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- Auction Name
- Americana- Travel & Exploration - Maps & Views
- Auction Date
- 08/06/2026 - 08/06/2026
- Sale Number
- #869
- Total Lots
- 427
- Sold Lots
- 244.0
- Lots Sold
- 57.14%
- Unsold Lots
- 183
- Total Sales (USD)
- 219,044.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 151,700.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 235,900.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 265,700.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 412,800.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 53.06%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 232 | Wilkes | Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 62,500.00 |
| 231 | Wilkes | Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition |
1844 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 23,750.00 |
| 278 | Ellis Tristram | 12 etchings of Cyprus |
N/A | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 206 | Eisenhower Dwight D | Crusade in Europe |
N/A | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,375.00 |
| 182 | Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for A Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean |
1853-54 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,062.50 | |
| 270 | Forster Johann Reinhold; Forster Johann Geoeg Adam | A Voyage round the World in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop Resolution; Observations made during a Voyage Round the World |
N/A | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,437.50 |
| 53 | Shew William | San Francisco Water Front prior to April 1851 |
1851, printed 1910 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,437.50 |
| 307 | Kotzebue Otto | Entdeckungs-Reise in die Sud-See und nach der Berings-Strasse |
1815-1818 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,125.00 |
| 139 | An Account of the Visit of the French Frigate L'Artemise to the Sandwich Islands |
N/A | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,125.00 | |
| 118 | Fisher Irving | The Money Illusion |
N/A | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,250.00 |
| 314 | Lisiansky Urey | A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1803, 4, 5, & 6 |
1803-1806 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 78 | Muir John | Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope |
N/A | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 400 | View of Yosemite Valley, California |
N/A | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 | |
| 236 | Around the World |
1900 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,750.00 | |
| 128 | Friedman Milton | Capitalism and Freedom |
N/A | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 289 | Geoffrey of Monmouth (1100?-1154); Thompson Aaron | The British History |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 70 | Marshall James W. | James W. Marshall, The Discoverer of Gold in California |
N/A | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 33 | Herbert Hoover at the Bohemian Club |
1933; 1953; 1954 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 308 | Kotzebue Otto | Ontdekkingsreise in de Zuid-Zee en naar de Berings-Straat |
1815-1818 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 166 | Muybridge Eadweard | Panorama of San Francisco, from California Street Hill |
1877, printed 1900 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
Back
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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. -
