear and turtle clans

USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 14,400.00
98

World Class Thomas Jefferson corrected LS, waxing poetic on book collecting and scientific knowledge outside our borders: "To prohibit us from the benefit of foreign light, is to consign us to long darkness"

 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 13,200.00
178

Revolutionary War Letter Book, Including Eyewitness Accounts from Valley Forge, White Plains, Rhode Island, and Many More, with an Emphasis on Military Hospitals

 USD 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 USD 13,200.00
234

Rare Raoul Wallenberg signed letter of protection for a WWII endangered Jew

 USD 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 USD 12,000.00
237

George Washington signed Society of Cincinnati with magnificent, unobtainable period gilt patriotic frame

 USD 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 USD 10,800.00
3

Black Hawk War correspondence with incredible Pro-Indian content - 14 letters, 47 pages!

 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 7,200.00
136

Abraham Lincoln and Archduke Franz Joseph: A Unique Link between Our Martyred President and the Assassination That Started WWI

USD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,200.00
174

Tyranny of the Intolerable Acts: Open Rebellion Against the Crown

 USD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,600.00
129

Abraham Lincoln perfect signature on ornate document just weeks after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation

 USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,000.00
224

Robert Townsend hand written ledger, spy for Washington and the Revolution

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,400.00
99

Jefferson, Madison signed superb grant awarded to proselytize Indians with unique hand drawn plot plan

USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD 5,100.00
233

Swedish Diplomat Raoul Wallenberg initials a rare Schutz Pass to protect Pal Aschner from wearing the yellow star

USD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,100.00
52

Charles Darwin important Science content signed letter to "The Descent Of Man" collaborator

 USD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,800.00
71

Garfield Signed Presidential Appointment of a Great-Grandson of Moses Austin to Replace his Father as Postmaster of Benham, Texas

USD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,800.00
146

John Marshall, as Chief Justice, Writes His Wife that “Business seems to agree with me.”

 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,800.00
128

Admission to Ford’s Theatre which is said to have been used on Friday evening, April 14, 1865, the night Lincoln was assassinated

 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,500.00
184

Rare Teddy Roosevelt signed 1st ed copy of "Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and on the Great Plains"

 USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,500.00
142

Malcolm X handwrites a most prophetic quote - "Greetings from the Deep South ... Islam is on the march"

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,900.00
127

Robert E. Lee signed carte de visite

 USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,600.00
179

Post riders Judaica - an important American silk, 1 of 2 known, regarding post rider mail delivery, with Jewish content and incredible graphics: "The Jews, who, are in this country are as free as Christians..."

 USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,120.00
88

Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Hoover Archive Regarding Famine During the Russian Revolution

 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,280.00
86

Herbert Hoover decides how to feed vanquished German population after World War I

 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,160.00
123

Louis Leakey, anthropologist & archaeologist, archive of correspondence between him and his "Third Angel," Birute Galdikas, regarding Orangutan research in Indonesia

 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,160.00
87

Remarkable Herbert Hoover Draft Letter to Vladimir Lenin

 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,040.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • 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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