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Auction Name American Historical Ephemera and Photography: Timed Auction - online bidstart 9/4 Total Sales (USD) 58,681.00
Auction Date September 14, 2020 - September 14, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 35,750.00
Sale Number #91420 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 61,700.00
Total Lots 182
Sold Lots 152 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 46,250.00
% of Lots Sold 83.52% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 79,400.00
Unsold Lots 30 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 73.91%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
78

Quarter Plate Daguerreotype of a Boy in Colonial Garb by C.R. Rees

18th century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 5,313.00
18

Thomas Stonewall Jackson's Personal Surgeon, Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire, Civil War CDV, Plus

1862 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 4,375.00
79

Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of Armed Man, Possibly Californio

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,875.00
97

Occupational and Hobbyist Tintypes and Ambrotype, Including Pugilist Portrait and Remarkably Clear Image of Coopers Holding Tools of the Trade, Lot of 10

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,375.00
19

Union General Nathaniel Lyon, Large Format Photograph by Troxell, St. Louis

1841 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,250.00
77

Remarkable Quarter Plate Daguerreotype of a Templar Knight in Full Regalia

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,063.00
220

Legal Document Signed by William H. Harrison, 1823

1823 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,063.00
74

Composer Stephen Foster's Parents, Eliza & William Barclay Foster, Half Plate Daguerreotype, Plus

1940.  USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,000.00
89

Daguerreotype and Ambrotype Portraits of Gentlemen, Lot of 11

1856 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 875.00
80

Three Daguerreotypes of Learned Laypeople, Featuring a Romantic Quarter Plate Image by Fitzgibbon of St. Louis

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 750.00
23

Iowa 21st Infantry, CDVs of Civil War Soldiers, Henry Ward Beecher, Plus

USD 250.00 - 450.00 USD 688.00
42

Sergeant James Stickler, 103 IL Infantry, Illustrated War-Date Letter Honoring Abraham Lincoln, Plus Locket Containing Miniature Albumen Portraits of Union Personalities

1865 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 688.00
45

Collection of Confederate Bonds and Notes, Incl. Counterfeit Examples

1860s USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 688.00
93

Lot of Two Daguerreian Wall Frames Containing Sixth and Ninth Plate Daguerreotype, Ambrotype and Tintype Portraits of Men, Women, and Children

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 688.00
101

Eleven Fruit, Floral, and Geometric Quarter and Sixth Plate Union Cases Containing Portraits of Men, Women, and Children

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 688.00
123

Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco, Four Cabinet Cards with Interesting Content Incl. Hawaiian King Kalakaua

1878 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 688.00
15

1848 Letters from Seneca Chief Nathaniel T. Strong Concerning Indian Affairs at the Cattaraugus Reservation

1848 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 625.00
107

Eclectic Mix of Union Cases, Incl. Papier Mache with Mother of Pearl and Hand Painting, Velvet, & Thermoplastic, One Containing Presentation Medallion

1869 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 625.00
249

Pre-Prohibition Phoenix Komon Cream Beer Tray, Central Consumers Company, Louisville, Kentucky

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 625.00
16

Pair of Militia Images, Including Daguerreotype Portrait by C.D. Fredericks and Unmarked Albumen Portrait

1858 forage cap USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 594.00
20

Albumen Photograph of Identified Musicians from VT 2nd Infantry

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 594.00
88

Daguerreotype Portraits of Debonnaire Gentlemen, Including a Daguerreotype by R.H. Vance, San Francisco, Lot of 9

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 594.00
121

Miscellaneous Thermoplastic Boxes, Cases, and More, Including Circular Playing Card Case Containing Card Deck

1874 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 594.00
127

Lot of 11 CDV, Cabinet Card, and Large Format Albumen Albums, Including Images of 19th Century Personalities and Performers

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 594.00
230

Teddy Roosevelt, TLS Dated January 20, 1902, Regarding Payment to the Chickasaw Nation

1902 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 594.00
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
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    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
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    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
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    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
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