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 July

Sotheby’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 - 30,000

Bonhams, 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 - 250,000

Bonhams, 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 - $120,000

Bonhams, 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 - 120,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500

Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000

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Auction Lot Books
Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
U.S. Government	Map of the Battlefield of Perryville, Kentucky. Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell Commanding the U.S. Forces. Gen. Braxton Bragg Commanding the Confederate Forces October 8th 1862 ... Office of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army 1877	1877	USD -	75.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Battlefield of Perryville, Kentucky. Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell Commanding the U.S. Forces. Gen. Braxton Bragg Commanding the Confederate Forces October 8th 1862 ... Office of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army 1877	1877	USD -	95.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Battlefields of Chattanooga. Movements against Orchard Knob. September 23, 1863 ...	1901	USD -	150.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Breach at the Head of Presqu'Ile Bay Exhibiting a Project for Forming a Navigable Channel	1836	USD -	85.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Cannon River & Sources above Northfield, Minn.	1884	USD -	55.00
U.S. Government	Map of the City of Augusta, Ga	1889	USD -	150.00
U.S. Government	Map of the City of Washington Established as the Permanent Seat of Government of the United States of America	1858	USD -	85.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Coalfields of the United States ...	1874	USD -	75.00
U.S. State Surveys	Map of the Colorado Territory	1862	USD -	85.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Common Field Lands & Low Land Commons of Prairie du Rocher ...	1810	USD -	60.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Country between Monterey, Tennessee & Corinth, Mississippi Showing the Lines of Intrenchments Made and the Routes Followed by the U.S. Forces under the Command of Maj. Gen. Halleck, U.S. Army ... in May 1862 ...	c.1863	USD -	375.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Country between Monterey, Tennessee & Corinth, Mississippi Showing the Lines of Intrenchments Made and the Routes Followed by the U.S. Forces under the Command of Maj. Gen. Halleck, U.S. Army ... in May 1862 ...	c.1863	USD -	475.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Country between the Frontiers of Arkansas and New Mexico Embracing the Section Explored in 1849, 50, 51, & 52 by Capt. R.B. Marcy 5th U.S. Infy. under Orders from the War Department ...	1853	USD -	500.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Country between the Frontiers of Arkansas and New Mexico Embracing the Section Explored in 1849, 50, 51, & 52 by Capt. R.B. Marcy 5th U.S. Infy. under Orders from the War Department ...	1854	USD -	375.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Country between the Frontiers of Arkansas and New Mexico Embracing the Section Explored in 1849, 50, 51, & 52 by Capt. R.B. Marcy 5th U.S. Infy. under Orders from the War Department ...	1853	USD -	600.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Country between the Yampa & White Rivers	1878	USD -	85.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Country Embracing the Several Routes Examined with a View to a National Road from Washington to Lake Ontario	1828	USD -	150.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Country upon Upper Red-River Explored in 1852 by Capt. R.B. Marcy ... under Orders from the Head Quarters of the U.S. Army	1853	USD -	80.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Country upon the Brazos and Big Wichita Rivers Explored in 1854 ... Embracing the Lands Appropriated by the State of Texas for the Use of the Indians. Drawn by Capt. Marcy	1856	USD -	300.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Country upon the Brazos and Big Wichita Rivers Explored in 1854 ... Embracing the Lands Appropriated by the State of Texas for the Use of the Indians. Drawn by Capt. Marcy	1854	USD -	450.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Country upon the Brazos and Big Wichita Rivers Explored in 1854	1856	USD -	300.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Country upon Upper Red-River Explored in 1852 by Capt. R.B. Marcy ... under Orders from the Head Quarters of the U.S. Army	1852	USD -	275.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Country upon Upper Red-River Explored in 1852 by Capt. R.B. Marcy ... under Orders from the Head Quarters of the U.S. Army	1853	USD -	250.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Country upon Upper Red-River Explored in 1852 by Capt. R.B. Marcy ... under Orders from the Head Quarters of the U.S. Army	1852	USD -	145.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Country upon Upper Red-River Explored in 1852 by Capt. R.B. Marcy ... under Orders from the Head Quarters of the U.S. Army	1853	USD -	150.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Country upon Upper Red-River Explored in 1852 by Capt. R.B. Marcy ... under Orders from the Head Quarters of the U.S. Army	c.1852	USD -	120.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Country with a View to Construction of a Ship Canal from St. Mary's River to the Gulf of Mexico Made in 1879	1894	USD -	55.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Cumberland River from the Falls to Nashville	1834	USD -	200.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Cumberland River from the Falls to Nashville. Made to Accompany a Report on the Improvement of that Stream for the Navigation of it by Steam Boats ...	1835	USD -	120.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Defences of Charleston City & Harbor Showing also the Works Erected by the US Forces in 1863 & 1864 ...	1865	USD -	200.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Defenses of the City of Mobile	1865	USD -	35.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Denver and Rio Grande	1900	USD -	75.00
