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Morphy Auctions: The Art of War in America, 1750-1850: The James L. Kochan Study Collection

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Auction Name The Art of War in America, 1750-1850: The James L. Kochan Study Collection Total Sales (USD) 118,400.00
Auction Date December 10, 2024 - December 10, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 113,900.00
Sale Number #121024 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 215,600.00
Total Lots 111
Sold Lots 80 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 142,200.00
% of Lots Sold 72.07% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 266,250.00
Unsold Lots 31 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 44.47%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1039

ARTILLERY MANUSCRIPT OF ROCHAMBEAU'S ARTILLERY COMMANDER, C. 1768.

 c.1768. USD 8,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 10,880.00
1340

1812 SILVER CAP PLATE OF THE 15TH US INFANTRY, WORN BY CPT ZACHARIAH ROSSELL.

 USD 8,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 10,240.00
2307

MASSIVE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR ENGRAVED "A MAP OF AMERICA" POWDER HORN BY THE POINTED TREE ARTIST.

 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 9,600.00
1041

MANUSCRIPT FRENCH ARTILLERY MANUAL WITH WATERCOLOR AND INK PLATES OF GRIBEAUVAL SYSTEM ARTILLERY, C.

 nd., but probably c. 1765. USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 8,320.00
2305

ENGRAVED FRENCH AND INDIAN NEW YORK MAP POWDER HORN DATED JUNE 29, 760.

 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,040.00
1192 [Amos Stoddard].

EXTREMELY RARE AMERICAN MANUAL: EXERCISE FOR GARRISON AND FIELD ORDNANCE. 1812

 1812 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,400.00
2309

ENGRAVED FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR NEW YORK MAP POWDER HORN OF ABNER ROBINSON DATED 1759.

 USD 6,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,632.00
1173 [Lambart, Richard, 6th Earl of Cavan].

A RARE REVOLUTIONARY WAR MANUAL PUBLISHED IN PHILADELPHIA, 1776.

 1776 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,608.00
1198

THE LONG-LOST ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF SIR JOHN MOORE'S MANUAL FOR THE 52ND LIGHT INFANTRY, C. 1803

 c.1803 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,352.00
2310

ENGRAVED NIAGARA JULY 24, 1759 DATED NEW YORK MAP POWDER HORN.

 1759 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 4,352.00
3461

LOT OF 2: CIVIL WAR SOUTHERN BROADSIDES

 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,840.00
1194

AN IMPORTANT, UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT ORDER BOOK FROM THE DEFENCE OF BALTIMORE, 1814

 1812-1814 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 3,584.00
2304

FRAMED COLT TEX AND PATCHES POSTER WITH ORIGINAL LETTER.

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,176.00
4122

LOT OF BUFFALO BILL AND PAWNEE BILL RELATED EPHEMERA.

 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 2,048.00
4127

LOT OF OSS RELATED EDGED WEAPONS AND EPHEMERA.

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,048.00
1275 Francis Wheatly (1747-1801).

RETURNING HOME AT THE CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 2 PRINTS.

 14 June 1785 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,920.00
1188

THE NAVAL CHRONICLE, 1799-1818. A COMPLETE SET OF 40 VOLUMES.

 1799-1818 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,280.00
1278

THE ATTACK ON TRIPOLI... AN EXTREMELY RARE 1805 ENGRAVING BY GUERRAZZI.

 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,280.00
1199 [Anonymous].

THE MADRAS GUNNER (LONDON: 1808): IMPORTANT NAPOLEONIC ARTILLERY MANUAL.

 1808 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,088.00
1189 Hoyt, Epaphras.

HOYT. TREATISE ON MILITARY ART (CAVALRY DISCIPLINE), 1798

 1798 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 896.00
1185

2 CASED SETS OF 18TH CENTURY DRAWING AND MAPPING TOOLS.

 18th century USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 832.00
4422

LOT OF 6: PIECES OF FIREARMS RELATED EPHEMERA.

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 832.00
4484

LOT OF MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF SMALL FIREARMS ADVERTISEMENTS.

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 832.00
1087

A MAP OF AMERICA: THE SEAT OF WAR, 1756 AND FORT OSWEGO ENGRAVING..

 1756 USD 500.00 - 900.00 USD 768.00
1096 After John Trumbull.

TRUMBULL'S PRINT OF THE SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

 January 1st, 1799 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 768.00
  • <b><center>Swann<br>Printed & Manuscript African Americana<br>March 20, 2025</center></b> <b>Swann, Mar. 20:</b> Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, <i>The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism,</i> London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000. <b>Swann, Mar. 20:</b> Lot 78: Victor H. Green, <i>The Negro Travelers' Green Book,</i> New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000. <b>Swann, Mar. 20:</b> Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000. <b>Swann, Mar. 20:</b> Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000. <b>Swann, Mar. 20:</b> Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, <i>What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas,</i> Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000. <b><center>Swann<br>Printed & Manuscript African Americana<br>March 20, 2025</center></b> <b>Swann, Mar. 20:</b> Lot 263: Susan Paul, <i>Memoir of James Jackson,</i> Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000. <b>Swann, Mar. 20:</b> Lot 267: Langston Hughes, <i>Gypsy Ballads,</i> signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500. <b>Swann, Mar. 20:</b> Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000. <b>Swann, Mar. 20:</b> Lot 367: Solomon Northup, <i>Twelve Years a Slave,</i> Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500. <b>Swann, Mar. 20:</b> Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, <i>A Voice from the South,</i> Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
  • <b>Koller, Mar. 26:</b> Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000 <b>Koller, Mar. 26:</b> Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000 <b>Koller, Mar. 26:</b> GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000 <b>Koller, Mar. 26:</b> Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000. <b>Koller, Mar. 26:</b> BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000 <b>Koller, Mar. 26:</b> HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<BR>Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> William Blake | <i>Songs of Innocence and of Experience.</i> Sold: 4,320,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD <b><center>Sotheby's<BR>Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.</i> Sold: 1,920,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Machiavelli | <i>Il Principe,</i> a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Leonardo da Vinci | <i>Trattato della pittura,</i> ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Henri Matisse | <i>Jazz,</i> Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
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