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Auction Name	Early American History Auction	Total Sales (USD)	569,595.00
Auction Date	April 19, 2025 - April 19, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	531,250.00
Sale Number	#41925	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	768,050.00
Total Lots	136
Sold Lots	120.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	588,850.00
% of Lots Sold	88.24%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	846,850.00
Unsold Lots	16	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	67.26%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
59	PAUL REVERE	1770 Original PAUL REVERE, THE BLOODY MASSACRE (BOSTON) Handcolored Engraving, Historic REVERE Print	1770	USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00	USD 208,000.00
28	Paul Revere	1810 Historic Content Paul Revere Autograph Letter Signed to His Son, Joseph Warren Revere on	1810	USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00	USD 52,000.00
58		c. 1774, THE BOSTONIANS in DISTRESS. Rare Colonial America Historic Mezzotint Engraved Print, London	c. 1774	USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	USD 28,600.00
82		September 28, 1775 Broadside Headed, TO ALL TRUE WHIGS / to all true FRIENDS OF LIBERTY... New York	1775	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 15,600.00
72	PAUL REVERE	(1772) PAUL REVERE Engraved, PHILIP KING of Mount Hope, Copper-Plate Print Plate Signed, P Revere Sc	1772	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 11,700.00
69		One of the Rarest of Ben Franklin Portraits, Stauffer's 1st State published by Edward Savage in 1793	1793	USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 11,050.00
79		Exceedingly Rare ONE Shilling MA. Aug. 18, 1775 Paul Revere Note Fr. MA-158 First Sword in Hand Note	1775	USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 9,750.00
29	JOSEPH WARREN REVERE	JOSEPH WARREN REVERE Civil War General Archive of Revolutionary War Patriot Paul Revere's Grandson !		USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 9,100.00
6	George A Custer	April 9, 1865 Gen. George A Custer's Farewell Address to Third Cavalry Div. Soldiers 3-Item Archive	1865	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 8,450.00
71	PAUL REVERE	1774 THE MASSACHUSETTS SPY Newspaper With PAUL REVERE'S Engraved JOIN OR DIE Snake Masthead, Boston	1774	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 8,450.00
115		c. 1793 George Washington / President of The United States of America.., Attributed to Edward Savage	c. 1793	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 7,800.00
204	Robert Vaugondy	1755 Rare Original First State French Printing, Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia, Paris Robert Vaugondy	1755	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 7,150.00
57		TREE OF LIBERTY for Newport, Rhode Island Archive		USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 6,500.00
8	Abner Doubleday	Jan. 24, 1863 General Abner Doubleday Autograph Letter Signed, His Brother Ulysses Heroism in Battle	1863	USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00	USD 5,200.00
17	James Madison	President James Madison Exercises Executive Clemency and Pardons a Sailor Sentenced to Death for		USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 5,200.00
39	Artemas Ward	Oct. 10, 1778 Rev. War Military Appointment by Artemas Ward to Boston Tea Party Participant John May	1778	USD 2,400.00 - 3,400.00	USD 5,200.00
74		Georgia Colonial Currency, May 4th, 1778 Revolutionary War $40 Dove + Sword Gem Crisp Uncirculated	1778	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 5,200.00
100		JOHN PAUL JONES Commander of a Squadron in the Service of THE 13 UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA 1779	1779	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 5,200.00
107		1868, The Landing of British Troops at Boston, by A. Sewell, After Paul Revere's 1768 Engraved Print	1868	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 5,200.00
16	James Madison	President James Madison Appoints Future Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding as Midshipman at Age of Thirteen		USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,550.00
54		c 1670 Plymouth Colony Descendant + Indian Deed REF: Mayflower Descendants Vol. XIII Plymouth Colony	c 1670	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,550.00
177		April 15th, 1865-Dated, Exceptional Important Content Lincoln Assassination, Autograph Letter Signed	1865	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 4,550.00
205	D.T. Ames	1762 T. Kitchin Map, A PLAN of HAVANA and Environs, several POSTS + ATTACKS by the British Forces	1762	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 4,550.00
89		1782 Revolutionary War Charleston, South Carolina Parole of British Prisoner, Partially-Printed Form	1782	USD 2,400.00 - 3,200.00	USD 3,900.00
127		Sept. 27, 1787 Constitution of the United States, RESOLVE OF CONGRESS, Type Signed George Washington	1787	USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00	USD 3,900.00

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.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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.
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