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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 138 | LINCOLN, Mary Todd (1818-1882) | Autograph letter signed ("Mrs. L.") to Alexander Williamson |
Chicago | 30 November 1866 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,200.00 |
| 139 | [LINCOLN MOURNING]. A unique Lincoln mourning fan produced for display at the 1867 Paris Exposition |
Habana/Paris | 1866 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 44,800.00 | |
| 140 | [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)] | Lincoln's Anecdotes: A Complete Collection of the Anecdotes, Stories and Pithy Sayings of the Late Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States |
New York, New York | n.d. [1867] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 141 | LINCOLN, Mary Todd (1818-1882) | Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln"), to Rhoda White, Nice |
France | 16 March 1869 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 142 | LINCOLN, Mary Todd (1818-1882) | Autograph letter signed ("Mrs. A. Lincoln") to James Orne |
Frankfurt | 2 February 1870 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,520.00 |
| 143 | LINCOLN, Mary Todd (1818-1882) | Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln") to James Orne |
Marienbad, Bohemia | 28 May 1870 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 144 | LINCOLN, Mary Todd (1818-1882) | Autograph letter signed ("M.L.") to Rhoda White |
Chicago | 8 December 1871 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,240.00 |
| 145 | EDISON, Thomas Alva (1847-1931) | [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. Autograph note signed ("Thomas A. Edison") |
Menlo Park, New York | 17 June 1880 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,304.00 |
| 147 | [CIVIL RIGHTS]. Onward |
Chicago | 1903 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,152.00 | |
| 149 | Leo Frank Nock (American, 1875-1949) | Portrait bust of Abraham Lincoln |
1914 | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,880.00 | |
| 150 | HAY, John (1838-1905) | [LINCOLN, Robert Todd (1843-1926), his copy]. -- Letters of John Hay and Extracts from Diary |
Washington, D.C. | 1908 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 5,440.00 |
| 151 | [LINCOLN, Robert Todd (1843-1926), his copies] | A pair of Abraham Lincoln bibliographies from Robert Todd's library, comprising: 1) BOYD, Andrew. A Memorial Lincoln Bibliography... |
Albany, NY | 1870 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 5,440.00 |
| 152 | THAYER, William Roscoe | [HAY, John (1838-1905)]. The Life and Letters of John Hay |
Boston and New York | 1915 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 768.00 |
| 154 | GAYLER, Charles (1820-1892) | [BOOTH, John Wilkes (1838-1865), his copy]. Son of the Night: A Drama in Three Days, and a Prologue |
New York | 1857 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 155 | [BOOTH, John Wilkes (1838-1865)] | A broadside playbill for Booth's performance in the title role of Hamlet at the Boston Museum, 16 May 1862 |
16 May 1862 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,792.00 | |
| 156 | BOOTH, Mary Ann Holmes (1802-1885) | [BOOTH, John Wilkes (1838-1865)]. Autograph letter signed ("Mother M.A. Booth") to Edwin Booth |
Philadelphia | 17 February 1863 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,664.00 |
| 157 | [BOOTH, John Wilkes (1838-1865)] | A broadside playbill for Booth's performance as Pescara in The Apostate at the Arch Street Theatre |
Philadelphia | 5 March 1863 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,280.00 |
| 158 | [BOOTH, John Wilkes (1838-1865)] | A broadside playbill for Booth's performance as Charles de Moor in Tragedy of the Robbers or, The Forest of Bohemia at the Arch Street Theatre |
Philadelphia | 7 March 1863 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 159 | [BOOTH, John Wilkes (1838-1865)] | A broadside playbill for Booth's performance in the title role of Macbeth at the Howard Athenaeum |
Boston | 7 October 1863 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,432.00 |
| 160 | [BOOTH, John Wilkes (1838-1865)] | A broadside playbill for Booth's performance in the title role of Richard III at the Howard Athenaeum |
Boston | 10 October 1863 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,408.00 |
| 161 | [BOOTH, John Wilkes (1838-1865)] | Partial manuscript document |
9 February 1864 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,800.00 | |
| 162 | BOOTH, John Wilkes (1838-1865) | Autograph letter signed ("J.W.B") to "My dear miss" from the St. Charles Theater |
New Orleans | 4 April [1864] | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,800.00 |
| 163 | [BOOTH, John Wilkes (1838-1865)] | A broadside playbill for Booth's performance as Pescara in The Apostate at the Boston Museum, 27 April 1864 |
27 April 1864 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 896.00 | |
| 164 | [BOOTH, John Wilkes (1838-1865)] | A broadside playbill for Booth's performance as Charles de Moor in The Robbers at the Boston Museum, 11 May 1864 |
11 May 1864 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,024.00 | |
| 165 | [BOOTH, John Wilkes (1838-1865)] | A broadside playbill for Booth's performance as Raphael in The Marble Heart at the Boston Museum, 26 May 1864 |
26 May 1864 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
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Sotheby's Book Week
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 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950