Auction Reports
Auction Info
- Sale Name
- AMERICAN HISTORICAL AUTOGRAPHS, AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION FORMED IN THE EARLY XIX CENTURY BY JULIA M. DICKINSON TAYLOE SOLD BY ORDER OF A DESCENDANT OF THE FAMILY. TOGETHER WITH A FINE COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS OF LAFCADIO HEARN AND OTHER AUTOGRAPHS.
- Auction Date
- 01/09/1951 - 01/09/1951
- Year of Sale
- 1951
- Sale Number
- #1214
- Total Lots
- 160
- Sold Lots
- 159
- Lots Sold
- 99.4%
- Unsold Lots
- 0
- Price Unknown
- 1
- Total Sales (USD)
- 13,076.50
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 0.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 0.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 0.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 0.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- Inf%
- Currency
- USD
- Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
- 553,829.00
Top twenty five by sale price
View All Auction Lots.| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | HEARN, LAFCADIO | A Series of 15 A.L.s. Lafcadio Hearn. | USD - | 1,500.00 | |
| 129 | RUSH, DR. BENJAMIN, Signer from Pennsylvania | A.L.s. | 1776 |
USD - | 1,075.00 |
| 152 | WASHINGTON, GEORGE | A.MS.s. | 1797 |
USD - | 700.00 |
| 45 | FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN | A.L.s. | 1767 |
USD - | 550.00 |
| 75 | JONES, JOHN P., Commodore | A.L.s. | 1777 |
USD - | 450.00 |
| 72 | JEFFERSON, THOMAS, President of the United States | A.L.s. | 1810 |
USD - | 400.00 |
| 76 | JONES, JOHN P. | D.s. | USD - | 375.00 | |
| 88 | LEE, RICHARD HENRY, Signer from Virginia | A.L.s. | 1777 |
USD - | 300.00 |
| 115 | PAINE, ROBERT TREAT, Signer from Massachusetts | A.L.s. | 1778 |
USD - | 280.00 |
| 8 | ALLEN, ETHAN, Colonel in the Revolution | A.L.s. | 1786 |
USD - | 275.00 |
| 154 | [WHITMAN, WALT] | L.s. by James Speed, Attorney General of the United States. written entirely in the autograph of ... | 1866 |
USD - | 270.00 |
| 56 | HANCOCK, JOHN, Signer from Massachusetts | A.L.s. | 1776 |
USD - | 230.00 |
| 59 | HENRY, PATRICK, Member of the Continental Congress, and Governor of Virginia | A.L.s. | 1777 |
USD - | 210.00 |
| 62 | HOPKINSON, FRANCIS, Signer from New Jersey | A.L.s. | 1762 |
USD - | 210.00 |
| 113 | PACA, WILLIAM, Signer from Maryland | A.L.s. | 1777 |
USD - | 190.00 |
| 158 | WYTHE, GEORGE, Signer from Virginia | Excerpt from an autograph letter comprising the closing salutation (two lines), his signature, and ... | 1801 |
USD - | 190.00 |
| 35 | DINWIDDIE, ROBERT, Colonial Governor of Virginia | L.s. | 1756 |
USD - | 180.00 |
| 20 | BOLIVAR, SIMON, the South American Liberator | L.s. | 1819 |
USD - | 170.00 |
| 53 | HALL, LYMAN, Signer from Georgia | A.L.s. | 1785 |
USD - | 170.00 |
| 153 | WAYNE, ANTHONY, General in the Revolution | A.L.s. | 1779 |
USD - | 165.00 |
| 66 | HUNTINGTON, SAMUEL, Signer from Connecticut | A.L.s. | 1791 |
USD - | 150.00 |
| 157 | WOLCOTT, OLIVER, Signer from Connecticut | A.L.s. | 1781 |
USD - | 150.00 |
| 139 | STONE, THOMAS, Signer from Maryland | A.L.s. | 1777 |
USD - | 140.00 |
| 34 | DE KALB, JOHN, BARON, General in the Revolution | A.L.s. The Baron de Kalb. | 1780 |
USD - | 120.00 |
| 12 | ARNOLD, BENEDICT, General in the Revolution | A.L.s. B. Arnold, B. Genl. | 1776 |
USD - | 120.00 |
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