Alexander Historical Auctions: Winter Timed Auction 2025, 20225, Chesapeake City

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 02, 2025 - February 02, 2025
Page Size: 637 items in 26 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
470

WILLIAM R. COX

USD 140.00 - 200.00 USD 312.00
471

WILLIAM W. HUNTER

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 130.00
472

(NATHANIEL LYON)

USD 20.00 - 30.00 USD 13.00
473

2nd MAINE VOLS. SOLDIER'S LETTER

USD 50.00 - 70.00 USD 39.00
474

DISCHARGE OF A 44TH IOWA INFANTRY SOLDIER

USD 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
475

ORDNANCE FOR THE 5TH PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES

USD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
476

SENDING CAMP EQUIPMENT TO MORRIS ISLAND

USD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
477

SENDING PAROLED P.O.W.S TO ANNAPOLIS

USD 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
478

19TH CENTURY CENSUS SHOWS A DECLINE IN SLAVERY

USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 78.00
479

CIVIL WAR 'IN THE FIELD' ENVELOPE

USD 40.00 - 60.00 USD 65.00
480

CIVIL WAR STEEL ENGRAVING OF MORRIS ISLAND

USD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
481

JOHN A. WINSLOW

USD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
482

CALEB STRONG

USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 156.00
483

JOHN BROOKS

USD 40.00 - 60.00 USD 26.00
484

NATHANIEL PEABODY

USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 52.00
485

WOODBURY LANGDON

USD 40.00 - 60.00 USD 26.00
486

'SHRINERS INTERNATIONAL' INITIATION CERTIFICATES

USD 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
487

1809 LAND GRANT FROM HILLSBORO, NH

USD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
488

'TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER' ILLUSTRATION

USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 78.00
490

'HARBOR FESTIVAL' POSTER

USD 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
491

'OPERATION SAIL' POSTER

USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 39.00
492

1934A $20.00 FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE, INVERTED REVERSE

USD 40.00 - 60.00 USD 234.00
493

1965 WORLD'S FAIR SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS

USD 40.00 - 60.00 USD 26.00
494

19TH CENTURY NEW YORK ENGRAVINGS (7)

USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 39.00
495

CAMPELL PRINTING CO. POSTERS (5)

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 65.00
  • Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
  • Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
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