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

Auction Details

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
83

1812-Dated War of 1812 Membership Book Titled: (George) Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States, Published for the Washington Benevolent Society, Fine.

1812 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 2,470.00
86

c. Jan. 9th, 1800 George Washington Mourning Broadside, Order of Performances / INSTRUMENTAL DIRGE. / PRAYER, By REV. DR. ECKLEY. / HYMN, / Written At The Request... Arrangement By Rev. John S. J. Gardner.

1800 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 14,300.00
87

September 9, 1783-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Rare Issue, The Connecticut Courant Newspaper, Edition No. 972, special heading reading: The Last Official Address of his Excellency General Washington -

Head Quarters, Newburgh June 1783. USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 14,300.00
91 Attributed to EDWARD SAVAGE

c 1793 Mezzotint Engraving titled: George Washington. President of the United States of America. From the Original Portrait Painted at the request of the Corporation of the University of Cambridge in Massachusetts.

c 1793 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,500.00
92 After John Trumbull

1796 General Washington. Rare Stipple Engraving After John Trumbulls Painting

1796 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,525.00
93

March 18, 1801-Dated, GEORGE WASHINGTON, Late President of the United States of America, Federal Period Engraved Print titled,

USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,640.00
95

c. 1860 Mid 19th-century George Washington Large Engraved Portrait, After the original Landsdowne Painting by Gilbert Stuart

c. 1860 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 390.00
96

c. 1899 SAMUEL ARLENT EDWARDS Artist Signed PROOF Print, of George Washington, After James Sharples' Painting, Framed Choice Mint.

c. 1899 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
97

1819-Dated, George Washington Memorial Textile Kerchief, Portrait of Washington after the famous Bowling Green Portrait

1819 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,900.00
101

Croswell Libel Case 1804, Exceedingly rare important Freedom of the Press + First Amendment related Imprint

1804 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,120.00
102

July 11, 1798-Dated Imprint titled, Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Accompanying a Report and Statement of the Sums Necessary to be Appropriated on Account of the Compensation of the Secretary of the Navy,...

1798 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 260.00
106 JAMES MADISON

War of 1812 Anti-British Acts Passed + Approved by Congress Signed JAMES MADISON

USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 USD 780.00
107

War of 1812 Governor of PA Orders Col. Wayne to Report to the Commander in Chief

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 715.00
109 John Henry Eaton

The LIFE OF ANDREW JACKSON, MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES

1824 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
110

September 4th, 1816-Dated, Partially-Printed Official Baltimore Arsenal Receipt to The United States

1816 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 195.00
111

February 9, 1788-Dated Federal Period, Partially-Printed Rhode Island Continental (Congress) Loan Receipt Form from the Office of William Ellery as the Loan-Officer

1788 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,600.00
112

c. 1825, USS Constitution, a.k.a. Old Ironsides, Partially-Printed Navy Pay Document

c. 1825 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 520.00
113 J. O. Lewis

1825-Dated, Hand-Colored Lithograph by Lehman + Duval titled, Painted at the treaty of Prairie du Chien 1825

1825 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
117 Charles Balthazar Julien Fvret de Saint-Mmin

c. 1807, Beautifully framed original Portrait of John Carlyle Herbert of Alexandria, Virginia, Choice Mint.

c. 1807 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 780.00
118

1864 Civil War Era, Engraved Print A Literary Party at the Home of Washington Irving by Alonzo, Chappel created with a collage of images from photographer Matthew Brady

1864 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 650.00
123

The Queen's Neutrality Proclamation... for Britain during the existing hostilities between the United States and the States calling themselves the Confederate States of America.

1862 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,300.00
124

c 1865 Civil War Original Calligraphic Drawing of McClellan Commanding his Staff

c 1865 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
127

July18, 1862-Dated Civil War Period, Manuscript Document Special Order No. 205", by Command of Major General David Hunter.

1862 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 845.00
128

1865 Civil War Bucks County, Pennsylvania $300 Enlistment Bounty Fund 6% Bond

1865 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 520.00
129

May 1, 1861 Rare Breaking News Early Civil War Printed Broadside / Handbill Headed: A Naval Engagement - The United States Triumphant !!

1861 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,340.00
  • 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.