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Auction Name Early American History Auction Total Sales (USD) 467,194.00
Auction Date May 14, 2022 - May 14, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 453,880.00
Sale Number #51422 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 611,630.00
Total Lots 230
Sold Lots 229 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 456,880.00
% of Lots Sold 99.57% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 615,630.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 75.89%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
173

Colonial Feb 1781 Three Pounds VERMONT PCGS VF-35

1781 USD 37,500.00 - 47,500.00 USD 39,000.00
87

INDENTED BILLS FROM THE COLONY OF NEW YORK 1709

1709 USD 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 20,800.00
64

Unique May 26, 1714 Boston, MA. 60s Redated 1716

1714, 1716 USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 13,000.00
137

Colonial Currency PA April 1777 Double-Pane Sheet

1777 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,050.00
172

Colonial Currency, Vermont Feb. 1781 PMG Ch. Fine

1781 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,750.00
52

1777 GA $4 Green Seal Liberty Cap Vignette Rarity

1777 USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,800.00
70

PAUL REVERE 1776 MA. Sword In Hand Note Very Fine

1776 USD 5,500.00 - 7,500.00 USD 7,800.00
79

NH. Jan.1, 1761 Newman Plate Note 6d PCGS VF-25

1761 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 7,800.00
80

Colonial Currency, New Hampshire 1776 Issued $6

1776 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 7,800.00
50

Georgia 1762 One Shilling Six Pence, PCGS VF-30

1762 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,150.00
56

Colonial Currency, GEORGIA Jan 9, 1782 Act Gem CU

1782 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,500.00
11 FRANCIS HOPKINSON

FRANCIS HOPKINSON Signed US Loan June 29 1779 ACT

1779 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,175.00
53

GA. June 8, 1777 $8 Congress Thirteen Links Note

1777 USD 3,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD 5,850.00
129

Colonial Currency NC 1803 Moravian Church Uncut Sheet

1803 USD 4,500.00 - 6,500.00 USD 5,850.00
10

1778 HOPKINSON 1st Continental Loan-Office, Paris

1778 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,200.00
67

PAUL REVERE Engraved 1775 Colonial Currency Note

1775 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,200.00
88

Colonial Currency, NY. Dec. 10, 1737 2 by Zenger

1737 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,200.00
113

Colonial Note NC. August 21, 1775 Hillsborough $8

1775 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 5,200.00
159

Colonial Currency, SC. Jan. 1, 1770, 20 Pounds

1770 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 5,200.00
15 DAVID RITTENHOUSE

DAVID RITTENHOUSE Signed Rev. War PA. Certificate

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,875.00
174

Colonial 1770 VA. 5, Peyton Randolph, PCGS EF-40

1770 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,875.00
8 GENERAL JOHN GLOVER

1777 GENERAL JOHN GLOVER Massachusetts Bond Form

1777 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,550.00
17

c 1750 Coin Scale Artist Signed Franois Boucher

c 1750 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,550.00
55

Colonial Currency Georgia 1778 $40 Gem Crisp Unc.

1778 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 4,550.00
57

Colonial MD. April 1774 $1 SERIAL #1. PMG VF-30

1774 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,550.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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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