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Auction Name Early American History Auction Total Sales (USD) 159,562.00
Auction Date June 08, 2024 - June 08, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 150,620.00
Sale Number #60824 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 218,380.00
Total Lots 200
Sold Lots 158 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 207,270.00
% of Lots Sold 79.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 292,350.00
Unsold Lots 42 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 54.58%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
77 JOSEPH LEE

June 22, 1775 PAUL REVERE Engraved KING PHILIP Bond Signed CAPT JOSEPH LEE, Boston TEA PARTY Patriot

1775 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 23,400.00
52

Lot of Seventy Seven Colonial Period Almanacs, Sold AS IS with No Return

1729-1800 USD 1,600.00 - 2,200.00 USD 6,500.00
13 GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER

1870 GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER Signed Kansas Document, Promissory Note - One of Only Two Known !

1876 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,225.00
43 SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH

1883 SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH, First Four Stanzas of AMERICA, Patriotic Song, My Country Tis of Thee

1832-(18)83 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,640.00
100

1768 Principio Company, First Ironworks in (Cecil County) Maryland, Rare First Bill of Exchange

1773 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,640.00
212

1942 Japanese Internment Order US Army Broadside

1942 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,120.00
2 Nathaniel Barber

1778 Revolutionary War Nathaniel Barber Signed, Acting Muster Master, Ex: Boston Tea Party

1781 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,600.00
78

1777 Massachusetts Council Orders Wood be Supplied to General Burgoyne and his Men held as Prisoner

1777 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,600.00
227

1828 Presidential Election Campaign Broadside, An account of some... Bloody Deeds of GENERAL JACKSON

1828 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,600.00
232

c 1849 12th President Zachary Taylor Inauguration Commemorative Gold Silk Broadside Not In Threads!

1849 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,600.00
69 After Benjamin West

1776, The Death of General Wolfe, After Benjamin West, Published by William Wollett engr. + Boydell

1776 USD 2,400.00 - 3,200.00 USD 2,340.00
228

(March 4, 1837) President Andrew Jackson Farewell Address. Printed Broadside on White Silk, Framed

1837 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,340.00
278

Unique John Quincy Adams Trial Impression

1825 USD 2,400.00 - 3,200.00 USD 2,340.00
64 PAUL REVERE,

1770 BOSTON-GAZETTE with a Masthead by PAUL REVERE, Referencing the Historic Non-Importation Act

1770 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,080.00
1 JAMES MONROE

1825 JAMES MONROE Headed yet Signed by J. Q. Adams as President, Rare Re-use Document,

1825 USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 USD 1,950.00
17

1792 Officiers Military Service Record Signed by Citizen d-Estaing, 1755 to 1792

1792 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,950.00
209 William Cowper

1788 The Negros Complaint, Manuscript Poem Written + Composed by William Cowper

1788 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,950.00
10 WILLIAM COWPER

1760 WILLIAM COWPER Signed Annuity of 1706 Payment British Exchequer Receipt; Anti-Slavery Advocate

1760 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,820.00
63

1767 18th Royal Regt. of Foot, Battles of Lexington + Concord + Bunker Hill

18th USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,820.00
138 Edward R. Canby

1845 General Edward R. Canby Mexican War Manuscript Autograph Document Signed: Special Order No. 109

1845 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,820.00
197

ALS, Civil War Veteran, Member of Honor Guard for Assassinated President Lincoln as he Laid in State

1911 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,820.00
26 JAMES MONROE

JAMES MONROE Signed June 26th, 1812 Signed United States Private Armed Vessel Instructions

1812 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,690.00
80

1779 Rare Unissued Revolutionary War Massachusetts 6 Percent Interest Rattlesnake Treasury Bond

1779 USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,560.00
23 ALEXANDER MACOMB + THOMAS SIDNEY JESUP

1834 ALEXANDER MACOMB + THOMAS SIDNEY JESUP Dual-Sided Autograph Letter and Presentation Poem Signed

1834 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,430.00
31 Andrew Porter

1789 Major General Andrew Porter Autograph Document Signed, Applies to be Surveyor General of Penn.

1789 USD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,430.00
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
  • Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: 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.
    Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: 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.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
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