Swann Galleries: Printed and Manuscript Americana, 2687, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 21, 2024 - November 21, 2024
Page Size: 319 items in 13 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Kansas City Fat Stock Show.

Kansas City, MO 1 November 1883 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 875.00
2

Group of attractive photo albums showing life and scenery in and around Cordova.

Cordova, AK and elsewhere 1903-1928 and undated USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,875.00
3

Biggest Deposit of Gold Ever Found in Alaska, Struck by the Corson Company.

[Manchester, NH?] 1902-08-13 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
4

Group of 8 views of the Klondike boomtown of Skagway.

Skagway, AK circa 1900 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
5

Collection of Nome ephemera, including a Cape Nome Freight receipt, photographs, and more.

Nome and elsewhere 1902-1913 and undated USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
6

Group of early photographs of Alaska and Yukon Territory, mostly of mining scenes.

Various places circa 1904-1915 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
7

Collage of 5 early Alaska photographs.

Sitka and Skagway, AK 1900 and undated. USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
8

Diaries of a prospector / trapper in the remote Alaska wilderness.

Alaska 1917-1922, 1929-1930, 1963-1964 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,500.00
9

Report on Devault Group on Seventy Mile River.

Fairbanks, AK, 2 September 1947 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 585.00
10

Long descriptive letters by a civilian employee of the Cheyenne Agency.

Cheyenne River Indian Agency, SD 1871 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 688.00
11

Scrapbook from the Presbyterian mission on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana.

Wolf Point, MT 1928-1940 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,750.00
12

Collection of postcards depicting the Seminole Indians of Florida.

Various places circa 1900 to 1950s USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
13

Cabinet card portraits of the Ute chief Ouray and his wife Chepeta.

Washington [January 1880] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 813.00
14

Portrait of the Cheyenne scout Red Sleeves or Red Armed Panther.

Miles, MT circa 1879 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,875.00
15

Cabinet card of Geronimo as a prisoner of war, holding a pistol in his lap.

Chickasha, Indian Territory circa late 1890s USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
16

Cabinet card of Geronimo as a prisoner of war, with pistol tucked into his belt.

Chickasha, Indian Territory circa late 1890s USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 406.00
17

Black Man (Arapahoes).

Omaha, NE 1898 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 531.00
18

Group of 3 portraits of Apache and Sioux.

Omaha, NE 1898-1899 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 438.00
19

The Representations of Governor Hutchinson . . . Laid Before the General-Assembly

Boston 1773 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,625.00
20

Issue of the Massachusetts Spy from the date of the Boston Tea Party.

Boston 16 December 1773 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,000.00
21

Extracts from the Votes and Proceedings of the American Continental Congress.

Newport, RI 1774 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,125.00
22

The Militia Act; together with the Rules and Regulations for the Militia.

Boston 1776 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,750.00
23

Journals of Congress Containing the Proceedings from January 1, 1777, to January 1, 1778.

Philadelphia [1778] USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
24

Order by the Massachusetts Council to fund James Warren and his secret committee for sniffing out Tories.

No place, 7 February 1777 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 563.00
25

19 issues of the Claypoole serial printing of the Journals of Congress from 1779.

Philadelphia March to August 1779 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,500.00
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: ALDROVANDI, Ulisse (1522-1605) - [Opera omnia]. Bologna: Bellagamba, Benacci, Bonomi, Tebaldini, Ferroni, 1599-1668. €22.000-€28.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [CANALETTO] - VISENTINI, Antonio (1688-1782) da Giovanni Antonio CANAL (1697-1768, detto 'Il Canaletto') - Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores. Venezia: Giovanni Battista Pasquale, 1742-51. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695) - Fables Choisies. Parigi: Claude Barbin, 1668. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: MERCATOR, Rumold (1545-1599) - [I continenti] - Europa; Africa; America Sive India Nova; Asia. Amsterdam: S.d. [ca. 1633]. €2.000-€3.000
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