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
  • Books & Autographs
    Wednesday 25 March
    Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000
    Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.