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Early American: Early American History Auctions - online 3/8

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Auction Name	Early American History Auctions - online 3/8	Total Sales (USD)	489,450.00
Auction Date	March 30, 2024 - March 30, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	366,100.00
Sale Number	#33024	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	513,100.00
Total Lots	204
Sold Lots	172	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	498,200.00
% of Lots Sold	84.31%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	694,800.00
Unsold Lots	32	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	70.45%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
207		April 14, 1865 ORIGINAL TELEGRAM To Genl. U.S. GRANT Re: Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln	1865	USD 20,000.00 - 40,000.00	USD 91,000.00
145	SAMUEL ADAMS,	Mr. SAMUEL ADAMS, April 1775, Printed by and for Charles Reak + Saml. Okey Newport, RI.	1775	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 22,100.00
122	PAUL REVERE	June 22, 1775 PAUL REVERE Engraved KING PHILIP Bond Signed CAPT JOSEPH LEE, Boston TEA PARTY Patriot	1775	USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00	USD 19,500.00
10	DAVID BUSHNELL	DAVID BUSHNELL Signed Continental Army First Corps of Sappers + Miners Document Payment Document	c.1781	USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00	USD 15,600.00
160		1797 Rare Engraved Hand-colored Print of GENERAL WASHINGTON: LATE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN CONGRESS	1797	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 13,000.00
229	James Montgomery Flagg	Original 1917 Uncle Sam Recruiting Poster By James Montgomery Flagg, I WANT YOU Color Poster 30 x 40	1917	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 11,700.00
126		1777 Revolutionary War Massachusetts Broadside Announcing Pay + Bounty Money for Enlisting Soldiers	1777	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 9,750.00
158		1798 Broadside, General Washington's Letter, Declaring his Acceptance of the Command of the Armies	1798	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 9,750.00
1	JOHN ADAMS and TIMOTHY PICKERING	1797 President JOHN ADAMS and TIMOTHY PICKERING Signed Impressive Four Language Ship Papers	1797	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 7,800.00
15	CALVIN COOLIDGE	1932 ORIGINAL TRANSCRIPT OF CALVIN COOLIDGE - SETTLING THE WAR DEBTS, Signed Important Archive	1932	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 7,800.00
43	President JOHN JAY	1779 Continental Congress President JOHN JAY Signed First Commander of the Marechaussee Appointment	1779	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 7,800.00
106		June 21, 1759 Province of Pennsylvania, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Printed 50s Note PMG graded Choice Fine-15	1759	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 7,800.00
150		(Congress Voting the Declaration of Independence) Engraved by Edward Savage After Robert Edge Pine		USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 7,800.00
23	Eleazar Huntington	c. 1820 Rare Eleazar Huntington Engraved, DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Printed Broadside	c.1820	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 7,150.00
110		Colonial Currency, NEWMAN PLATE NOTE, Sept. 11, 1769, South Carolina, Fifty Pounds, PMG Ch. Fine-15	1769	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 7,150.00
18	GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER	1870 GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER Signed Kansas Document, Promissory Note - One of Only Two Known !	1870	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 6,500.00
174	WILLIAM BLIGH	1792 WILLIAM BLIGH, H.M.S. BOUNTY, A Voyage to the South Sea... for conveying the Bread-Fruit...	1792	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 6,500.00
218		1807 AFRICA - AMERICA Anti-Slavery Reverse Painted Mezzotint Print on Glass in its Original Frame	1807	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 5,850.00
34	JOHN BRADFORD	July 1, 1776 Historic JOHN BRADFORD Boston Naval Agent ALS to JOHN HANCOCK, Docket in Hancock's Hand	1776	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 5,525.00
55	John D. Rockefeller + Henry M. Flagler	John D. Rockefeller + Henry M. Flagler Signed Standard Oil Trust Company Stock Certificates	1888 and 1897	USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00	USD 5,525.00
144		(1774) A CORRECT VIEW OF THE LATE BATTLE AT CHARLESTOWN June 17th 1775. Robert Aitken, Sculp	1774	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 5,200.00
217		Abraham Lincoln Photograph From Alexander Hesler's Original Negative Signed Geo(rge) B. Ayres Phila.	c. 1881	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 5,200.00
37	Robert Howe	1780 Rev. War Continental Army Maj. Gen.l Robert Howe Autograph Letter Signed Re: Fall of Charleston	1780	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 4,550.00
14	GEORGE CLYMER	1793 GEORGE CLYMER ALS to US Treasurer Samuel Meredith Re Alexander Hamilton + The Whiskey Rebellion	1793	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 4,225.00
28	ADMIRAL FRANCIS MUNROE RAMSAYS	1852 ADMIRAL FRANCIS MUNROE RAMSAYS First Naval Midshipman Commission, Signed by MILLARD FILLMORE	1852	USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00	USD 4,225.00

Sotheby’s
Modern First Editions
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD

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Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000

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