Heritage Auctions: Historical Manuscripts and Texana
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Historical Manuscripts and Texana | Total Sales (USD) | 2,501,339.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 26, 2026 - February 26, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,004,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #6328 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,500,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 495 | ||
| Sold Lots | 457.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,187,860.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 92.32% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,776,240.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 38 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 140.82% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47096 | George Custer | George Custer Autograph Letter Signed. |
1869 | USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 | USD 550,000.00 |
| 47150 | Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln Partial Autograph Manuscript from His Last Annual Message to Congress. |
1864 | USD 160,000.00 - 240,000.00 | USD 200,000.00 |
| 47148 | William P. Dole | William P. Dole's Railroad Pass to Travel to Gettysburg on November 18, 1863 and Gettysburg Marshal's Ticket Dated November 19. |
1863 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 187,500.00 |
| 47186 | Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln Autograph Letter Signed with Related Correspondence. |
1863 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 125,000.00 |
| 47100 | Edward W. Smith | [Battle of the Little Bighorn]. Edward W. Smith Autograph Orders Signed. |
1876 | USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 | USD 68,750.00 |
| 47073 | Peter Force | Peter Force's 1833 Printing of the Declaration of Independence. |
1833 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 62,500.00 |
| 47242 | Marie Antoinette | Marie Antoinette Autograph Letter. |
1791 | USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 | USD 62,500.00 |
| 47003 | Stephen F. Austin | Stephen F. Austin Autograph Letter Signed. |
1832 | USD 64,000.00 - 96,000.00 | USD 52,500.00 |
| 47024 | W[illiam]. W[illiston]. Heartsill. | W[illiam]. W[illiston]. Heartsill. Fourteen Hundred and 91 Days, in the Confederate Army. |
1876 | USD 28,000.00 - 42,000.00 | USD 40,000.00 |
| 47147 | Elizabeth Dole. | Late Nineteenth-century Autograph Album Compiled by Elizabeth Dole. |
circa 1861-1900 | USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 | USD 35,000.00 |
| 47165 | George Washington | George Washington Autograph Letter Signed. |
1799 | USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
| 47132 | Martin Luther Moore | Civil War Soldier's Archive by Martin Luther Moore with Texas Content. |
1863-1864 | USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
| 47027 | [Republic of | [Republic of Texas]. Sam Houston First Texian Loan Scrip Signed |
1838 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 |
| 47131 | Martin Luther Moore | Civil War Soldier's Archive by Martin Luther Moore of the 94th Illinois Infantry. |
1862-1865 | USD 1,920.00 - 2,880.00 | USD 21,250.00 |
| 47187 | Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln Autograph Letter Signed. |
1861 | USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 |
| 47276 | Warren Buffett | Warren Buffett Autograph Letter Signed with Annotated Cartoon. |
1989 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 |
| 47001 | Dolphin Floyd | Alamo Defender Dolphin Floyd Signed Promissory Note. |
1834 | USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 | USD 15,625.00 |
| 47023 | Will Hale. | Will Hale. Twenty-four Years a Cowboy and Ranchman |
1905 | USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 47046 | San Antonio | San Antonio Broadside Ordinance on Slavery. |
1850 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 47053 | Whaling Journal of the Ship Monticello of Nantucket, 1845-1850. |
1845-1850 | USD 2,800.00 - 4,200.00 | USD 15,000.00 | |
| 47074 | Benjamin Franklin | Benjamin Franklin Signed Land Grant. |
1787 | USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 47075 | Benjamin Franklin | Benjamin Franklin Clipped Signature. |
N/A | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 47166 | George Washington | George Washington Clipped Signature. |
1796 | USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 47142 | John McDonald Smith | Civil War Soldier's Letter Archive by John McDonald Smith of the Pennsylvania 38th Infantry. |
1861 | USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 47152 | [Abraham Lincoln]. 1865 Inauguration Ticket. |
1865 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
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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 AprilSotheby’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.