Early American: History Auction - rescheduled , 122725, Rancho Santa Fe

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Auction Report
Auction Date
December 27, 2025 - December 27, 2025
Page Size: 134 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
52

Colonial Currency, April 2, 1776 Issue, North Carolina, Five Dollars, Triton vignette with Rare Error Date April d2, 1776 Copper-Plate Engraved Date, PMG graded Very Fine-25.

1776 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 617.50
53

Colonial Currency, May 1786, Rhode Island, Group Lot of Eight Notes, 6d, 9d, 1s, 3s, 6s, 10s, 30s + 40s, with average grade of Very Fine. Ex: Ambassador Middendorf who happily lived in Rhode Island

1786 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 520.00
54

1741 Colonial Rhode Island Document LAND BANK Loan from the Colony Secured by Land in South Kingston

1741 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 585.00
55

Colonial Currency, July 17, 1775 Revolutionary War Period Current Money of Virginia, Five Pounds, Large Format London Note, Engraved by John Ashby, sclp., PMG graded Very Fine-20.

1775 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,300.00
56

Colonial Currency, Treasury of Virginia, May 4, 1778, Two Thirds of a Dollar, Printed Date on Thick Rag Paper, PCGS graded Very Fine-25

1778 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 617.50
57

Continental/Colonial Currency Dealer Robert Idler, Philadelphia Old American Cents and Half Cents, Continental and Colonial Paper Money, Bought and Sold by R. Idler. Advertising Note,

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 422.50
58 by Samuel Allinson,

1776-Dated Colonial to Revolutionary War Book titled, Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New Jersey..,

Burlington: 1776 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,640.00
59

April 8, 1779 Revolutionary War Newspaper titled, The Independent Chronicle, Boston, mention of a service to be held at the GREEN-DRAGON (Tavern)

1779 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,560.00
60

1807 (Boston Massacre) Orations, Delivered at the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, to Commemorate the Evening of the Fifth of March, 1770; ...

1807 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
61 JOSEPH WARREN

June 1775 (Dr. JOSEPH WARREN), 4.5 Page Manuscript Period Copy of a Eulogium, An Oration for Major-General Joseph Warren, with Photocopy of the Pennsylvania Magazine Monthly Intelligence report where this Eulogy was published in June 1775.

1775 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,200.00
62

October 19, 1776 Published, Rare Revolutionary War Date, Engraved Broadside titled, "Plan of New York Island... Engagement on Woody Heights of Long Island... 27 August 1776, between His Majestys Forces... General Howe... under General Putnam..."

1776 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,150.00
63

1779 Revolutionary War Massachusetts Bay Treasury Bond with 6 Percent Interest

1779 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,470.00
64

George Washington - (John) Fitzgerald + Piers Revolutionary War Related Document

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,300.00
65 JOHN LANGDON, Speaker and M. WEARE

August 31, 1781-Dated Revolutionary War, Broadsheet, AN ACT for Supplying the Continental Army with Ten Thousand Gallons of West-India RUM, State of New-Hampshire, Town of Hillsboro Copy,

1781 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,550.00
66 Engraved by R. Whitechurch after James Hamilton

1840-1870, Historic Color Lithograph Print titled, The Action Between the Serapis and the Bon Homme Richard, September 23, 1779,

USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,900.00
68

June 26, 1779-Dated Revolutionary War Period Letter, Lisbon, Portugal, to Madeira, Spain with Superb Content Pertaining to the Revolutionary War, Spain's Entry Into the War, and More

1779 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,340.00
69

April 12, 1783-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Baltimore Letter together with an 1783 Havana, Cuba Manuscript Receipt for Bills of Exchange to Captain Thomas McIntyre at Philadelphia

1783 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 552.50
70

1777 Revolutionary War Handcolored Engraved Map by Matthew Lotter titled, A Plan Of The City and Environs of Philadelphia,...

1777 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,380.00
71

THOMAS PAINE American Patriotic Songsheet RULE NEW-ENGLAND: A NEW PATRIOTIC SONG

USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,820.00
72

Nov. 13, 1776 Revolutionary War content Newspaper, The Connecticut Journal, New Haven, CT., with Congressional Act to Emmit, ...

1776 USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 USD 1,300.00
73

March 20, 1779 Revolutionary War Broadside: SUPPLEMENT ... Providence, Rhode Island, Reporting on The New American Treaty With France, and TRENTON, February 3: Extract of a letter from Monmouth Court-House, January 29, 1779.

1779 USD 2,800.00 - 3,600.00 USD 1,950.00
78

(1778) Revolutionary War Engraved Satirical Cartoon, A Picturesque View of the State of the Nation, Philadelphia Rare Large Sheet Proof Impression Matted for Display

USD 2,400.00 - 2,800.00 USD 3,120.00
80

1843 Bunker Hill Monument Commemorative Printed Silk Ribbon with Rare Portrait Image of General Joseph Warren, Fine.

1843 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 520.00
81

1843 Bunker Hill Battle Monument Commemorative Silk Ribbon, Choice Mint Quality

1843 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 650.00
82

Mechanic Library NEW-HAVEN, Copper-Plate Engraved Bookplate by Amos Doolittle (a.k.a. The Paul Revere of Connecticut), Fine

USD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,820.00
  • Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000