Sothebys: Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana, NY7332,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 22, 1999 - June 22, 1999
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adams, Abigail, First Lady | Autograph note signed | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 1,840.00 | ||
| 2 | Adams, John, as second President | Partly printed document signed | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | 1,840.00 | ||
| 3 | Adams, John, second President | Autograph free frank | USD 650.00 - 850.00 | 1,035.00 | ||
| 4 | Adams, John, second President | Autograph free frank | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,035.00 | ||
| 5 | Adams, John Quincy, sixth President as Minister to Russia | Autograph letter signed | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 6,325.00 | ||
| 6 | Almon, John | The Remembrancer, or Impartial Repository of Public Events. The Second Edition. | London | 1775 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | 920.00 |
| 7 | Almon, Lucas | Memoria de la Secretaria de Estado y del Despacho de Relaciones Interiores y Exteriores. | Mexico | 1831 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,035.00 |
| 8 | [American Autographs] | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 9 | [American Aviation] | A group of 2 typed letters signed by Charles A. Lindbergh | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 3,737.00 | ||
| 10 | [Americana] | A group of four documents and letters signed by three Americans | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | 1,380.00 | ||
| 11 | [Americana] | Various | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 4,600.00 | ||
| 12 | Anthony, Susan B. | Autograph quotation signed | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,495.00 | ||
| 13 | Apianus, Petrus | Cosmographia O per Gemmam Frisivm apvd Lovanienses medicvm et mathematicvm insignem O Additis eiusdem argumenti libellus ipsius Gemmae Frisij. Coloniae Agrippinae | [Cologne] | 1574 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 3,450.00 |
| 14 | Apianus, Petrus | Libro de la Cosmographia de Pedro Apiano, el qual trata la descripcion del Mundo, y sus partes, por muy claro y lindo artificio, augme[n]tado por el doctissimo varon Gemma Frisio con otros libros del dicho Gemma Agora nueuame[n]te traduzidos en roma[n]ce | Vendese en Envers [Antwerp] | 1548 |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 10,350.00 |
| 15 | Audubon, John James, American ornithologist and artist | Autograph manuscript | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 8,050.00 | ||
| 16 | Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, Confederate General | Document signed | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 16,100.00 | ||
| 17 | Bradford, William, U.S. Attorney General | Autograph document signed | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 18 | (Canada) | The contract for a voyage in 1622, signed by the colonist Sir William Alexander and by the founder of New Hampshire, John Mason | USD 120,000.00 - 150,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 19 | Carver, George Washington | Autograph letter signed | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 20 | [Civil War] | A collection of approximately 60 autograph letters signed by Theodore F. Neafie of the 1st Regiment of California | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | 8,625.00 | ||
| 21 | [Civil War] | A collection of approximately 39 autograph letters signed by John C. Gibbins of the 2nd Regiment of Maryland | various places, | 1862-65 |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 22 | (Civil War) | Fine albumen photograph | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 23 | [Civil War]. | The Best Regiment Yet! | Boston | [ca. 1863-1865] |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 2,300.00 |
| 24 | [Civil War]. | Union, Liberty and Victory. | Pottstown, Pennsylvania | 1864 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,300.00 |
| 25 | [Civil War]. | We Celebrate the Fall of Richmond. | Philadelphia | [1865] |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 4,600.00 |
| 26 | Cody, William [Buffalo Bill] | Various | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | 1,495.00 | ||
| 27 | Davis, Jefferson, C.S.A. President as Senator for Mississippi | Autograph letter signed | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,265.00 | ||
| 28 | [Davis, Jefferson] | Hickey, W. The Constitution of the United States of America, with an Alphabetical Analysis; The Declaration of Independence; The Articles of Confederation; The Prominent Political Acts of George Washington ... and other interesting matter. | Philadelphia | 1848 |
USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | 10,350.00 |
| 29 | Adams, John, second President, Signer of the Declaration from Massachusetts | Autograph letter signed | USD 275,000.00 - 350,000.00 | 635,000.00 | ||
| 30 | Doubleday, Abner, General | Autograph letter signed | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 12,650.00 | ||
| 31 | Edison, Thomas Alva, Inventor | Typed letter signed | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | 1,955.00 | ||
