Early American: History Auction, 121424, Rancho Santa Fe

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Auction Date
December 14, 2024 - December 14, 2024
Page Size: 172 items in 7 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 JOHN ADAMS (1735 - July 4, 1826).

1797 President "John Adams" Signed Four Language Ship Papers also with "Timothy Pickering" as Secretary of State

June 8, 1797 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,800.00
2 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.

J. Q. Adams Signed Document as President a Rare Reuse "JAMES MONROE, President" Crossed Out, Adams Above

April 1, 1825 USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,560.00
3 SAMUEL ADAMS (1722-1803).

Samuel Adams Document Beautifully Display Framed His Signature a Vivid "10 out of 10" & Outstanding Eye Appeal

June 23rd, 1794 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,120.00
4 SUSAN B. ANTHONY (1820-1906).

Susan B. Anthony Signed Autograph Famous Woman's Suffrage Quote "Equal Rights For Women" Dated "1882"

USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 USD 3,120.00
5 WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE (1774-1833).

Commodore William Bainbridge Orders a Purser to Norfolk

April 2, 1833 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 650.00
6 NATHANIEL BARBER (1728-1787).

Boston Tea Party Participant Nathaniel Barber Signed as Acting Naval Officer Muster Master State of Massachusetts

January 6, 1778 USD 2,000.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,340.00
7 SIR FRANCIS BERNARD (1712-1779).

1762 Francis Bernard Signed French and Indian War Military Commission to Raise Troops but: ".... being careful not to enlist .... any Negroes, except one only to a Company, as a Servant to the Captain" Display Framed

March 9th, 1762 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,120.00
8 (FRANCIS LEWIS CARDOZO) (1836-1903).

First African American Statewide Office Holder FRANCIS LEWIS CARDOZO Confirms a Power of Attorney

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,560.00
9 CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT (1859-1947),

Women's Suffrage Leader CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT Signed Card with Sentiment was President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association 1900-04 / 1915-20

1923-10-26 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,300.00
10 WENTWORTH CHESWELL, (1746-1817).

Wentworth Cheswell - First African American Elected to Public Office in the United States and First Black Judge

March 28, 1809 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,340.00
11 HENRY CLAY (1777-1852).

Henry Clay Free Frank Signature on Lexington, KY. Postal Cover to Samuel Lisle Smith (1817-1854)

2024-06-15 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 286.00
12 GROVER CLEVELAND (1837-1908).

Winfield S. Schley Hero of the 1898 Spanish-American War Battle of Santiago Bay, Cuba, President Grover Cleveland's Signed Naval Appointment to the Rank of Commodore

USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
13 JEFFERSON "JEFF" DAVIS (1808-1889).

CSA President & Confederate States of America President-Elect Jefferson Davis Autograph Letter Signed 1861

November 11, 1861 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,800.00
14 COLONEL THOMAS DAWES (1731-1809).

Colonel Thomas Dawes (Cousin of William Dawes Patriot Who Rode With Paul Revere On His "Midnight Ride")

March 4, 1794 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,040.00
15 HENRY DEARBORN (1751-1829).

Secretary of War Dearborn Approves Express Rider to Mount Vernon, Probably to Offer Diplomatic Post to Former Washington Secretary

USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 455.00
16 STEPHEN DECATUR (1779-1820).

Stephen Decatur 1818 Letter Signed Regarding Advertisements for Mattresses for the U.S. Navy with "wool or hair mattrasses, instead of moss or cattail"

December, 1818 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 715.00
17 SUSAN DECATUR (1776-1860).

Susan Decatur the Widow of Naval Hero Stephen Decatur, 1821 Dated Superb Content Autograph Letter Signed To President James Monroe Attacking Captain Jesse Elliott For His Actions in the Duel with Commodore James Barron

January 15, 1821 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 10,790.00
18 SAMUEL FRANCIS DU PONT (1803-1865).

Civil War Letter to President Abraham Lincoln from Rear Admiral Samuel F. Du Pont Recommending a Chaplain's Appointment who expresses "the highest Christian virtues"

August 15, 1862 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,300.00
19 BENJAMIN EDES (1732-1803).

1780 Benjamin Edes Signed Revolutionary War Boston Town - Treasury Tax Loan Certificate: for the Purpose of carrying on the War. Signed by "David Jeffries" Deacon of Old South Church

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,875.00
20 SAMUEL ARLENT EDWARDS (1861-1935).

George Washington Mezzotint Proof Print Artist Signed by "S(amuel) Arlent Edwards" after James Sharples' Painting

c. 1899 USD 1,600.00 - 2,200.00 USD 1,950.00
21 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (1890-1969).

1958 Typed Letter Signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower who Thanks a Friend for Giving him Crabs!

1958-06-06 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 650.00
22 WILLIAM ELLERY (1727-1820).

William Ellery, Signer of the Declaration of Independence Autograph Letter Signed Autograph Letter Signed 3 Times!

November 26, 1761 USD 1,600.00 - 2,200.00 USD 1,040.00
23 JOHN ERICSSON (1803-1889).

John Ericsson Builder of the U.S.S. Monitor Autograph Letter Signed to the Smithsonian Secretary Joseph Henry

April 14, 1870 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 520.00
24 EDWARD EVERETT (1794-1865).

Edward Everett Writes to the Selectmen of Concord, Massachusetts about Creating a Statue to Commemorate the 1775 Revolutionary War First Battle at Concord

March 8, 1825 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,560.00
25 LORD FAIRFAX (1693-1781).

Lord Fairfax Signed Virginia Land Deed French & Indian War Period to Captain John Strolher of Culpeper

July 9, 1762 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 780.00
  • 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
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 746. Speed's Dual Atlas of Britain & the World with 96 Maps (1676). Est. $70,000 - $85,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 9. Visscher's Superb Double-Hemisphere World Map with Representations of the Elements (1658). Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 58. One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1554). Est. $5,000 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 745. A Complete Example of Ortelius' Atlas of Ancient Geography (1624). Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 73. First English Map to Show California as an Island (1625). Est. $16,000 - $19,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 156. Bachmann's Dramatic View of the Mid-Atlantic Region (1861). Est. $1,800 - $2,200
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 741. Early Announcement of Continental Congress' Declaration of Independence (1776). Est. $9,000 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 695. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific (1589). Est. $8,000 - $9,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 733. Superb Image of the Presentation of Jesus in Hand Color (1502). Est. $700 - $850
    Old World Auctions (Feb 12):
    Lot 52. Produced by the Psychological Warfare Branch to Encourage Surrender (1945). Est. $200 - $230
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