Bonhams: Documenting America Printed and Manuscript Americana including Highlights from the Louise Taper Presidential Collection, 31881, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 23, 2026 - June 23, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Zenger John Peter | The New-York Weekly Journal |
New York | 1734 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 31 | The Pennsylvania Gazette |
Philadelphia | 1766 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 | |
| 32 | Supplement to the Boston Evening-Post |
Boston | 1766; 1769 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,152.00 | |
| 33 | Franklin Benjamin | The New-York Journal; or, The General Advertiser |
New York | 1774 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,096.00 |
| 34 | Supplement to the New-York Journal, or General Advertiser |
New York | 1775 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,792.00 | |
| 35 | Postscript to the Pennsylvania Packet |
Philadelphia | 1775 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 | |
| 36 | Arnold Benedict 1741-1801 | New-York Gazette: and the Weekly Mercury |
New York | 1775 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 832.00 |
| 37 | Dunlap's Pennsylvanis Packet: or, The General Advertiser |
Philadelphia | 1776 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,072.00 | |
| 38 | The Pennsylvania Gazette |
Philadelphia | 1776 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 896.00 | |
| 39 | Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet. Or The General Advertiser |
Philadelphia | 1776 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,072.00 | |
| 40 | The Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal |
Boston | 1777 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,536.00 | |
| 41 | The Pennsylvania Journal, and the Weekly Advertiser |
Philadelphia | 1783 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,048.00 | |
| 42 | Gazette of the United States |
New York | 1789 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 | |
| 43 | The Oracle of the Day |
Portsmouth | 1799 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 44 | Inga Athanasius | West-Indische Spieghel; Historie Naturael |
Amsterdam | 1624 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 45 | Blaeu Willem (1571-1638); Blaeu Jan (1596-1673) | Nova Virginiae tabula |
Amsterdam | c.1629 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,152.00 |
| 46 | Charles II (1630-1685) | Charter of the Colony of Virginia |
Westminster | 1676 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 19,200.00 |
| 47 | Hubbard William | A Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New England |
Boston | 1677 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,120.00 |
| 48 | Homann Johann Baptist (1663-1724) | Virginia, Marylandia et Carolina in America Septentrionali |
Nuremberg | c.1714 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 460.80 |
| 49 | Fry Joshua (1699-1754); Jefferson Peter (1708-1757) | A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of Virginia containing the whole Province of Maryland with Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey, and North Carolina |
London | 1775 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
| 50 | Scull William 1739-1784 | Map of Pennsylvania Exhibiting not only the Improved Parts of that Province but also its Extensive Frontiers |
London | 1775 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 52 | McKean Thomas 1734-1817 | Indenture for transfer of property to Ann Pemberton |
Philadelphia | N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 435.20 |
| 53 | Allen Ethan 1738-1789 | Promissory Note |
1786 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 54 | Jefferson Thomas 1743-1826 | Notes on the State of Virginia |
London | 1787 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 14,080.00 |
| 55 | Washington George 1732-1799; Huntington Samuel 1731-1796 | Circular Letter with a response from Samuel Huntington |
New York, NY; Norwich, CT | 1790 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | Not Sold |
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Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000. -
