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Sale Name
Fine Manuscripts and Printed Americana
Auction Date
01/24/2019 - 01/24/2019
Year of Sale
2019
Sale Number
#n10002
Total Lots
178
Sold Lots
102
Lots Sold
57.3%
Unsold Lots
76
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
4,258,880.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
3,579,100.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
4,258,800.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
6,407,900.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
8,329,300.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
51.13%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
4,474,520.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2122 Declaration of Independence THE ONLY KNOWN PRIVATELY HELD COPY OF THE CELEBRATED WILLIAM J. STONE FACSIMILE FOR WHICH PROVENANCE CAN BE TRACED BACK TO A DIRECT ANCESTOR WHO RECEIVED IT IN 1824

1824

 USD 600,000.00 - 800,000.00 975,000.00
2086 Treaty of Paris, Ratification BY THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, A PROCLAMATION …

1784

 USD 1,200,000.00 - 800,000.00 855,000.00
2078 The Declaration of Independence THE FIRST BOOK-FORM PRINTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

1776

 USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 471,000.00
2072 Paul Revere THE BLOODY MASSACRE PERPETRATED IN KING-STREET BOSTON ON MARCH 5TH 1770 BY A PARTY OF THE 29TH REG. 

1770

 USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 362,500.00
2084 George Clinton GEORGE CLINTON’S LETTERBOOK AS GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, RECORDING HIS ACTS AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE LEGISLATURE

1781-1787 

 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 200,000.00
2085 George Washington AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("GO: WASHINGTON") AS CONTINENTAL COMMANDER TO BRYAN FAIRFAX "AT TOWLSTON IN VIRGINIA," EXPRESSING HIS EAGERNESS TO RESIGN HIS COMMISSION AND RETIRE TO MOUNT VERNON

1783

 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 150,000.00
2184 Robert E. Lee AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("R E LEE") AS CONFEDERATE COMMANDER, TO RABBI MAX MICHELBACHER, DECLINING TO FURLOUGH JEWISH CONFEDERATE TROOPS FOR THE HIGH HOLY DAYS

1861

 USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 150,000.00
2121 Thomas Jefferson AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("TH: JEFFERSON"), TO ROBERT S. GARNETT, MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (1817-1827), ON LIMITING GOVERNMENT’S HAND IN THE ECONOMY 

1821

 USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 93,750.00
2111 Thomas Jefferson AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SURVEY SIGNED (IN TEXT TWICE, “T. JEFFERSON ESQ.?? AND “JEFFERSON"), REGARDING 1,043 ACRES BORDERING MONTICELLO

ca. 1800–1815

 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 52,500.00
2050 Holme, Thomas A MAPP OF YE IMPROVED PART OF PENSILVANIA IN AMERICA, DIVIDE INTO COUNTYES TOWNSHIPS AND LOTTS.

1687

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 46,250.00
2055 The Hamptons “DRAFT OF THE SOUND.?? PARTS OF LONG ISLAND, CONNECTICUT, AND RHODE ISLAND.

CIRCA 1798-1802

 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 43,750.00
2065 Cecil Calvert, second Lord Baltimore THE LORD BALTIMORE'S CASE, CONCERNING HIS PLANTATION IN MARY=LAND

1649

 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 37,500.00
2042 Birch, William THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, NORTH AMERICA; AS IT APPEARED IN THE YEAR 1800, CONSISTING OF TWENTY EIGHT PLATES DRAWN AND ENGRAVED BY W. BIRCH AND SON.

1800

 USD 30,000.00 - 60,000.00 36,250.00
2040 Wytfliet, Cornelius  DESCRIPTIONIS PTOLEMAICAE AUGMENTUM, SIVE OCCIDENTALIS NOTITIA BREVI COMMENTARIO ILLUSTRATA. 

1597

 USD 35,000.00 - 50,000.00 35,000.00
2002 Crockett, David AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("DAVID CROCKETT") TO HIROM S. FAVOR, COMPLAINING ABOUT PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON

1834

 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 30,000.00
2057 John James Audubon THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, FROM DRAWINGS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR TERRITORIES.

1840-1844

 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 30,000.00
2053 Washington, George ADDRESS LEAF WITH AUTOGRAPH FREE FRANK SIGNED ("GO: WASHINGTON") AS FIRST PRESIDENT, TO HIS NEPHEW, JUDGE BUSHROD WASHINGTON 

1790

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 25,000.00
2087 John Adams AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("JOHN ADAMS") TO GENERAL JAMES WARREN, ON THE IMPORTANCE OF DIPLOMACY FOR THE INFANT REPUBLIC

1784

 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 22,500.00
2182 Chaim Weizmann CHAIM WEIZMANN. TYPED LETTER SIGNEDAS PRESIDENT-ELECT OF ISRAEL, 17 MAY 1948, TO JUDGE SAMUEL I. ROSENMAN

1948

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 22,500.00
2100 George Washington AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("GO: WASHINGTON") AS FIRST PRESIDENT, TO JAMES MERCER, REFUSING TO HAVE HIS NAME USED IN A SUIT FOR THE RECOVERY OF A DEBT

1792

 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 21,250.00
2061 Elliot, Daniel Giraud THE NEW AND HERETOFORE UNFIGURED SPECIES OF THE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA.

[1866–] 1869

 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 20,000.00
2088 George Washington AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("GO: WASHINGTON"), WITH SEPARATE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED IN THE HAND OF ELIZA PARKE CUSTIS, PRESENTING GIDEON SNOW WITH A SWATCH OF VELVET WORN BY WASHINGTON

1785

 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 20,000.00
2001 Crockett, David AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("DAVID CROCKETT") TO MICHAEL C. SPRIGG, ASKING FOR HELP IN TRACKING DOWN A MISSING PORTRAIT

1830

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 20,000.00
2096 Thomas Jefferson AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("TH:JEFFERSON") AS SECRETARY OF STATE, TO "HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF PHILADELPHIA" [DAVID REDICK, ACTING PRESIDENT], FORWARDING THREE CRITICAL ACTS OF THE FIRST CONGRESS UNDER THE NEW CONSTITUTION

1790

 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 20,000.00
2037 Ptolemy, Claudius LA GEOGRAFIA, CON ALCUNI COMENTI & AGGIUNTE FATTEVI DA SEBASTIANO MUNSTERO, CON LE TAVOLE NON SOLAMENTE ANTICHE & MODERNE SOLITE DI STA(M)PARSI, MA ALTRE NUOVO AGGIUNTEVI DI JACOPO GASTALDO, RIDOTTA IN VOLGARE ITALIANO DA PIETRO ANDREA MATTIOLO.

1548 [1547]

 USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 18,750.00
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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.