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Auction Name History Auction Total Sales (USD) 88,055.50
Auction Date February 15, 2025 - February 15, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 83,150.00
Sale Number #21525 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 116,440.00
Total Lots 154
Sold Lots 130 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 99,260.00
% of Lots Sold 84.42% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 137,550.00
Unsold Lots 24 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 64.02%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
179

c April 9, 1865 Civil War Broadside, Glorious News! Lee has found the Last ditch. His Army

1865 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,225.00
68

1781 GENERAL WASHINGTON by Valentine Green, Jan 15th, 1781, Engraved Portrait with Servant Billy Lee

1781 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,120.00
165

1862 Civil War Confederate CSA Army GENERAL ORDERS No 92 Confederate Soldiers Could Buy A Substitute

1862 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,860.00
53

1790 America's Revolutionary War United States Issued Loans Manuscript Abstract for Proper Recording

1790 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,600.00
203

1862, President Lincoln, TREATY BETWEEN THE U.S. + BRITAN FOR SUPPRESSION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE

1862 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,340.00
2 GROVER CLEVELAND (WINFIELD S. SCHLEY)

GROVER CLEVELAND Appoints Winfield S. Schley Commodore, the Later Hero of the Battle of Santiago Bay

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,080.00
26 ARTEMAS WARD

June 8, 1776 Manuscript Document Signed by Artemas Ward as Army Commander-in-Chief at Boston

1776 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,080.00
5

Declaration of Independence, First Miniature Printing Published 1836 by L. H. Bridgham, Boston, Mass

1836 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,560.00
13 GENERAL ANTHONY C. MCAULIFFE

Superb ANTHONY C. MCAULIFFE Signed Photograph "NUTS" U.S. Army Hero of the WWII Battle of the Bulge

USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,560.00
37 (AMOS DOOLITTLE)

c 1794 AMOS DOOLITTLE SC. N. HAVEN, Engraved Copper-Plate Portrait The Honorable JOHN WINTHROP, Esq.

1794 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,560.00
63

Mechanic Library NEW-HAVEN, Copper-Plate Engraved Bookplate by Amos Doolittle

USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,560.00
193

April 24, 1865 Extraordinary Official Military Letter,Search for President Abraham Lincoln Assassins

1865 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,560.00
42

1783-Dated, Highly Illustrated, Comprehensive and Complete History of England..., by Edward Barnard

1783-Dated, USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,300.00
56

1780 Revolutionary War Booklet, Titles of the Laws [of New Hampshire] With Their Dates 1776 to 1780

1780 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,300.00
168

1864 Confederate Broadside, General JOHN ECHOLS Warns His Commanders Do Not Harass Locals Dublin, VA

1864 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,300.00
111

1834 Issued Seneca War Chief Red Jacket, Wearing His George Washington Silver Indian Peace Medal

1834 USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,170.00
75

1805 American Separatist Hymnal, The Christian Harmony or Songsters Companion, by Jeremiah Ingalls

1805 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,105.00
70

c. 1800-1820, President George Washington Hand-Crafted Bust Silhouette in a Period Oval Frame

1800 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,040.00
84

1814 Providing 150 Stand of Arms for Genl Andrew Jackson's Army, War of 1812/Creek Indian War Letter

1814 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,040.00
191

Dec 3, 1861 Meeting A Lincoln, Seward + Doubleday

1861 USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,040.00
49

1778 British 52nd Regiment of Foot Clothing Returns Participated at Lexington + Concord, Bunker Hill

1778 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 975.00
67

1777 Revolutionary War George Washington General in Chief of the American Army Engraving in Uniform

1777 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 975.00
7 DAVID G. FARRAGUT

DAVID G. FARRAGUT, Rear Admiral, Civil War Letter Signed March 23, 1863 from U.S. Flag Ship Hartford

1863 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 910.00
205

1864 Civil War Union Letter re Negroes, they are an inferior race and can never equal the white race

1864 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 910.00
246

Native American Indian Scout + Family Tintype

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 910.00
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
  • 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
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
    April 30th & May 1st
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.
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