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Auction Name	Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln	Total Sales (USD)	7,967,194.00
Auction Date	May 21, 2025 - May 21, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	3,661,600.00
Sale Number	#6441	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	5,553,100.00
Total Lots	144
Sold Lots	138.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	4,001,600.00
% of Lots Sold	95.83%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	6,083,100.00
Unsold Lots	6	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	130.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
114		[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. A pair of stained leather gloves carried by President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre on the night of his assassination, 14 April 1865.		USD 800,000.00 - 1,200,000.00	USD 1,512,500.00
113		[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. A handkerchief carried by President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre on the night of his assassination, 14 April 1865.		USD 100,000.00 - 200,000.00	USD 826,000.00
122		$100,000 Reward! The murderer of our late beloved President, Abraham Lincoln, is still at large. 20 April 1865.	1865	USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	USD 762,500.00
2	LINCOLN, Abraham	Lincoln's Autograph Sum Book Leaf, signed twice, Pigeon Creek, Spencer County, Indiana, ca. 1824	ca. 1824	USD 300,000.00 - 400,000.00	USD 521,200.00
111		[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. A cuff button worn by President Abraham Lincoln on the night of his assassination at Ford's Theatre, 14 April 1865.		USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00	USD 445,000.00
108		Orchestra ticket stub for Our American Cousin, 14 April 1865.	1865	USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	USD 381,500.00
55	HESLER, Alexander	Oval Bust Portrait by Alexander Hesler, signed ("A. Lincoln"), ca. 3 June 1860.	1860	USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	USD 254,500.00
33	LINCOLN, Abraham	Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") to Jesse O. Norton, 16 February 1855.	1855	USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00	USD 229,100.00
8	LINCOLN, Abraham	The Adams Handbill, The Only Known Surviving Copy Of Lincoln's First Printed Work, 5 August 1837.	1837	USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00	USD 178,300.00
21	LINCOLN, Abraham	The "Bass-Ackwards" Manuscript, Lincoln's Frontier Ribaldry		USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00	USD 178,300.00
105	LINCOLN, Abraham	First Printing of Lincoln's Celebrated Second Inaugural Address, 1865.	1865	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	USD 165,600.00
139		Lincoln Family Locks of Hair		USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 127,500.00
56	LINCOLN, Abraham	Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") to Joshua Reed Giddings, 26 June 1860.	1860	USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	USD 114,800.00
107		Advance ticket for the April 14, 1865 Performance of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre.	1865	USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	USD 108,450.00
110		[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. A piece of President Abraham Lincoln's coat worn on the night of his assassination at Ford's Theatre, 14 April 1865.		USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	USD 102,100.00
7	LINCOLN, Abraham	Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") as Postmaster, to Blair and Rives, 3 November 1835.	1835	USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	USD 95,750.00
74		First Official Broadside Printing of The Emancipation Proclamation		USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 95,750.00
112		Mose Sandford Autograph Letter signed on the transportation of Lincoln's body to the White House, 17 April 1865.	1865	USD 100,000.00 - 200,000.00	USD 89,400.00
121		$30,000 Reward. Description of John Wilkes Booth! ca. 16 April 1865.	1865	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 60,800.00
32	LINCOLN, Abraham	Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") to Richard Yates, 14 January 1855.	1855	USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	USD 57,600.00
44	LINCOLN, Abraham	The Doheny Copy of the Lincoln and Douglas Debates, Inscribed by Lincoln.		USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 57,600.00
65		Lincoln White House drinking glasses, ca. 23 July 1861.	1861	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 57,600.00
123	TOWNSEND, Edward Davis	Autograph letter signed ("E.D. Townsend"), and signed invitation for Embalmer Charles D. Brown, 20 April 1865.	1865	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 57,600.00
6	LINCOLN, Abraham	Lincoln's "National Debt", One of his Earliest Extant Documents, 19 October 1833.	1833	USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00	USD 51,200.00
81	LINCOLN, Abraham	Carte-de-visite photograph signed ("A. Lincoln") by Alexander Gardner, 9 August 1863.	1863	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	USD 51,200.00

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.