Freemans: Books and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books and Manuscripts | Total Sales (USD) | 898,692.00 |
| Auction Date | June 25, 2024 - June 25, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 466,250.00 |
| Sale Number | #62524 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 719,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 297 | ||
| Sold Lots | 259 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 547,400.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 87.21% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 846,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 38 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 106.20% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | Oliva, Joan | Portolan Chart of the Mediterranean |
1615 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 152,400.00 |
| 1 | [Keats, John] Spenser, Edmund | The Works of that Famous English Poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser... |
1679 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 60,325.00 |
| 81 | Bowdich, (Sarah) | The Fresh-Water Fishes of Great Britain. Drawn and Described by Mrs. T. Edward Bowdich |
1828- 38. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 47,625.00 |
| 3 | Thomas, Gabriel | An Historical and Geographical Account of the Province and Country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America... |
1698 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 31,750.00 |
| 19 | Franklin, B (enjamin). | Partially-Printed Land Patent, signed |
1787 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 22,860.00 |
| 199 | Gould, John | A Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons |
1858-1875. | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 21,590.00 |
| 30 | [Peale, Charles Willson] | Admission Ticket to Peale's Philadelphia Museum |
after 1788 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 20,320.00 |
| 126 | (Austen, Jane) | Emma: A Novel |
1816 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 19,050.00 |
| 261 | Moran, Thomas | Yellowstone Lake |
1875 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 193 | Lewis, J (ames).O (tto). | The Aboriginal Port Folio |
1835-1835 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 |
| 256 | Bierstadt, Albert | The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak |
1869 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 259 | Moran, Thomas | Tower Falls and Sulphur Mountain, Yellowstone |
1876 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 11 | (King, Rufus) | Autograph Document |
no date presumably ca.1786 or after. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 206 | Howell, Reading | A Map Of The State Of Pennsylvania... |
1792 for the Author, & Sold by James Phillips. | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 276 | Orlik, Emil | Inscribed Portrait of Albert Einstein |
1928 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 291 | [Apollo 11] Armstrong, Neil, and Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins | Signed First Day Cover |
1969 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 97 | (Walton, Izaak) | The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers, and Fish-Ponds, and Fish, and Fishing... |
1655 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 47 | Camden, William | Annales Rerum Anglicarum, et Hibernicarum, Regnante Elizabetha... |
1615 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 121 | Athias, Joseph, et al. | Biblia Hebraica, Secundum Ultimam Editionem Jos. Athiae, a Johanne Leusden, Denuo Recognitam, Recensita Variisque Notis Latinis Illustrata ab Everardo Van Der Hooght, V.D.M. Editio Prima Americana, Sine Punctis Masorethicis |
1814 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 228 | Kennedy, John F., and Richard Nixon | Inscribed Photograph of the 1960 Presidential Debate |
1960 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 89 | Franck, Richard | Northern Memoirs, Calculated for the Meridian of Scotland... |
1694 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 6,985.00 |
| 215 | (Wild, John Caspar) | (Panorama and Views of Philadelphia and its Vicinity) |
1838 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 |
| 258 | Moran, Thomas | The Mountain of the Holy Cross, Colorado |
1876 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 |
| 268 | Freud, Sigm (und)., and Oscar Rie | Klinische Studie uber die halbseitige Cerebrallahmung der Kinder |
1891 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 |
| 18 | Franklin, B (enjamin). | Philosophical and Miscellaneous Papers |
1787 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 6,350.00 |
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/29dc9a36-584c-476d-bc08-834bc3d3902d.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d1c7f9bc-1bd9-43a2-9cd9-fa2e0a89d50f.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dcac6725-5a79-4a9a-8172-9a5e10ccb75b.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.")
