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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
8026 Franklin Benjamin

Benjamin Franklin Twice-Signed 1,500,000-Livre Promissory Note Binding the United States to Repay France for Funding the Revolutionary War - Printed on Franklina€™s Own Press (1782)

Passy 1782 USD 250,000.00 - 300,000.00 Unknown
8027 Franklin B

Benjamin Franklin Autograph Letter Signed to Denmark's Envoy, Addressing the Capture of a Danish Vessel by an American Privateer (1784)

1784 USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 Unknown
8028 Adams John

John Adams Revolutionary War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed to John Hancock, Written While Finalizing the Treaty of Paris Ending the Revolutionary War

Paris 1783 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 Unknown
8029 Adams John

John Adams Autograph Letter Signed from The Hague, Addressing Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and the Organization of American Diplomacy Following the Treaty of Paris (1784)

The Hague 1784 USD 75,000.00 - 100,000.00 Unknown
8030 Adams John; Jefferson Th

John Adams Autograph Letter Signed with Thomas Jefferson Countersignature, Authorizing Negotiations with the Barbary Powers as American Sailors Were Held Captive in North Africa (1785)

London; Paris 1785 USD 125,000.00 - 150,000.00 Unknown
8031 Witherspoon John

John Witherspoon Autograph Letter Signed to Constitution Signer Thomas FitzSimons, Written One Month After the Signing of the Constitution, Discussing Hard-Money Shortages and Princeton Finances (1787)

1787 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
8032 Middleton Arthur

Arthur Middleton Handwritten Revolutionary War-Era Congressional Resolution on Maintenance of Prisoners of War, with Secret Cipher Key

1782 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Unknown
8033 Stone William J.

Declaration of Independence: Force Print from W. J. Stone's Copperplate (c. 1833)

Washington 1833 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Unknown
8034 Clinton Henry

Benedict Arnold Revolutionary Wara€“Dated Handwritten Letter (Copy of Henry Clinton's Letter to Oliver De Lancey)

1783 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
8035 Amherst Jeffrey

Lord Jeffrey Amherst Revolutionary Wara€“Dated Document Signed, Issuing Arms to the First Hessian Troops Sent to America (1776)

1776 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
8036

Revolutionary War (4) Hand-Drawn Maps

1777-1778 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
8037 George III

King George III Signed Royal Military Commission, Countersigned by Lord George Germain, Appointing Sir Henry Clinton "General in America only" (April 1, 1776)

London 1776 USD 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 Unknown
8038 Hopkins Esek

Esek Hopkins War-Dated Letter Signed from 'Onboard the Alfred,' Requesting Cannon for the Defense of New England Ports

1776 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
8039 Arnold Benedict

Benedict Arnold War-Dated Letter Signed with Handwritten Loyalist Confession Warning of Enemy Infiltration - Written Three Years Before His Own Defection to the British

New Haven 1777 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 Unknown
8040 de Gall W.

Captured Hessian Muster Roll (1778)

1778 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
8041 Clinton George

George Clinton War-Dated Letter Signed to Delaware Governor Caesar Rodney, Urging Uniform Interstate Provisions for Continental Soldiers and Their Families (1780)

Albany 1780 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
8042 Morris Gouverneur

Gouverneur Morris Twice-Signed Oath of Allegiance Renouncing King George III, Witnessed and Countersigned by Thomas McKean (August 8, 1781)

1781 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
8043

Haym Salomon and Robert Morris Signed Bill of Exchange for Financing the Revolutionary War (October 22, 1782)

Philadelphia 1782 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 Unknown
8044 Lawrence John

John Lawrence War-Dated Signed Connecticut Pay Order, Issued to a Free Black Soldier and Veteran of Germantown, Monmouth, and Valley Forge (1782)

1782 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
8045 Clinton George

George Clinton Document Signed as Governor of New York, Appointing Delegates to the Continental Congress (February 3, 1784)

1784 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
8046 Hartley David 1732-1813

David Hartley the Younger (7) Revolutionary War-Era Handwritten Manuscripts on Peace Negotiations by Britain's Sole Signatory to the Treaty of Paris

1778-1783; 1787 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Unknown
8047 Jones John Paul

John Paul Jones Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas Jefferson, Pressing for "Prize-Money" Claims Attached to His Revolutionary War Naval Victories

1786 USD 65,000.00 - 75,000.00 Unknown
8048

Constitution Signers: Complete Set of (40) Autographs with Founding Fathers George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison

1772-1813 USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 Unknown
8049

Colonial Currency of the Thirteen Colonies (1776)

1776 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Unknown
8050 Davies John

Thomas Jeffersona€™s Copy of Sir John Daviesa€™ Le Premier Report (Dublin, 1615), Retaining His Characteristic a€œTJa€ Ownership Markings, Descended from the Library of Sir John and Peyton Randolph

Dublin 1615 USD 85,000.00 - 100,000.00 Unknown
  • 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.
  • 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.