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Auction Name Spring Americana Auction - Session 3: Air, Auto, Railroad, Express, Total Sales (USD) 62,930.15
Auction Date May 18, 2019 - May 18, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 85,450.00
Sale Number #58584 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 174,315.00
Total Lots 593
Sold Lots 472 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 107,240.00
% of Lots Sold 79.60% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 215,575.00
Unsold Lots 121 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 29.19%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3511

The Northern Pacific Railroad Co. (101320)

1800's USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,500.00
3026

Atlantic & Pacific Aerial Navigation Co. Stock Certificate (103416)

1898 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,687.50
3091

Heaton's Aerial Navigation Company Stock Certificate (102621)

1905 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,687.50
3199

Willamette Steamboat Company Stock - Issued to Captain Boone (91958)

1868 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,687.50
3422

Oregon & Washington Territory Railroad Co. (102466)

USD 350.00 - 600.00 USD 1,006.25
3251

Colorado Central Rail Road Company - version 1 (104811)

1878 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 687.50
3230

California Northern Railroad Co. (101280)

1861 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 625.00
3355

McCloud River Railroad Co (101314)

1900's USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 625.00
3506

The Monterey and Fresno Railroad Co. (103214)

1893 USD 180.00 - 350.00 USD 531.25
3582

Ophir, Wells Fargo Entire with Front Page Advertising Cover (99114)

USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 531.25
3203

Steamboat People's Transportation Company Stock (91947)

1868 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
3403

Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway (102420)

USD 280.00 - 440.00 USD 500.00
3460

Sierra Valleys Railway Co (101278)

1800's USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 500.00
3426

Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co (102465)

1910 USD 120.00 - 225.00 USD 468.75
3427

Pacific Railroad Bond (101293)

1860's USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 468.75
3314

Early Pacific Railroad Bond (102243)

1863 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 437.50
3448

San Francisco and San Jose Railroad (101284)

1860's USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 437.50
3116

Mercury Aviation Company Stock Certificate Signed by Cecil B. DeMille (102596)

1920 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 406.25
3168

E. L. Cord Stock Certificates (91640)

1920, 1932 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
3313

Denver, Western & Pacific (104766)

February 3rd, 1882 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 406.25
3508

The Nevada Central Railroad Co (102447)

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
3514

The Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad Co (102452)

1864 USD 350.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
3216

Arkansas Valley Railway Co. (104810)

1873 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
3452

Santa Clara County /San Francisco & San Jose Railroad (101286)

1860's USD 400.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
3476

The Fair Play Mount Sheridan and Leadville Railway Co. (101318)

1800's USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 375.00
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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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