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Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000. -
Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works. -
Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
Swann Galleries: PHOTOGRAPHY. PART I: 19TH & 20TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS., 1385,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 14, 1985 - November 14, 1985
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | BAYARD, HIPPOLYTE | Duca, Lo. Bayard | Paris | 1943 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 90.00 |
| 202 | BEDE, CUTHBERT; Edward Bradley | Photographic Pleasures | London | 1855 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 100.00 |
| 203 | BERTILLON, ALPHONSE | La Photographie Judiciaire | Paris | 1890 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 150.00 |
| 204 | BOSSERT, HELMUTH; and GUTTMANN, HEINRICH | Les Premiers Temps de la Photographie 1840-1870 | Paris | 1930 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 110.00 |
| 205 | BRADFORD, WILLIAM | The Arctic Regions | London | 1873 |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | 7,200.00 |
| 206 | BRASSAI | Paris de Nuit | Paris | Circa 1933 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 275.00 |
| 207 | BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY | London | 1 January 1869-30 December 1870; 5 January 1872-31 December 1875 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 550.00 | |
| 208 | BROOKS, HENRY; Dame, Lorin L. | Typical Elms and Other Trees of Massachusetts | Boston | 1890 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 60.00 |
| 209 | BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN | Century Association | New York | 1865 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 40.00 |
| 210 | CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI | Les Europeens | Paris | 1955 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 425.00 |
| 211 | CAMERA WORK | New York | 1915 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 150.00 | |
| 212 | CAVE, HENRY W. | Picturesque Ceylon | London | 1894 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 70.00 |
| 213 | The Juvenile Gallery | New-York | Circa 1880 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 325.00 | |
| 214 | Union Square Panorama Company | Brooklyn, New York | Circa 1890 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 100.00 | |
| 215 | Chesterton, G. K. | COBURN, ALVIN LANGDON | London | 1914 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 175.00 |
| 216 | Stevenson, Robert Louis | Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes | London | 1954 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 120.00 |
| 217 | CONNELL, WILL | In Pictures: A Hollywood Satire | New York | 1937 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 70.00 |
| 218 | CURTIS, EDWARD S.; Merriam, C. Hart, editor | Harriman Alaska Expedition | New York | 1901 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 175.00 |
| 219 | DARWIN, CHARLES | The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals | London | 1872 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 60.00 |
| 220 | DELAMOTTE, PHILIP H. and CUNDALL, JOSEPH | A Photographic Tour Among the Abbeys of Yorkshire | London | 1856 |
USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 221 | EMERSON, PETER HENRY | Group of 3 volumes | London | 1893, 1898, 1924 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 225.00 |
| 222 | EMERSON, PETER HENRY and BANKART, GEORGE; Walton, Izaak | The Compleat Angler | London | 1888 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,600.00 |
| 223 | Group of 22 volumes | Vp | 1938-80 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 175.00 | |
| 224 | FIGUIER, LOUIS | Les Merveilles de la Science ou Description Populaire des Inventions Modernes | Paris | 1869 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 50.00 |
| 225 | FLAHERTY, ROBERT | Untitled portfolio of 6 large-format photogravures after Flaherty's work in Canada for Revillon Freres | New York | Circa 1925 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 400.00 |
| 226 | GENTHE, ARNOLD | The Book of the Dance | New York | 1916 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 150.00 |
| 227 | GENTHE, ARNOLD | Two volumes with illustrations by Genthe | San Francisco, Camden | 1911, 1938 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 80.00 |
| 228 | GERNSHEIM, HELMUT and ALISON | The History of Photography | London | 1955 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 200.00 |
| 229 | GOLDSCHMIDT, LUCIEN; and NAEF, WESTON | The Truthful Lens | New York | 1980 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 275.00 |
| 230 | GORRINGE, HENRY H. | Egyptian Obelisks | New York | 1882 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 225.00 |
| 231 | GRUNDY, WILLIAM MORRIS | Sunshine in the Country | London | 1861 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 232 | Vaille, F. O.; and Clarke, H. A. | The Harvard Book | Cambridge | 1875 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 350.00 |
| 233 | HILLER, LEJAREN A. | Surgery Through the Ages | New York | 1944 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 150.00 |
| 234 | HOLME, CHARLES, editor | Art in Photography | London | 1905 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 120.00 |
| 235 | HOLME, CHARLES, editor | Colour Photography | London | 1908 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 130.00 |
