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
131

Confederate Currency, April 6, 1863, Civil War (4) T62, $1 Confederate Currency notes issued in Richmond

Richmond 1863 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 650.00
132 Abraham Lincoln and William Seward

May 7, 1864-1865 (Ratified), Civil War Period, Official Government Printed Imprint, Treaty Between the United States and the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota,

1864-1865 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
133

ALS from Union Civil War Veteran Honor Guard for Assassinated President Lincoln

USD 2,400.00 - 3,200.00 Not Sold
134 Alexander Hesler

c. 1860 Photograph Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

c. 1860 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,800.00
138

EMANCIPATION OF THE SLAVES, - Proclaimed on the 22d September 1862, by ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President, Scarce Black History Emancipation Engraving

1862 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,950.00
139

c. 1869 Mammoth Size Steel Plate Engraving titled, LINCOLN of President Abraham Lincoln, the Largest LINCOLN Engraving Made,

New York. c. 1869 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
140

1865 Stereoview Photograph Card titled, LINCOLN MEMORIAL. DISSECTED LEAVES., with Lincoln's Portrait by Anthony, New York City

1865 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 195.00
141

October 4th, 1846-Dated, Historical Black History and Slavery related Partially-Printed Document, being an Arrest Warrant to the Sheriff of Washington County, Tennessee for the Joseph Murry's offense of Selling Alcohol to a Slave

1846 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 520.00
142 George McDowell Stroud,

1856-Dated Pre Civil War, Black History + Slavery Related Book titled, A Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery in the Several States of the United States of America.,

Philadelphia 1856 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 455.00
144

c. Early 1900s, Aunt Jemima's Pancake Flour Wooden Sign with nice graphics

c. Early 1900s USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 390.00
145

c. 1940 Vintage Colorful Hand-Painted Wooden Advertising Sign of an African American Woman holding half of a watermelon with the large caption ICE COLD

c. 1940 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 520.00
146

c. 1940 Black History Segregation WHITES ONLY Original Hand-Painted Wood Sign

c. 1940 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 780.00
147

c. 1940 Heavy Brass Metal Sign that has one word on each side: "WHITE" and "COLORED" for Black Segregation purposes

c. 1940 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 520.00
148 William Cowper

1788 The Negros Complaint, Manuscript Poem Written + Composed by William Cowper

1788 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,340.00
149

April 1862-Dated Civil War Period, Political Cartoon with President Abraham Lincoln titled, "Oberon and Titania", Satirical Black History and Slavery Related

Britian 1862 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,040.00
150

1942-Dated World War II, Official U.S. Army Japanese Internment Broadside Poster NOTICE, Civilian Exclusion Order No. 41, large size measuring 22 x 14, Presidio of San Francisco, California, Crisp Extremely Fine.

1942 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,860.00
151 Charles Julien de Saint-Memin,

c. 1798, Original Artwork Conte-Crayon Profile Portrait of "John Morgan Price" listed and illustrated in the reference, "Charles Julien de Saint-Memin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America" by Ellen G. Miles

c. 1798 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
157 E.H. Shepard

E.H. Shepard Artist Signed WWII Original Illustration Artwork, FDR Warns Europe

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,560.00
160 Clarence S. Brigham,

(PAUL REVERE). "PAUL REVERE'S ENGRAVINGS," Reference book by Clarence S. Brigham, 1969

NY 1969 USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 156.00
161 Jeremiah M. Greene

c. 1860 Civil War Era, Presentation Photo Album containing 14 Albumen Photos by Photographer Jeremiah M. Greene of Elyria, Ohio, + Two Choice Content Civil War Date Letters written by the Albums Owner, Peter A. Bishop of Elyria, Ohio

c. 1860 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
162

c. 1960, Trans World Airlines Travel Poster titled, Arizona, with a Large Image of a Smiling Western Woman,

U.S.A. c. 1960 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 650.00
164 Nathaniel Currier,

1844 Presidential Campaign Clay and Frelinghuysen, GRAND NATIONAL WHIG BANNER.

1844 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 422.50
165

January 1, 1849-Dated Autograph Letter Discussing President-Elect Zachary Taylor Presidential Election with Political Content and Integral Address Leaf with 5 PAID (1849 postage rate),

Newton Upper Falls, (Mass.), 1849 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 715.00
166

c. 1849, Silk Broadside Textile Printed to Celebrate the Inauguration of 12th United States President, Zachary Taylor, (this item is Not Recorded in Threads of History by Collins),

Baltimore. c. 1849 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
168

c. 1875, President James Garfield Engraving with Three related Contemporary Stereoview Cards.

c. 1875 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 182.00
  • 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