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Auction Name American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann Total Sales (USD) 477,517.00
Auction Date June 21, 2022 - June 22, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 295,000.00
Sale Number #1046 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 434,050.00
Total Lots 320
Sold Lots 241 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 417,800.00
% of Lots Sold 75.31% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 613,350.00
Unsold Lots 79 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 77.85%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
246

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. The Rosborough family archive, including letters relating to the California Gold Rush, the Modoc War, the Klondike Gold Rush, and early settlement and mining operations in Idaho Territory, Utah Territory, Nevada, and Texas.

 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 37,500.00
37

[CIVIL WAR]. Half plate tintype showing Company D, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment.

 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 25,000.00
54A BRADY, Mathew, photographer.

[CIVIL WAR]. BRADY, Mathew, photographer. Exceptional album containing 120 CDVs of Union generals and officers, incl. Joshua Chamberlain and George A. Custer. New York, NY: E. & H.T. Anthony, 1860s.

 1860s. USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 22,500.00
117 REES, Charles Richard (1825-1914), photographer.

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. REES, Charles Richard (1825-1914), photographer. Ninth plate daguerreotypes featuring John W. Draper and his wife. New York, New York.

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 21,250.00
163 LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865).

LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Autograph endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln"), as President, 25 January 1864.

 1864 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 12,500.00
372

[CIVIL WAR]. Gen'l Recruiting Office for Second Army Corps / No. 416 Library Street. / Head-Quarters Philad'a Brigade! / 69th, 71st, 72d and 106th Regiments. Philadelphia, PA: King & Baird, ca 1863-1864.

 ca 1863-1864. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,875.00
1 WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799).

WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). Partly printed document accomplished in manuscript in a secretarial hand signed ("G:Washington"), as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, countersigned by Jonathan Trumbull Jr., 5 June 1783.

 1783 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,625.00
121

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 2 hand-tinted daguerreotypes of firefighters, including quarter plate and sixth plate images.

 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,625.00
170

[AUTOGRAPHS]. Autograph album containing over 200 signatures from a diverse array of 19th-20th century figures.

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 8,750.00
148 ADAMS, John (1735-1826).

ADAMS, John (1735-1826). Partially engraved document accomplished in a secretarial hand signed ("John Adams") as President, countersigned by Secretary of State Timothy Pickering, 1 February 1800.

 1800 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,125.00
2 MERCER, Hugh (1726-1777).

[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. MERCER, Hugh (1726-1777). Manuscript last will and testament, describing a plantation purchased from George Washington. Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, VA, 20 March 1776.

 1776 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 6,250.00
66A COOLEY, Sam A., photographer.

[CIVIL WAR]. COOLEY, Sam A., photographer. Exceptionally rare stereoview of photographer Sam A. Cooley and his staff in the field.

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 6,250.00
195

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. Album containing CDVs of Sioux involved in the 1862 Dakota Uprising in Minnesota containing photographs by Joel Whitney, B.F. Upton, and Martin's Gallery of St. Paul, MN.

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 6,250.00
66 COOLEY, Sam A., photographer.

[CIVIL WAR]. COOLEY, Sam A., photographer. Exceptionally rare stereoview of photographer Sam A. Cooley and his staff in the field with a camera.

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 5,938.00
71

[CIVIL WAR]. Sixth plate ambrotype of John Singleton Mosby. [Virginia], ca 1865.

 ca 1865. USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,625.00
174 STANTON, Elizabeth Cady, Susan B. ANTHONY, and Matilda Joslyn GAGE, editors.

[WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE]. STANTON, Elizabeth Cady, Susan B. ANTHONY, and Matilda Joslyn GAGE, editors. History of Woman Suffrage. Rochester, NY: Susan B. Anthony, 1887. Vols. I-III only, EACH INSCRIBED BY SUSAN B. ANTHONY.

 1887 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,625.00
314

[CIVIL WAR]. 59th Massachusetts Infantry recruitment banner stitched to American flag. Lynn, MA: H.S. Cox, late 1863.

 1863 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,625.00
328

[CIVIL WAR]. A collection of items identified to General James Lyman Van Buren, incl. US Model 1860 Light Cavalry saber, buff saber belt, shoulder straps, insignia, and photographs.

 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,625.00
104

[CIVIL WAR]. III Corps badge identified to Sergeant Charles F. Browne, Company F, 1st Massachusetts Regiment, WIA Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.

 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,313.00
183 CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876).

CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876). Autograph letter signed ("Custer"), to Captain George Yates, 7th Cavalry. Fort Yates, Dakota Territory, 11 June 1871.

 1871 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,313.00
36

[MILITARIA]. Half plate daguerreotype of US Marine Corps Officer, Lieutenant R.L. Browning. Ca 1852-1853.

 Ca 1852-1853. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,000.00
237 HELLER, Louis Herman (1839-1928), photographer.

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. HELLER, Louis Herman (1839-1928), photographer. A group of 12 photographs of Modoc Indian prisoners. San Francisco, CA: Carleton Watkins, 1873.

 1873 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,000.00
193 [HENDERSON, Daniel B. (1862-1940)].

[NATIVE AMERICANS] -- [HENDERSON, Daniel B. (1862-1940)]. An archive of letters and documents mostly related to Henderson's work representing Native American interests, including:

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 4,688.00
70

[CIVIL WAR]. Quarter plate daguerreotype of Confederate Major General Carter Littlepage Stevenson as a Lieutenant in the 5th US Infantry. Ca 1846.

 Ca 1846. USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,375.00
82

[CIVIL WAR]. New Hampshire 5th Infantry collection, identified to Charles F. Liscomb, WIA Antietam.

 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,375.00
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    Auction 151
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
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