U.S. War Department	Map of the Department of the Columbia ...	1885	USD -	225.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Des Moines Rapids of the Mississippi Leveled Surveyed and Drawn by Napoleon B. Burford 1829, Corrected by Henry Shreve, Supt. 1836	1866	USD -	50.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Des Moines Rapids of the Mississippi Leveled Surveyed and Drawn by Napoleon B. Burford 1829, Corrected by Henry Shreve, Supt. 1836	1861	USD -	40.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Des Moines Rapids of the Mississippi River. Surveyed by Lt. R.E. Lee Assisted by Lt. Meigs. Sept. 1837	1837	USD -	175.00
U.S. Geological Survey	Map of the Elk Mountains Colorado from Survey by G.B. Chittenden in 1874 with Geology by F.V. Hayden and W.H. Holmes	c.1875	USD -	55.00
U.S. Geological Survey	Map of the Elk Mountains Colorado from Survey by G.B. Chittenden in 1874 with Geology by F.V. Hayden and W.H. Holmes	1876	USD -	65.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842 and to Oregon and North California in the Year 1843-44	1845	USD -	175.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Extremity of Cape Cod Including the Townships of Provincetown & Truro: with a Chart of their Sea Coast and of Cape Cod Harbour, State of Massachusetts	1836	USD -	850.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Falls of the Ohio	1840	USD -	75.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Former Territorial Limits of the Cherokee "Nation of" Indians Exhibiting the Boundaries of the Various Cessions of Land Made by them to the Colonies and to the United States	1884	USD -	385.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Fort Ridgely & South Pass Road	1858	USD -	160.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Fortifications on Staten Island	1861	USD -	35.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Four Townships of Maringo County Alabama Ceded to French Emigrants by Act of Congress 3rd March 1817 by E. Paguenaud	1834	USD -	60.00
U.S. Government	Map of the General Government Roads in the Teritory of Minnesota	1854	USD -	40.00
U.S. Government	Map of the General Government Roads in the Teritory of Minnesota	1854	USD -	50.00
U.S. Government	Map of the General Government Roads in the Teritory of Minnesota	1854	USD -	60.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Government Roads in Minnesota and Wisconsin	1855	USD -	20.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Great Salt Lake and Adjacent Country in the Territory of Utah. Surveyed in 1849 and 1850	1852	USD -	110.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Great Salt Lake and Adjacent Country in the Territory of Utah. Surveyed in 1849 and 1850	c.1850	USD -	70.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Great Salt Lake and Adjacent Country in the Territory of Utah. Surveyed in 1849 and 1850	1852	USD -	350.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Great Salt Lake and Adjacent Country in the Territory of Utah. Surveyed in 1849 and 1850	1852	USD -	450.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Great Salt Lake and Adjacent Country in the Territory of Utah. Surveyed in 1849 and 1850	1852	USD -	400.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Great Salt Lake and Adjacent Country in the Territory of Utah. Surveyed in 1849 and 1850 [in set with] Map of a Reconnoissance between Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri River and the Great Salt Lake in the Territory of Utah ...	1853	USD -	275.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Harbor of St. Louis, Mississippi River, Oct. 1837. Surveyed by Lt. R.E. Lee, Corps of Engineers ... 25th Cong. 2d Sess. S. Doc.	c.1837	USD -	200.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Indian Colonies West of Missouri and Arkansas Compiled and Drawn by S. Eastman, Capt., U.S. Army, 1853	1864	USD -	100.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Indian Colonies West of Missouri and Arkansas Compiled and Drawn by S. Eastman, Capt., U.S. Army, 1853	1854	USD -	145.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Indian Territory and Oklahoma	1894	USD -	250.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Indian Territory and Oklahoma	1892	USD -	350.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Indian Territory and Oklahoma	1894	USD -	385.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Island of Porto-Rico	1903	USD -	35.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Lands, Granted to the Cherokee Indians, by the State of North Carolina, under the Act of 1783	1845	USD -	50.00
U.S. Union & Confederate Armies Atlas	Map of the Military Department of New Mexico, Drawn under the Direction of Brig. Gen. James H. Carleton by Capt. Allen Anderson, 5th U.S. Infantry	1891-95	USD -	110.00
U.S. Union & Confederate Armies Atlas	Map of the Military Department of New Mexico, Drawn under the Direction of Brig. Gen. James H. Carleton by Capt. Allen Anderson, 5th U.S. Infantry	1891-95	USD -	285.00
U.S. Union & Confederate Armies Atlas	Map of the Military Department of New Mexico, Drawn under the Direction of Brig. Gen. James H. Carleton by Capt. Allen Anderson, 5th U.S. Infantry	1892	USD -	175.00
U.S. Union & Confederate Armies Atlas	Map of the Military Department of New Mexico, Drawn under the Direction of Brig. Gen. James H. Carleton by Capt. Allen Anderson, 5th U.S. Infantry	1890	USD -	135.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Military Department of the Platte - Wyoming	1874	USD -	350.00