| 32 | Ellery, William, Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island | Autograph letter signed | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 12,650.00 | ||
| 33 | [Fort Jefferson] | A collection of 14 letters all written by a variety of correspondents from Fort Jefferson Dry Tortugas | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | 3,737.00 | ||
| 34 | Franklin, Benjamin, Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania as Minister to Paris | Autograph letter signed | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 8,050.00 | ||
| 35 | Franklin, Benjamin, Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania as Minister to France | Autograph letter signed | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | 48,875.00 | ||
| 36 | Franklin, Benjamin, Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania | Autograph letter signed twice in third person | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 6,900.00 | ||
| 37 | Franklin, Benjamin, Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania as President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania | Document signed | USD 3,500.00 - 5,500.00 | 7,475.00 | ||
| 38 | Franklin, Benjamin, Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania as President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania | Document signed | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 5,750.00 | ||
| 39 | rant, Ulysses S., eighteenth President as Commander of the Armies of the United States | Autograph letter signed | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 20,700.00 | ||
| 40 | Hamilton, Alexander, Secretary of the Treasury as Colonel and Aide de Camp to General George Washington | Autograph letter signed | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 6,325.00 | ||
| 41 | Hamilton, Alexander, Secretary of the Treasury as Major General | Autograph letter signed | USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 | 8,050.00 | ||
| 42 | Hancock, John, Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts | Partly printed document signed | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,587.00 | ||
| 43 | Hancock, John, as governor of Massachusetts | Partly printed document signed | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | 2,875.00 | ||
| 44 | Harrison, William Henry, ninth President | Autograph document signed | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 805.00 | ||
| 45 | Harrison, William Henry, ninth President | Autograph letter signed | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 46 | [Hawaiiana] | A collection of 24 letters and documents | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | 11,500.00 | ||
| 47 | Henry, Patrick, Governor of Virginia | Autograph letter signed | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 16,100.00 | ||
| 48 | Houston, Sam, as President of the Republic of Texas | Autograph letter signed | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 16,100.00 | ||
| 49 | Jackson, Andre w, as seventh President | Letter signed | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,495.00 | ||
| 50 | Jackson, Andre w, as seventh President | Partly printed document accomplished and signed | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,265.00 | ||
| 51 | Jackson, Andre w, as seventh President | Letter signed | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 52 | Jackson, Andre w, seventh President | Autograph letter signed | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 53 | Jackson, Thomas Jonathan, C.S.A. General | Autograph letter signed | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 8,050.00 | ||
| 54 | Jackson, Thomas Jonathan, as C.S.A. | General Autograph letter signed | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | 33,350.00 | ||
| 55 | Jay, John, as President of the Continental Congress | Autograph letter signed | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 16,100.00 | ||
| 56 | Jefferson, Thomas, third President as Governor of Virginia | Partial partly printed document signed | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | 1,840.00 | ||
| 57 | Jefferson, Thomas, as third President | Printed broadside document signed | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 3,450.00 | ||
| 58 | Jefferson, Thomas, as third President | Autograph note signed | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 4,025.00 | ||
| 59 | Jefferson, Thomas, as third President | Autograph letter signed | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | 74,000.00 | ||
| 60 | Jefferson, Thomas, as third President | Autograph note signed in third person | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | 2,875.00 | ||
| 61 | Jefferson, Thomas, as third President | Autograph letter signed | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | 24,150.00 | ||
| 62 | Jefferson, Thomas, as third President | Engraved document signed | USD 3,500.00 - 5,500.00 | 4,887.00 | ||
| 63 | Jefferson, Thomas, as third President | Autograph letter signed | USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 | 96,000.00 | ||
