Sothebys: Fine Printed and Manuscript Americana Property of the late Addison Allen Property of a New England Institution Property of Mrs. Philip D. Sang Mexicana from a Private Collection Property of Various Owners, 5447,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 23, 1986 - April 23, 1986
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | LEE, ROBERT E | Autograph Letter signed ("R E Lee") | Lexington | 6 August 1866 |
USD 500.00 - 800.00 | 1,760.00 |
| 100 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Signature | Springfield | 14 November 1844 |
USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 3,025.00 |
| 101 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Autograph Document signed ("A. Lin coln") | Springfield | 9 December 1846 |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 3,850.00 |
| 102 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Autograph Letter signed | Springfield | 6 July 1853 |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 10,175.00 |
| 103 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Autograph Endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln") | Washington | 3 July 1861 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 2,090.00 |
| 104 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Two Autograph Endorsements signed | Washington] | 1 May & 3 August 1861 |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | 2,530.00 |
| 105 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Document signed | Washington | 7 June 1862 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,860.00 |
| 106 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Autograph Endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln"') | Springfield | 7 November 1862 |
USD 1,500.00 - 1,700.00 | 4,125.00 |
| 107 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Autograph Endorsement signed ("A Lincoln") | Washington | 11 December 1862 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,420.00 |
| 108 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Printed Document signed | Washington | 21 February 1863 |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,420.00 |
| 109 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Autograph Endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln") | Washington | 13 May 1863 |
USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | 2,640.00 |
| 110 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Printed Document signed | Washington | 27 February 1864 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,760.00 |
| 111 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Autograph Endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln") | Washington | 17 February 1865 |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,430.00 |
| 112 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Document signed | Washington | 1 March 1865 |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,980.00 |
| 113 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Signature | 9 August 1863 |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 9,625.00 | |
| 114 | LINCOLN, MARY | Autograph Letter signed | Washington | 4 April [1865] |
USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | 5,500.00 |
| 115 | Mary Lincoln | Autograph Letter ("Mary Lincoln") | Chicago | 15 March [1866] |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | 4,950.00 |
| 116 | LINCOLN, MARY | Autograph Inscription signed ("Very truly Mary Lincoln") | 1865 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 5,775.00 | |
| 117 | McHENRY, JAMES | American Soldier and Statesman | 23 October 1791 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 605.00 | |
| 118 | MCKINLEY, WILLIAM | Letter signed ("Wm Mc Kinley Jr") | USD 800.00 - 1,100.00 | 880.00 | ||
| 119 | MADISON, JAMES | Printed Document signed | Washington | 27 April 1810 |
USD 600.00 - 750.00 | 660.00 |
| 120 | MADISON, JAMES | Printed Document signed | Washington | 9 May 1810 |
USD 600.00 - 750.00 | 440.00 |
| 121 | MADISON, JAMES | Three Printed Documents signed | USD 900.00 - 1,100.00 | 935.00 | ||
| 122 | MISCELLANEOUS AUTOGRAPHS | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 1,210.00 | |||
| 123 | MONROE, JAMES | Letter signed ("Jas. Monroe") | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | 825.00 | ||
| 124 | MONROE, JAMES | Printed Document signed | USD 600.00 - 750.00 | 715.00 | ||
| 125 | NAST, THOMAS | American Cartoonist | Rochester | 24 July 1863 |
USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,210.00 |
| 126 | NAVAL HISTORY | USD 750.00 - 900.00 | 990.00 | |||
| 127 | NEW YORK STATE | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 128 | A collection of black and white photographs | 1931 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | 770.00 | ||
| 129 | POLK, JAMES K | Two Autograph Letters signed | Washington | 13 December 1832 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,980.00 |
| 130 | POLK, JAMES K | Autograph Letter signed | Columbia | 13 January 1844 |
USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | 1,870.00 |
| 131 | POLK, JAMES K | Printed Document signed | Washington | 1 October 1846 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 132 | PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES | USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,475.00 | |||
| 133 | COMMISSIONS TO POSTMASTERS | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | 1,100.00 | |||
| 134 | MILITARY AND NAVAL COMMISSIONS | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 3,190.00 | |||
| 135 | Six black-and-white photographs of twentieth-century Presidents | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 660.00 | |||
| 136 | ADAMS, JOHN; JEFFERSON, THOMAS, | PRESIDENTS | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | 1,650.00 | ||
| 137 | A collection of signed cards | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 3,025.00 | |||
| 138 | REAGAN, RONALD | Autograph Manuscript | New York | 16 January 1968 |
USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 16,500.00 |
| 139 | ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D | Autograph Letter signed | Washington | 10 April 1913 |
USD 600.00 - 750.00 | 880.00 |
| 140 | ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D | Autograph Letter signed | Washington | 15 March 1915 |
USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 990.00 |
| 141 | ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D | Five Typed Letters signed | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,320.00 | ||
| 142 | ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D | Typed Letter signed | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | 880.00 | ||
| 143 | ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D | Autograph Endorsement signed | Washington | 29 April 1942 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 935.00 |
| 144 | ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D | Three Autograph Endorsements signed ("F D R") | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 385.00 | ||
| 145 | ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D | Five Typed Letters signed | Washington | 3 January 1942-4 November 1944 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,760.00 |
