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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) 698,925.00
Auction Date June 25, 2021 - June 25, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 372,300.00
Sale Number #62521 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 565,050.00
Total Lots 408
Sold Lots 348 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 470,300.00
% of Lots Sold 85.29% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 712,350.00
Unsold Lots 60 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 98.12%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
10 [HOLTEN, Dr. Samuel (1738-1816)].

An archive of letters related to Danvers, Massachusetts, physician and statesman Dr. Samuel Holten, comprising:

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 46,875.00
226 [CIVIL WAR] -- [SHERIDAN, Philip Henry (1831-1888)].

Personal headquarters flag of Philip Henry Sheridan used when he led the 2nd Michigan Cavalry.

1862 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 40,625.00
245

Half plate daguerreotype of firefighter Walter Van Erven Dorens.

ca 1854-1856. USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 31,250.00
376 CARBUTT, John (1832-1905), photographer.

Exceptional collection of 27 stereoviews from the series, "Excursion to the 100th Meridian, October 1866." Chicago: J.

1866 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 17,500.00
386 HAYDEN, Ferdinand V. (1829-1887).

Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery.

1870 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 16,640.00
241 [TAYLOR, Zachary (1784-1850)].

Quarter plate daguerreotype featuring the 12th President of the United States.

ca 1845. USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 16,250.00
308 [ROOSEVELT, Theodore (1858-1919].

Presidential "Standard" Flag, Navy Yard, New York.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 15,000.00
157

Union Forever! Lockwood Legion! Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, [Ca 1861].

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,500.00
225

13-Star American flag descended in the Custer and Begeal Families.

Ca early-mid 19th century. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,500.00
296 [LINCOLNIANA].

Abraham Lincoln banner possibly made for the 1864 presidential campaign.

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,250.00
242 TURNER, Amasa (1800-1877).

Previously unknown sixth plate daguerreotype of the Texas pioneer and military hero.

n.d. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,000.00
315

A collection of New Jersey suffragette "Votes for Women" sash and buttons, comprising:

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 10,000.00
283 [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799)].

Signed Society of the Cincinnati document.

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 9,675.00
129 RICHARDSON, Brigadier General William P. (1824-1886).

An archive of materials related to Richardson's service in the 25th Ohio Infantry and as commander of the military prison at Camp Chase, including:

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,750.00
139 LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865).

Autograph endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln"), as President.

1862 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,385.00
7

Archive of 8 documents regarding British Forces during the American Revolution, comprising:

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 8,125.00
289 JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826).

Autograph letter signed ("Th. Jefferson"), as United States President, to Robert Patterson.

1805 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,125.00
146 SHERMAN, William Tecumseh (1820-1891).

Autograph letter signed ("W.T. Sherman Maj. Gen."), as Major General, to Admiral David Dixon Porter (1813-1891).

1863 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,875.00
341

Large grouping of early Kentucky documents including a plat of Craig's Station and signatures of prominent settlers, judges, and politicians.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 6,875.00
408 [JAMES-YOUNGER GANG].

A group of 3 cabinet cards of Bob, Cole, and Jim Younger.

1889 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,805.00
137

27th Precinct Police Blotter, New York City, 1864.

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 5,625.00
11

Collection of 14 autographs of signers of the Declaration of Independence and US Constitution.

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,483.00
104

Sixth plate tintype of member of 5th Company, Washington Artillery of New Orleans, holding Colt Model 1849 Pocket revolver.

1860s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,313.00
340

Manuscript Shaker hymn book from Whitewater Village, Ohio.

Ca 1840s. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,120.00
103

Sixth plate ruby ambrotype of CSA Private John D. Fly, 1st Battalion Mississippi Sharpshooters.

1860s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,000.00
  • 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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    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
  • 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.
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