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 |
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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 |