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Auction Name Elite Americana - APBA Platinum Auction Total Sales (USD) 303,875.00
Auction Date June 30, 2022 - June 30, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 224,000.00
Sale Number #765 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 344,300.00
Total Lots 96
Sold Lots 69 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 492,500.00
% of Lots Sold 71.88% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 762,800.00
Unsold Lots 27 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 39.84%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
18 Cooke, Lucy Rutledge

Crossing the Plains in 1852: Narrative of a Trip from Iowa to "The Land of Gold," as Told in Letters Written During the Journey

1923 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 53,125.00
30

Archive of the Topaz Times, the camp newspaper for the "Topaz War Relocation Center" in Millard County in Utah, comprising nearly 200 issues over more than two years

1942-1945 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 40,625.00
39 Lewis, Meriwether & William Clark

History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark to the Sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, performed in the years 1804-5-6 by Order of the Government of the U

1814 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 20,000.00
7 Garvey, Richard; Ozro W. Childs, et al.

Archive of material pertaining to early Los Angeles development, primarily relating to Richard Garvey, one-time Pony Express rider and Southern California land speculator and developer; Ozro W. Childs, horticulturist, merchant, land speculator, and a foun

1860's to early 20th century USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 16,250.00
20 Curtis, Edward S.

Geronimo - Apache

1907 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 15,000.00
73

Haley & O'Neill Tract Homestead Association

1870 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 10,625.00
29

Archive of ten ephemeral items relating to Japanese internment and the Topaz War Relocation Center, during World War II

c.1943-1945 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 8,750.00
21 Curtis, Edward S.

The North American Indian: Being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States, the Dominion of Canada, and Alaska...The Eleventh Volume

1916 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 6,250.00
28 James, Edwin

[Atlas to:] An Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. Maps and Plates

1822 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,250.00
79 Kuchel & Dresel

Scotts Bar, 1857, Siskiyou County, Cal.

1857 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,937.50
26 Hearne, Samuel

A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North West Passage, &c. In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772

1795 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,000.00
27 Humboldt, Alexander de and Aimé Bonpland

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, During the Years 1799-1804

1814-1829 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,000.00
35 Kennedy, John F.

Profiles in Courage

[1956] USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,375.00
64 Triggs, J. H.

History of Cheyenne and Northern Wyoming Embracing the Gold Fields of the Black Hills, Powder River and Big Horn Countries...

1876 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 4,375.00
67 Bry, Theodore de

Americae Pars Magis Cognita. Chorographia Nobilis & Opulentae Peruanae Provinciae, atque Brasiliae... MDXCII

1592 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,375.00
15 Hobbs, Wesley Calvin

Handwritten memoir by Wesley Hobbs written in diary format shortly after the Civil War, covering in detail his wartime service with the Union Army, and briefly events before and after the conflict

1866-1868 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,062.50
19

Manuscript Expediente of the formation of a Chinese Society in Cuba

1884 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,750.00
36 Kennedy, John F.

To Turn the Tide: A Selection from President Kennedy's Public Statements from His Election Through the 1961 Adjournment of Congress, Setting Forth the Goals of His First Legislative Year

[1962] USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,437.50
54 Iturbide, Agustin de / Jose Manuel de Herrera

[Decree of the Junta Nacional Instituyente passed January 3, 1823, approved by Iturbide on January 4, and promulgated the same day by Jose Manuel de Herrera; a general colonization law]

1823 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,437.50
89 Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

Map of Mexico, Including Yucatan & Upper California, Exhibiting the Chief Cities and Towns, the Principal Travelling Routes &c.

1847 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,437.50
6 Breedlove, Oliver H.

Letter from gold seeker Oliver Breedlove to "Friend Jose," replete with fascinating and interesting details of California in the early days of the gold rush

June 22, [1850?] USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 3,125.00
14

Large Collection of Pre-Fire Chicago Imprint Sheet Music

Various dates - 1871 or earlier USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 3,125.00
61

Oklahoma Illustrated: A Book of Practical Information. Showing the Territory’s Present Status and Future Prospects…

1894 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,125.00
74

Large photograph of a panoramic painting or print of San Francisco at night

c.1920-30 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,125.00
3 [Green, John, compiler]

A New General Collection of Voyages and Travel: Consisting of the most Esteemed Relations, which have been hitherto published in any Language: Comprehending every Thing remarkable in its Kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America...

1745-47 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,812.50
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    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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.
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  • Forum Auctions
    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.
    Forum Auctions
    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.
    Forum Auctions
    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.
    Forum Auctions
    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.
  • 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
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    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: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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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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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
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