Early American: History Auction, 92025, Rancho Santa Fe

Auction Details

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
151

April 11, 1865 Confederate Chesterville, Mississippi Letter to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark regarding Local Votes, Three Days Later President Abraham Lincoln would be Shot

April 11, 1865 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 422.50
152

Rare Civil War Printed Broadside titled: $100 Bounty for Soldiers Discharged on account of Wounds received in Battle.

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,300.00
153

JULY 23, 1861, Confederate Newspaper Special Printed Broadside EXTRA, GLORIOUS VICTORY !, regarding the First Battle of Bull Run,

JULY 23, 1861. USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 USD 5,850.00
154 E. Mack

MONITOR GRAND MARCH, 1862-Dated Civil War Colorful Sheet Music, composed by E. Mack and dedicated to Captain John L. Worden, Commander of the USS Monitor,

Philadelphia 1862, USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 585.00
155

c. 1861, Ambrotype Photograph of a Young Civil War Drummer Boy in uniform with his Drum at his side wearing a Kepi

c. 1861 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 585.00
157

1862 Civil War Union Pencil Sketch of Camp Near Baton Rouge

1862 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,105.00
159

1862 Civil War Encased Postage Stamp, EP-1, HB-1, Scott-1, Reed AB01. One Cent, AERATED BREAD COMPANY, New York, Choice Extremely Fine. Rated as Rarity-7 (11 to 15 known).

1862 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,875.00
160

1862 Civil War Encased Postage Stamp, EP-5, HB-44, S-21, Reed-BC01. One Cent, BAILEY & CO., JEWELLERS, 819 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Choice About Uncirculated. Rarity-8 (5 to 10 known).

1862 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,550.00
161

1862 Civil War Era Encased Postage Stamp, EP-6, HB-50, S-26a, Reed-BA01F/G. One Cent, Joseph L. Bates, FANCY GOODS (Two Words), Plain Frame, Extremely Fine

1862 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 715.00
162

1862 Civil War Era Encased Postage Stamp, EP-33, HB-18, S-9, Reed-AP03. Three Cents, Take Ayer's Pills, Partial Silvering, Choice Extremely Fine.

1862 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 552.50
163

1862 Civil War Encased Postage Stamp, EP-34, HB-29, S-15, Reed-AS03SM. Three Cents, AYER'S SARSAPARILLA, Small AYER'S Type, About Uncirculated. Rated as Rarity-4 (31 to 40 known)

1862 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 715.00
164

1862 Civil War Era Encased Postage Stamp, EP-34a, HB-30, S-15, Reed AS03MD. Three Cents, AYER'S SARSAPARILLA, Medium AYER'S with Legend, Ayer's Sarsaparilla to Purify the Blood, Very Fine.

1862 USD 350.00 - 450.00 USD 422.50
165

1862 Civil War Encased Postage Stamp, EP-38, HB-63, S-32, 3, BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES, Choice Extremely Fine. Rated as Rarity-6 (16 to 20 known)

1862 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 910.00
166

1862 Civil War Encased Postage Stamp, EP-40, HB-82, S-53, 3, BURNETT'S STANDARD COOKING EXTRACTS, Choice Extremely Fine or better. Rated as Rarity-6 (16 to 20 known)

1862 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 780.00
167

1862 Civil War Era Encased Postage Stamp, EP-69, HB-75, S-46, Reed-BK05. Five Cents, Burnett's Cocaine Kalliston, Fine/Very Fine.

1862 USD 350.00 - 450.00 USD 390.00
168

1862 Civil War Encased Postage Stamp, EP-79, HB-132, S-96a, 5, J. GAULT, Ribbed Frame Type, Choice Extremely Fine. Rated as Rarity-4 (31 to 40 known)

1862 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,040.00
169

1862 Civil War Rare Encased Postage Stamp, EP-86, HB-183, Reed-MI05. Five Cents, B. F. Miles, Peoria, Illinois Exceptionally Rare + Elusive Key Merchant Type Required to Complete the Thirty-Four Individual Encased Postage Merchant Type Set, Rarity 8

1862 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,750.00
170

1862 Civil War Encased Postage Stamp Currency 10 HUNT + NASH Irving House Ribbed Frame Type, EF

1862 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,690.00
171

1862 Civil War Encased Postage Stamp, HB-86, EP-143, Scott-56, Reed-BE12. Twelve Cents, Burnett's Standard Cooking Extracts, Traces of Original Silvering, Choice Extremely Fine. Rarity-8

1862 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,875.00
172

October 18, 1860-Dated Civil War Period, Rich Political Content 2-page Handwritten Autograph Letter Signed with: I'm bound to put in a vote for the Hon. Abraham Lincoln of Ill., Choice Very Fine.

October 18, 1860 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 422.50
173

c. 1867 Photograph Portrait of presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, Inscribed on the blank reverse "Copyright Geo. B. Ayers Phila." from the original negative plate taken by Alexander Hesler on June 3, 1860 in Springfield, Illinois, Very Fine.

c. 1867 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,100.00
174

1862 Civil War Colorful Lithograph Sheet Music, President Lincoln's Grand March

1862 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
177 by Nathan Upham,

(1865) LINCOLN LIES SLEEPING. - Air: Under the Willow., titled Printed Memorial Song Sheet,

Boston, 1865 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
178

April 15, 1865-Dated Civil War Era, LINCOLN ASSASSINATION NEWSPAPER, The Daily Ottumwa Courier, Broadsheet 'Extra", Saturday Morning, April 15, 1865.

April 15, 1865 USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,430.00
179 Henry F. Warren

Carte-de-Visite Photograph of President Abraham Lincoln taken March 6, 1865 by Photographer Henry F. Warren

March 6, 1865 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,040.00
  • 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.