Auction Reports
Sothebys
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
- Auction Date
- 06/13/2017 - 06/13/2017
- Sale Number
- #n09657
- Total Lots
- 126
- Sold Lots
- 72.0
- Lots Sold
- 57.14%
- Unsold Lots
- 54
- Total Sales (USD)
- 1,724,190.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 1,335,000.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 1,964,100.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 2,215,000.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 3,242,300.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 53.18%
Top twenty five by sale price
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Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000. -
