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Robert Siegel Galleries: Stampless Stories: A Postal History of America

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Auction Name Stampless Stories: A Postal History of America Total Sales (USD) 361,888.30
Auction Date December 12, 2017 - December 12, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 206,700.00
Sale Number #1171 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 290,050.00
Total Lots 223
Sold Lots 222 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 207,100.00
% of Lots Sold 99.55% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 290,550.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 124.55%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
63

Cover addressed and franked by George Washington to Benjamin Franklin Autograph free frank “Free G.

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 29,500.00
131

1853 cover originating in the Kamchatka Peninsula and sent to Russia via Hawaii, United States and German mails

1853 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,650.00
149

Baptist Mission, C.N., 4 Jan.

USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 10,030.00
1

1683 folded cover from England to Bucks County, Pennsylvania

1683 USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,440.00
130

Honolulu, Hawaiian Is./Jan. 29, 1851.

 1851 USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,440.00
64

Benjamin Franklin.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 7,965.00
150

1828 letter from David Spence in Monterey, Alta California, to William G. Dana in Santa Barbara

 1828 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,080.00
190

WATERLOO/LA/Dec 30.

1846 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 6,490.00
148

“Cherokee, Cherokee Nation” circular datestamp on 1843 missionary letter CHEROKEE, CHER.

1843 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 6,195.00
104

Philadelphia to Bordeaux, France, 1784, “Le Warwick.

1784 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 5,900.00
105

Philadelphia to Epernay, France, 1784, “P.

1784 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 5,900.00
29

1774, Reading Pa.

1774 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,605.00
110

England to Philadelphia, “Ship-Letter London, Feb. 3, 1803”.

1803 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 5,015.00
3

First official publication of the Post Office (Revenues) Act of 1710

 1710 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 4,720.00
84

Charleston S.C. to Devon, England via Bordeaux, France, 1813, Prisoner-of-War Cartel.

1813 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,720.00
112

Amsterdam to Providence R.I. via Tonning (Germany) and Philadelphia, 1810, “T*Robinson” Captain’s Name Handstamp.

1810 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,720.00
14

The Piscataqua Puzzle The Piscataqua Puzzle (New Hampshire-Maine).

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,425.00
36

1778 naval-related war-period autograph letter signed by Francis Hopkinson, Signer of the Declaration of Independence Francis Hopkinson.

1778 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,130.00
137

1835 folded letter from Ohio to Canton, China

 1835 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,835.00
138

1837 folded letter from China to Philadelphia by the Canton Packet via the port of New Orleans Canton, China, to Philadelphia via New Orleans, 1837.

1837 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,835.00
139

1844 folded letter to prominent fur trader Donald Ross, Chief Factor of Hudson’s Bay Company at York Factory Donald Ross, Town of Zone, Canada West, to York Factory via Detroit and Sault Ste.

1844 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,835.00
155

Miner’s Coat of Arms illustrated cover to Canada with enclosed Miner’s Ten Commandments lettersheet

 1855 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,540.00
173

Hale & Company conjunctive service with Boyd’s City Express Post and delivered free to famed newspaper publisher, James Gordon Bennett

 1845 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,422.00
59

New York to Edinburgh, Scotland, via Falmouth-New York Packet, 1781, American Blockade Run.

 1781 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,186.00
128

1841 letter to U.S. via Mexico, describing death of Chiefess Kapiolani “Another chief has fallen.

1841 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,186.00
  • 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.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
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    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
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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