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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
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- February 07, 2025 - February 07, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Speed | [Portrait] Aet. M Viri Clarissimi Joannis Speed ... | 1631 |
USD - | 431.00 | ||
| John Speed | [Title page] The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain ... | 1676 |
USD - | 485.00 | ||
| John Speed | [Title page] The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain ... | 1676 |
USD - | 300.00 | ||
| John Speed | [Title page] The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain ... | 1676 |
USD - | 350.00 | ||
| Joseph Smith Speer | A Plan of Cape Nicholas Mole at the N.W. End of the Island of Hispaniola, Lat. 19¦58'N. | 1771 |
USD - | 65.00 | ||
| Joseph Smith Speer | A Plan of Cape Nicholas Mole at the N.W. End of the Island of Hispaniola, Lat. 19¦58'N. | 1771 |
USD - | 85.00 | ||
| Joris van Spilbergen | Nova Totius Orbis Terrarum Descriptio | 1619 |
USD - | 1,800.00 | ||
| John Spilsbury | A New Map of America According to the Method of Abbe Gaultier | 1799 |
USD - | 135.00 | ||
| Nicolas Spirinx | [Globe gores] (Celestial) | 1610 |
USD - | 1,600.00 | ||
| Jasper Sprange | A Sketch of the Roads within Fourteen Miles of Tunbridge Wells | 1774 |
USD - | 163.00 | ||
| G. Sproule | A Sketch of the Environs of Charlestown in South Carolina | 1780 |
USD - | 2,000.00 | ||
| Charles de St. Albin | Horizon de Paris ... | 1739 |
USD - | 2,900.00 | ||
| St. Aubin Lith. | Etats-Unis d'Amerique | c.1860 |
USD - | 35.00 | ||
| St. Louis Republican | Map of the New Limits of the City of St. Louis and Ward Boundaries | 1877 |
USD - | 125.00 | ||
| St. Louis, Iron Mountain, & Southern R.R. | Geographically Correct County Map of the States Traversed by the St. Louis | 1878 |
USD - | 225.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | A Map of Canaan Divided among ye XII Tribes | 1744 |
USD - | 45.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | A Map of Canaan Divided among ye XII Tribes | 1752 |
USD - | 95.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | A Map of Canaan Divided among ye XII Tribes | 1744 |
USD - | 135.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | A Synopsis of the Repeopling of the World by the Descendants of Noah | 1782 |
USD - | 65.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | Anatolia Syria &c. | 1783 |
USD - | 85.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | Judea or the Holy Land | 1782 |
USD - | 120.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | Judea or the Holy Land | 1782 |
USD - | 120.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | Judea or the Holy Land | 1798 |
USD - | 130.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | Judea or the Holy Land | 1798 |
USD - | 135.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | Map of Ireland | 1796 |
USD - | 175.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | North America in its Present Divisions Agreeable to the Peace | 1783 |
USD - | 1,200.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | North America in its Present Divisions Agreeable to the Peace | 1790 |
USD - | 235.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | North America in its Present Divisions Agreeable to the Peace | 1790 |
USD - | 285.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | Present Poland Prussia &c. | 1796 |
USD - | 160.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | Present Sweden & Norway | 1782 |
USD - | 125.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | Russia in Europe | 1784 |
USD - | 135.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | South America | 1782 |
USD - | 85.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | South America | 1782 |
USD - | 85.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | South America | 1782 |
USD - | 95.00 | ||
| Thomas Stackhouse | Western Hemisphere Engraved by S. Neele | 1792 |
USD - | 185.00 | ||
| Jacob Stahlin von Storcksburg | Nouvelle Carte des Decouvertes Faites par des Vaisseaux Russiens aux Cotes Inconnues de l'Amerique Septentrionale avec les Pais Adiacents ... a St. Petersbourg a l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences | 1784 |
USD - | 1,000.00 | ||
| Charles Stalker | The World Comprising the New Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere | 1787 |
USD - | 85.00 | ||
| Standard Map Publishing Co. | Alaska | 1887 |
USD - | 20.00 | ||
| Standard Map Publishing Co. | Boston | 1887 |
USD - | 30.00 | ||
| Standard Map Publishing Co. | California | 1887 |
USD - | 50.00 | ||
| Standard Map Publishing Co. | City of Washington | 1887 |
USD - | 25.00 | ||
| Standard Map Publishing Co. | Idaho | 1888 |
USD - | 40.00 | ||
| Standard Map Publishing Co. | Indiana | 1887 |
USD - | 25.00 | ||
| Standard Map Publishing Co. | Manitoba | 1887 |
USD - | 30.00 | ||
| Standard Map Publishing Co. | Minnesota | 1887 |
USD - | 25.00 | ||
| Standard Map Publishing Co. | Mississippi | 1887 |
USD - | 30.00 | ||
| Standard Map Publishing Co. | New York City | 1887 |
USD - | 30.00 | ||
| Standard Map Publishing Co. | North Carolina | 1887 |
USD - | 20.00 | ||
| Standard Map Publishing Co. | Oceanica | 1888 |
USD - | 25.00 | ||
| Standard Map Publishing Co. | Ohio | 1887 |
USD - | 20.00 | ||
| Standard Map Publishing Co. | Pennsylvania | 1887 |
USD - | 30.00 | ||
| Standard Map Publishing Co. | Texas | 1887 |
USD - | 45.00 | ||
