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Heritage Auctions: The Alfred Orendorff Archive: Treasures from the Law Offices of Abraham Lincoln Manuscripts Signature® Auction

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Auction Name The Alfred Orendorff Archive: Treasures from the Law Offices of Abraham Lincoln Manuscripts Signature® Auction Total Sales (USD) 569,687.50
Auction Date July 30, 2026 - July 30, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 782,400.00
Sale Number #6342 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,173,600.00
Total Lots 28
Sold Lots 28.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 782,400.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,173,600.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 48.54%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
43002 Lincoln Abraham; Stuart John Todd

Abraham Lincoln and John Todd Stuart Autograph Office Fee Book Signed by Lincoln Nineteen Times, 1837–1840.

1837-1840 USD 320,000.00 - 480,000.00 USD 137,500.00
43024 Lincoln Abraham

[1858 U.S. Senate Race]. Abraham Lincoln Autograph Document.

1858 USD 160,000.00 - 240,000.00 USD 68,750.00
43021 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Declaration, Affidavit and Litigation Notes Signed

1857 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 55,000.00
43022 Peck E.

[Illinois Central Railroad Company]. Abraham Lincoln's Signed Copy of Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois,

1857 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 52,500.00
43019 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Letter Signed

1856 USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 USD 47,500.00
43003

Abraham Lincoln Land Grant Issued Under Martin Van Buren.

1839 USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 USD 32,500.00
43007 Lincoln Abraham

[Joshua Fry Speed]. Abraham Lincoln Autograph Indenture Signed Five Times

1842 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 27,500.00
43020 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Legal Memorandum, Transcript, and Case Abstract for Aspinall v. Lewis, 1856.

1856 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 23,750.00
43015 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Document Signed Three Times

1855 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 16,250.00
43014

[Abraham Lincoln]. Two Telegrams to Lincoln Concerning the Illinois Central Railroad.

1853 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 12,500.00
43006 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Document Signed

1842 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,375.00
43009

Lincoln & Herndon Firm Attorney's Docket Folder and Rules of Practice for the Courts of Equity of the United States.

1845 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,375.00
43008 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Partial Autograph Letter.

circa 1844 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 8,750.00
43005 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Document Signed

1841 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,125.00
43023 Lincoln Abraham; Herndon William

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Replication for Buffom v. Stockdale Signed

1857 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,125.00
43025 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Memorandum for Clark & Morrison v. Page & Bacon.

circa 1855-1859 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 6,875.00
43017 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Legal Notes for Correll v. McDaniel.

circa 1855 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 6,562.50
43011 Herndon William H.

William H. Herndon Autograph Document Signed: Accounting of Office Furniture and Supplies for the Lincoln & Herndon Law Firm

1846 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 6,250.00
43018 Davis David

[Abraham Lincoln]. David Davis Autograph Letter Signed to Abraham Lincoln

1856 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,500.00
43028 Lincoln Abraham

[Abraham Lincoln]. Notes on a Bill Regarding Cook County Case Pending in the Illinois General Assembly.

circa 1859 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 4,750.00
43004 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Document.

1841 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 4,000.00
43013 Herndon William Henry

William Henry Herndon Autograph Notes on the "Hornbaker" Case.

1853 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 3,250.00
43001 Lincoln Abraham

[Abraham Lincoln]. Manuscript Fair Copy of a Now-Lost "To the People of Sangamon County" Handbill.

post-1880 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 3,000.00
43026 Scates Norman B.

[Abraham Lincoln]. Norman B. Scates Autograph Letter Signed to Abraham Lincoln

1859 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 3,000.00
43012 Speed Joshua Fry

Joshua Fry Speed Autograph Letter Signed to William Herndon

1848 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 2,750.00
  • Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000.