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Auction Name Timeless Treasures: 19th C. Native, Western Photographs & French Elegance Total Sales (USD) 29,561.60
Auction Date September 13, 2025 - September 13, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 56,500.00
Sale Number #20467 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 104,650.00
Total Lots 218
Sold Lots 112.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 155,825.00
% of Lots Sold 51.38% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 263,425.00
Unsold Lots 106 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 11.22%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
96 Elizabeth Custer

Elizabeth Custer Signed 1st Ed. & Custer Dagger

USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 2,880.00
155 D. F. Barry

D. F. Barry Little Bighorn Battlefield Photo, 1886

1886 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,280.00
596

"Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky" 1st Ed 1859

1859 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 1,024.00
138 General Custer

1881 Ed. "My Life on the Plains" General Custer

1881 USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 960.00
290 Mark Katz

"Custer in Photographs" by Mark Katz & Photographs

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 832.00
210 D.F. Barry Keogh

D.F. Barry Keogh's Horse Comanche Little Bighorn

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 768.00
136 U.S. Grant

1885 1st Ed. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

1885 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 608.00
157 Frederic Remington

Remington's Frontier Sketches, Frederic Remington

USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 544.00
445 Natalie Curtis

Rare The Indians' Book by Natalie Curtis 1935 Ed.

1935 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 512.00
150 Richard Throssel

Richard Throssel (1882-1933) Teepee Village & Girl

USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 480.00
184 Cassilly Adams

Cassilly Adams (1843-1921) "Lone Indian" Original

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 448.00
439 Currier & Ives

Currier & Ives Custer Last Charge Tinted Broadside

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 448.00
766 F. Remington

F. Remington "John Ermine of the Yellowstone" 1902

1902 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 448.00
174 Bob Coronato

Bob Coronato Chine-Coll? "Buncha Bronc Stomp'n" AP

USD 900.00 - 1,800.00 USD 416.00
302 Richard Throssel

Richard Throssel (1882-1933) Teepee at Dawn

USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 416.00
142 Bob Coronato

Bob Coronato Chine-Coll? "Weather Quits" Etching

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 384.00
238 Roland W. Reed

Roland W. Reed (1864-1934) Blackfoot in Glacier

USD 900.00 - 1,800.00 USD 384.00
299 Martin Grelle

"Before The River Rises", Gicl?e by Martin Grelle

USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 384.00
300 Charles Schatzlein

Rare Signed Charles Schatzlein Watercolour, 1909

1909 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 384.00
571

Grizzly Bear Warning Sign from Canada

USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 384.00
107 L. A. Huffman

L. A. Huffman Signed Photographs and Note, 1894

1894 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 352.00
156 Mark Twain

1907 1st Edition Mark Twain "A Horse's Tale"

1907 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 352.00
502 Olaf Wieghorst

Original Olaf Wieghorst Signed Artist's Proof

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 352.00
529

Rare Little Big Horn Battlefield B52 Aerial Photos

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 352.00
53 After Frederic Remington

After Frederic Remington "The Attack" Etching

USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 320.00
  • 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.