Sothebys: A Marvelous Journey: The Collection of Maurice Tempelsman, N12118, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 24, 2026 - June 24, 2026
Page Size: 16 items in 1 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Olmsted Frederick; Vaux Calvert

A Map of the Central Park

New York 1865 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 6,144.00
2 Stokes Isaac Newton Phelps

The Iconography of Manhattan Island

New York 1915-28 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,680.00
3 Emerson Ralph Waldo

The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cambridge 1903-1914 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 9,600.00
4 Gibbon Edward

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

London 1776-1788 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,240.00
5 Kipling Rudyard

The Complete Works in Prose and Verse

London 1937-1939 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 14,080.00
6 Bonfils Felix; Zangaki Brothers

Orient-Reise. 1894. Jerusalem.

Ca. 1894 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
18

An Illustrated Folio from a Manuscript

N/A USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,408.00
19

An Illustrated Folio from a Manuscript

N/A USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,920.00
21

An Illustrated Folio from a Manuscript Depicting a Battle

N/A USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,280.00
22

An Illustrated Folio from a Manuscript

N/A USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
23

An Illustrated Folio from a Manuscript

N/A USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
29 Chierico Francesco di Antonio del (1433–1484)

Judith and Holofernes, illuminated antiphonal leaf

Florence second half of the 15th century USD 14,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
122

A Newton’s Three Inch Pocket Globe

London N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,048.00
123

An American Pocket Globe

Wethersfield, Connecticut Circa 1850s USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,432.00
126

A British Eighteen-Inch Terrestrial Globe

Edinburgh; London Circa 1900 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,432.00
128

An Early Victorian Scottish Six-Inch Celestial Globe

Edinburgh Mid-19th Century USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,408.00
  • 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.