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Freeman's | Hindman: Daguerreian Society Annual Benefit Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Daguerreian Society Annual Benefit Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 77,185.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | September 27, 2025 - September 27, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 38,750.00 |
| Sale Number | #6456 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 58,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 77 | ||
| Sold Lots | 73.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 46,650.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 94.81% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 69,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 4 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 111.54% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotype] Masterpiece African American Madonna |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 40,000.00 | |
| 21 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotype - Mexican War Era] A Cavalry Dragoon PLUS |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,500.00 | |
| 30 | Platt D. Babbitt (1822-1879), America. | [Ambrotype] Whole Plate of a Scenic Wonder |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,500.00 | |
| 13 | Anonymous, French. | [Daguerreotype - French] A Priest With Globe and Armillary Sphere |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,600.00 | |
| 33 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotype and Tintypes] A Dog, a Cat, a Chicken.....A Group of Seven Images |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 54 | Titian Peale (1799-1885), American. | [Stereograph - Amateur Exchange Club] Titian Peale |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 37 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotypes] A Rare Daguerreian Mirror |
USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,300.00 | |
| 31 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotype] The Fish Head |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,000.00 | |
| 63 | Anonymous, American. | [Albumen Photograph] The Watermelon Eaters |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 950.00 | |
| 17 | Anonymous, American. | [Tintype] Portrait of an African American and Her Daughter |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 900.00 | |
| 40 | Marcus Aurelius Root (1808-1888), American. | [Daguerreotype] Jenny Lind "The Swedish Nightingale" |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 800.00 | |
| 11 | Sir John Herschel (1792-1871), British. | [Photographic History] A Rare Salt Print Portrait of Sir. John Frederick William Herschel |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 750.00 | |
| 39 | Irving Pobboravsky (1933-2018), American. | [Daguerreotype - Contemporary] "The Print Studio" |
USD 800.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 750.00 | |
| 55 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotype] The Thespian |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 750.00 | |
| 9 | Anonymous, British. | [Salt Print] Photographer and His Camera |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 700.00 | |
| 18 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotype] Playing Her Guitar |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 700.00 | |
| 61 | Thomas Appleton (1828-1912), British. | [Ambrotypes] Child with Dog and Camera, a Pair |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 650.00 | |
| 7 | Jabez Hogg (1817-1899), British. | [Daguerreotype] Smiling English Gent by Hogg |
USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 10 | Abraham Bogardus (1822-1908), American. | [History of Photography] Two Portraits of Samuel F. B. Morse |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 42 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotype] Portrait of a Man with Bottle Curls |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 43 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotypes] A Pair of "Magic Background" Daguerreotypes |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 56 | Anonymous, American. | [Daguerreotype] What a Pram! |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 62 | Anonymous, probably Chinese or British. | [China - Early Shanghai] Photographer's Studios |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 71 | Three Ethnic Women sixth-plate daguerreotypes. | [Daguerreotypes] Three Images of Ethnic Women |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 19 | [Daguerreotype] Man with Brass Horn |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 550.00 |
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000 -
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Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.