| Standard Map Publishing Co. | (Maryland and Delaware) | 1898 |
USD - | 20.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | A Map of Rhodesia Divided into Provinces and Districts under the Administration of the British South African Company | 1895 |
USD - | 272.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | A New Map of the Province of Auckland Compiled for A. Willis, Gann and Co. from the Latest Official Documents, Shewing the Lands Already Sold, the Lands Open for Selection by Free-Grant Emigrants and Others, and Crown Lands ... | 1859 |
USD - | 407.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Africa | c.1895 |
USD - | 190.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Asiatic Archipelago | 1842 |
USD - | 45.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Asiatic Archipelago, on Mercator's Projection | 1903 |
USD - | 60.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Australia East | 1903 |
USD - | 50.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | British Columbia & North West Territory in the Dominion of Canada | c.1883 |
USD - | 40.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | British Columbia & North West Territory in the Dominion of Canada | 1892 |
USD - | 45.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | British Columbia, Manitoba, and the North West Territories | 1903 |
USD - | 150.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | British Columbia, Vancouver Island &c. | 1859 |
USD - | 53.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | British Columbia, Vancouver Island &c. | 1859 |
USD - | 45.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | British Columbia, Vancouver Island &c. | 1859 |
USD - | 180.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | British Columbia, Vancouver Island &c. | 1859 |
USD - | 120.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | British Columbia, Vancouver Island &c. | 1873 |
USD - | 228.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | British New Guinea and the Soloman, Santa Cruz & New Hebrides Islands | 1903 |
USD - | 35.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | British North America Sheet II West. Canada with Part of United States | 1854-62 |
USD - | 61.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Burma and Adjacent Countries | 1903 |
USD - | 45.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Ceylon | 1885 |
USD - | 13.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Chart of the North Polar Sea | c.1874 |
USD - | 450.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Collins' Standard Map of London | c.1865 |
USD - | 170.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Collins' Standard Map of London | 1869 |
USD - | 85.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Davies's New Map of the British Metropolis. The Boundaries of the Boroughs, County Court Districts Railways, and Modern Improvements | 1877 |
USD - | 250.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Davies's New Map of the British Metropolis. The Boundaries of the Boroughs, County Court Districts Railways, and Modern Improvements | 1877 |
USD - | 250.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Delhi and its Environs | 1857 |
USD - | 175.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | East Canada & New Brunswick ... Vermont & Maine | 1844 |
USD - | 40.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Egypt | 1882 |
USD - | 250.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Egypt | 1882 |
USD - | 250.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Egyptian Sudan. The Nile from Metemma to Khartum Compiled in the Intellegence Division, War Office ... | c.1898 |
USD - | 150.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | England and Wales | c.1885 |
USD - | 85.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Ethnological Map of the British Isles | c.1880 |
USD - | 75.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Europe | 1882 |
USD - | 85.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Fiji Archipelago | c.1882 |
USD - | 16.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | France | c.1900 |
USD - | 60.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Geological Map of England & Wales | 1877 |
USD - | 450.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Geological Map of the British Isles | 1878 |
USD - | 385.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Germany Map | 1841 |
USD - | 25.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Iceland | 1899 |
USD - | 110.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Indo-China | 1903 |
USD - | 65.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Jamaica | c.1880 |
USD - | 35.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Jamaica | c.1889 |
USD - | 40.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Jamaica | c.1890 |
USD - | 50.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Japan | 1903 |
USD - | 75.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Manitoba | 1881 |
USD - | 25.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Manitoba | c.1883 |
USD - | 35.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Manitoba | c.1886 |
USD - | 40.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Manitoba | c.1889 |
USD - | 50.00 | ||
| Edward Stanford | Manitoba | 1903 |
USD - | 140.00 |
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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 -
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