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North American Auction Company: Threads of the West: Native Beadwork, Navajo Textiles, Navajo Jewelry & Western Art

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Auction Name Threads of the West: Native Beadwork, Navajo Textiles, Navajo Jewelry & Western Art Total Sales (USD) 15,532.80
Auction Date January 24, 2026 - January 24, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 37,650.00
Sale Number #22140 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 64,600.00
Total Lots 132
Sold Lots 73.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 82,475.00
% of Lots Sold 55.30% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 135,150.00
Unsold Lots 59 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 11.49%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
98 Charles Russell & Edward Borein

Rare Charles Russell & Edward Borein Photograph

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 2,560.00
432 John M. Burke

1893 1st Edition Buffalo Bill From Prairie-Palace

1893 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 640.00
176 Black Hawk

Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak Black Hawk Autobiography

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 608.00
116 U.S. Grant

1885 1st Ed. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

1885 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 576.00
177

"Indian Tribal Series" Signed Ltd. Editions (27)

USD 350.00 - 700.00 USD 480.00
54 George Elbert Burr

George Elbert Burr (1859-1939) "Paradise Valley"

USD 1,400.00 - 2,400.00 USD 448.00
401 A. S. Baldwin

Rare 1864 Abraham Lincoln CDV, A. S. Baldwin

1864 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 352.00
256 George Elbert Burr

George Elbert Burr (1859-1939) "Evening, Arizona"

USD 1,200.00 - 2,200.00 USD 320.00
422 Theodore Roosevelt

1889 1st Ed Theodore Roosevelt Winning of the West

1889-1896, USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 320.00
624

Ca. 1900 Buffalo Bill French Pulp Magazines (12)

Ca.1900 USD 750.00 - 950.00 USD 320.00
55 George Elbert Burr

George Elbert Burr (1859-1939) Fish Creek Etching

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 288.00
137 Lewis & Clark

1st Ed Journals Of The Expedition Of Lewis & Clark

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 288.00
310 D. M. Kelsey

RARE 1901 "History of the Wild West" D. M. Kelsey

1901 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 288.00
41

Ca. 1882- Frisco, Texas Horse Breeding Broadside

1882-1890's. USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 256.00
138

Ca. 1930's Yellowstone National Park Boundary Sign

Ca.1930's USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 256.00
758

Actors & Actresses / Movies Original Photos (167)

USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 USD 256.00
97 Frederic Remington

1970 The Illustrations of Frederic Remington

1970 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 224.00
130

Dept. of the Interior State of Montana Map 1897

1897 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 224.00
484

"Indian Tribes Chiefs and Wars" 1st Edition 1910

1910 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 224.00
515

Michigan Car License Plates Five Pairs 1957-1963

1957- 1963 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 224.00
26 J.T. Headley and Willis Fletcher Johnson

1st Ed.1890 Stanley's Wonderful Adventures

1890 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 192.00
27 Harold McCracken

1960 1st Ed. Frederic Remington's Own West

1960 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 192.00
68

Vintage Canadian Shell Gasoline Service Sign

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 192.00
156 Henry Deming

The Life of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant By Henry Deming

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 192.00
277

Literature on General Ulysses S. Grant Collection

1868 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 192.00
  • 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.
  • 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