- Auction
19987
Fine Printed and Manuscript Americana
8 April 2021 - 22 April 2021, New York
SALE TOTAL: 2,090,000 (USD)
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45 Lots for Sale 19987
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Lot 2 \"America the Beautiful\" Katherine Lee Bates, n.d. |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 price realized $17,500 |
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Lot 4 Thanking a little girl for the gift of a hat Ambrose Burnside, 11 January 1863 |
estimate $400 - $600 price realized $875 |
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Lot 5 Requesting a copy of the songs of the Jubilee Singers Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain), 20 March 1893 |
estimate $1,500 - $2,500 price realized $2,375 |
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Lot 6 A rare contemporary broadside edition of the Declaration of Independence: the... Continental Congress, 1776 |
estimate $700,000 - $900,000 price realized $930,000 |
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Lot 7 \"I WANT YOU!\" James Montgomery Flagg, 1917 |
estimate $5,000 - $8,000 price realized $13,750 |
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Lot 10 On French recognition of American independence Benjamin Franklin, 20 July 1778 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 price realized $75,000 |
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Lot 11 Possibly the earliest illustrated American political pamphlet John S. J. Gardier, 1795 |
estimate $5,000 - $8,000 price realized $15,000 |
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Lot 12 The pirated edition of Howl Allen Ginsberg, 1979 |
estimate $7,000 - $10,000 price realized $11,250 |
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Lot 13 Introducing a French volunteer and friend of Lafayette to Congress Alexander Hamilton, 5 July 1778 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 price realized $23,750 |
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Lot 14 Anthony Wayne donates funds for the \"Sufferers in Boston\" John Hancock, 25 November 1775 |
estimate $5,000 - $8,000 price realized $47,500 |
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Lot 15 On the burning of Washington Andrew Jackson, 7 October 1814 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 price realized $27,500 |
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Lot 16 Written soon after the conclusion of \"Jay's Treaty\" John Jay, 21 February 1795 |
estimate $1,000 - $1,500 price realized $3,500 |
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Lot 17 Appointing the first governor at New Orleans Thomas Jefferson, 12 December 1804 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 price realized $18,750 |
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Lot 18 On defending New York's City's harbor and the state's frontier Thomas Jefferson, 4 May 1808 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 price realized $37,500 |
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Lot 19 Funding for the Post Office Thomas Jefferson, 4 August 1790 |
estimate $12,000 - $15,000 price realized $12,500 |
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Lot 21 Writing as President Andrew Johnson, 6 October 1867 |
estimate $1,000 - $1,500 price realized $43,750 |
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Lot 23 His farewell to the Army of Northern Virginia Robert E. Lee, 10 April 1865 |
estimate $50,000 - $80,000 price realized $50,000 |
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Lot 24 To Stuart, shortly before his death Robert E. Lee, 2 May 1864 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 price realized $23,750 |
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Lot 25 On exchanged prisoners of war Robert E. Lee, 7 August 1862 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $8,750 |
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Lot 26 A carte-de-visite photograph signed as President Abraham Lincoln, 1864 |
estimate $50,000 - $80,000 price realized $68,750 |
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Lot 27 On George McClellan: \"the likeness is perfect.\" Abraham Lincoln 13 March 1862 |
estimate $5,000 - $8,000 price realized $20,000 |
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Lot 28 Appointing a brigade surgeon for the Union Army Abraham Lincoln, 21 February 1862 |
estimate $5,000 - $7,000 price realized $8,125 |
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Lot 29 Abraham Lincoln campaign ballots & a carte-de-visite 1861-1864 |
estimate $1,000 - $1,500 price realized $8,125 |
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Lot 30 The Spirit of St. Louis, inscribed to Sherman Fairchild Charles Lindbergh, 1953 |
estimate $1,000 - $2,000 price realized $2,000 |
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Lot 31 On the Gideon edition of the Federalist James Madison, 24 February 1818 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 price realized $8,750 |
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Lot 32 History of the Indian Tribes of North America McKenney and Hall, 1855 |
estimate $5,000 - $8,000 price realized $8,750 |
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Lot 33 A billing dispute over drawings for the Capitol James Monroe, 16 July 1822 |
estimate $2,000 - $3,000 price realized $6,875 |
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Lot 34 On his secret aid pledge to Hanoi Richard Nixon, 14 May 1977 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 price realized $8,750 |
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Lot 35 A 'censored' London edition of Common Sense Thomas Paine, 1776 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 price realized $30,000 |
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Lot 36 Writing about Abraham Lincoln: \"He fought in his time for social and... Theodore Roosevelt, 8 December 1912 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 price realized $18,750 |
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Lot 37 \"... the more I see, the better satisfied I am that I am an American...\" Theodore Roosevelt, 5 September 1881 |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 price realized $10,625 |
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Lot 38 The Book of Mormon Kirtland, Ohio, 1837 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 price realized $20,000 |
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Lot 39 An early newspaper printing of \"The Star Spangled Banner.\" Francis Scott Key, 1814 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $2,500 |
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Lot 40 The first sheet music of the \"Star Spangled Banner\" to feature an American flag A. Bacon & Co., [c. 1816] |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 price realized $25,000 |
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Lot 41 Connecticut cedes its Western Reserve to the Northwest Territory John Marshall, 9 June 1800 |
estimate $2,000 - $3,000 price realized $20,000 |
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Lot 42 Tesla's editorial troubles New York, 1900 |
estimate $3,000 - $4,000 price realized $10,625 |
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Lot 43 Tesla writes to his first biographer New York, 1903 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $6,875 |
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Lot 44 Letters from inventors Tesla, Marconi, and more |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 price realized $11,250 |
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Lot 45 An eloquent reflection on his public career George Washington, 2 December 1797 |
estimate $25,000 - $35,000 price realized $125,000 |
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Lot 47 To Rochambeau on a proposed expedition to the Penobscot George Washington, 10 April 1781 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 price realized $75,000 |
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Lot 48 A French intelligence map of New York Harbor Comte de Barras, William Ledyard et al, 1781 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 price realized $52,500 |
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Lot 49 Preparing to return to camp at Newburgh George Washington, 18 March 1782 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 price realized $32,500 |
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Lot 50 One of the most famous radio broadcasts of all time Orson Welles, 1938 |
estimate $15,000 - $25,000 price realized $15,000 |
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Lot 51 The First Public Printing of the United States Constitution Dunlap & Claypoole, 19 September 1787 |
estimate $120,000 - $180,000 price realized $125,000 |
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Lot 52 On the U.S.S. Maine disaster Woodrow Wilson, 19 May 1913 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $6,250 |
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