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Leslie Hindman Auctioneers: American Historical Ephemera and Photography - bidstart 6/17

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Auction Name American Historical Ephemera and Photography - bidstart 6/17 Total Sales (USD) 100,039.00
Auction Date June 28, 2022 - June 28, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 71,550.00
Sale Number #1047 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 110,150.00
Total Lots 322
Sold Lots 239 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 97,350.00
% of Lots Sold 74.22% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 150,000.00
Unsold Lots 83 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 66.69%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
922 HOUSEWORTH, Thomas, photographer.

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. HOUSEWORTH, Thomas (1828-1915), photographer. The Photographic and Optical Instrument Establishment of the Publishers, 317 and 319 Montgomery St.

ca 1870. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 5,000.00
785

[LINCOLN & ASSOCIATES]. A group of 3 autographed items, featuring: LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865]. Autograph note signed ("A. Lincoln"). Addressed to "Sec. of the Navy."

n.d. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,375.00
722

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 21 daguerreotypes of children of varying ages, incl. toddlers and teenagers.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,000.00
918 HILLERS, John Karl.

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. HILLERS, John Karl. (1843-1925), photographer. A group of 22 Powell Expedition stereoviews of Native American subjects and landscape views, including:

USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,375.00
934 WATKINS, Carleton, photographer.

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. WATKINS, Carleton (1829-1916), photographer. A group of 17 stereoviews showing San Francisco and vicinity.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,375.00
725

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 24 daguerreotypes of lovely young women, including:

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,250.00
720

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 6 daguerreotype portraits of interesting and beautiful young women, including:

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,188.00
917 HART & BIERSTADT, photographers.

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. HART & HOUSEWORTH, photographers. A group of 3 stereoviews of California, incl. railroad scenes and San Francisco.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,188.00
650

[CIVIL WAR]. Cincinnati Daily Gazette. 318 issues in 2 bound volumes. [With:] Springfield Weekly Republic. 122 issues. and Lancaster Gazette. 95 issues.

1864-1865. and 1866-1867. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,125.00
854

[ALMANACS]. A sammelband of 18th century American almanacs, including The Pennsylvania Alamanack, Poor Will's Almanack, Poulson's Town and Country Almanac, and Poor Richard Improved. 1789-1800.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,125.00
671

[CSA VETERANS]. A large group of speeches, journals, reunion pamphlets, and other publications by Confederate veteran organizations, including:

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,063.00
804 JOHNSON, Andrew

JOHNSON, Andrew (1808-1875). Partly-printed commission document stamp-signed ("Andrew Johnson").

1866 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,063.00
916 HART & BIERSTADT, photographers.

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. HART & HOUSEWORTH, photographers. A group of 3 stereoviews of railroad snow sheds and a snowy scene.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,063.00
929 MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard, photographer.

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard (1830-1904), photographer. A group of 9 stereoviews of railroad and landscape views.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,000.00
931 O'SULLIVAN, Timothy (1840-1882), photographer.

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. O'SULLIVAN, Timothy (1840-1882), photographer. A group of 7 Wheeler Expedition stereoviews of Southwestern Indian subjects, including:

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,000.00
802

[RECONSTRUCTION]. A group of documents, pamphlets, and other ephemera concerned with post-Civil War politics, education, and pardons, comprising:

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 938.00
666

[CIVIL WAR]. A group of documents related to Major James C. Foster, 59th United States Colored Troops, including:

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 875.00
727

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 19 cased images, mostly daguerreotypes of young men, highlighted by portraits by Van Loan and Ennis Galleries, including:

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 875.00
750

[COLONIAL AMERICA]. Manuscript list of military officers in York, Maine. July 1668.

USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 875.00
762 WINDSOR, Edward, Duke of

[ROYALTY]. WINDSOR, Edward, Duke of (1894-1972, "Edward VIII, King of England"). Photograph taken during 1936 radio broadcast when he announced abdicating as King of Great Britain, later SIGNED ("Edward R.I.") in 1948.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 875.00
770

[POLITICS IN AMERICA]. A group of 18th century  Congressional publications, comprising:

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 875.00
620 LEE, Robert E.

LEE, Robert E. (1807-1870). Oversize albumen photograph of Lee astride Traveller.

1866 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 813.00
648 HERZ, William, composer.

[CIVIL WAR]. HERZ, William, composer. Jefferson Davis Grand March.

1861 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 813.00
728

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 9 European portraits in wall frames, highlighted by attractive daguerreotypes of men, women, and children, including:

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 813.00
741

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY -- STEREOVIEWS]. A group of 115+ stereoviews documenting the American landscape, incl. views of Yellowstone by Haynes, views of Niagara Falls, and other outdoor scenes.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 813.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
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