• Auction 24899

    America at 250: Important Artifacts and Documents of History

    17 June 2026 - 1 July 2026, New York

    SALE TOTAL: 1,353,566 (USD)
28 Lots for Sale 24899
Lot 1
To the Delaware Pilots ...
Committee for Tarring and Feathering, 1773
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$177,800
Lot 2
First newspaper account of the Boston Tea Party
Boston Gazette, 20 December 1773
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$20,320
Lot 3
The Bloody Massacre
Paul Revere, 1770
estimate
$300,000 - $500,000

price realized
$381,000
Lot 4
Revolutionary War Loan Certificate
Engraved by Paul Revere, May or June 1775
estimate
$15,000 - $20,000

price realized
$27,940
Lot 5
Throwing off Royal authority in Pennsylvania
Henry Miller, 1776
estimate
$80,000 - $120,000

price realized
$88,900
Lot 6
Engraving of Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence
ca. 1829
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$40,640
Lot 7
On his return from London
Thomas Jefferson, 4 May 1786
estimate
$7,000 - $10,000

price realized
$8,255
Lot 8
Libertas Americana Medal
Benjamin Franklin and Augustine Dupré, ca. 1783
47.50 mm. diameter
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$25,400
Lot 9
To Dr. James Carter
George Washington, 27 April 1772
estimate
$7,000 - $10,000

price realized
$16,510
Lot 10
His last will and testament
Benedict Arnold, 1781
estimate
$40,000 - $60,000

price realized
$53,340
Lot 11
An important diplomatic memoir of his Spanish mission
John Jay, c. 1780-1782
estimate
$600,000 - $800,000

Lot 12
The Federalist Papers
[HAMILTON, Alexander (1739-1802), James MADISON (1751-1836) and John JAY
estimate
$120,000 - $180,000

price realized
$127,000
Lot 13
Appointing Aaron Burr as New York Attorney General
George Clinton, 29 September 1789
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$9,525
Lot 14
The Constitution of the United States of America
Aaron Burr's copy
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$48,260
Lot 15
Two letters on the death of Alexander Hamilton
New York, 11 & 14 July 1804
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$9,525
Lot 16
CARIBBEAN AND FLORIDA
Sailing charts, 1796
estimate
$60,000 - $80,000

Lot 17
San Francisco, 1826
Original watercolor from the Beechey Expedition
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$82,550
Lot 18
GOLD RUSH LEDGER BOOK
Wolcott B. White, from 13 July 1849
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$4,445
Lot 19
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman, 1855
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

price realized
$27,940
Lot 20
Appointing a captain within the precursor to the United States Coast Guard
Abraham Lincoln, 11 July 1864
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$6,096
Lot 21
A draft call for New York issued weeks after the battle of Gettysburg and the...
Abraham Lincoln, 15 July 1863
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$24,130
Lot 22
Account of the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg
Abner Doubleday, [c.1870s/80s]
estimate
$80,000 - $120,000

price realized
$82,550
Lot 23
Edison's light bulb
Charles Clarke, 1880
estimate
$7,000 - $9,000

price realized
$13,970
Lot 24
Experiments and Observations in Soaring Flight
Wright Brothers, 1903
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$15,240
Lot 25
Publisher's presentation copy to FDR of The Public Papers and Addresses of...
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1938; 1941
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$19,050
Lot 26
On recent victories in Sicily
George S. Patton, 29 December 1943
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

price realized
$15,240
Lot 27
Pierre Salinger's parents' copy; with typed speech
John F. Kennedy, 1956; 1959
estimate
$7,000 - $10,000

price realized
$12,700
Lot 28
A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication
Vinton Cerf and Robert E. Kahn, 1974
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$15,240
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