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Auction Name Americana and Political Total Sales (USD) 1,290,578.25
Auction Date August 18, 2018 - August 18, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 800,152.00
Sale Number #6183 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,199,478.00
Total Lots 1134
Sold Lots 1095 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 881,752.00
% of Lots Sold 96.56% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,322,078.00
Unsold Lots 39 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 97.62%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
43312

RMS Titanic: Pocket Watch Owned by One of the Unfortunate Passengers.

 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 57,500.00
43019

Revolutionary War: "Liberty Triumphant or the Downfall of Oppression" Prohibitively Rare Copper Engraved Cartoon Celebrating the Boston Tea Party.

 USD 19,200.00 - 28,800.00 USD 37,500.00
43050

Henry Clay: A Spectacular Hand-Painted Banner from the 1844 Campaign.

USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 35,000.00
43342

William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Wild West Show: "He-Nu-Kaw" Richly Colored Lithographed Poster Depicting "The Handsomest Indian Maiden in the World."

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 32,500.00
43005

George Washington: Portrait Dated 1791 After Gilbert Stuart.

 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 27,500.00
43279

Mexican-American War: South Carolina Palmetto Regiment Gold Medal with Ribbon.

 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 27,500.00
43200

Cox & Roosevelt: The "Holy Grail" Jugate Button for These 1920 Running Mates.

 USD 19,200.00 - 28,800.00 USD 22,500.00
43257

Lyndon B. Johnson: Signed Iconic Air Force One Swearing-In Photograph.

 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 21,250.00
43337

William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Wild West & Congress of Rough Riders of the World Poster: A Possibly Unique Poster Depicting Cody Roping a Horse.

 USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 USD 17,500.00
43339

William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Buffalo Bill's Wild West: The Iconic Nine-Color "White Eagle" Cody Poster.

 USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 USD 17,500.00
43317

A Guillotine.

USD 19,200.00 - 28,800.00 USD 15,000.00
43348

William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World: One of the Most Graphic French Tour Poster Designs.

USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 15,000.00
43229

Dwight D. Eisenhower: Personally-Used, Four-Star General's Collar or Shoulder-Strap Insignia Donated by the Supreme Allied Commander in 1944 With Marvelous Provenance from Ike Himself.

USD 14,400.00 - 21,600.00 USD 13,750.00
43318

An Electric Chair.

 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 12,500.00
43340

The "Red Fox," Red Cloud: An Iconic Nine-Color Lithographed Poster Issued in 1893-94.

USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 USD 12,500.00
43072

Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, George Armstrong Custer & Others: A Superb Display of Autographs of Eminent Americans.

 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 9,375.00
43276

George H. W. Bush: Oil on Canvas Study for the Official White House Portrait.

 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 9,375.00
43034

Andrew Jackson: 1834 Anti-Bank Cartoon.

USD 1,440.00 - 2,160.00 USD 8,750.00
43036

Jackson & Van Buren: Gold Jugate Pocket Watch.

USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00 USD 8,750.00
43090

Abraham Lincoln: Leo Nock Signed Bronze Bust.

USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 8,125.00
43212

Franklin D. Roosevelt: Presidential Yacht USS Potomac Life Preserver.

 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 8,125.00
43239

John F. Kennedy: Large Scrapbook of Ephemera Assembled by PT-109 Crew-Member Barney Ross, Including Autographs.

 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 8,125.00
43109

Abraham Lincoln: William M. Evarts Archive from Lincoln's Washington, D.C. Funeral.

USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00 USD 7,500.00
43196

Woman's Suffrage: Unbelievable State of Missouri Ballot Measure Badge.

 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 7,500.00
43202

Henry Ford: Terrific 1924 Hopeful Picture Pin.

 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 7,500.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
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