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Auction Name The Collected Library, Including Americana and Early Photography Total Sales (USD) 227,956.00
Auction Date March 20, 2026 - March 20, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 127,200.00
Sale Number #6477 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 190,650.00
Total Lots 319
Sold Lots 276.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 148,100.00
% of Lots Sold 86.52% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 221,950.00
Unsold Lots 43 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 102.71%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
221

[Lincoln, Abraham] Group of 14 Carte de Visites of Generals or Officers wearing Lincoln Mourning Pins or Bands, incl. Meade and Grant

 N/A USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 6,175.00
47 Henry, Patrick.

[Americana] Henry, Patrick. Partially-Printed Document, signed

 N/A USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,525.00
292 Roosevelt, Franklin D.

[Presidential] Roosevelt, Franklin D. Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States...1933.

 N/A USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,200.00
218

[Lincoln, Abraham] Group of 18 Carte de Visites of Civil War Officers or Enlisted Men With Lincoln Mourning Insignia

 N/A USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 4,225.00
67 Rockefeller, John D.

[Business & Finance] Rockefeller, John D. Printed Stock Certificate, Signed.

 N/A USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,900.00
8

[African-Americana] [Enslavement] Tucker, E.P. Autograph Document, signed

 N/A USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,925.00
151

[Early Photography] Group of 70 Photographs of West Point Military Academy Cadets and Grounds

 N/A USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 2,600.00
245

[Lincoln, Abraham] Photographic Study of John Wilkes Booth in 15 Carte de Visites

 N/A USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 2,470.00
56

[Americana] Photograph Album of the Bohemian Grove Encampment, 1936, and Other Ephemera

 1936 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,340.00
94

[Civil War] 31 Carte de Visites of Union Generals, incl. McPherson, Reynolds, and Anderson

 N/A USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,340.00
131 Gibson, James.

[Custer, George A]. Gibson, James. Officers of General Andrew Porter's staff, May 20, 1862

 1862 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,340.00
228

[Lincoln, Abraham] Group of Eight Stereoviews of Lincoln's Funeral in Chicago and Springfield

 N/A USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 2,340.00
53

[Americana] Large Collection of Miscellaneous Autographs and Ephemera

 N/A USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,210.00
91

[Civil War] Group of 29 Carte de Visites and Cabinet Cards of Forts, Military Headquarters, Cemeteries, and Landmarks.

 N/A USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 2,210.00
219

[Lincoln, Abraham] Group of Seven Stereoviews of Lincoln's Funeral in Philadelphia, New York, Albany, and Cleveland

 N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,210.00
22

[African Americana] Group of 11 Stereoviews, Rare Image of the First Memorial Day Celebration.

 N/A USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,080.00
159

[Early Photography] Group of 80 Carte de Visites of American and European Subjects

 N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,080.00
295 Roosevelt, Franklin D.

[Presidential] Roosevelt, Franklin D. Third Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt...

 N/A USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,080.00
6

[African Americana] Commemorative Roster of Co. B, 6th Regiment, United States Colored Heavy Artillery

 N/A USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,950.00
30 Washington, Augustus.

[African Americana] Washington, Augustus. Sixth Plate Daguerreotype Portrait of a Man

 N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,950.00
92

[Civil War] Group of 16 Carte de Visites of Confederate Officers and Other Personalities.

 N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,950.00
113

[Civil War] Group of 16 Photographs of Soldiers and Camp Life

 N/A USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,820.00
72 (Burns, John L.)

[Civil War] (Burns, John L.) Photographs and Ephemera Identified to the "Hero of Gettysburg."

 N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,690.00
81

[Civil War] Group of 35 Carte de Visites of Union Soldiers from New York and New Jersey

 N/A USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,690.00
82

[Civil War] Group of 23 Carte de Visites of Union Soldiers from New England, the Midwest, and the South

 N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,690.00
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.