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New England Auctions: Americana Collections Sally & William Gemmil

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Auction Name	Americana Collections Sally & William Gemmil	Total Sales (USD)	51,286.50
Auction Date	January 15, 2026 - January 15, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	17,950.00
Sale Number	#401357	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	30,650.00
Total Lots	29
Sold Lots	29.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	17,950.00
% of Lots Sold	100.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	30,650.00
Unsold Lots	0	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	167.33%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
613		Watercolor Map of Eastern United States and War of 1812 Maritime Battles	early to mid-19th century	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 7,860.00
612	Marciana Malvina Carpenter	Watercolor Map of 'The World'	1828	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 7,205.00
582	Jane Lunt	Terrestrial Globe-Jane Lunt	1829	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 6,026.00
491		Wm. Faden Plan of the City and Envisions of Philadelphia, 1777	1752	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 3,406.00
614		American Attack on Tripoli, 1804		USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 3,144.00
497		Elegy for James Lawrence - Engraving on Silk by A. Bowen	19th century.	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 1,965.00
615		Engraving of the American Attack on Tripoli, 1804	1805	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,965.00
488	ascribed to Carl Guttenberg	American Revolution Engraving - 'The Tea Tax Tempest'	1778	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,834.00
496		America Guided by Wisdom' Engraving by B. Tanner	19th century.	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,834.00
576		Set of Four Ship Engravings of Ship 'Java'	1814	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,572.00
617	John B. Guerrazzi	Engraving of 'The Burning of the American Frigate the Philadelphia'	Early 19th century	USD 500.00 - 750.00	USD 1,572.00
482	William Charles -	'John Bull Making a Batch of New Ships to Send to the Lakes' Political Cartoon	circa 1814.	USD 500.00 - 750.00	USD 1,441.00
667		Series of U.S. Naval Officer Snuff Box Engravings	circa 1815.	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,179.00
483	William Charles -	'John Bull and the Baltimoreans' War of 1812 Political Cartoon	circa 1814.	USD 500.00 - 750.00	USD 1,048.00
655		Watercolor Map of the United States of America	circa 1825	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 1,048.00
480	William Charles -	The Hartford Convention or Leap or No Leap' Political Cartoon	circa 1814.	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 851.50
481	William Charles -	Bruin become Mediator or Negociation for Peace' War of 1812 Political Cartoon	circa 1813.	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 851.50
485		The Yankey Torpedo' Political Cartoon	19th century	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 851.50
487	A. Lawson	Perry's Victory on Lake Erie		USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 851.50
489	after Moses Swett	Steam Packet Chancellor Livingston' Framed Lithograph	early 19th century.	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 655.00
490	John Ogborn -	'The Birth of American Liberty' 1784 Allegorical Print	Octr. 1 1784,	USD 250.00 - 500.00	USD 655.00
495		Framed Newspaper Article on Commander Perry of the Lexington	Dec 1st 1826.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 655.00
493A		Boston Marine Society Certificate in the War of 1812	1814	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 589.50
493	Wade W. (artist), Pollock and Doty (engraver),	Engraved Certificate for American Seamen's Friend Society Member	1843	USD 500.00 - 750.00	USD 524.00
616		Engraving of the 'Blowing Up of the Fire Ship Intrepid', 1804	1810	USD 500.00 - 750.00	USD 458.50

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.