| 236 | JACKSON, WILLIAM HENRY | Descriptive Catalogue of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories | Washington, D.C. | 1875 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 250.00 |
| 237 | JACKSON, WILLIAM HENRY | Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians | Washington, D.C. | 1877 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 250.00 |
| 238 | JACKSON, WILLIAM HENRY | William Henry Jackson's Rocky Mountain Railroad Album | Silverton | 1976 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 175.00 |
| 239 | Sights and Scenes in Fair Japan | Tokyo | early 1900s |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 80.00 | |
| 240 | JENNINGS, PAYNE | Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads | Ashtead, Surrey | 1891 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 275.00 |
| 241 | LANGE, DOROTHEA; Taylor, Paul Schuster | An American Exodus | New York | 1939 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 70.00 |
| 242 | LARTIGUE, J.-H. | Boyhood Photos of J.-H. Lartigue | Lausanne | 1966 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 110.00 |
| 243 | LECUYER, RAYMOND | Histoire de la Photographie | Paris | 1945 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | 600.00 |
| 244 | LOSSING, BENSON J. | A History of the Civil War | New York | 1912 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 120.00 |
| 245 | LOUBERE, P. | Album Photographique des Ruines de Paris | Paris | 1871 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 150.00 |
| 246 | MENNIE, DONALD | The Grandeur of the Gorges | Shanghai | 1926 |
USD 200.00 - 250.00 | 350.00 |
| 247 | MESERVE, FREDERICK HILL | The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln | New York | 1911 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 1,400.00 |
| 248 | MESERVE, FREDERICK HILL | The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln | New York | 1910 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 249 | MOHOLY-NAGY, L.; Fergusson, Bernard | Eton Portrait | London | 1937 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 550.00 |
| 250 | MUYBRIDGE, EADWEARD | Animal Locomotion | Philadelphia | 1888 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 70.00 |
| 251 | NOMAN, DR. D. VAN HAREN | Casuistique et Diagnostic Photographique des Maladies de la Peau | Haarlem | 1900 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 225.00 |
| 252 | Herrlich, Lotte | Edle Nacktheit | Dresden | 1920s |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 100.00 |
| 253 | Mentzel, Albert; and Roux, Albert, editors | Formes Nues | Paris | 1935 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 250.00 |
| 254 | Meyer, Bruno; and Ludwig von Jan, Hermann | Weibliche Schoenheit | Stuttgart | 1904 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 90.00 |
| 255 | ONGANIA, FERDINAND, editor | Calli e Canali in Venezia | Venice | 1891 (1894-95) |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 300.00 |
| 256 | O'SULLIVAN, TIMOTHY; and BELL, WILLIAM | United States of America War Department | Washington, D.C. | Circa 1875 |
USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | 11,500.00 |
| 257 | OUTERBRIDGE, PAUL | Photographing in Color | New York | 1940 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 60.00 |
| 258 | Paris Sous la Commune | Paris | 1920s |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 25.00 | |
| 259 | PENN, IRVING | Moments Preserved | New York | 1960 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 300.00 |
| 260 | PETRIE, SIR WILLIAM MATTHEW FLINDERS | Racial Photographs from the Egyptian Monuments | London | 1887 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 400.00 |
| 261 | Edward L. Wilson | PHILADELPHIA PHOTOGRAPHER | Philadelphia | 1865 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 600.00 |
| 262 | Edward L. Wilson | PHILADELPHIA PHOTOGRAPHER | Philadelphia | 1864-65, 1868-69 |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,300.00 |
| 263 | Edward L. Wilson | PHILADELPHIA PHOTOGRAPHER | Philadelphia | 1870-73; 1875-77; 1879 |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,500.00 |
| 264 | Edward L. Wilson | PHILADELPHIA PHOTOGRAPHER | Philadelphia | 1881-85 |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,300.00 |
| 265 | PHOTOGRAPHIE | Paris and New York | 1934-39 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 225.00 | |
| 266 | Stefan Lorant | PICTURE POST | London | 8 October 1938-28 March 1942 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 425.00 |
| 267 | POCHE, ALBERT | Mont Saint-Simeon Stylite Pres d'Alep | Paris | 1878 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 600.00 |
| 268 | RAY, MAN | Self Portrait | Boston | 1963 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 90.00 |
| 269 | Group of 22 illustrated volumes | Vp | 1933-(1973) |
USD 200.00 - 250.00 | 225.00 | |
| 270 | RENGER-PATZSCH, ALBERT | Hohenstaufenburgen in Sueditalien | Ingelheim am Rhein | 1961 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 130.00 |
| 271 | Kitajskaja Vostochaja Zelznaj Doroga [Chinese-Oriental Railway] | Np | early 1900s |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | 550.00 | |
| 272 | SCHUETZ, ALEXANDER | Die Renaissance in Italien | Hamburg | 1892 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 30.00 |
| 273 | STEINERT, OTTO | Subjektive Fotografie | Bonn | 1952 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 425.00 |
| 274 | Group of 8 volumes dealing with the stereoscope and stereographs | Vp | 1864-(1979) |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 110.00 | |
