Auction Reports
Heritage Auctions
Auction Info
- Sale Name
- Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction
- Auction Date
- 02/21/2008 - 02/22/2008
- Year of Sale
- 2008
- Sale Number
- #682
- Total Lots
- 1057
- Sold Lots
- 834
- Lots Sold
- 78.9%
- Unsold Lots
- 223
- Price Unknown
- 0
- Total Sales (USD)
- 1,146,030.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 1,003,980.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 1,478,920.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 1,701,320.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 2,406,480.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 47.62%
- Currency
- USD
- Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
- 1,275,530.00
Top twenty five by sale price
View All Auction Lots.| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56635 | Joseph Smith | The Book of Mormon | 1830 |
USD 75,000.00 - 100,000.00 | 77,675.00 |
| 56336 | Ernest Hemingway | Archive | USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 | 59,750.00 | |
| 56051 | Kit Carson | Signed Brady Carte de Visite. | 1860s |
USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 26,290.00 |
| 56343 | Edgar Allan Poe | Autograph Letter Signed | April 29, 1848 |
USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 23,900.00 |
| 56618 | Adam Smith. | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. | 1778 |
USD 6,500.00 - 7,500.00 | 20,315.00 |
| 56101 | George Washington | Letter Signed | July 22, [1778] |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 19,120.00 |
| 56329 | Mark Twain | Autograph Manuscript From His Unfinished Sequel to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. | November 2, 1932 |
USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | 16,730.00 |
| 56273 | Pope Urban VIII | Letter Signed as Pope. | 1625 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | 15,535.00 |
| 56211 | Lee Harvey Oswald | Signed Document. | April 23, 1957 |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 13,145.00 |
| 56155 | Ulysses S. Grant | Autograph Letter Signed | May 25, 1873 |
USD 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | 11,950.00 |
| 56486 | [Henri Matisse]. | [Dessins de Matisse] | [1936]. |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 9,560.00 |
| 56030 | Anthony Wayne | Archive of Journals with Nine Signatures. | USD 8,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 9,560.00 | |
| 56666 | Ray Bradbury: | Fahrenheit 451 in Asbestos with Typed Letter Signed. | [1953] |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 8,962.50 |
| 56105 | John Adams | Four-Language Ships Paper Signed | August 11, 1798 |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 8,365.00 |
| 56547 | Jesse L. Livermore. | How to Trade in Stocks. The Livermore Formula for Combining Time Element and Price. | [1940]. |
USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | 7,767.50 |
| 56108 | Thomas Jefferson | Autograph Letter Signed | Sunday, January 3, 1808 |
USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | 7,767.50 |
| 56109 | Thomas Jefferson | Third Person Autograph Letter Signed | October 29, 1803. |
USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 7,767.50 |
| 56147 | Abraham Lincoln | Signed Naval Appointment | February 19, 1862 |
USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | 7,767.50 |
| 56110 | Thomas Jefferson | Commission Signed | April 17, 1802 |
USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 7,170.00 |
| 56405 | Stephen King. | The Complete Dark Tower Series. | [1982 - 1994]. |
USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 7,170.00 |
| 56042 | Reading Howell | Howell Pennsylvania Map, Autograph Letter Signed | November 10, 1788 |
USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 7,170.00 |
| 56907 | H. P. Lovecraft. | The Shunned House. | 1928 |
USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 7,170.00 |
| 56911 | George Lowther. | The Adventures of Superman. | [1942] |
USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 5,975.00 |
| 56022 | Samuel Preston, Thomas Mifflin | Handwritten Journal of Samuel Preston, Along with a Thomas Mifflin Signed Document | 1788 |
USD 800.00 - 1,500.00 | 5,676.25 |
| 56148 | Abraham Lincoln | Document Signed | August 16, 1861 |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 5,676.25 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
