Source : Dorothy Sloan Rare Books

Source Title Auctions
Description Dorothy Sloan, of Austin, Texas, is both a book dealer and a book auctioneer. Materials found under Dorothy Sloan Rare Books are gathered from the auctions her firm has conducted over the past three decades. She specializes in fine & rare books, manuscripts, maps, prints and paintings, in the field of Americana, particularly the American West. She has auctioned many important western collections, such as the Daniel Volkmann complete collection of California's Zamorano 80. Auctions are conducted both in Austin and at the location of the collections, such as California. Her bookseller (non-auction) catalogues are found separately in the database under DSloan.
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Total Records in AED 6344
  • 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.