Christies: Online: The American Collector: Including Property of Mr. and Mrs. John D Rockefeller 3rd and Selections From The Collection of President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter, 23898, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 27, 2026 - January 27, 2026
Page Size: 101 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
943

A BROADSIDE ANNOUNCING THE AMERICAN VICTORY AT CHARLESTON

c. 27 July 1776 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 27,940.00
944

AN EMBOSSED TAX STAMP FOR "AMERICA"

1765 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 33,020.00
945 MATHEW B. BRADY (1823-1896)

General Robert E. Lee and Staff, 1865

1865 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,255.00
946

Freedom to the Slave Civil War recruitment poster

USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 11,430.00
947 JOHN BROWN OF OSSAWATOMIE (1800-1859)

Autograph manuscript from his memorandum book, c. 1859

c.1859 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,795.00
948

A LIST OF CASUALTIES FROM THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL

c. 24-25 June 1775 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 17,780.00
949 Lieutenant Richard Williams, 1775-1776

A Plan of Boston and its Environs

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,065.00
950 FREDERICK DOUGLASS (1818-1895)

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 21,590.00
951 AMELIA EARHART (1897-1937?)

Typed letter signed to Major Christopher, 11 September 1929

1929 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,430.00
952 ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1757-1804)

Autograph letter signed to Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, 29 February [1804]

1804 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 11,430.00
953 THOMAS JEFFERSON(1743-1826), JAMES MADISON (1751-1836), GILBERT MOTIER MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE (1757-1834), AARON BURR (1756-1836), FRANKIN PIERCE (1804-1869), AND OTHERS.

The autograph collection of John Michael O'Connor and Charles O'Conor

USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 57,150.00
954 Given to James Madison by Thomas Jefferson, 1789

Traite elementaire de mathematiques

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 19,050.00
955 THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826)

Letter signed, 9 July 1790

1790 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
956 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (1929-1968)

Stride Toward Freedom

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 35,560.00
957 ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865)

Appointing the highest-ranking Union officer of Jewish descent

USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 35,560.00
958 ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1965)

Partly-printed document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, Washington, 15 July 1863.

1863 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
959 ARTHUR MIDDLETON (1742-1787)

Autograph manuscript, [Philadelphia, ca. 29 November 1781]

1781 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
960 Ponce and Godefroy, [1784]

Recueil d'estampes representant [...] l'Independence aux Etats unis

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,048.00
961 THEODORE ROOSEVELT (1858-1919)

Typed letter signed to henry Reuterdahl, 8 August 1908

1908 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 15,240.00
962 Sayer and Bennett, 1775

A Plan of the Battle of Bunker Hill

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 20,320.00
964 MARIANO GUADALUPE VALLEJO (1808-1890)

Manuscript letter signed, 5 February 1851

1851 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,540.00
966 GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799)

Letter signed to Commodore Hazelwood, 11 October 1777

1777 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 30,480.00
967 AFTER BENJAMIN WEST (1730-1817)

The Glorious Washington and Gates, 1777

1777 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
968 GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799)

Autograph document signed, 12 April 1751

1751 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 38,100.00
969 ROGER WILLIAMS (C. 1603-1683)

Autograph manuscript signed, Providence, 21 March 1681.

1681 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
  • ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000