Fleischer's Auctions: Day 1: Historic & Early Americana, 20869, Columbus
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 24, 2026 - April 24, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Washington (1732–1799) | [WASHINGTON] Washington's First Love, 1755 Letter to Sally Fairfax |
1755 | USD 150,000.00 - 300,000.00 | USD 209,550.00 | |
| 3 | [WASHINGTON] 1832 Centennial Anniversary Washington's Birthday Ribbon |
Philadelphia | 1832 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 222.25 | |
| 4 | Henry Knox (1750-1806); J. Herring; Gilbert Stuart | [REVOLUTIONARY WAR] Gen. Knox Signature, Rare Ribbon & Engraving |
New York | ND; 1834 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 1,397.00 |
| 5 | Benjamin Hazard (1774–1841) | 1802 Jefferson Letter Forgery Scandal, Hand-written Political Article |
Boston, Massachusetts | 1802 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 508.00 |
| 6 | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) | Thomas Jefferson Signed 1807 Naval Commision |
Washington, D.C. | 1807 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 9 | [MAPS] c. 1780 Fort Jefferson at the Mouth of the Ohio River |
Ohio | c. 1780-1810 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,397.50 | |
| 11 | William Paterson (1745-1806); Bowes Reed (1740-1794) | [U.S. CONSITUTION SIGNER] William Patterson of New Jersey, 1793 Document |
Trenton, New Jersey | 1793 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,032.00 |
| 12 | [REVOLUTIONARY WAR] 1780 Receipt for Wheat Supplied to the Continental Army |
Baltimore County, Maryland | 1780 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 349.25 | |
| 13 | Thomas Harwood (1753-1804) | [REVOLUTIONARY WAR] Financing the Revolution: Continental Loan Office Certificate w/ Signatures |
Annapolis, Maryland | 1778 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,143.00 |
| 14 | William Robertson (1721-1793) | [COLONIAL AMERICA] 1792 Robertson's "America" w/ Maps |
London; Edinburgh | 1792 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,016.00 |
| 15 | Henry Gardner (1731-1782) | [REVOLUTIONARY WAR] Financing the Revolution: 1778 Massachusetts Tax Collection Order |
Boston, Massachusetts | 1778 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 825.50 |
| 16 | H. Gardner | Financing the Revolution: 1779 Massachusetts Lottery Receipt w/ Snake Emblem |
Boston, Massachusetts | 1779 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 825.50 |
| 17 | Gilbert Clark | [SLAVERY] 1784 Georgia Land Grant w/ Slavery Content |
Augusta, Washington County, Georgia | 1784 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 698.50 |
| 18 | Noah Webster (1758-1843) | [REVOLUTIONARY WAR] 125 Issues of Webster's "Herald," Early American Republic, 1794-1795 |
New York | 1794; 1795 | USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,492.50 |
| 20 | [WAR OF 1812, SLAVERY] Satire on British Recruitment of Enslaved African American |
New York | c. 1813 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,127.50 | |
| 21 | Edward Matthews | 1805 British Privateer's Journal, Capture of American Ship |
1805 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 4,127.50 | |
| 22 | Ferdinand Coxe (1815-1884) | [NAVAL HISTORY] Ferdinand Coxe Scrapbook, Incl. Hand Drawn Maps |
1846 | USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,159.00 | |
| 23 | Richard Randolph (1781-1849) | [WAR OF 1812, NAVY] Funeral of the "Hero of Lake Erie": 1826 Letter re: Commodore Perry's Remains |
Newport, Rhode Island | 1826 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 222.25 |
| 24 | Amos Babcock; Benjamin Waterhouse | [WAR OF 1812] American Privateer's Narrative of Capture and Imprisonment |
Boston, Massachusetts | 1816 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 635.00 |
| 25 | Robert Pattinson | [WAR OF 1812] Artilleryman's 1814 Pay Receipt |
1814 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 127.00 | |
| 26 | Henry Francis Walling (1825-1889) | [MAPS] 1873 "Atlas of the State of Michigan" |
Detroit, Michigan | 1873 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 285.75 |
| 31 | Gilbert Stuart | Presented Portrait of John Quincy Adams w/ Family Inscription |
first half 19th century | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 9,525.00 | |
| 32 | [POLITICS, EARLY AMERICANA] Large 1820s-1850s Newspaper Collection |
Trenton, New Jersey; New York; Philadelphia; Flemington, New Jersey; Princeton, New Jersey; Washington, D.C. | 1822; 1823; 1824; 1827; 1830; 1831; 1832; 1833; 1834; 1835; 1837; 1839; 1844; 1845; 1847; 1848; 1850; 1851; 1853; 1855; 1858; 1859 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 190.50 | |
| 36 | George Bomford (1780-1848) | [MILITARIA, SEMINOLE WARS] 1826 Order for Pistols & Sabers for Georgia Militia, Signed George Bomford |
Washington, D.C. | 1826 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 222.25 |
| 37 | Edward Williams Clay (1799-1857) | [MILITARIA, POLITICS] Jacksonian Era Satire of Philadelphia Militia Company |
Philadelphia | 1829 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 635.00 |
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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