George M. Wheeler	Map of the Military Reservation at Fort Yuma, California	1883	USD -	80.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Military Road from Fort Walla Walla on the Columbia to Fort Benton on the Missouri	1863	USD -	160.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Mining Claims Adjoining Leadville	c.1880	USD -	75.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Mouth of Grand River Michigan, Surveyed under ... Col. J. Abert	1849	USD -	125.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Mouth of the Connecticut River and Saybrook Harbour. Reduced from the Original Survey of J.W. Adams, Made under the Directon of Capt. W.H. Swift U.S.T.Engr. by Wash. Hood	1838	USD -	185.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Navajo Indian Reservation	1886	USD -	70.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Navajo Indian Reservation	1886	USD -	120.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Northern Part of the State of Maine and of the Adjacent British Provinces, Shewing the Portion of that State to which Great Britain Lays Claim. Reduced from the Official Map A with Corrections from the Latest Surveys by S.L. Dashiell ...	1838	USD -	90.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Northern Part of the State of Maine and of the Adjacent British Provinces, Shewing the Portion of that State to which Great Britain Lays Claim. Reduced from the Official Map A with Corrections from the Latest Surveys by S.L. Dashiell ...	1830-43	USD -	85.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Northern Part of the State of Maine and of the Adjacent British Provinces, Shewing the Portion of that State to which Great Britain Lays Claim. Reduced from the Official Map A with Corrections from the Latest Surveys by S.L. Dashiell ...	1838	USD -	75.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Northern Part of the State of Maine and of the Adjacent British Provinces, Shewing the Portion of that State to which Great Britain Lays Claim. Reduced from the Official Map A with Corrections from the Latest Surveys by S.L. Dashiell ...	1830-38	USD -	150.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Northern Part of the State of Maine and of the Adjacent British Provinces, Shewing the Portion of that State to which Great Britain Lays Claim. Reduced from the Official Map A with Corrections from the Latest Surveys by S.L. Dashiell ...	1839	USD -	200.00
U.S. State Surveys	Map of Oregon Territory West of the Cascade Mountains	1855	USD -	90.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Outlet of Lake Muskegon, Michigan	1849	USD -	95.00
U.S. Government	Map of a Part of Washington Territory Lying East of the Cascade Mountains Showing Topography of the Mines Region &c. to Accompany the Report of E. Giddings	1862	USD -	85.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Portion of the Valley of Rock River within the Territory of Wiskonsin 1839	1840	USD -	65.00
U.S. State Surveys	Map of the Public Land States and Territories Constructed from the Public Surveys and other Official Sources in the General Land Office ...	1864	USD -	650.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Public Surveys in California	1862	USD -	135.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Public Surveys in California	1862	USD -	100.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Public Surveys in California & Nevada	1866	USD -	325.00
U.S. State Surveys	Map of the Public Surveys in California to Accompany Report of the Surveyor General	1856	USD -	125.00
U.S. State Surveys	Map of the Public Surveys in California to Accompany Report of the Surveyor General	1856	USD -	85.00
U.S. State Surveys	Map of Public Surveys in Colorado Territory	1866	USD -	250.00
U.S. State Surveys	Map of the Public Surveys in Nevada Territory to Accompany Report of the Surveyor General	1862	USD -	100.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Railroads in the United States in Operation and Progress ... Drawn and Engraved under the Directions of the Editor of the American Railroad Journal	1853	USD -	300.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Railroads in the United States in Operation and Progress ... Drawn and Engraved under the Directions of the Editor of the American Railroad Journal	1853	USD -	185.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Region Occupied by the Ancient Ruins in Southern Colorado, Utah, Northern New Mexico and Arizona	1876	USD -	150.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Region Occupied by the Ancient Ruins in Southern Colorado, Utah, Northern New Mexico and Arizona	1878	USD -	80.00
U.S. Government	Map of the Region Occupied by the Ancient Ruins in Southern Colorado, Utah, Northern New Mexico and Arizona	1878	USD -	60.00
U.S. Government	Map of the River Sabine from its Mouth on the Gulf of Mexico in the Sea to Logan's Ferry ... Shewing the Boundary between the United States and the Republic of Texas ...	1840	USD -	455.00
U.S. Government	Map of the River Sabine from its Mouth on the Gulf of Mexico in the Sea to Logan's Ferry ... Shewing the Boundary between the United States and the Republic of Texas ...	1842	USD -	485.00
U.S. Government	Map of the River Sabine from Logan's Ferry to the 32nd Degree of North Latitude, Shewing the Boundary between the United States of America and the Republic of Texas between Said Points as Marked and Laid Down by Survey in 1841 ...	1842	USD -	125.00

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old 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 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500

Old 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 - 3,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Benjamin Franklin. Sammelband of 45 papers on electricity. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: The basis for the whole modern electric-power industry. Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Edgar Allen Poe. Poe on Mesmerism. Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500

Bonhams, June 14-23: Reformation - The Architect of Lutheranism on Church Unity and Dissent. Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000

Bonhams, 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 - 60,000

Bonhams, 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 - 8,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: An Illustrated Miniature Hebrew Prayerbook Manuscript. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph Working Draft of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Death Voyage. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: "Perhaps the most celebrated and most beautiful herbal ever published." Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: A rare product of the Jaquard loom. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000