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Auction Name
The Alfred Orendorff Archive: Treasures from the Law Offices of Abraham Lincoln Manuscripts Signature® Auction
Auction Date
07/30/2026 - 07/30/2026
Sale Number
#6342
Total Lots
28
Sold Lots
28.0
Lots Sold
100.00%
Unsold Lots
0
Total Sales (USD)
569,688.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
782,400.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
1,173,600.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
782,400.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
1,173,600.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
48.54%

Top twenty five by sale price

Top twenty five lots by sale price
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
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
43005 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Document Signed

1841 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

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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.