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Auction Name Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps, Prints & Views Total Sales (USD) 208,937.50
Auction Date March 07, 2024 - March 07, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 231,600.00
Sale Number #808 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 356,800.00
Total Lots 489
Sold Lots 323 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 328,900.00
% of Lots Sold 66.05% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 509,300.00
Unsold Lots 166 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 41.02%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
165 Lewis, Henry

Das Illustrirte Mississippithal, dargestellt in 80 nach der natur aufgenommenen ansichten vom wasserfalle zu St. Anthony an bis zum golf von Mexico (eine Entfernung von ungefahr 2300 englischen Meilen)

[1854-1858] USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 25,000.00
162 Lewis, Meriwether & William Clark

History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark to the Sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, performed in the years 1804-5-6 by Order of the Government of the U

1814 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,750.00
462

Appraisal of the Offshore Petroleum Possibilities of Oman and Muscat: A Report Prepared for Superior Oil International, Inc.

1965 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 4,375.00
203 Pike, Zebulon Montgomery

Exploratory Travels Through the Western Territories of North America: Comprising a Voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the Source of that River, and a Journey Through the Interior of Louisiana, and the North-Eastern Provinces of New Spain. Perfo

1811 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,125.00
3 Pennypacker, Elijah F.

Autograph Letter Signed by Underground Railroad conductor about meeting with Isaac T. Hopper

Aug. 31, 1842 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,500.00
173

The Treaty between the United States and Mexico, the Proceedings of the Senate thereon, and Message of the President and Documents Communicated therewith; the Messages, with Correspondence between the Executive Department, General Scott and Mr. Trist, and

[1848] USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,500.00
314 Truman, Harry S.

Letter signed by Harry Truman on the day he became President

16539 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,500.00
478 Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

Mitchell's New National Map Exhibiting the United States with the North American British Provinces, Sandwich Islands, Mexico and Central America, Together with Cuba and other West India Islands

1856 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,500.00
470

Maps of All Texas Counties (Latest Edition)

c. 1927 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,375.00
6

Slave purchase document from New Orleans, 1852

1852 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,250.00
10

Letter from Union solider in Tennessee disgusted with slavery

May 18, 1862 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,125.00
127 Emory, William H.

Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior

1857-59 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,000.00
269

Collection of late 19th and early 20th century Western photographs and ephemera

c.1880-1920 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,000.00
285 Jefferson, Thomas

Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson

1829 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,875.00
488 Wheat, Carl Irving

Mapping the Transmississippi West...1540-1861

1957-1963 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,875.00
355 Lery, Jean de

Historia Navigationis in Brasiliam quae et America Dicitur... a Joanne Lerio Burgundo

1594 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,750.00
143 Fremont, John Charles

Report on an Exploration of the Country Lying Between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains, on the Line of the Kansas and Great Platte Rivers

1843 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,625.00
163 Lewis, Meriwether & William Clark

History of the Expedition under the Command of Lewis and Clark to the Sources of the Missouri River, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean performed during the Years 1804-5-6, by Order of the Government of the

1893 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,625.00
304 Wilson, Woodrow

Autograph Letter signed by Woodrow Wilson to his wife, Ellen

June 20, 1892 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,625.00
381 Audubon, John James and J.W. Audubon

Complete set of plates from Quadrupeds of North America Volume I

[1849-1870] USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,625.00
448 Laurie & Whittle

A New Map of the Whole Continent of America, Divided into North and South and West Indies. Wherein are Exactly Described the United States of North America, as well as the several European Possessions according to the Preliminaries of Peace signed at Vers

1794 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,625.00
11 [McKoy, Christina and Millie]

History and Medical Description of the Two-Headed Girl: sold by her agents for her special benefit, at 25 cents

1869 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,375.00
61 Givens, J.D.

Original panoramic photograph of Crissy Field in San Francisco, with biplanes, aviators and support crew lined up

1921 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,375.00
295 Grant, Ulysses S.

Autograph letter from Ulysses S. Grant to Mrs. General McDowell

April 6, 1867 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,375.00
457 Rossi, Giacomo Giovanni/ Nicolas Sanson

L'America Settentrionale. Nuovamente Corretta et Accresciuta Secondo le Relationi Piu Moderne da Guglielmo Sansone Geografo di S.M. Christianisa. e Data in Luce da Gio. Giacomo de Rossi, in Roma nella sua Stamperia alla Pace, l'Anno 1677

1677 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,375.00
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  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000
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