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Eldreds: The Schofield Collection of Political Memorabilia

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Auction Name The Schofield Collection of Political Memorabilia Total Sales (USD) 317,932.25
Auction Date October 18, 2017 - October 18, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 121,580.00
Sale Number #882 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 195,240.00
Total Lots 516
Sold Lots 506 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 123,810.00
% of Lots Sold 98.06% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 198,640.00
Unsold Lots 10 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 160.05%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
315

RAILSPLITTERS CAMPAIGN SIGN IN THE FORM OF AN AX Circa 1860

 Circa 1860 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 9,600.00
53

SEVENTEEN RHODE ISLAND PRINTED PROXIES 18th/Early 19th Century

 18th/Early 19th Century USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 USD 8,400.00
99

THE REYNOLDS PAMPHLET'

 1800 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 7,800.00
91

RARE AND POSSIBLY UNIQUE ANTI-FEDERALISM BROADSIDE Election of 1800

 1800 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 6,600.00
79

EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT BROADSIDE PROCLAIMING A DAY OF GRIEF FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON Boston, 1800

 1800 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,700.00
232

SALT RIVER" TICKETS AND RELATED ITEMS 19th and 20th Century

 19th and 20th Century USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,400.00
434

RARE NEW YORK BALLOT PERTAINING TO WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE Election of 1884

 1884 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,800.00
7

VOLUME ON RHODE ISLAND LAWS 1744-45

 1744-45 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 4,375.00
97

PAMPHLETS LETTER FROM ALEXANDER HAMILTON, CONCERNING THE PUBLIC CONDUCT AND CHARACTER OF JOHN ADAMS ..."

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 4,200.00
98

TWO PAMPHLETS REBUTTING HAMILTON'S LETTER CONCERNING THE CONDUCT AND CHARACTER OF JOHN ADAMS Circa 1800

 Circa 1800 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 4,200.00
163

PRO-JOHN QUINCY ADAMS BROADSIDE Election of 1828

 1828 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 4,200.00
479

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER CAMPAIGN MEMORABILIA Election of 1952/1956

 1952/1956 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,200.00
30

EIGHT ASSORTED SERMONS AND ORATIONS 1766-1783

 1766-1783 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 3,250.00
92

LYRICS FOR THOMAS JEFFERSON'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SONG JEFFERSON & LIBERTY" Circa 1800

 Circa 1800 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 3,000.00
141

BROADSIDE THE HERO'S REWARD. JACKSON IS COMING."

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 3,000.00
54

THIRTY-FOUR LOTTERY TICKETS 18th and Early 19th Century

 18th and Early 19th Century USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,640.00
31

EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT ON POLITICS 1766

 1766 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,500.00
136

BROADSIDE ADVERTISING WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD AS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT Election of 1824

 1824 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,500.00
445

EARLY MASSACHUSETTS POLITICAL PIN-BACKS AND RIBBONS

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,500.00
16

THREE PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS OF THE COLONY OF RHODE ISLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1740s-1763

 1740s-1763 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,375.00
71

PAMPHLET THE PRETENSIONS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON TO THE PRESIDENCE EXAMINED; ... " 1796" ...

1796 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 2,375.00
14

ACCOUNTING LOG BELONGING TO WILLIAM ELLERY, SR. 1734-1764

 1734-1764 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,250.00
1

EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT ON RELIGION 1715

 1715 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,160.00
239

POLITICAL CARTOON SUPPORTING THE DORR REBELLION TYRANTS PROSTRATE LIBERTY TRIUMPHANT" Election of 1844

 1844 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,160.00
243

THREE DORR REBELLION PROTEST RIBBONS 1841

 1841 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,160.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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