Freemans: Books and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books and Manuscripts | Total Sales (USD) | 573,143.00 |
| Auction Date | September 23, 2021 - September 23, 2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 269,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #1714 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 415,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 148 | ||
| Sold Lots | 133 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 368,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 89.86% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 567,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 15 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 101.03% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Jefferys, Thomas | The American Atlas: Or, a Geographical Description of the Whole Continent of America... |
1776 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 69,300.00 |
| 117 | Monroe, James | United States Loan-Office Certificate, signed |
1800 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 32,760.00 |
| 71 | Joyce, James | Ulysses |
1922 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 27,720.00 |
| 11 | Acts Passed at a Congress of the United States of America, Begun and Held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the Fourth of March...Being the Acts Passed at the First Session of the First Congress |
ca. 1789 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 22,680.00 | |
| 78 | Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens) | Autograph Letter, signed |
1861 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 21,420.00 |
| 74 | Melville, Herman | Moby-Dick; or, the Whale |
1851 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 16,380.00 |
| 96 | Berkeley Political Poster Workshop Portfolio |
ca. 1970 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 13,860.00 | |
| 4 | [Franklin, Benjamin] | Printed Privateers Bond Form |
1781 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 11,970.00 |
| 120 | Washington, George | Group of 2 Documents Relating to The Potomack Company |
1788 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 11,970.00 |
| 13 | Hancock, John | Signed Lottery Ticket |
1765 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,710.00 |
| 121 | Washington, George, and Marquis de Lafayette | Group of 2 Cut Signatures |
no date. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 9,450.00 |
| 134 | Collection of 19th Century Albumen Prints of Asia |
Circa second half nineteenth-century. | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 9,450.00 | |
| 20 | [Palladio, Andrea] | The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books... |
1721 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 8,820.00 |
| 133 | Mackay, Charles | Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions |
1841 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 8,820.00 |
| 30 | Bonaparte, Napoleon | Letter, signed |
1798 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 8,190.00 |
| 50 | Sendak, Maurice | Pictures by Maurice Sendak |
1971 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,190.00 |
| 105 | Mucha, Alphonso | Flirt, Biscuits Lefèvre-Utile |
1900 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 8,190.00 |
| 62 | Cervantes de Saavedra, Miguel | The Life and Exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha |
1742 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 7,560.00 |
| 70 | Joyce, James | Finnegans Wake |
1939 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 7,560.00 |
| 86 | Beatles, The | Abbey Road |
ca. 1975 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,560.00 |
| 7 | Jay, John | Printed Document, signed |
1779 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 6,930.00 |
| 79 | Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens) | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
1876 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,930.00 |
| 83 | Bertius, P(etrus). | Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri septem... |
1618 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,930.00 |
| 84 | [Janssonius, Johannes] | Atlas novus sive theatrum orbis terrarum: in quo Galliae, Helvetiae universae & siugulorum cantonum; nec non & Belgii universi, tabulae geographicae cum suis descriptionibus. Tomus secundus |
ca. 1640-60s | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,930.00 |
| 115 | Jefferson, Thomas | Signed Ship's Passport |
1804 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,930.00 |