| 64 | Jefferson, Thomas, as third President | Partly printed document signed | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 4,025.00 | ||
| 65 | Jefferson, Thomas, as third President | Partly printed document signed | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | 2,875.00 | ||
| 66 | Jefferson, Thomas, as third President | Partly printed document signed | USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 | 3,162.00 | ||
| 67 | Jefferson, Thomas, as third President | Autograph letter signed | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 11,500.00 | ||
| 68 | Jefferson, Thomas, as third President | Cut signature | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,587.00 | ||
| 69 | Jefferson, Thomas, third | President Cut signature | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | 4,312.00 | ||
| 70 | (Jefferson, Thomas. Library) | Catalogue of the Library of the United States. To which is annexed, a copious index, alphabetically arranged. | Washington | 1815. |
USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | 60,250.00 |
| 71 | [Jesuit Expulsion from the Americas] | Collection of 70 manuscript documents in Spanish | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | 23,000.00 | ||
| 72 | Johnson, Andre w, seventeenth President as Governor of Tennessee | Partly printed document signed | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | 632.00 | ||
| 73 | Johnson, Andre w, seventeenth President as Senator | Autograph free frank | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 74 | Johnston, Joseph E., as C.S.A. | General Autograph letter signed | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 16,100.00 | ||
| 75 | Jones, John Paul, American Naval hero | Autograph letter signed | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 34,500.00 | ||
| 76 | Kennedy, Jacqueline, First Lady | Various | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 4,600.00 | ||
| 77 | Kennedy, John F., as thirty-fifth President | Partly printed document signed | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 4,025.00 | ||
| 78 | (Kino, Eusebio Franciso) | Manuscript report signed: | USD 45,000.00 - 65,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 79 | Kirby-Smith, Edmund, C.S.A General | Letter signed | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 6,325.00 | ||
| 80 | Las Casas, Bartolome de | COMPLETE SET OF THE FIRST EDITIONS DEFENDING INDIANS IN THE NEW WORLD. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | 46,000.00 | ||
| 81 | Lee, Charles, Attorney General | Autograph letter signed | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 690.00 | ||
| 82 | Lee, Guy Charleton and Francis Newton Thorpe, eds. | History of North America. | Philadelphia | [1903-1907] |
USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 5,175.00 |
| 83 | Lee, Robert E., as C.S.A. | General Autograph letter signed | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 14,950.00 | ||
| 84 | Lee, Robert E., as C.S.A. | General Autograph letter signed | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | 9,775.00 | ||
| 85 | Robert E. Lee, as Confederate Commander | Document signed | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | 68,500.00 | ||
| 86 | Lee, Robert E., Confederate Commander | Letter signed | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 87 | Lee, Robert E., Confederate Commander | Signature | USD 2,800.00 - 3,200.00 | 3,450.00 | ||
| 88 | Lee, Robert E., C.S.A. | General Cut signature | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,955.00 | ||
| 89 | Lincoln, Abraham, sixteenth President | Autograph letter signed twice | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | 12,650.00 | ||
| 90 | Lincoln, Abraham, as sixteenth President | Autograph endorsement signed | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | 6,900.00 | ||
| 91 | Lincoln, Abraham, as sixteenth President | Autograph letter signed | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | 9,200.00 | ||
| 92 | Lincoln, Abraham, as sixteenth President | Engraved document signed | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 3,737.00 | ||
| 93 | Lincoln, Abraham, as sixteenth President | Autograph endorsement signed | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | 6,325.00 | ||
| 94 | Lincoln, Abraham, as sixteenth President | Document signed | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 8,050.00 | ||
| 95 | Lincoln, Abraham, as sixteenth President | Manuscript endorsement signed | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | 4,312.00 | ||
| 96 | Lincoln, Abraham, as sixteenth President | Cut signature | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,645.00 | ||
| 97 | Lincoln, Abraham, as sixteenth President | Cut signature | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | 2,185.00 | ||
| 98 | [Lincoln, Abraham]. | Broadside. National Union Ticket. | Philadelphia | [1864] |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 18,400.00 |
| 99 | Lincoln, Mary Todd, as First Lady | Autograph letter signed | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 4,312.00 | ||
| 100 | Lincoln, Mary Todd, as First Lady | Autograph note signed | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,840.00 |
