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Leslie Hindman Auctioneers

Auction Info

Auction Name
American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Auction Date
11/20/2024 - 11/20/2024
Sale Number
#2067
Total Lots
291
Sold Lots
234
Lots Sold
80.41%
Unsold Lots
57
Total Sales (USD)
110,694.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
80,750.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
123,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
104,650.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
159,100.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
69.58%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
830

[NASA]. A large archive of 1,540 photographs incl. Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions. 1961-1972.

1961-1972. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,700.00
992

[WILD WEST SHOWS]. A group of 29 RPPCs of Buffalo Bill Cody, Pawnee Bill, and other personalities.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 3,493.00
943

[POLITICS]. Autographs from 20th-century political figures, including:

20th-century political figures, including: USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,159.00
959

[AMERICANA]. Letters, documents, and ephemera, from the Estate of Carroll J. Delery III.

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,651.00
989

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. A group of 41 RPPCs of rodeos, cowboys, and cowgirls.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,207.00
882

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 35 assorted Union cases, with half plate to sixteenth plate sizes.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,207.00
812

[MILITARIA]. 40+ British buttons from the Estate of Carroll J. Delery III. Revolutionary War-1800s.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,143.00
986

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. 11 tintypes of cowboys and gunslingers.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,080.00
883

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of Union cases and collar boxes with varying designs.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,080.00
764

[CIVIL WAR]. 13 autographs of leaders of the Army of Potomac, incl. MEADE, SEDGWICK, and BIRNEY.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,080.00
927

[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. Porcelain bas-relief inaugural wall plaque, ca 1861.

ca 1861 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,016.00
981

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. 8 tintypes of cowboys, one armed with a revolver.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,016.00
991

[WILD WEST SHOWS]. Trio of Buffalo Bill Wild West pennants. Ca early 20th century.

Ca early 20th century. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 953.00
876

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 37 assorted cased images.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 889.00
950

EDISON, Thomas (1847-1931). Clipped signature ("Thos. A Edison"). 4 December 1916.

1916 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 889.00
872

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 23 quarter plate daguerreotypes featuring men of varying ages.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 889.00
857

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 17 quarter plate daguerreotypes of lovely young women.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 826.00
705

[REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. Warrant summoning soldiers. Hillsborough, New Hampshire, 15 April 1778.

1778 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 826.00
814

[MILITARIA] 25+ American buttons from the Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, incl. Civil War examples

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 826.00
965

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. A group of 39 RPPCs of Native American subjects, incl. Geronimo.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 826.00

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  • Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.
  • ALDE, Dec. 11: ALBINUS (BERNHARD SIEGFIED). Tabulæ Sceleti et Musculorum corporis humanum, Londres, 1749. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BIDLOO (GOVARD). Anatomia humani corporis. Centum et quinque tabulis per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse..., Amsterdam, 1685.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BOURGERY (JEAN-MARC) – JACOB (NICOLAS-HENRI). Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’Homme comprenant la médecine opératoire, Paris, 1832. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CALDANI (LEOPOLDO MARCANTONIO ET FLORIANO). Icones anatomicae, Venice, 1801-14. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CARSWELL (ROBERT). Pathological Anatomy. Illustrations of the elementary forms of disease, London, 1838. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate, Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ESTIENNE (CHARLES). De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres, Paris, 1545. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: GAMELIN (JACQUES). Nouveau Recueil d'Ostéologie et de Myologie dessiné d'après nature... pour l’utilité des sciences et des arts, divisé en deux parties, Toulouse, 1779. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ROESSLIN (EUCHER). Des divers travaux et enfantemens des femmes et par quel moyen l'on doit survenir aux accidens…, Paris, 1536. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: RUYSCH (FREDERICK). Thesaurus anatomicus - Anatomisch Cabinet, Amsterdam, 1701-1714. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VALVERDE (JUAN DE). Anatome corporis humani. Nunc primum a Michaele Michaele Columbo latine reddita, et additis novis aliquot tabulis exornata, Venetiis, 1589. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VESALIUS (ANDREAS). De humani Corporis Fabrica libri septem, Venetiis, 1568. €3,000 to €4,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000.
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