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Alexander Historical Auctions: Winter Auction - Day 2

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Auction Name Winter Auction - Day 2 Total Sales (USD) 608,050.00
Auction Date February 09, 2021 - February 09, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 352,340.00
Sale Number #20921 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 490,840.00
Total Lots 701
Sold Lots 629 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 424,640.00
% of Lots Sold 89.73% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 589,840.00
Unsold Lots 72 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 103.09%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1038

AUTOGRAPHS OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 37,500.00
1360

THE ONLY EXISTING POSTER FROM THE BEATLES 1964 AUSTRALIA CONCERT TOUR

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 18,750.00
1175

WINSTON S. CHURCHILL'S 'THE WAR SPEECHES' - THREE SIGNED VOLUMES

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 11,250.00
847

THOMAS LYNCH, JR.

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,625.00
960

LYMAN HALL

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,000.00
717

AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF THE FIRST CONFEDERATE CONGRESS, JEFFERSON DAVIS, AND HIS CABINET

USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,750.00
845

JOHN HANCOCK AND JOHN ADAMS

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,750.00
914

GEORGE III PROMOTES AN IRISHMAN LATER WOUNDED AT GERMANTOWN

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 8,750.00
987

SAMUEL CHASE

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 8,750.00
848

ISRAEL PUTNAM

USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,500.00
1138

THOMAS JEFFERSON

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,500.00
861

(SIEGE OF YORKTOWN) ARMAND-LOUIS DE GONTAUT, DUC DE LAUZON

USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 6,875.00
1039

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,875.00
856

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,625.00
1040

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,625.00
849

THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,312.50
984

ROBERT MORRIS

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,312.50
1067

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,000.00
884

CARTER BRAXTON

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,687.50
939

JOHN HANCOCK

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,687.50
1139

THOMAS JEFFERSON AND JAMES MADISON

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,687.50
1260

AMELIA EARHART

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,687.50
852

THE BATTLE OF RIDGEFIELD - GOLD SELLECK SILLIMAN AND DAVID WOOSTER

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,375.00
853

LEWIS MORRIS

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,375.00
854

JOHN WITHERSPOON

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,375.00
  • 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: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    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.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
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    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    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.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
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    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    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.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
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    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    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.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
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