Heritage Auctions: Manuscripts
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Manuscripts | Total Sales (USD) | 1,652,731.50 |
Auction Date | October 17, 2013 - October 18, 2013 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,284,500.00 |
Sale Number | #6102 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,908,920.00 |
Total Lots | 1161 | ||
Sold Lots | 1095 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,403,470.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 94.32% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 2,081,545.00 |
Unsold Lots | 66 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 79.40% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
34443 | Abraham Lincoln Autographed Letter Signed |
1861 | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 93,750.00 | |
34444 | Abraham Lincoln Carte de Visite Photograph Taken by Mathew Brady Signed |
1864 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 78,125.00 | |
34397 | Robert E. Lee Period Fair Copy of General Order No. 9 Signed |
1865 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 | |
34366 | 13th Amendment, Congressional Manuscript Copy, Signed by Members of the 38th Congress. |
circa February 1865 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 40,625.00 | |
34500 | F. Scott Fitzgerald Autograph Letter Signed. |
circa 1925 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 35,000.00 | |
34518 | Martin Luther King, Jr., Autograph Notecards Containing Notes for a Speech, circa December 1959. |
circa December 1959 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 31,250.00 | |
34360 | Alexander Hamilton Autograph Letter Signed |
[1801 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 | |
34167 | Abraham Lincoln Autograph Letter Signed |
1862 | USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 23,125.00 | |
34480 | [Capture of the Tripoli] and [First Barbary War]. Andrew Sterett: USS Enterprise Captain's Log for the Year 1801. |
1801 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 | |
34516 | Martin Luther King, Jr., Autograph Letter Signed |
1959 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 | |
34517 | Martin Luther King, Jr., Autograph Letter Twice Signed. |
1959 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 | |
34031 | Benjamin Franklin Interest Certificate Signed |
1785 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 | |
34342 | Richard Henry Lee Autograph Letter Signed. |
1779 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 | |
34424 | John Adams Autograph Letter Signed |
1800 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 15,625.00 | |
34398 | [Civil War]. Robert E. Lee Autograph Letter Signed |
1864 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 | |
34047 | Paul Revere Autograph Document Twice Signed. |
1792 | USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,125.00 | |
34076 | Francis Lightfoot Lee Autograph Document Signed. |
1773 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 | |
34078 | Francis Lewis Autograph Letter Signed |
1761 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 | |
34553 | Martin Luther King Jr. Signed Copy of ''An Appeal to the Honorable John F. Kennedy President of the United States.'' |
1962 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 9,062.50 | |
34009 | David Crockett Partial Document Signed |
1834 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 | |
34054 | [Revolutionary War]. Joseph Warren Military Appointment Signed |
1775 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 | |
34250 | Charles Darwin Autograph Letter Signed |
USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 8,750.00 | ||
34253 | Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed |
1951 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 | |
34351 | Hugh Williamson Document Signed. |
1865 -1867 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 8,437.50 | |
34027 | [Revolutionary War]. Daniel Boone Document Signed |
1782 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |