Early American: History Auction, 92025, Rancho Santa Fe

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Auction Report
Auction Date
September 20, 2025 - September 20, 2025
Page Size: 174 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
112 George Washington

March 10, 1753-Dated Colonial Virginia, Surveyed By Mr. George Washington, an Original Frederick County, Virginia Land Indenture Surveyed by the 17 year-old Teenager For his relative Lord Fairfax and Signed by Fairfax

March 10, 1753 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,150.00
113 Thomas Russell to John Langdon...

May 16, 1789-Dated Inauguration of President George Washington Letter Written and Signed by Thomas Russell to John Langdon...

May 16, 1789 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 520.00
114 SAMUEL FRAUNCES

SAMUEL FRAUNCES (c. 1723-1795) (Fraunces Tavern) 1794-Dated Manuscript Document GEORGE WASHINGTON Related Document boldly Signed, Sam'l Fraunces!

1794 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
115 Richard Varick

July 19, 1790-Dated ALS where New York City Mayor Richard Varick Commissions John Trumbull to Paint his famous Portrait of George Washington for the New York City City Hall

July 19, 1790 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
117

George Washington Portrait Oil and Chalk Pastel Painting, artist Signed by (Henri Leopold Levy) after Gilbert Stuart's Lansdowne (Constable-Hamilton) Portrait the original painted in 1797, Choice Extremely Fine

USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 15,600.00
118

c. 1798 Engraved Print: WASHINGTON, after the Lansdowne Painting by Stuart in 1797

c. 1798 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,690.00
119

c. 1910, George Washington Portrait Chromolithograph on Tin, Advertising Sign for the "Providence Washington Insurance Company

c. 1910 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 260.00
120

October 18th, 1800-Dated George Washington Memorial Period, Newspaper Ad for Martha Washintgon's Servant / Slave "MARCUS" as printed in "The Philadelpia Gazette & Daily Advertiser.

October 18th, 1800 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,820.00
124

c. 1798 Quasi-War with France Period, Manuscript Letter (a secret correspondence believed to be to Commodore Richard Dale), ...

c. 1798 USD 2,400.00 - 2,800.00 USD 1,950.00
125

May 22, 1798 (President John Adams) House of Representatives Imprint, REPORT of the COMMITTEE... PRESIDENT's SPEECH...

May 22, 1798 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
126

1800-Dated Political Presidential Campaign Imprint titled, LETTER From ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John ADAMS, Esq. President Of The United States. for John Lang, by Furman + Loudon, New-York, Fine or better.

1800 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,040.00
127

1800 Complete Year, Bound Volume of the AURORA Newspaper for the Country Edition,

Philadelphia 1800 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 3,120.00
128 Charles Balthazar Julien Fvret de Saint-Mmin

c. 1807, Beautifully framed original Portrait by Charles Balthazar Julien Fvret de Saint-Mmin of John Carlyle Herbert of Alexandria, Virginia.

c. 1807 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 390.00
130

1815 War of 1812, Rare Battle of New Orleans Printed Red on White Cotton Linen Textile,

1815 USD 4,500.00 - 6,500.00 USD 5,850.00
131 Jas Armstrong

June 24, 1842 Rare Content Shipboard Autograph Letter Signed, Jas Armstrong as Navy midshipman serving aboard Sloop USS Cyane,...

June 24, 1842 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
132 Engraved By Illman & Sons

c. 1846-1847 Mexican War Period Engraved Portrait of General Zachary Taylor in his military uniform, beside him a soldier in uniform holding the reins of Taylor's horse,...

c. 1846-1847 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 780.00
134

c. 1785 Historic Textile titled: The Apotheosis of Franklin

c. 1785 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 Not Sold
136

1797 Letter to Major Isaac Hite of Belle Grove Plantation located in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Offering to Sell Large Military Tracts in Tennessee

1797 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 975.00
138

March 26, 1824-Dated, Newburyport, Massachusetts, Manuscript Invoice to the Town for announcements of upcoming events and with health warnings to the residents

March 26, 1824 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 247.00
139 ames Briggs

1827 American Militia Autographed Letter from Captain James Briggs to General Wm. H. Sumner + Governor Levi Lincoln...

1827 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
140 ANDREW JACKSON.

December 10th, 1832-Dated, Large Proclamation Broadside, The PROCLAMATION of Andrew Jackson, President, To the People of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA.

December 10th, 1832 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,820.00
143

The United States Conscription Law of 1863. - Rare Original Civil War Booklet

1863 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,080.00
147

December 18th,1865-Dated, Black Pencil Original Drawing of Maj. Gen. Geo. B. McClellan, U.S.A., created in tribute to McClellan just months after President Lincoln's Assassination, Hand-drawn in exquisite detail, Choice Extremely Fine.

December 18th,1865 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
149

(Confederate Spy BELLE BOYD) 1860s Civil War Period, Matthew Brady's Washington, D.C. Gallery, the Original Photographic Wet Glass Negative...

1860s USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,900.00
150 Alex Garrett to Colonel James O. Claybrooke

June 1, 1863-Dated Civil War Period Historic Content Confederate Manuscript Letter, Slave, Banking, Crops and contemporary content from Richmond, Virginia

June 1, 1863 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 520.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.