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Eldreds: Books + Historic Ephemera

Auction Reports

Auction Name Books + Historic Ephemera Total Sales (USD) 39,008.00
Auction Date June 26, 2024 - June 26, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 31,500.00
Sale Number #62624 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 50,500.00
Total Lots 119
Sold Lots 95.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 45,625.00
% of Lots Sold 79.83% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 72,775.00
Unsold Lots 24 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 53.60%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1096

CHICAGO FIRE EXTINGUISHER MANUFACTURING CO. PHOTOGRAPHIC TRADE ALBUM Album 2.5" x 15.5" x 11.5". Photographs 13.75" x 11".

 19th Century USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,120.00
1028

FIVE VOLUMES OF THE EARLY JOURNALS OF CONGRESS Each 8.25" x 5".

 Last Quarter of the 18th Century USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,304.00
1013 SAMUEL ADAMS

SAMUEL ADAMS SIGNED DOCUMENT

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,176.00
1018

MAP "PLAN OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON" 11.75" x 5.75" sight. Framed 16.5" x 9.5".

 Circa 1775 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,664.00
1021

EARLY MAP OF COASTAL MAINE 30" x 42" sight. Framed 32" x 45".

 1776 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,152.00
1025

FRONT PAGE OF AN EARLY BOSTON NEWSPAPER Dated March 10, 1774 Framed 22" x 16".

 1774 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 1,152.00
1038 BY WILLIAM JOHNSON

"EULOGY ON THOMAS JEFFERSON" 8.5" x 5.25".

 1826 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 1,088.00
1110

COLLECTION OF ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Large quarto 11.5" x 8".

 19th Century USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 960.00
1067

THIRTY-TWO BOOKS, MOSTLY RELATING TO NAVIGATION AND MATHEMATICS Largest 9" x 11.5".

 Late 18th to Second Quarter of the 20th Century USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 896.00
1047

EIGHT VOLUMES ON NEW ENGLAND STATES

18th to Early 20th Century USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 832.00
1016

THREE CONTINENTAL PAPERS Framed 11" x 9".

 18th Century USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 768.00
1059

THIRTY-EIGHT VOLUMES OF "THE NEW AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR" AND RELATED VOLUMES BY NATHANIEL BOWDITCH Each approx. 9.5" x 6".

 Mostly 19th Century USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 768.00
1015

EMANCIPATION DOCUMENT Dated May 22, 1769 6.5" x 8" and 4.5" x 8".

 1769 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 640.00
1106

COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES PAPER CURRENCY

 19th/20th Century USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 576.00
1006 EDMUND HALLEY

"ASTRONOMICAL TABLES" 11.25" x 9".

 1752 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 544.00
1009

FIVE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY MEDICAL-RELATED BOOKS

 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 544.00
1022

NICHOLAS SCULL & GEORGE HEAP'S ENGRAVED MAP OF PHILADELPHIA 1777 Sheet 16" x 13.25".

 1777 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 544.00
1127 ROBERT FROST

SIGNED COPY OF ROBERT FROST'S "COMPLETE POEMS" 8.675" x 5.75".

 1949 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 544.00
1001

EARLY ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT 19" x 11.75" sight. Framed 26" x 19".

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 512.00
1008 TOBIAS MAYER

"TABULAE MOTUUM SOLIS ET LUNAE NOVAE ET CORRECTAE" 10.5" x 8.5".

 1770 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 512.00
1058

TWENTY-EIGHT VOLUMES OF "THE NEW AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR" AND RELATED VOLUMES BY NATHANIEL BOWDITCH Mostly 19th Century Each approx. 9.5" x 6".

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 512.00
1083

FINAL ISSUE OF THE ABOLITIONIST NEWSPAPER "THE LIBERATOR" December 29, 1865

 1865 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 512.00
1093

PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION SOUVENIR STEVENGRAPH 1876 10" x 6.5" sight. Framed 10.5" x 8".

 1876 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 512.00
1128 JOHN STEINBECK

FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE DUST JACKET OF JOHN STEINBECK'S "EAST OF EDEN" Dated 1952 8.75" x 6".

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 512.00
1010

FIVE SERMONS AND ADDRESSES Mostly New England, Largest 9" x 6".

 Late 18th to Mid-19th Century USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 480.00