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John McInnis Auctioneers: Important Estates Collections

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Auction Name Important Estates Collections Total Sales (USD) 31,806.00
Auction Date January 04, 2025 - January 04, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 13,660.00
Sale Number #10425 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 25,510.00
Total Lots 46
Sold Lots 44 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 14,060.00
% of Lots Sold 95.65% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 26,310.00
Unsold Lots 2 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 120.89%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
353 THOMAS JEFFERSON

THOMAS JEFFERSON to WILLIAM WINGATE, FEB 25, 1803

1803 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 9,920.00
501

MAP of MINING LANDS NEWBURY NEAR NEWBURYPORT 1875

1875 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 2,790.00
531 J.J. AUDUBON

JULIUS BIEN 1860 RUFFED GROUSE by J.J. AUDUBON / A Later Printing

1860 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 1,860.00
265

1806 LAST WILL & TESTAMENT of SIR TIMOTHY DEXTER

1806 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,240.00
394

1817 SHIP'S PASSPORT SIGNED by MADISON & ADAMS

1817 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,240.00
611

(20th c) FOX STUDIOS AUTOGRAPHED FAN PHOTOS

(20th c) USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 992.00
502 COL. SMEDBERG

COL. SMEDBERGS (19th/20th c) MILITARY SCRAPBOOK

(19th/20th c) USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 992.00
393

EARLY (20th c) CARVED & PAINTED TRADE SIGN

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 868.00
421 N. CURRIER

1856 N. CURRIER CHROMOLITHOGRAPH "CAMPING OUT"

1856 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 868.00
401

REVERSE PAINTED HUNTER BALTIMORE RYE TAVERN SIGN

(19th/20th c) USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 744.00
614

(19th c) REPRODUCTION of (18th c) MAP of NEWBURY

(19th c) USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 744.00
500 JOHN MILTON

PARADISE LOST by JOHN MILTON 1688

1688 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 744.00
449

(2) SIDED W.T. DAVIES TAILOR & COSTUMER TRADE SIGN

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 620.00
388

(3) HOLLOWCUT SILHOUETTES

USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 620.00
514 Charles A. Palmer

MERRIMACK ICE COMPANY YARD LONG PHOTOGRAPH

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 589.00
585

VINTAGE PAINTED SIGN with VIRTUOUS MOTTO

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 527.00
455 JAMES MONROE

JAMES MONROE 1817 ILLINOIS TERRITORY LAND GRANT

1817 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 527.00
569

SHEFFIELD FARMS CO PAINTED WOOD ADVERTISING WAGON

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 496.00
422 N. CURRIER

1856 N CURRIER CHROMOLITHOGRAPH THE LAST WAR WHOOP

USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 496.00
376

ECCLESIASTICAL OAK and LEADED GLASS EXIT SIGN

(19th / 20th c) USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 403.00
584

FOOT PATH ONLY PAINTED SIGN

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 403.00
405

VINTAGE NEW ENGLAND COKE ENAMELED SIGN

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 403.00
581 GEORGE GROTE

A HISTORY OF GREECE in (12) VOLS. by GEORGE GROTE

1884 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 403.00
583

MR. BLISS PAINTED IRON SIGN CIRCA 1910 (REHOBOTH)

CIRCA 1910 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 372.00
402 CHAS. DICKENS

RARE FIRST EDITION "BLEAK HOUSE" by CHAS. DICKENS

1853 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 372.00
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: ALDROVANDI, Ulisse (1522-1605) - [Opera omnia]. Bologna: Bellagamba, Benacci, Bonomi, Tebaldini, Ferroni, 1599-1668. €22.000-€28.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [CANALETTO] - VISENTINI, Antonio (1688-1782) da Giovanni Antonio CANAL (1697-1768, detto 'Il Canaletto') - Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores. Venezia: Giovanni Battista Pasquale, 1742-51. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695) - Fables Choisies. Parigi: Claude Barbin, 1668. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: MERCATOR, Rumold (1545-1599) - [I continenti] - Europa; Africa; America Sive India Nova; Asia. Amsterdam: S.d. [ca. 1633]. €2.000-€3.000
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 746. Speed's Dual Atlas of Britain & the World with 96 Maps (1676). Est. $70,000 - $85,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 9. Visscher's Superb Double-Hemisphere World Map with Representations of the Elements (1658). Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 58. One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1554). Est. $5,000 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 745. A Complete Example of Ortelius' Atlas of Ancient Geography (1624). Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 73. First English Map to Show California as an Island (1625). Est. $16,000 - $19,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 156. Bachmann's Dramatic View of the Mid-Atlantic Region (1861). Est. $1,800 - $2,200
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 741. Early Announcement of Continental Congress' Declaration of Independence (1776). Est. $9,000 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 695. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific (1589). Est. $8,000 - $9,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 733. Superb Image of the Presentation of Jesus in Hand Color (1502). Est. $700 - $850
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 52. Produced by the Psychological Warfare Branch to Encourage Surrender (1945). Est. $200 - $230
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