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Freemans: Books and Manuscripts

Auction Reports

Auction Name Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (USD) 1,026,328.00
Auction Date May 03, 2023 - May 03, 2023 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 332,100.00
Sale Number #1767 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 510,700.00
Total Lots 170
Sold Lots 154 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 397,000.00
% of Lots Sold 90.59% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 611,700.00
Unsold Lots 16 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 167.78%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
158 Hawes, W(illiam).

The Transactions of the Royal Humane Society...

1795 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 441,000.00
167

The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues...by His Maiesties speciall Comandement

1611 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 88,200.00
23 Biddle, Owen

Manuscript Document, Signed and Inscribed

1776 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 32,760.00
164

Illuminated 15th Century Latin Psalter

ca.late 15th century USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 32,760.00
152 Jefferson, Thomas

Autograph Letter, signed

1804 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 27,720.00
27 Franklin, Benjamin

Partially-Printed Document, signed

1787 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 17,640.00
127 Giffard, George

A Dialogue concerning Witches and Witchcraftes...

1593 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 17,640.00
154 Lincoln, Abraham; James K. Polk; James Buchanan; John Quincy Adams; Andrew Johnson

Autograph Album of the Executive and Legislative Branches, Ca. 1847-48

ca.1847-48 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 13,860.00
157 Washington, George

Letter, signed

1780 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 11,970.00
36 Wilkinson, James, and Clement Biddle

Group of 3 Autograph Letters, signed

1784 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 11,340.00
129 [Decorative Arts]

Specimens of Needle-Work Executed in the Female Model School, Kildare Place, Dublin

1833 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,710.00
148 Penn, William

(The Frame of the Government of the Province of Pennsilvania in America: Together with certain Laws Agreed upon in England by the Governour and Divers Free-Men of the aforesaid Province...)

1682 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 10,080.00
7 Greene, Nathanael

Manuscript Document, signed

1779 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,820.00
61 Barrie. J.M.

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens...

1912 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 8,820.00
22

Journals of Congress. Containing the Proceedings From January 1, 1776, to January 1, 1777

1778 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,190.00
40 Warhol, Andy, and Claes Oldenburg and Robert Indiana, et al.

Stamped Indelibly: A Collection of Rubberstamp Prints

1967 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,190.00
166

The New Testament of Jesus Christ, translated faithfully into English, out of the authentical Latin...in the English College of Rhemes

1582 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,190.00
12 [Washington, George]

Manuscript Document

1776 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,560.00
134 Dostoieffsky, Fedor

Crime and Punishment: A Russian Realistic Novel

1886 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 7,560.00
52 [Nielsen, Kay]

East of the Sun and West of the Moon...

1914 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,930.00
136 Joyce, James

Finnegans Wake

1939 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,930.00
4 Faden, William

The British Colonies in North America

1777 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 6,300.00
32 Armstrong, John

Partially-Printed Second Bill of Exchange, signed

1805 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,300.00
20

Collection of War Department General Orders, Nos. 1-235

1863 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,985.00
18 [Biddle Family]

Archive of Letters and Documents Related to the Biddle Family

18th and 19th centuries. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 5,670.00
  • 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
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