| 146 | ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D., ELEANOR ROOSEVELT | Typed Letter signed | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,320.00 | ||
| 147 | ROOSEVELT, THEODORE | Typed Letter signed | Washington | 5 February 1902 |
USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 2,090.00 |
| 148 | ROOSEVELT, THEODORE | Printed Document signed | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,870.00 | ||
| 149 | SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 935.00 | |||
| 150 | [SIGNERS. MARYLAND] | USD 450.00 - 600.00 | 715.00 | |||
| 151 | HART, JOHN | SIGNERS | USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 715.00 | ||
| 152 | CLYMER, GEORGE | SIGNERS | USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | 660.00 | ||
| 153 | SMITH, SAMUEL F | Autograph Transcription signed | 8 February 1890 |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 154 | SMITH, SAMUEL F | Autograph Transcription 1 page small oblong | 22 March 1895 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 330.00 | |
| 155 | SMITH, SAMUEL F | Autograph Transcription signed by Smith ("S.F. Smith") | 25 March 1892 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 156 | STOWE, HARRIET B | Autograph Letter signed ("H.B. Stowe") | Boston | 24 May 1856 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 660.00 |
| 157 | STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER | Signature ("H B Stowe") | Boston | 21 December 1865 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 385.00 |
| 158 | STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER | Autograph Letter signed ("H B Stowe") | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 440.00 | ||
| 159 | TAFT, WILLIAM H | Two Typed Letters signed as Secretary of War | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | 1,980.00 | ||
| 160 | TAYLOR, ZACHARY | Letter signed ("Z Taylor Lt Col 1st Regt U.S. Infy Comdg") | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | 605.00 | ||
| 161 | TAYLOR, ZACHARY | Letter signed | 14 May 1843 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 2,090.00 | |
| 162 | TAYLOR, ZACHARY | Autograph Letter [Signature cropped] | Fort Jessup | 19 August 1844 |
USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 550.00 |
| 163 | TRUMAN, HARRY S | Typed letter signed | Washington | 2 May 1945 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | 715.00 |
| 164 | TRUMAN, HARRY S | Typed Letter signed as President | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,540.00 | ||
| 165 | TRUMAN, HARRY S | Typed Letter signed | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 166 | TYLER, JOHN | Autograph Letter signed | Charles City County | 9 November 1848, |
USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,320.00 |
| 167 | TYLER, JOHN | Autograph Letter signed | N.Y | 12 August 1850 |
USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 2,200.00 |
| 168 | TYLER, JOHN | Autograph Letter signed as Rector of the College of William and Mary | 11 October 1858 |
USD 450.00 - 600.00 | 1,100.00 | |
| 169 | UNITED STATES | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 770.00 | |||
| 170 | UNITED SLATES. SUPREME COURT | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | 1,760.00 | |||
| 171 | VAN BUREN, MARTIN | Printed Document Signed | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,100.00 | ||
| 172 | WASHINGTON, GEORGE | Autograph Letter signed 4 April 1783 | 4 April 1783 |
USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 25,300.00 | |
| 173 | WASHINGTON, GEORGE | as President of the Potomac Company | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,530.00 | ||
| 174 | WASHINGTON, GEORGE | Document signed | Philadelphia | 21 June 1792 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 4,400.00 |
| 175 | WASHINGTON, GEORGE | Printed Document signed ("Go: Washington") | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | 5,225.00 | ||
| 176 | WHITMAN, WALT | American Poet | Washington | 10 August 1867 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 2,090.00 |
| 177 | WILSON, WOODROW | Typed Letter signed | USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 2,860.00 | ||
| 178 | WOMEN OF AMERICA | USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | 3,300.00 | |||
| 179 | More than two dozen items | 4 March 1919 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,430.00 | ||
| 180 | ANONYMOUS ENGRAVER | Loss of the American Colonies? | London | ca 1770 |
USD 700.00 - 900.00 | 605.00 |
| 181 | ANONYMOUS ENGRAVER | A New Method of Macarony Making | Carington Bowles | 12 October 1774 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,200.00 |
| 182 | ANONYMOUS ENGRAVER | A New Method of Macarony Making | Carington Bowles | 12 October 1774 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 935.00 |
| 183 | DAWE, PHILIP | The Bostonians in Distress | London | 19 November 1774 |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,870.00 |
| 184 | DOOLITTLE, AMOS | The Hornet and Peacock | New Haven | 27 March 1813 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,100.00 |
| 185 | JOHNSTON, THOMAS | Quebec | Boston | [1759] |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 1,650.00 |
| 186 | HERBERT, WILLIAM and ROBERT SAYER | MAP OF AMERICA | London | 1755 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 880.00 |
| 187 | LAURIE AND WHITTLE | MAP OF NEW ENGLAND | London | 1794 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 385.00 |
| 188 | MAP OF NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND | Amsterdam | c. 1700 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,870.00 | |
| 189 | REVERE, PAUL | Bill-head for Joshua Brackett's Cromwell's Head Inn | Boston | ca. 1770 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | 990.00 |
| 190 | ACRELIUS, ISRAEL | Beskrifning om de Swenska Forsamlingars forna och Narwarande Tilstand | America. Stockholm | 1759 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 550.00 |
| 191 | AITKEN BIBLE | Philadelphia | 1782-81 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 4,125.00 | |
| 192 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES | The Birds of America | New York & Philadelphia | 1804-44 |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 14,300.00 |
| 193 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES | The Birds of America | New York and Philadelphia | 1840-44 |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 10,450.00 |
| 194 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, JOHN BACHMAN | The Quadrupeds of North America | New York | 1849-51-54 |
USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | 3,850.00 |
| 195 | THE CABINET OF NATURAL HISTORY | Philadelphia | 1830-33 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 3,575.00 | |
| 196 | COLUMBUS, FERDINAND | Historie del S.D. Fernando Columbo | Venice | 1571 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 1,540.00 |
| 197 | CONFEDERATE IMPRINT | 1863 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 440.00 | ||
| 198 | COOLIDGE, CALVIN | Have Faith in Massachusetts | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 660.00 |
