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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
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000