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Auction Name American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Including African Americana: Online Only Total Sales (USD) 193,382.00
Auction Date February 26, 2021 - February 26, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 64,050.00
Sale Number #22621 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 106,175.00
Total Lots 320
Sold Lots 253 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 79,550.00
% of Lots Sold 79.06% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 132,575.00
Unsold Lots 67 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 145.87%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
60 LION, Jules, photographer (attributed).

Ninth plate daguerreotype of young African American woman.

ca late 1840s]. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 75,000.00
66

Sixth plate daguerreotype of an African American man with a white baby, plus.

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 12,500.00
283

Large lot of philatelic items, most 19th century, including:

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 3,200.00
251 [KENNEDY, John F. (1917-1963)].

Assassination teletypes, Nov. 22-25, 1863.

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,813.00
217

A group of 13 sixth plate daguerreotypes of families by unknown photographers, including:

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,500.00
39 BARNARD, photographer.

Sixth plate ruby ambrotype of soldier with fiddle.

n.d. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,000.00
68

A collection of 11 sixth and ninth plate portraits of children, highlighted by a hand-tinted ambrotype of a young African American girl, including:

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,750.00
191

John Van Sant Sailer, 183rd and 192nd Pennsylvania Regiments, 6th US Cavalry, collection of personal ephemera.

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,750.00
311 BARRY, D.F., photographer.

Two photographs, incl. Chief Gall.

[ca early 20th century]. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,750.00
184 SMITH, George, engraver.

Declaration of Independence. In Congress July 4th, 1776.

[ca 1848]. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,625.00
219

A collection of 20 sixth plate daguerreotypes of children and babies, including:

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,625.00
266 EDISON, Thomas (1847-1931).

Autographed portrait.

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,500.00
53

Where the Color Line Fades With This Team I'll Cleam 'Em Up.

1918 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 1,375.00
213

A group of 7 half and quarter plate daguerreotypes of family groups by unknown photographers, including:

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,280.00
308

San Juan Views: United States Geological Survey Series. Album containing over 400 photographs.

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,188.00
81 LILIENTHAL, Theodore, photographer.

A group of 27 stereoviews of New Orleans.

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,152.00
110 WELLSTOOD, William (1819-1900), engraver.

First African American legislators.

[ca 1883]. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,125.00
64

Sixth plate ambrotype of fiddler, possibly from Louisiana.

n.d. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,063.00
195

Ephemera and "Hard Times" tokens.

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,063.00
218

A collection of 17 sixth plate daguerreotypes of women of varying ages, including:

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,063.00
268

Group of ALsS from American and English Poets, Incl. WHITTIER, LAZARUS, DRINKWATER, and JAMES.

 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,024.00
236

Eagle figural campaign parade torch.

[ca 1860]. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,000.00
123 BANKS, Spencer T. (1912-1983), artist.

Boss Rule, Civil Service.

[ca 1941]. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 960.00
281

Extensive Collection of Airplane Photographs, Postcards, Imprints, and More.

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 938.00
222

[TINTYPES -- PORTRAITURE] A large group of tintypes featuring group and individual portraits, comprisng:

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 896.00
  • 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.
  • 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
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • 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.
  • 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.
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