Freemans: Books and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books and Manuscripts | Total Sales (USD) | 357,226.00 |
| Auction Date | November 12, 2020 - November 12, 2020 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 208,690.00 |
| Sale Number | #1689 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 321,360.00 |
| Total Lots | 232 | ||
| Sold Lots | 208 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 249,590.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 89.66% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 386,060.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 24 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 92.53% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | [Charles X] | [Illuminated Manuscripts] [Charles X], Book of Hours, use of Rouen, late 15th century |
late 15th century | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 87,500.00 |
| 93 | Dickens, Charles | [Literature] Dickens, Charles, A Christmas Carol |
1843 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
| 65 | [Churchill, Winston], The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill |
1973-76 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 | |
| 212 | [Golden Cockerel Press] [Gill, Eric] | [Private Press] [Golden Cockerel Press] [Gill, Eric], The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ... |
1921 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 82 | Crapper, Edith Bertha | [Illuminated Manuscripts] Crapper, Edith Bertha, The Holy Communion |
1919-20 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 12 | Hamilton, Alexander, et al. | [Americana] Hamilton, Alexander, et al., The Federalist, on the New Constitution... |
1802 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 100 | Johnson, Samuel | [Literature] Johnson, Samuel, A Dictionary of the English Language… |
1755 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 38 | Milne, A.A. | [Children's & Illustrated] Milne, A.A., Winnie-the-Pooh |
1926 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 197 | Rivera, Diego | [Prints] Rivera, Diego, Mercado de Flores |
1930 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 55 | [Rackham, Arthur] Poe, Edgar Allan | [Children's & Illustrated] [Rackham, Arthur] Poe, Edgar Allan, Tales of Mystery & Imagination |
1935 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 81 | [Sangorski & Sutcliffe] Keats, John | [Illuminated Manuscripts] [Sangorski & Sutcliffe] Keats, John, The Eve of St. Agnes |
no date (ca. early twentieth-century) | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,375.00 |
| 83 | (Clegg, Ernest Costain) | [Illuminated Manuscripts] (Clegg, Ernest Costain), The Litany |
1907 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,375.00 |
| 97 | Eliot, T.S. | [Literature] Eliot, T.S., The Waste Land |
1923 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,375.00 |
| 106 | Mitchell, Margaret | [Literature] Mitchell, Margaret, Gone with the Wind |
1936 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,063.00 |
| 142 | Born, Ignatius (Ignaz Edler Von Born) | [Natural History] Born, Ignatius (Ignaz Edler Von Born), Testacea musei caesarei vindobonensis, quae jussu Mariae Theresiae Augustae... |
1780 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,063.00 |
| 70 | Aldrovandi, Ulyssis | [Curiosa] Aldrovandi, Ulyssis, Monstrorum historia, cum paralipomenis historiae omnium animalium... |
1642 (but 1658 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 227 | Mackay, Charles | [Sociology] Mackay, Charles, Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions |
1841 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,640.00 |
| 195 | Bachmann, John | [Prints] [New York] Bachmann, John, Panorama of New York and Vicinity |
1866 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,125.00 |
| 50 | [Rackham, Arthur] Irving, Washington | [Children's & Illustrated] [Rackham, Arthur] Irving, Washington, Rip Van Winkle |
1905 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,120.00 |
| 23 | Munch, Edvard | [Art] Munch, Edvard, Autograph Letter, signed |
no date. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,860.00 |
| 13 | Marshall, John | [Americana] Marshall, John, Autograph Document, signed |
1801 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 36 | Milne, A.A. | [Children's & Illustrated] Milne, A.A., Now We Are Six |
1927 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 98 | Greene, Grahame | [Literature] Greene, Grahame, The End of the Affair |
1951 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 122 | Wright, Richard | [Literature] Wright, Richard, Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth |
1945 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 140 | McKenney, Thomas L., and James Hall | [Native-Americana] McKenney, Thomas L., and James Hall, History of the Indian Tribes of North America... |
1858 | USD 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
