Swann Galleries: Printed and Manuscript Americana
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Printed and Manuscript Americana | Total Sales (USD) | 881,101.00 |
| Auction Date | October 10, 2013 - October 10, 2013 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 347,375.00 |
| Sale Number | #2324 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 514,750.00 |
| Total Lots | 418 | ||
| Sold Lots | 353 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 415,255.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 84.45% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 615,320.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 65 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 143.19% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Romans, Bernard. | Map of the Seat of Civil War in America. |
1775 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 173,000.00 |
| 41 | Buell, John Hutchinson. | Wartime diary of a Connecticut officer, with his miniature portrait and silver cup. |
1780 to 1784 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 75,000.00 |
| 112 | Charleston Mercury Extra ...The Union is Dissolved! |
1860 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 | |
| 215 | LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. | By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. |
1863 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 |
| 197 | HENNEPIN, LOUIS. | Description de la Louisiane. |
1683 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
| 56 | Photograph album from the 1901 Peary Relief Expedition. |
1901 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 | |
| 1 | Bernardi, Suzanne Rognon; additional photographs by Jack Rognon. | Story of a Whale Hunt. |
circa 1901-02 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 338 | Papers of the Maury family of Virginia. |
bulk 1831-47 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 18,750.00 | |
| 177 | Hodder, James. | Hodder's Arithmetick. |
1719 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 214A | Everett, Edward. | An Oration Delivered on the Battlefield of Gettysburg. |
1863 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 405 | Arias de Saavedra, Hernando (Hernandarias). | Important decree concerning the rights of Indians. |
1598 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 11,875.00 |
| 224 | Buckner, Samuel. | The American Sailor: A Treatise on Practical Seamanship. |
1790 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 361 | Coleman, John Brown. | Letter describing the hire of Herman Melville for his final whaling voyage. |
1842 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 78 | Frontier outfitting agreement signed by Luc de la Corne and Joseph Coulon Villiers de Jumonville. |
1749 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 8,750.00 | |
| 178 | Mather, Cotton. | India Christiana: A Discourse Delivered unto the Commissioners for the Propagation of the Gospel among the American Indians. |
1721 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 40 | Grosvenor, Thomas. | A detailed account of the Battle of Bunker Hill by a key participant. |
1818 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 7,250.00 |
| 328 | ULKE, HENRY. | Portrait of Louis Agassiz. |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 6,912.00 | |
| 356 | [Chase, Obed G.?] | Journal of a successful cruise of the whaling ship Helvetia in the South Pacific. |
1837 to 1839 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 6,912.00 |
| 203 | Jones, Evelyn M. | Remembrances of My Kennedy Years. |
circa 1973 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,500.00 |
| 320 | MontulA, Edouard de. | Voyage en AmArique, en Italie, en Sicile et en Egypte and Recueil des Cartes et des Vues du Voyage en AmArique. |
1821 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,500.00 |
| 50 | West, Benjamin. | Bickerstaff's Boston Almanack, for the Year of our Redemption, 1778. |
1777 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,500.00 |
| 155 | A desperate plea for support from the survivors of the 1690 Schenectady Massacre. |
circa 1690s | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,500.00 | |
| 341 | Smith, John, Captain. | The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles. |
1624 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
| 403 | Manuscript book of recipes. |
circa 1825? | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,250.00 | |
| 247 | Hough, Romeyn Beck. | The American Woods, Volumes I through XII (of 14), and The American Woods, Commercial Woods, Volumes I and II. |
1893-1916 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
