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Cowans Auctions: Treasures of the Civil War

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Auction Name Treasures of the Civil War Total Sales (USD) 957,640.00
Auction Date October 31, 2018 - October 31, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 702,000.00
Sale Number #103118 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,081,250.00
Total Lots 335
Sold Lots 282 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,016,300.00
% of Lots Sold 84.18% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,582,450.00
Unsold Lots 53 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 60.52%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
551

Quarter Plate Tintype of Robert E. Lee on Traveller, by A.H. Plecker, 1866

 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 52,875.00
783

Civil War Ames Presentation Sword to Acting Master James R. Wheeler, USN - USS Kearsarge

 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 47,000.00
503

Cased Presentation Sword to Surgeon Elisha K. Kane, USN - Mexican War Hero and Famous Arctic Explorer

 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 38,188.00
809

Confederate Staff Officer's Sword by Kraft, Goldsmith & Kraft

 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 29,375.00
803

Confederate Mitchell & Tyler Staff Officer's Sword

 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 25,850.00
806

Louis Haiman Confederate Staff Officer's Sword

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 25,850.00
521

Sheffield Bowie Knife Presented to G.A. Custer

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 23,500.00
802

Firmin & Sons Confederate "Dolphin Head" Naval Officer's Sword

 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 21,150.00
808

Boyle & Gamble Confederate Staff Officer's Sword

 USD 7,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 21,150.00
800

14K Gold Naval Presentation Sword To Commander Daniel Delehanty by Gorham

 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 19,975.00
804

Kraft Goldschmidt & Kraft Confederate Cavalry Officer's Sword

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 18,800.00
700

Second Model Henry Rifle

 USD 8,500.00 - 14,000.00 USD 16,800.00
769

Burger and Brothers Confederate Bowie Knife

 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 16,450.00
572

Four Original Fort Sumter Medals Minted for the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York and Presented to Those Engaged in the Defense of Fort Sumter

USD 9,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,275.00
755

Enoch Drabble Ivory Hilted Bowie Knife

 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 14,100.00
825

3rd Cavalry, New York State Militia "German Hussars" Flag with Regimental Bit

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,338.00
584

Two War-Date Letters from First Lieutenant George Finley, One with Signature of CSA General Lewis Armistead

 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,575.00
805

Civil War Presentation Sword Presented to Confederate General Albert Pike

 USD 7,500.00 - 15,000.00 USD 9,988.00
807

Boyle & Gamble Foot Officer's Sword

 USD 8,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 9,988.00
723

Colt Model 1849 Percussion Revolver Attributed to Medal of Honor Recipient Captain Samuel Hymer, Company D, 115th Illinois Infantry

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 9,400.00
762

Wragg and Sons "Californian Knife" Bowie Knife

 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,400.00
837

Eyewitness to Appomattox: The Commissioner's Table Cover

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 9,400.00
810

Nashville Plow Works Cavalry Saber

 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,813.00
501

US Model 1817 Rifle by Johnson

 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,225.00
516

Officers of the 38th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Spectacular Half Plate Outdoor Tintype

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,225.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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