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Auction Name Fine Manuscripts and Printed Americana Total Sales (USD) 3,208,750.00
Auction Date January 27, 2020 - January 27, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,014,100.00
Sale Number #N10301 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,788,500.00
Total Lots 169
Sold Lots 123 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 3,053,300.00
% of Lots Sold 72.78% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,217,500.00
Unsold Lots 46 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 76.08%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2271

John Hancock, manuscript letter signed, announcing the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, 6 July 1776

 1776 USD 600,000.00 - 800,000.00 USD 1,040,000.00
2212 Smith, John.

The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles...London: 1627

 1627 USD 220,000.00 - 260,000.00 USD 275,000.00
2129 Lincoln, Abraham.

Autograph letter signed, to Joshua Reed Giddings, 21 May 1860

 1860 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 175,000.00
2164 Washington, George.

Autograph manuscript fragment from his undelivered first Inaugural Address

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 137,500.00
2161 Washington, George.

Manuscript letter signed, to the Citizens of New York, [26-27 November 1783]

 1783 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 100,000.00
2184 Filson, John.

The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke. Wilmington: Printed by James Adams, 1784

 1784 USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 68,750.00
2150

Six Nations document signed with the holograph totems of fourteen chiefs of the Six Nations, [Lancaster?], 28 July 1769

 1769 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 62,500.00
2156 Washington, George.

One autograph letter signed & 3 letters signed to General Alexander McDougall, September 1777

 1777 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 62,500.00
2201 The New-England Primer.

New-York: Hugh Gaine, ca. 1763–66

 ca.1763-66 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 62,500.00
2163 Washington, George.

Autograph letter signed, to William Smith, 8 June 1788

 1788 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 52,500.00
2114

Map book of Emily Draper: "A Book of Maps executed by Emily Draper. Greenfield, M[a]ss., 1822"

 1822 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 50,000.00
2228 [Broadside].

Dudley, Joseph. Province of Massachusetts-Bay. 1703

 1703 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 50,000.00
2269 Hyer, Joseph K. & William S.

Starring. Dictionary of the Sioux Language. [Fort Laramie, 1866]

 1866 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 43,750.00
2204

An extensive and important collection of over 1,900 Acts of British Parliament, 1714–1789

 1714-1789 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 40,000.00
2175

Boston Tea Party Handbill "On Tuesday Night arrived in this City [a] Gentleman," after 22 December 1773

 1773 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 37,500.00
2197 Mather, Cotton.

The Wonders of the Invisible World. Being an account of the tryals of several witches... London: 1693

 1693 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 37,500.00
2211 Nicholas Scull.

Map of the improved Part of the Province of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: 1759

 1759 USD 35,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 35,000.00
2206

[Perry Expedition - Black Ship Scroll]

 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 32,500.00
2220 Washington, George.

Manuscript letter signed, to John Adams, 3 March 1795

 1795 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 32,500.00
2143 Pulaski, Casimir.

Autograph letter signed, (June 12) 1778, to Thomas Johnson, Governor of Maryland

 1778 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 27,500.00
2207

[Perry Expedition - Black Ship Scroll]

 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 27,500.00
2157 Washington, George.

Manuscript letter signed, probably to General Nathanael Greene, 29 November 1777

 1777 USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 23,750.00
2101 Adams, John.

Manuscript letter signed, to Tench Coxe, May 1792

 1792 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 22,500.00
2188 Kennedy, John F.

An archive of material pertaining to the assassination of President Kennedy

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 22,500.00
2200 [MEXICAN INCUNABLE] Vocabulario de Alonso Molina.

México, Antonio de Espinosa 1571.

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 22,500.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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