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Auction Name	Stamps and Postal History	Total Sales (USD)	2,402.01
Auction Date	March 08, 2026 - March 08, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#715385	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	69
Sold Lots	67.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	97.10%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	2	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
175	Documents & Ephemera 1805 Book with copies of the United States & Massachusetts Constitution	1805	Not Available	USD 185.15
86	US Stamps #C18 on Cover Group of 3	N/A	Not Available	USD 118.45
66	Virginia US Stampless Covers & Folded Letters group of 7 including small towns and interesting marking	N/A	Not Available	USD 113.91
87	US Stamps Zeppelin Covers group of 4 1930s covers including 2 USS Akron memorial cachets	1930s	Not Available	USD 101.20
84	US Stamps #C18 Block of Four on First Day Cover October 2nd	N/A	Not Available	USD 94.30
64	Virginia US Stampless Covers & Folded Letters group of 8 including small towns and interesting marking	N/A	Not Available	USD 86.33
40	Liberia Postal History Bankers Box of Covers sent to Chicago from the two countries	1970s	Not Available	USD 81.65
137	Vintage Photographs group in variety of formats	N/A	Not Available	USD 74.75
55	New Market VA 1830 US Stampless Folded Letter with black unlisted handstamp	1830	Not Available	USD 64.41
61	Randolph Macon College VA 1851 US Stampless Cover with green CDS and 'PAID 3' handstamp at right	1851	Not Available	USD 58.65
60	Mossy Creek VA 1855 US Stampless Cover with black 'PAID 5' handstamp at right	1855	Not Available	USD 52.90
65	Virginia US Stampless Covers & Folded Letters group of 8 including small towns and interesting marking	N/A	Not Available	USD 46.00
52	Martinsburg VA 1842 US Stampless Folded Letter with red handstamp	1842	Not Available	USD 44.85
171	Documents & Ephemera 4 New York related documents	1790s-1830s	Not Available	USD 44.85
176	Documents & Ephemera 3 Railroad Related Documents	N/A	Not Available	USD 44.85
85	US Stamps #C18 Pair on First Day Cover	N/A	Not Available	USD 43.70
53	Richmond VA 1803 US Stampless Cover to Philadelphia	1803	Not Available	USD 40.11
69	US Stamps First Day Covers collection	1950s-1970s	Not Available	USD 37.95
194	US Stamps 12 Melissa (Mem) Fox Hand Painted First Day covers	N/A	Not Available	USD 35.97
184	Documents & Ephemera 1795 Cumberland County Deed	1795	Not Available	USD 35.65
190	US Stamps 12 Melissa (Mem) Fox Hand Painted First Day covers	N/A	Not Available	USD 34.50
172A	Documents & Ephemera 5 Letters from the New Deal Era	1934-1935	Not Available	USD 33.98
186	US Stamps 12 Melissa (Mem) Fox Hand Painted First Day covers	N/A	Not Available	USD 31.31
188	US Stamps 12 Melissa (Mem) Fox Hand Painted First Day covers	N/A	Not Available	USD 31.31
56	Berryville VA 1843 US Stampless Folded Letter	1843	Not Available	USD 31.05

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.