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Cowans Auctions: American Historical Ephemera and Photography

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Auction Name American Historical Ephemera and Photography Total Sales (USD) 628,475.00
Auction Date November 19, 2020 - November 19, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 329,800.00
Sale Number #111920 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 495,250.00
Total Lots 336
Sold Lots 317 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 345,700.00
% of Lots Sold 94.35% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 521,250.00
Unsold Lots 19 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 120.57%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
322

Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, Extensive Archive Incl. Personal Correspondence with his Wife, 1863-1900s, Featuring Detailed Letters Discussing Indian Wars Campaigns and Interactions with Sitting Bull and Chief Joseph

 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 87,500.00
376

Half Plate Daguerreotype of a California Gold Mining Camp, with Portraits of Two Featured Subjects

 n.d., [1852] USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 36,250.00
328

7th Cavalryman Philip J. Dieter, Exceptional Archive Featuring Elizabeth Custer ALS, Signed Engraving, Book, and Inscribed S.J. Morrow Stereoviews

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 26,250.00
247

Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of Bare-Knuckle Boxer John Morrissey

 n.d., circa mid-1850s USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,000.00
406 William F. Buffalo Bill Cody

William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody ALS with Sketch to Artist Irving R. Bacon Describing the Battle of Warbonnet Creek and Killing of Cheyenne Chief Yellow Hand, January 1903

 1903 USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 13,125.00
135

Colonel Charles Tilden Civil War Archive, 2nd and 16th Maine Infantry, WIA Twice and Captured Twice at Gettysburg and Weldon Railroad

 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 12,500.00
407 William F. Buffalo Bill Cody

William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody ALS to Artist Irving R. Bacon Describing the Killing of Cheyenne Chief Yellow Hand, June 1903

 [1903] USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,500.00
264

Cabinet Card of Louis Fatio, Only Known Photograph of Former Enslaved African American Involved in Dade Massacre during the Seminole Wars

 n.d., ca mid-1880s. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 11,875.00
7

Revolutionary War Soldier's Letter, Horn's Hook 1776, British Occupation of New York City

 1776 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 11,250.00
336

Autograph Album Containing Signatures of Sitting Bull, James McLaughlin, and William T. Selwyn

 1870s and 1880s USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,600.00
146

Corporal John H. Gray, 101st Indiana Infantry, Civil War Manuscript Archive

 1862-1865 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,125.00
290

Ninth Plate Ambrotype of Lincoln Wide Awake George B. Woodward

 n.d., ca 1860 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 7,500.00
138

Civil War Archive of Thomas P. Dickson, Ohio 7th Volunteer Infantry, Incl. Diary, Journal, & Letters

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,875.00
249

CDV of Gardner's Gallery by Gardner, 1862

 1862 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 6,875.00
269 Washington, George (1732-1799).

George Washington Clipped Signature

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,875.00
379

Rare Texas Oil Exploration Photo Album, 1903-1912

 ca 1903-1910 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,080.00
182

Hindenburg Disaster Crash Cover

 1937 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,760.00
123 F. Theodore Miller

Stereoviews Featuring Fredericksburg, with Inscriptions from Sergeant Henry J. Bardwell

 1862 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 5,625.00
330

Correspondence Concerning Indian Affairs and Military Activities at Standing Rock Indian Agency, Ca 1870s-1890s, Incl. References to Sitting Bull

 1874-1895 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,625.00
366

Geronimo Autographed Cabinet Card

 1904 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,440.00
137

Civil War Archive of Anson Hart Robbins, 7th OH Volunteers, 37th Battalion OH Volunteers, 150th OH National Guard, and 8th US Colored Heavy Artillery

 ca 1861-1867, USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,000.00
153

Harper's Weekly Bound Volumes, 1861-1866

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,000.00
183

WWII Footlocker Containing Military Service Collection of First Lieutenant Glenn Bowers, P-51 Mustang Fighter Pilot

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,000.00
36

Private Chandler Robbins, Co. K, 13th Massachusetts Infantry, Civil War Ambrotype and Tintypes, Incl. Camp Scenes

 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,688.00
58

Dr. Mary Walker Wearing CMOH, CDV by Brady

 1865 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,375.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • 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
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    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
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