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Auction Name History Auction Total Sales (USD) 88,055.50
Auction Date February 15, 2025 - February 15, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 83,150.00
Sale Number #21525 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 116,440.00
Total Lots 154
Sold Lots 130 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 99,260.00
% of Lots Sold 84.42% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 137,550.00
Unsold Lots 24 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 64.02%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
179

c April 9, 1865 Civil War Broadside, Glorious News! Lee has found the Last ditch. His Army

1865 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,225.00
68

1781 GENERAL WASHINGTON by Valentine Green, Jan 15th, 1781, Engraved Portrait with Servant Billy Lee

1781 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,120.00
165

1862 Civil War Confederate CSA Army GENERAL ORDERS No 92 Confederate Soldiers Could Buy A Substitute

1862 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,860.00
53

1790 America's Revolutionary War United States Issued Loans Manuscript Abstract for Proper Recording

1790 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,600.00
203

1862, President Lincoln, TREATY BETWEEN THE U.S. + BRITAN FOR SUPPRESSION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE

1862 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,340.00
2 GROVER CLEVELAND (WINFIELD S. SCHLEY)

GROVER CLEVELAND Appoints Winfield S. Schley Commodore, the Later Hero of the Battle of Santiago Bay

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,080.00
26 ARTEMAS WARD

June 8, 1776 Manuscript Document Signed by Artemas Ward as Army Commander-in-Chief at Boston

1776 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,080.00
5

Declaration of Independence, First Miniature Printing Published 1836 by L. H. Bridgham, Boston, Mass

1836 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,560.00
13 GENERAL ANTHONY C. MCAULIFFE

Superb ANTHONY C. MCAULIFFE Signed Photograph "NUTS" U.S. Army Hero of the WWII Battle of the Bulge

USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,560.00
37 (AMOS DOOLITTLE)

c 1794 AMOS DOOLITTLE SC. N. HAVEN, Engraved Copper-Plate Portrait The Honorable JOHN WINTHROP, Esq.

1794 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,560.00
63

Mechanic Library NEW-HAVEN, Copper-Plate Engraved Bookplate by Amos Doolittle

USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,560.00
193

April 24, 1865 Extraordinary Official Military Letter,Search for President Abraham Lincoln Assassins

1865 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,560.00
42

1783-Dated, Highly Illustrated, Comprehensive and Complete History of England..., by Edward Barnard

1783-Dated, USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,300.00
56

1780 Revolutionary War Booklet, Titles of the Laws [of New Hampshire] With Their Dates 1776 to 1780

1780 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,300.00
168

1864 Confederate Broadside, General JOHN ECHOLS Warns His Commanders Do Not Harass Locals Dublin, VA

1864 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,300.00
111

1834 Issued Seneca War Chief Red Jacket, Wearing His George Washington Silver Indian Peace Medal

1834 USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,170.00
75

1805 American Separatist Hymnal, The Christian Harmony or Songsters Companion, by Jeremiah Ingalls

1805 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,105.00
70

c. 1800-1820, President George Washington Hand-Crafted Bust Silhouette in a Period Oval Frame

1800 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,040.00
84

1814 Providing 150 Stand of Arms for Genl Andrew Jackson's Army, War of 1812/Creek Indian War Letter

1814 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,040.00
191

Dec 3, 1861 Meeting A Lincoln, Seward + Doubleday

1861 USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,040.00
49

1778 British 52nd Regiment of Foot Clothing Returns Participated at Lexington + Concord, Bunker Hill

1778 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 975.00
67

1777 Revolutionary War George Washington General in Chief of the American Army Engraving in Uniform

1777 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 975.00
7 DAVID G. FARRAGUT

DAVID G. FARRAGUT, Rear Admiral, Civil War Letter Signed March 23, 1863 from U.S. Flag Ship Hartford

1863 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 910.00
205

1864 Civil War Union Letter re Negroes, they are an inferior race and can never equal the white race

1864 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 910.00
246

Native American Indian Scout + Family Tintype

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 910.00