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Early American: History Auction, 21525, Rancho Santa Fe

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Auction Report
Auction Date
February 15, 2025 - February 15, 2025
Page Size: 154 items in 7 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 JAMES EARL "JIMMY" CARTER

1978 JIMMY CARTER Presidentially Signed Document

1978 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 780.00
2 GROVER CLEVELAND (WINFIELD S. SCHLEY)

GROVER CLEVELAND Appoints Winfield S. Schley Commodore, the Later Hero of the Battle of Santiago Bay

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,080.00
3 DEWITT CLINTON

DeWitt Clinton Clipped Signature + His Personal Copper-Plate Bookplate Engraved by Peter R. Maverick

USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 390.00
4 COLONEL THOMAS DAWES

1794 Colonel Thomas Dawes Architect and Builder Document Signed, Town of Boston to Thomas Dawes,

1794 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
5

Declaration of Independence, First Miniature Printing Published 1836 by L. H. Bridgham, Boston, Mass

1836 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,560.00
6 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER 34TH US President Typed Letter Signed D.E. Thanks a Friend for Giving him Crabs

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
7 DAVID G. FARRAGUT

DAVID G. FARRAGUT, Rear Admiral, Civil War Letter Signed March 23, 1863 from U.S. Flag Ship Hartford

1863 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 910.00
8 CYRUS WEST FIELD

1878 CYRUS WEST FIELD Check Signed, laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858

1878 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 234.00
9 BENJAMIN HARRISON

BENJAMIN HARRISON 23rd US President Legal Document Signed as lawfirm: Porter + Harrison

c. 1866 (Undated), USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 585.00
10 ESEK HOPKINS

ESEK HOPKINS, First American Continental Navy Commander-in-Chief Framed Clipped Signature + Portrait

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 715.00
11 OLIVER OTIS HOWARD,

1905 Civil War General OLIVER OTIS HOWARD Typed Letter Signed as President of the Lincoln Memorial

1905 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 650.00
12 JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Signed Check + Engraved Print of the Poet, Framed

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 260.00
13 GENERAL ANTHONY C. MCAULIFFE

Superb ANTHONY C. MCAULIFFE Signed Photograph "NUTS" U.S. Army Hero of the WWII Battle of the Bulge

USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,560.00
14 NATHANIEL C. McLEAN,

April 21, 1865 Letter Sent After President Lincoln's Death to Genl Nathaniel C McLean re Resignation

1865 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 715.00
15 THOMAS MIFFLIN

1796 Governor Thomas Mifflin Signed Land Grant to American Statesman and Financier William Bingham

1796 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 715.00
16 LaSALLE CORBELL PICKETT

LaSALLE CORBELL PICKETT, Prolific author and the 3rd Wife of Confederate General George E. Pickett

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 422.50
17 Commodore DAVID PORTER

1822 DAVID PORTER Navy Board Commissioner Signed FREE Frank Postal Cover to Capt. William Bainbridge

1822 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 780.00
18 FRANLIN D. ROOSEVELT

November 21, 1919-Date FRANLIN D. ROOSEVELT Typed Letter Signed on Navy Department Headed Stationary

19 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 422.50
19 PHILIP H. SHERIDAN,

1864 PHILIP H. SHERIDAN Signed Endorsement with CDV and a Patriotic Letter Sheet Sheridan's Ride

1864 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 650.00
20 THOMAS WEST SHERMAN

THOMAS WEST SHERMAN ALS Tries to Save War Horses and the Mexican War Service Record of his Unit

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 780.00
21 JOHN PHILIP SOUSA

1927 JOHN PHILIP SOUSA Classic Signed Photograph of the American March King

1927 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 715.00
22 UNION GENERAL CHARLES POMEROY STONE

General Charles P Stone Signed Orders... The orders given you last night verbally are countermanded

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 617.50
23 JOHNATHAN TRUMBULL

1803 Jonathan Trumbull Signed Militia Document as Connecticut Captain-General and Commander in Chief

1803 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 234.00
24 JONATHAN TRUMBULL

1800 Jonathan Trumbull, Jr as Governor of Connecticut Appointment of a Judge for our County of

1800 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 650.00
25 JONATHAN TRUMBULL

JONATHAN TRUMBULL, JR. (1740-1809) Clip Signature with Engraved Seated Portrait of Governor Trumbull

1740 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 182.00
  • Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
  • 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
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€
    Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€
    Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€
    Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€
    Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€
    Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000
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