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Auction Name History Auction Total Sales (USD) 97,851.00
Auction Date November 22, 2025 - November 22, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 90,380.00
Sale Number #112225 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 120,850.00
Total Lots 199
Sold Lots 169.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 114,070.00
% of Lots Sold 84.92% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 154,110.00
Unsold Lots 30 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 63.49%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
62

1768 Principio Company, First Ironworks in Maryland, Rare First Bill of Exchange

USD 2,400.00 - 3,200.00 USD 3,120.00
40

1758 Rare French + Indian War CT Fiscal Document Signed Joseph Talcott Treasurer

USD 2,800.00 - 3,200.00 USD 2,600.00
20

Colonial Currency, Province of Pennsylvania. March 1, 1769. Three Pounds or Sixty Shillings Indented Bill. Fr. PA-133. PCGS Very Fine-25, Signed by J. Nixon

USD 2,400.00 - 3,200.00 USD 2,470.00
1

Colonel James Holmes 4th NY Regt. to Thomas Barclay 1799 Loyalty Oath to Britain

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,080.00
3

1760-Dated Anti-Slavery British Advocate and Poet Signed, His Majesty's Receipt of Exchequer. financial Annuity Payment

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,950.00
194

c. 1870 Indian Wars Era, Rare Tintype Photograph of a Native American Indian Army Scout seated together with his Family, in a Doubled Gilt-Framed Holder, Extremely Fine

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,820.00
52

1779 Revolutionary War Regimental Court Martial to Hear Signed Hercules Mooney

USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,560.00
39

c. 1756 French + Indian War, Document Signed, Col. E.(stes) Hatch (1689-1759), who commanded the Troop of Cavalry in Boston, was Captain of the 10th Company 3rd Massachusetts Regiment at the Battle of Louisburg in 1745, later a Brigadier General.

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,430.00
25

1806 KILLIAN K. VAN RENSSELAER Autograph Letter Signed Regarding Madison, Monroe, Talleyrand + Jefferson's Crimes and back door pimps in Negotiations to Buy Florida From Spain

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,300.00
30

April 23, 1802 Robert Smith 2nd United States Secretary of the United States Navy (1801-1809) Signed Statement of the First Costs of the Six Official United States Navy Yards Totaling $135,846.92

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,300.00
53

1783 British Military Forage Receipt, Three Months Prior to NYC EVACUATION DAY !

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,300.00
81

September 28, 1801-Dated Federal Period, Manuscript Document, in which Joseph Dunn, a Methodist Minister and his two Sureties Post a Bond with Virginia Governor James Monroe for his Legally Performing the Acts of Marriage, Fine or better

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,300.00
7

Rare Declaration of Independence, First Miniature Printing, Published 1836 by L. H. Bridgham, Boston, Massachusetts

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,235.00
44

(AMOS DOOLITTLE) (1754-1832) American Revolutionary War Patriot, Colonial Artist and Engraver, from New Haven, Connecticut, also known as The Paul Revere of Connecticut. Original Copper-Plate Portrait Engraving of "The Honorable JOHN WINTHROP, Esq.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,235.00
9

JOHN ERICSSON (1803-1889) Civil War U.S.S. Monitor Builder, 1870-Dated Autograph Letter Signed to the Smithsonian Secretary Joseph Henry

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,170.00
183

October 1, 1861-Dated Civil War, (ABRAHAM LINCOLN). Printed Circular Letter, Signed in Printed Typeset Text, "A. LINCOLN." to "the Loyal Women of America.", 3 pages, measuring 8" x 10" on blue period wove papaer, Washington, DC, Choice Very Fine

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,170.00
138

September 9, 1864-Dated Civil War Abraham Lincoln Presidential Campaign Imprint, headed: The Presidential Election, Appeal of the National Union Committee to the People of the United States, urging the reelecting President Abraham Lincoln, Choice EF.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,105.00
18

1837 Henry A Muhlenberg as US Congressman Autograph Letter Signed, with Superb Political Content Regarding Andrew Jackson, the Financial Panic of 1837 and for a Proposed Ceremonial Toast to President Martin Van Buren

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,040.00
36

1693, Rare 17th century London newspaper with a question and answer format, with fascinating early ads and notices on the verso including one for a new and now very rare Boston pamphlet: "A Further Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches".

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,040.00
64

c. 1789-1800 American Hand-Colored Wax Portrait of President George Washington, Circular Wood Framed, Extremely Fine

USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,040.00
69

c. 1813 War of 1812 Partially-Printed Document Signed, Asa Prime, Benjamin Stone, John J. Orton, and Elijah Couch who originate in Litchfield County, Connecticut, others hailing from towns such as New Milford, Reading, and Kent in Litchfield Count

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,040.00
80

180-- Federal, Printed Wanted Broadside, Fulled Half Stockings OF Carded Wool of any dyed color, or of the natural colors of the Sheep, are occasionally purchased for the Army., by Tench Coxe, Purveyor of Public Supplies, Philadelphia, Extremely Fine

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,040.00
84

c. 1830-1840, Superb Content 7 page Manuscript Essay, highly critical of Immigrants coming to the United States, undated and unsigned, Very Fine.

USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,040.00
87

c. 1805 Federal period, Historical Liverpool Creamware Pitcher, PEACE, PLENTY and INDEPENDENCE, and 14-Star American Flag Three Masted U.S. Sailing Ship, Choice Very Fine.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,040.00
176

1874, Color Large Folio Lithograph titled, DANIEL BOONE PROTECTS HIS FAMILY, by H. Schile, 1 Division Street, NY, measures 28.25 x 22.5 inches, Very Choice Crisp Near Mint.

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,040.00
  • 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.
  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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