Freeman's | Hindman: The Fathers and Saviors of Our Country: A Presidential Sale, 6560, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 26, 2026 - March 26, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)] | WENDEROTH & TAYLOR, photographers. 2 CDVs of Lincoln |
Philadelphia | February or March 1864 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 384.00 |
| 84 | LINCOLN, Mary Todd (1818-1882) | Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln"), to Mrs. Sallie Rudd Alexander, with an envelope free-franked by Lincoln ("A. Lincoln") |
Washington, D.C. | 13 March 1864 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 85 | LINCOLN, Mary Todd (1818-1882) | Autograph letter signed ("Mrs. L") to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton |
[Washington, D.C.] | 9 November 1864 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 87 | [LINCOLN-JOHNSON CAMPAIGN]. Lincoln and Johnson and the Whole Ticket |
[Bordentown, N.J.] | [1864] | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 3,520.00 | |
| 88 | EVANS, Estwick (1787-1866) | [LINCOLN-JOHNSON CAMPAIGN]. A pair of broadsides related to the 1864 presidential election, comprising: 1) To the Honorable Reverdy Johnson... |
Washington City | 7 October 1864 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 3,200.00 |
| 89 | [LINCOLN-JOHNSON CAMPAIGN]. An election ballot for the "Radical Ticket" |
Missouri | 1864 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 704.00 | |
| 90 | YATES, Richard (1815-1873) | [LINCOLN-JOHNSON CAMPAIGN]. Engraved document signed ("Rich. Yates") |
Springfield, Illinois | December 1864 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,200.00 |
| 91 | [ANTI-LINCOLN CAMPAIGN]. A group of 4 broadsides, comprising: Is the War A Failure?... |
New York | [1864] | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,176.00 | |
| 92 | [PRO & ANTI-LINCOLN CAMPAIGN]. A group of 10 pamphlets, comprising: Abraham Lincoln! And His Doctrines. Examined and Presented in a Concise and Condensed Form, from His Own Speeches, and the Proceedings of His Supporters... |
N.p. | n.d. [ca 1858] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,048.00 | |
| 93 | [ENSLAVEMENT]. Marshal's Sale...The Slaves, Ellen, Jim, Margaret, John, Ann, Alice, George, Hentz, and another slave, name unknown |
Louisville, Kentucky | 2 December 1864 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,480.00 | |
| 94 | LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865) | Illinois Gazette |
Lacon, IL | 8 December 1864 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 384.00 |
| 95 | The Old Bull Dog on the Right Track |
New York | 1864 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,432.00 | |
| 96 | [WALKER, Lewis Emory (1822-1880), photog.] | [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865]. CDV of Lincoln with a "crew cut" |
February 1865 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,664.00 | |
| 97 | LINCOLN, Mary Todd (1818-1881) | Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln") to Caroline Wright |
Washington, D.C. | 15 February 1865 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,240.00 |
| 99 | [WARREN, Henry F., photog., attrib.] | [LINCOLN WHITE HOUSE]. CDV of the White House possibly showing Tad Lincoln in the foreground |
[Washington, DC] | [6 March 1865] | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,088.00 |
| 100 | WARREN, Henry F., photographer | [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865]. CDV of the last known photograph of Lincoln |
ca 6 March 1865 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 704.00 | |
| 101 | THAYER, William M. (1820-1898) | [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. -- The Pioneer Boy [in Greek] |
Athens | 1865 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 102 | [LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. "Constitution" Extra |
[Middletown, CT] | 15 April 1865 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 9,600.00 | |
| 103 | [LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. Journal & Courier---Extra. Death of President Lincoln |
N.p. | [15 April 1865] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 8,960.00 | |
| 104 | BUTTERFIELD, John | [LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. Public Sorrow! |
Utica, New York | 15 April 1865 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,480.00 |
| 105 | THOMAN, John Adam (1838-1906) | [LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. Autograph letter signed ("J. Thoman") to Henrietta Thoman |
Washington, D.C. | 15 April 1865 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 107 | [LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. Pittsburgh Evening Chronicle |
15 April 1865 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 384.00 | ||
| 108 | [LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. Illinois State Journal Extra |
Springfield | 16 April 1865 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,560.00 | |
| 109 | [LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. A group of 6 newspapers, comprising: New York Daily News... |
New York | 15 April 1865 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 640.00 | |
| 110 | [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)] | Second Inaugural Address of the Late President Lincoln |
New York | [1865] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 70,400.00 |
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2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works. -
Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000 -
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