Freeman's | Hindman: Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana | Total Sales (USD) | 773,262.00 |
| Auction Date | September 10, 2025 - September 10, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 464,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #6417 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 716,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 289 | ||
| Sold Lots | 265.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 589,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 91.70% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 910,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 24 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 84.93% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 264 | [Lincoln, Abraham] | By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation |
1863 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 70,350.00 |
| 61 | [Picasso, Pablo] Level, Andre. | Picasso |
1928 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 35,200.00 |
| 242 | Audubon, John James. | The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories |
1839-1840-44. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 28,800.00 |
| 40 | Albers, Josef. | Die Oberflache |
1965 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 21,760.00 |
| 13 | The New-Haven Gazette, and the Connecticut Magazine |
1787 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 17,920.00 | |
| 273 | [Arion Press] Joyce, James. | Ulysses |
1988 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 |
| 5 | (Bowdoin, James, and Joseph Warren, and Samuel Pemberton). | A Short Narrative of The horrid Massacre in Boston, Perpetrated In the Evening of the Fifth Day of March 1770... |
1770 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 14,080.00 |
| 254 | [Sowerby, James, et al.] | Archive of Various Material, Including Manuscripts, Family Items, and Books |
ca. late 18th to early 20th centuries. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 12,800.00 |
| 172 | Dickens, Charles. | Great Expectations |
1861 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 12,160.00 |
| 222 | Tagore, Rabindranath. | Group of 6 Signed Titles |
1915-16. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 12,160.00 |
| 66 | Roth, Dieter. | Picture-Book |
1956 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 10,240.00 |
| 261 | Lincoln, Abraham. | Partially-printed Document |
1852 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,240.00 |
| 265 | [Lincoln, Abraham] Seward, William H. | Printed Circular Letter |
1862 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 10,240.00 |
| 257 | [Jefferson, Thomas]. Tucker, George. | The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States... |
1837 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
| 18 | Doolittle, A(mos). | A Display of the United States of America... |
1791 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,960.00 |
| 8 | Ramsay, David. | The History of the Revolution of South-Carolina, From a British Province to an Independent State |
1785 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,320.00 |
| 276 | [Morris, William] Ovid, and Raphael Regius. | Metamorphosin cum luculentissimis Raphaelis Regii enarrationibus... |
1509 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 |
| 103 | Baudelaire, Charles. | Les Paradis Artificiels Opium et Haschisch |
1860 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 117 | Rackham, Arthur. | Each one, tripping on his toe will be here with mop and mow |
1926 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 193 | Dickens, Charles. | Sketches by Boz Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People |
1837-1839. | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 229 | Nelson, Horatio. | Autograph Letter, signed |
ca.1803. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 137 | [Zahn, Otto] Beaumont, Francis, and John Fletcher. | Fifty Comedies and Tragedies... |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 | |
| 262 | Lincoln, Abraham. | Manuscript Document, signed |
1855 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 77 | Warhol, Andy, and Robert Rauschenberg, and Ed Ruscha, et al. | Artists & Photographs |
1970 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,080.00 |
| 171 | Dickens, Charles. | Great Expectations |
1860-1861. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,080.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
