Auction Reports
Brunk Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Summer Premier Auction
- Auction Date
- 07/30/2026 - 07/30/2026
- Sale Number
- #22905
- Total Lots
- 27
- Sold Lots
- 23.0
- Lots Sold
- 85.19%
- Unsold Lots
- 4
- Total Sales (USD)
- 30,420.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 31,200.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 45,300.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 67,500.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 104,200.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 29.19%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 243 | Green Elizabeth Shippen (1871-1954) | Making a House |
1908 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 9,750.00 |
| 186 | Audubon John James (1785-1851) | Blue Jay |
1830 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,850.00 |
| 218 | Rice William Seltzer (1873-1963) | Moonlight-Eucalypti |
1920 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,210.00 |
| 244 | Dine Jim (1935-) | Red Ochre Flowers |
1978 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,820.00 |
| 261 | Three Framed Confederate Stock Certificates |
19th century | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,040.00 | |
| 181 | Bewick Thomas | The History of Little Goody Two Shoes |
1787 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,040.00 |
| 44 | Merian Maria Sybilla (1647-1717) | Pearl-eye Butterfly with Tree |
1705-1719 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 910.00 |
| 10 | Ogilby John; Montanus Arnoldus | Virginiae Partis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumq regionum Nova Descriptio |
1671 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 845.00 |
| 43 | Merian Maria Sybilla (1647-1717) | Large Horned Beetle with Potato |
1705-1719 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 262 | Catesby Mark (1679-1749) | The Small Bittern |
1731-1743 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 715.00 |
| 3 | Whistler James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) | Hurlingham |
1879 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 650.00 |
| 263 | Catesby Mark (1679-1749) | 3 Books, including: The Pigeon Hawk; The Black Bullfinch; The Purple Jackdaw |
1771; 1815 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 585.00 |
| 215 | Baskin Leonard; Davies Arthur B. | Voyages; Neuf Lithographies Originales |
1957; 1920 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 585.00 |
| 9 | Reynolds Joshua; Reynolds Samuel William; Watson Caroline (1760-1814) | 35 Books, including: Proofs No. 17 Folio |
1786; 1820 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 520.00 |
| 275 | Dodd Lamar (1909-1996) | Tied Up |
1952 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 455.00 |
| 265 | Catesby Mark (1679-1749) | The Red Headed Woodpecker; The Pilchard |
1731-1743 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 455.00 |
| 89 | Seneca Federico (1891-1976) | Coppa della Perugina |
1950 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 180 | Jefferson Thomas | Notes on the State of Virginia |
1801 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 325.00 |
| 245 | Rosenquist James (1933-2017) | Near and Far |
1975 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 325.00 |
| 45 | Altdorfer Albrecht (1480-1538) | The Last Judgment; Expulsion from Paradise |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 325.00 |
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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. -
