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William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals: Francis Hopkinson Family Americana Collection

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Auction Name Francis Hopkinson Family Americana Collection Total Sales (USD) 346,701.70
Auction Date June 23, 2020 - June 23, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 64,380.00
Sale Number #62320 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 118,560.00
Total Lots 292
Sold Lots 288 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 64,780.00
% of Lots Sold 98.63% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 119,360.00
Unsold Lots 4 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 290.47%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
189

bookplate of Francis Hopkinson included, with "O.H. (Oliver Hopkinson) 1849" "Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis."

1757 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 53,100.00
224

Photographs and Autographs of Distinguished Civil War Union Generals, 1864

1864 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 47,200.00
195 Francis Hopkinson

"Cases adjudg'd in the Admiralty of Pennsylvania and in the High Court of Errors & Appeals"

1779-1790 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 23,600.00
367 Alexander Reinagle

"Federal March / Faederal March"

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 8,850.00
72 Alexander Hamilton Hopkinson

(35) Manuscript Letters from Alexander Hamilton Hopkinson (1804 - 1827), his account on the USS Franklin,

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 7,080.00
194

"Unfinished MSS of Joseph Hopkinson - The Life of Alexander Hamilton".

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 7,080.00
218 John Pennington Hopkinson

"Hi ho! for Sally Keley".

1822 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 7,080.00
244 John Witherspoon

Group of (3) John Witherspoon signatures, Founding Father and signer of the Declaration of Independence.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 5,900.00
216 Francis Hopkinson (1737

Original ink illustration signed and dated 1783 by Francis Hopkinson (1737 - 1791).

1783 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 4,720.00
71 Edward Coale Hopkinson

(28) Manuscript Letters from Edward Coale Hopkinson (1814-1831) (son of Joseph Hopkinson, 1770-1842) his account on the sole voyage of USS Hudson 1828-1830

1828-1830 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 4,425.00
155

8 pieces of antique currency, including: US Fractional Currency 10 Cents, Columbian Bank Note

USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 4,425.00
74 Oliver Hopkinson

(26) Manuscript Letters from and pertaining to Oliver Hopkinson (1812 - 1905).

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 3,835.00
191

"The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of The Church Of England, together with the Psalter or Psalms of David"

1762 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 3,835.00
192 Signed by six generations of the Hopkinson Family, John Locke

"An Essay Concerning Human Understanding"

1741 USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 USD 3,835.00
193 Joseph Hopkinson

"Mss Lecturs, Joseph Hopkinson" filled with original manuscripts written by Joseph Hopkinson (1770 - 1842) himself.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 3,835.00
219 Francis Hopkinson

This original sketch, found with the other sketches in lots 216 and 217, depicts an early stage of what obviously became the final design for the seal.

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 3,835.00
168 William Morris,

Love Is Enough

1897 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,540.00
186 David Rittenhouse

An Oration Delivered February 24, 1775 before the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge.

1775 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,540.00
70 John Penington Hopkinson

(19) Manuscript Letters from John Penington Hopkinson (1801 - 1836) (son of Joseph Hopkinson, 1770-1842) from the years 1828 & 1829.

1828 & 1829. USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 2,950.00
172

The Holy Bible, containing Old and New Testaments

1764 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 2,950.00
196

Manuscript Log Book and General Orders of the USS Franklin, the first vessel to be laid down at the Philadelphia Navy Yard 1815.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,950.00
119 George Cruikshank

"My Sketch Book"

1834 USD 120.00 - 240.00 USD 2,596.00
202 Francis Hopkinson

Francis Hopkinson signed document "In the Court of Admiralty of the State of Pennsylvania" also signed by Charles Grant

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,596.00
357 Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892) signature / signed note written on postcard. This card was stamped by the USPS in Camden Feb 6th 2PM 1884, and then also stamped Feb 6th 3PM Philadelphia PA Transit. The card itself, handwritten by Whitman, reads as follows: "

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,596.00
242 John Jay

Signed letter by John Jay (1745 - 1829)

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 2,360.00
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
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    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.
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    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
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    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.
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