Sothebys: Fine Books and Manuscripts - Part 1, N11831, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 26, 2025 - June 26, 2025
Page Size: 27 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Lincoln, Abraham

The "Authorized Edition" of the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln

[Philadelphia June 1864.] USD 3,000,000.00 - 5,000,000.00 USD 4,442,000.00
27 Lincoln, Abraham

The abolition of slavery: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude ... shall exist within the United States"

In the Senate, In the House of Representatives, [Washington, D.C.] USD 8,000,000.00 - 12,000,000.00 USD 13,697,500.00
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    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
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    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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