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Auction Name American Historical Ephemera and Photography Total Sales (USD) 364,016.00
Auction Date October 25, 2024 - October 25, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 231,800.00
Sale Number #2057 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 353,000.00
Total Lots 257
Sold Lots 188 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 310,900.00
% of Lots Sold 73.15% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 468,200.00
Unsold Lots 69 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 77.75%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
567 [KIRKLAND, Samuel (1741-1808)]

Webster's Calendar: Or, the Albany Almanack, with journal entries by the Rev. Samuel Kirkland, 1803-1804.

1803-1804. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 28,575.00
575 CURTIS, Edward (1868-1952), photographer.

Canyon de Chelly.

1904 USD 3,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD 22,860.00
428

A remarkable ninth plate daguerreotype of an interracial couple.

ca 1850-1855 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 20,320.00
429

A collection of images associated with South Carolina doctor and plantation owner Sidney Smith, including what may be the earliest known images of an identified plantation and enslaved African Americans posed with their owner.

mid-to-late 1840s USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 16,510.00
592 MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard (1830-1904), photographer.

Panorama of San Francisco from California St. Hill. 11-panel albumen photograph panorama.

1877 USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 12,700.00
398

Map of the East China Sea carried on board the Enola Gay by Captain Bob Lewis, 6 August 1945.

1945 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,525.00
566

Extensive collection of outdoor advertising survey reports and historical billboard images from the "Golden Age of Advertising."

ca 1947-1966 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,890.00
576 CURTIS, Edward S. (1868-1952), photographer.

The Three Chiefs-Piegan.

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 8,890.00
456 [DOUGLASS, Frederick (1818-1895)].

Unpublished CDV of Frederick Douglass. Descended directly in the family of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891).

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 8,255.00
569 BODMER, Karl (1809-1893).

A group of 2 engravings of Mandan and Gros Ventre Indians.

ca 1840s USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 8,255.00
574 CURTIS, Edward S. (1868-1952), photographer.

At the Old Well in Acoma.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,620.00
577 CURTIS, Edward (1868-1952).

Prayer to the Stars. Orotone.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,985.00
578 CURTIS, Edward (1868-1952), photographer.

Signal Fire to the Mountain Gods.

ca1909. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,985.00
579 CURTIS, Edward S. (1868-1952), photographer.

Canyon de Chelly.

1904 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 6,985.00
580 CURTIS, Edward S. (1868-1952), photographer.

Canyon de Chelly.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,985.00
323 BRADY, Mathew (1822-1896), photographer.

Quarter plate Cutting's Patent double-sided ambrotype of a pre-war first lieutenant and his female companion.

1854 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 6,350.00
335

CDV collection descended directly in the family of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin featuring portraits of family members and numerous military generals and officers.

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,715.00
375

Corporal Samuel McKinney Stafford (1837-1922), 16th Ohio Battery, archive including war-date diary and letters.

1862 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,080.00
330

Sixth plate tintype of two Union sailors casually sitting back to back on a studio floor.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,763.00
373

Ledger book associated with Winchester, Virginia, cabinet maker John Kerr (1797-1875), documenting coffins built and sold for Union and Confederate soldiers as well as other wartime activity.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 3,810.00
413

A collection of NASA photographs, including "Red Number" examples, with related publications.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,810.00
447

Two bills of sale for enslaved persons in Georgia, including a scarce Sheriff's Bill of Sale, 1852.

1852 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 3,810.00
466

LOCKE, Alain, ed. The New Negro, an Interpretation.

1925 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,810.00
336

A large collection of CDVs descended directly in the family of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, incl. portraits of Hamlin family members, Civil War officers, politicians, artists, and celebrities.

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,493.00
406 MCCARTHY, Frank (1924-2002).

Original poster art for the film Von Ryan's Express.

1965 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,493.00
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    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: LEROUX, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. FIRST AM. ED, FIRST ISSUE IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. 1911. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds. L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.
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    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: SELBY. Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology. Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.
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    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). The Thirteen Problems, first edition, The Crime Club, 1932. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Dumb Witness, first edition, 1937. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Cards on the Table, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. Drop to his Death, first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Berkeley (Anthony). Jumping Jenny, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. £800 to £1,200.
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    Forum, Nov. 7: Marsh (Ngaio). Overture to Death, first edition, The Crime Club, 1939. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". The Beast Must Die, first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Brand (Christianna). Green for Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author, 1939. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, Gollancz, 1928. £6,000 to £8,000.
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