| 275 | STOCK, DENNIS | De Wereld van de Jazz | Amsterdam | 1960 |
USD 70.00 - 100.00 | 40.00 |
| 276 | SUDEK, JOSEF | Praha Panoramaticka | Prague | 1959 |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | 500.00 |
| 277 | SUDEK, JOSEF; Kirschner, Zdenek | Josef Sudek: Vyber Fotografii z Celozivotniho Dila | Prague | 1982 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 60.00 |
| 278 | TURNER, AUSTIN A. | Villas on the Hudson | New York | 1860 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 2,400.00 |
| 279 | TWENTIETH-CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHERS | Vp | 1901-73 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 225.00 | |
| 280 | Tom Maloney | U. S. CAMERA | New York | 1935, 1936 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 40.00 |
| 281 | Tom Maloney | U. S. CAMERA | New York | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 130.00 | |
| 282 | Group of 17 souvenir view books | 1870s-1915 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 80.00 | ||
| 283 | WERNER, SIGVART | Dyrehaven Og Jaegersborg Hegn | Copenhagen | 1919 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 300.00 |
| 284 | Group of 7 volumes dealing with photography of the American Midwest and West | Vp | (1964)-1970 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 300.00 | |
| 285 | BRADY, JULIA HANDY | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Mrs. Brady | 1870s |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 286 | BRADY, MATHEW B. | Quarter-plate daguerreotype of Mathew B. Brady | Circa 1850 |
USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | 54,000.00 | |
| 287 | BRADY, MATHEW B. | Darby, Henry F., attributed to Watercolor sketch of Brady in profile, seated in a chair | 1850s |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 100.00 | |
| 288 | BRADY, MATHEW B. | Portrait of Brady | 1860s |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 1,500.00 | |
| 289 | BRADY, MATHEW B. | A view of Union trenches before Petersburg | 1864 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 300.00 | |
| 290 | BRADY, MATHEW B. | Stereograph view of Brady's famous What-Is-It wagon at Cold Harbor | 1860s |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 80.00 | |
| 291 | BRADY, MATHEW B. | Cabinet card portrait of Brady in his later years | 1880s |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 400.00 | |
| 292 | BRADY, MATHEW B. | A group of 20 Autograph Letters Signed by William Slocum | New York | 24 February 1892-24 January 1896 |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 293 | Group of 6 Brady novelty cartes-de-visite of animals | 1860s |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 110.00 | ||
| 294 | BOOTH, LINCOLN, et al | Group of 9 cartes-de-visite | 1860s |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 150.00 | |
| 295 | CARSON, KIT | Carte-de-visite of Carson posed in Brady's studio with special agent L. C. Baker | 1860s |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 275.00 | |
| 296 | CORBETT, BOSTON | Carte-de-visite portrait of Corbett in military jacket | Circa 1865 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 110.00 | |
| 297 | KINMAN, SETH | Group of 3 Brady cartes-de-visite relating to Kinman | Washington, D.C. | 1864-65 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 225.00 |
| 298 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Carte-de-visite portrait of Lincoln seated in a chair | Washington, D.C. | 1861 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 425.00 |
| 299 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Carte-de-visite portrait of Lincoln seated in a chair | Washington, D.C. | 1861 |
USD 200.00 - 250.00 | 110.00 |
| 300 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | Carte-de-visite portrait of Lincoln seated in a chair | Washington, D.C. | 1862 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 300.00 |
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June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Bonhams, June 14-23: Palm-reading, astrology, and more. Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Benjamin Franklin. Sammelband of 45 papers on electricity. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000Bonhams, June 14-23: The basis for the whole modern electric-power industry. Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Edgar Allen Poe. Poe on Mesmerism. Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500Bonhams, June 14-23: Reformation - The Architect of Lutheranism on Church Unity and Dissent. Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000Bonhams, June 14-23: The Rare 3-Paper Offprint Identifying the Double Helix Structure of DNA, Signed by Crick, Wilkins, Wilson, Stokes and Gosling. Estimate: $40,000 - 60,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph book and Report from the Thirtieth Indian National Congress, featuring the signatures of Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, and Dadabhai Naoroji. Estimate: $6,000 - 8,000Bonhams, June 14-23: An Illustrated Miniature Hebrew Prayerbook Manuscript. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph Working Draft of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Death Voyage. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000Bonhams, June 14-23: "Perhaps the most celebrated and most beautiful herbal ever published." Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A rare product of the Jaquard loom. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000 -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950