RR Auction: America’s 250th Anniversary Auction, 757, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Date: July 08, 2026 - July 08, 2026

Page Size: 74 items in 3 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
8001	Otis James	James Otis: The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (Third Edition, 1766)	Boston; London	1766	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
8002	Dickinson John	John Dickinson: An Essay on the Constitutional Power of Great-Britain over the Colonies in America (First Edition, 1774)	Philadelphia	1774	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Unknown
8003	Turner Baptist Noel (1739-1836)	[King George III] Baptist Noel Turner Autograph Draft Proposal for Settling the American Colonies (c. 1775)		c. 1775	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
8004	Hancock John; Adams Samuel	John Hancock and Samuel Adams Letter Signed on American Radicals' Disaffection with British Colonial Policies and "notorious Violations of their Property" (1766)		1766	USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00	Unknown
8005	Hancock John	John Hancock War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed as Chairman of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, Urgently Summoning a Delegate to a Committee Meeting in Cambridge (1774)		1774	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Unknown
8006	Adams John	John Adams Handwritten Letter on the Eve of Revolution, Declaring that "Britain has neither Troops nor Money" to fight America while calling Boston Tories "Enemies of Mankind"		1774	USD 75,000.00 - 100,000.00	Unknown
8007	Warren Joseph	Joseph Warren Autograph Document Signed - Medical Bill to Col. Elisha Doane for Medicines and Attendance, Endorsed by His Brother Dr. John Warren		1773	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Unknown
8008		Joseph Warren: Manuscript Draft Eulogy for the Patriot General Killed at Bunker Hill, Published in the Pennsylvania Magazine During Thomas Paine's Editorship (1775)		1775	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
8009	Lewis Francis	Francis Lewis Revolutionary War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed on NYC's Reaction to the Battles of Lexington and Concord: "This City in a violent ferment" (April 26, 1775)		1775	USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	Unknown
8010	Henry Patrick	Patrick Henry Autograph Document Signed, Valuing an Enslaved Woman and Child in a Financial Settlement During the Revolutionary Era (1776a€“1777)		1777	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Unknown
8011	Dawes William	William Dawes Revolutionary War-Dated Autograph Document Signed, Issuing Rations to Continental Army Recruits Five Years After His Midnight Ride with Paul Revere	Worcester	1780	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Unknown
8012	Revere Paul	Paul Revere Autograph Document Signed, Receiving Payment from a Wealthy Patron of His Silver Shop	Boston	1792	USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	Unknown
8013	Hancock John	John Hancock Signed 1765 Faneuil Hall Lottery Ticket	Boston	1965	USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	Unknown
8014	Washington George	George Washington Signed 1768 Mountain Road Lottery Ticket - One of About 25 Examples Known		1768	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Unknown
8015	Washington George	George Washington Revolutionary War-Era Handwritten Manuscript Fragment on Raising "a large standing army for the defence of the Rights and liberties of America"		c. 1777	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Unknown
8016	Washington George	George Washington War-Dated Letter Signed, Penned in the Hand of Alexander Hamilton Four Days Before the Battle of Germantown, Addressing the Philadelphia Campaign, Burgoyne's Northern Collapse, and the Road to Saratoga (1777)	Pennsylvania	1777	USD 750,000.00 - 800,000.00	Unknown
8017	Washington George	George Washington Revolutionary War-Dated Letter Signed to Brig. Gen. Potter, Planning a War "to be carried on against the Savages...against the Indians of the Six Nations"		1779	USD 175,000.00 - 200,000.00	Unknown
8018	Washington George	George Washington War-Dated Letter Signed to Major Benjamin Tallmadge with Original Franked Address Panel, Directing Culper Ring Intelligence Courier Routes and Referencing Founding Spy Abraham Woodhull (1779)	Philadelphia	1779	USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00	Unknown
8019	Williams Joseph	Washington Headquarters: Orderly Book of the 3rd Massachusetts Regiment with the Newburgh Address and Proclamation of Peace (1782-1783)	Newburgh	1782-1783	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Unknown
8020	Hamlin Africa	Washington Headquarters: Orderly Book of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment with the Proclamation of Peace and Founding Texts of the Society of the Cincinnati (1782-1783)	Newburgh	1782-1783	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Unknown
8021	Carlile John	George Washington: John Carlile Revolutionary War-Dated Autograph Document Signed from Washington's Headquarters, Announcing Congress's Order to Disband the Continental Army	Newburgh	1783	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Unknown
8022	Hancock John	John Hancock Revolutionary War-Dated Letter Signed to Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Chase, and Charles Carroll, Announcing George Washington's Arrival at Philadelphia in 1776 and the Exhaustion of the Congressional Treasury		1776	USD 300,000.00 - 400,000.00	Unknown
8023	Thomson Chas	Charles Thomson Revolutionary War-Dated Autograph Document Signed, Appointing Naval Agents for Privateering Prizes (1776)	Philadelphia	1776	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
8024	Franklin B	Benjamin Franklin Revolutionary War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed on Peace Negotiations with Great Britain: "Every thing seems to be rejected by your mad Politicians that would lead to Healing the Breach" (1777)		1777	USD 125,000.00 - 150,000.00	Unknown
8025	Hancock John	John Hancock War-Dated Document Signed, Commissioning the Schooner Liberty for Privateering Against Great Britain - "Colonies" Amended to "States" Reflecting American Independence	Philadelphia	1778	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	Unknown

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935
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 - $1,700

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old 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 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 July

Sotheby’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.