Freeman's | Hindman: Daguerreian Society Annual Benefit Auction, 6456, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 27, 2025 - September 27, 2025

Page Size: 77 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Jean-Pierre Danton (1800-1869), French.	[Daguerre] Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre (1787-1851)	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Unknown
2		[History of Photography] Two 19th c. Prints of Daguerre	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
3	Anonymous, American, sixth plate, circa 1840-42.	[Early Photography] An Early Portrait with Paper Mat	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
4	John Plumbe Jr. (1809-1857) and his circle, American.	[Daguerreotype] Smiling Lass by Plumbe	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
5	John Plumbe Jr. (1809-1857) and his circle, American.	[Daguerreotype] Portrait of a Woman by Plumbe	USD 300.00 - 600.00	Unknown
6	John Plumbe Jr. (1809-1857) and his circle, American.	[Daguerreotype] A Portrait from a Plumbe Studio	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
7	Jabez Hogg (1817-1899), British.	[Daguerreotype] Smiling English Gent by Hogg	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
8	Richard Beard (1801-1885), British.	[Daguerreotype] A Fine Early English Image by Beard	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
9	Anonymous, British.	[Salt Print] Photographer and His Camera	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
10	Abraham Bogardus (1822-1908), American.	[History of Photography] Two Portraits of Samuel F. B. Morse	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Unknown
11	Sir John Herschel (1792-1871), British.	[Photographic History] A Rare Salt Print Portrait of Sir. John Frederick William Herschel	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
12	Jean-Baptiste Sabatier Blot (1801-1881), French.	[Daguerreotype] He Took the Best Known Portrait of Daguerre	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
13	Anonymous, French.	[Daguerreotype - French] A Priest With Globe and Armillary Sphere	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
14	Anonymous, British.	[Ambrotype] Occupational of Man with Sextant	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
15	Augustus Washington (1820-1875), American.	[Daguerreotype] Portrait by Augustus Washington	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
16	Anonymous, American.	[Daguerreotype] Masterpiece African American Madonna	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Unknown
17	Anonymous, American.	[Tintype] Portrait of an African American and Her Daughter	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
18	Anonymous, American.	[Daguerreotype] Playing Her Guitar	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
19		[Daguerreotype] Man with Brass Horn	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
20	Anonymous, American.	[Daguerreotype] A Proud Mason	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
21	Anonymous, American.	[Daguerreotype - Mexican War Era] A Cavalry Dragoon PLUS	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
22	Anonymous, American.	[Civil War - Man with Pepperbox] Portrait of a Possible Confederate	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
23	Anonymous, American.	[Tintype - Civil War] Armed Union Private	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
24	Anonymous, American.	[Tintype] Armed Union Soldier	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
25	Mathew Brady and his circle.	[Civil War] Group Portrait of Generals of the Army of the Potomac, 1863	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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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.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

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.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
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.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
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.