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Auction Name American History: Premier Auction Total Sales (USD) 410,723.25
Auction Date November 16, 2018 - November 16, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 284,300.00
Sale Number #111618 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 439,700.00
Total Lots 222
Sold Lots 193 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 325,500.00
% of Lots Sold 86.94% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 501,300.00
Unsold Lots 29 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 81.93%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
79

Sam Houston, Unpublished Ninth Plate Daguerreotypes of the Texas President, Governor and US Senator, and His Wife Margaret Lea Houston

 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 39,600.00
74

48-star American Flag Purportedly First Flown at Normandy Beach

 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 36,000.00
58

Rare Confederate Navy Flag Attributed to the CSS Alabama

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,200.00
11

War of 1812 Horn Cup of Colonel William E. Boswell, 10th Kentucky Light Infantry, Depicting Fort Meigs

 1812 Horn Cup of Colonel William E. Boswell, 10th Kentucky Light Infantry, Depicting Fort Meigs USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 21,600.00
133

Abraham Lincoln Photograph Attributed to Roderick Cole

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 18,000.00
42

Set of 11 Muster Rolls for 30th USCT, July-August 1864

 1864 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,600.00
44

Confederate Hospital Steward and Assistant Surgeon W.D. Ewing, 52nd Virginia Infantry, Civil War Correspondence

 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 8,400.00
118

Runaway Slave Reward Broadside, Jefferson County, (West) Virginia, 1835

 1835 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 7,200.00
173

Aviation Pioneer Ivan R. Gates, Personal Photograph and Document Archive of the Gates' Flying Circus Founder

 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 5,700.00
199

George Henry Andrews Watercolor and Gouache, The Oregon Trail, 1860

 1860 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,400.00
67

Formal Sterling Silver Presentation Frame with Signed Photograph of Adolf Hitler

 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,100.00
157

Missouri Territory Collection of Early Documents, Including Map of New Madrid, Plus

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 5,100.00
60

Rare 26-Star American Maritime Flag with Great Star Pattern

 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,800.00
120

Circa 1851 Unknown, Unlisted & Extremely Rare African-American “Rocking Slaves” Political Cartoon Broadside

 1851 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,800.00
158

Lewis & Clark, First Edition, 1814, Two Volumes

 1814 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 4,800.00
169

Exceptionally Rare Boston Daily Globe 1883 "Conversation Dress"

 1883 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,680.00
100

Ninth Plate Ambrotypes of African American Women

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 4,551.00
72

Adolf Hitler Silver Cigar Cutter

 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,500.00
151

James A. Garfield Bronze by Louis T. Rebisso

 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,200.00
68

Meissen Statue of Frederick the Great, Purportedly Commissioned and Owned by Hitler, with Provenance

 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,900.00
124

Sojourner Truth with Flowers, CDV

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,900.00
221

Remarkable Collection of Mostly Early Twentieth Century Circus and Wild West Show Photographs and Newspaper Clippings, Incl. Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey, and Buffalo Bill Content

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,900.00
59

13-Star American Flag

 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,600.00
70

Adolf Hitler Silver Dinner Tray

 USD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 3,600.00
123

Susan B. Anthony Signed Cabinet Card and Plaque

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,240.00
  • 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
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • 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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