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Auction Name Americana - bidstart 1/16 Total Sales (USD) 138,600.00
Auction Date January 25, 2025 - January 25, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 102,000.00
Sale Number #N11577 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 153,000.00
Total Lots 18
Sold Lots 16.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 125,000.00
% of Lots Sold 88.89% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 188,000.00
Unsold Lots 2 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 73.72%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
214 John James Audubon (After)

The Mocking Bird (Plate XXI)

 1827 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 16,800.00
209 John James Audubon (After)

Cardinal Grosbeak (Plate CLLX)

 1833 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 14,400.00
212 John James Audubon (After)

Meadow Lark (Plate CXXXVI)

 1832 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 14,400.00
206 John James Audubon (After)

American Crow (Plate CLVI)

 1833 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,200.00
237

A Fraktur Birth and Baptismal Certificate of William Brison Kintzer, attributed to the Reverend Henry Young, Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, Dated 1828

 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,200.00
207 John James Audubon (After)

Raven (Plate CI)

 1831 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 9,600.00
208 John James Audubon (After)

The Bird of Washington (Plate XI)

 1827 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,600.00
210 John James Audubon (After)

Carolina Pigeon, or Turtle Dove (Plate XVII)

 1827 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,400.00
200 John James Audubon (After)

Grey Fox (Plate XXI)

 1843 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,200.00
202 John James Audubon (After)

Common American Wildcat (Plate I)

 1842 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,200.00
211 John James Audubon (After)

Canada Goose (Plate CCI)

 1834 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,600.00
205 John James Audubon (After)

Pinnated Grouse (Plate CLXXXVI)

 1834 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,000.00
204 John James Audubon (After)

Cock of the Plains (Plate CCCLXXI)

 1837 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,800.00
280

An American Valentine, Pennsylvania, Early 19th Century

 Early 19th Century USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,800.00
203 John James Audubon (After)

The Jaguar (Plate CI)

 1846 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,200.00
257

A Fraktur Birth Record of Eliza Dunn, attributed to E. Firth, Salem County, New Jersey, Dated 1810

 1828 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,200.00
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
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    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.