Freeman's | Hindman: American Historical Ephemera and Photography, 6425, Cincinnati

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025
Page Size: 335 items in 14 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
107

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate daguerreotype of a photographer posed with an American-made chamfered box camera atop a wooden tripod

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 16,800.00
108 CORNELIUS, Robert, photographer

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate daguerreotype of an aged gentleman identified as William Jenkins

Philadelphia ca 1843 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,700.00
109

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Half plate daguerreotype scene of a group of playful musicians and guests posed together with diverse instruments before a detailed studio backdrop

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 7,200.00
110

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Quarter plate tintype of a Northern Pacific steam locomotive

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,320.00
112

[MEXICO - EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Second Mexican Empire, CDV album documenting the rein of Maximilian I of Mexico

Ca 1864-1867 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 18,000.00
113

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. CDV album containing photographs of Mexican and European royalty, generals, and government officials, incl. Benito Juarez and his family

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,900.00
115

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. CDV album related to Curtis O. Luce, inventor of agricultural implements, incl. images of his hay rakes

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 480.00
116

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 7 items identified to E & H.T. Anthony, including rare CDVs of Edward Anthony

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 240.00
117

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 3 photographs of American photographer William Henry JACKSON

Chicago, IL n.d. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 720.00
118 JACKSON BROS., photographers

[TRANSPORTATION-WESTERN AMERICANA]. Junction of the U.P. and the C.P.R.R. at Promontory Point, showing the last rail and tie

Omaha, NE USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,160.00
119 JACKSON, William Henry (1843-1942)

Suite of 36 albumen photographs: Rocky Mountain Railroad Album, Steam and Steel Across the Great Divide, Silverton Colorado, Silverton Sultan, 1883

USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 4,800.00
120 JACKSON, William Henry (1843-1942)

A group of 17 photographs of the American West

(American) (1843--1942) USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 720.00
121 HILLERS, John K. (1843-1925), photographer

A group of 7 photographs of California, Utah, and Arizona

Ca 1870s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
122

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 3 ledgers kept by American photographer F. Gutekunst

Ca 1880s-1910s USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,500.00
123 MCKINNEY, Judge Andrew Todd (1838-1931)

[EDUCATION]. Scrapbook album compiled by Princeton alum, incl. an 1836 letter related to the school's American Whig Society and a June 1852 "Supplement to the Nassau Rake"

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
124

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Trio of Yale albums, dated 1856, 1860, & 1868, ft. individual and group portraits, scenes around campus, and inscriptions from classmates incl. many soldiers

New Haven, CT n.d. USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,920.00
125

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 18 1870s-80s photographs of YALE University incl. campus views, crew team, and Pach's Yale Photo Studio

USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
126

[ENSLAVEMENT]. 4 CDVs of the Mississippi plantations of Joseph Emory and Jeff Davis, featuring enslaved persons

Vicksburg, MS n.d. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 2,400.00
127 PEMBERTON, James (1723-1809)

[AFRICAN AMERICANA] -- [ABOLITION]. Membership Certificate signed ("Jams. Pemberton") as President of the "Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...."

Philadelphia 6 October 1792 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,600.00
128

[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Manuscript legal document related to the case of "Thomas King a Negro man" who was in debtor's prison

Norwich, [Connecticut] 28 October 1797 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 540.00
129

[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. "Town of Roxbury Rate Roll for the Year 1800" incl. list of free Blacks paying local taxes

Roxbury, [Massachusetts] 1800 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
130

[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Manuscript listing fees assessed for the trial of a "negro man" who was "Tried & convicted" for robbery

Washington County, Pennsylvania 22 September 1810 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 240.00
131

[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. "A List of the Crew On Board the Schooner Sidney of Baltimore." Custom House, Baltimore

4 February 1813 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 420.00
132

[ENSLAVEMENT]. Ship's manifest documenting the conveyance of one enslaved person named John

March 1844 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
133

[ENSLAVEMENT]. Bill of sale for an enslaved man named Moses, purchased by slave trader Giles Saunders

Richmond, [VA?] 19 March 1847 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 720.00
  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
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    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
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    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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