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Auction Name American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography Total Sales (USD) 437,504.00
Auction Date May 01, 2025 - May 01, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 233,500.00
Sale Number #6319 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 351,700.00
Total Lots 232
Sold Lots 197 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 301,700.00
% of Lots Sold 84.91% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 456,600.00
Unsold Lots 35 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 95.82%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
570 JUNKIN, William W. (1831-1903).

A Collection of Indian Photographs and Views with Photos of a Few White Employes [sic] Together with Some Indian Letters and Paintings.

1889-93. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 66,000.00
302

Letters of William Herries (1748-1811), British banker turned American entrepreneur, incl. description of meeting President Jefferson and his journey from New York to New Orleans

1804-1811. USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 20,400.00
574 CURTIS, Edward S (1868-1952), photographer.

Canon de Chelly.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 20,400.00
311 PAULDING, Rear Admiral Hiram (1797-1878) and WALKER, William (1824-1860).

Correspondence associated with the Home Squadron, the Walker Expedition, and Vanderbilt's Accessory Transit Company, incl. William Walker ALsS

1855-1858. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 18,000.00
457 JOHNSTON, Alfred Cheney (1885-1971).

Large photographic archive of glass negatives and prints.

Ca1910s-1920s. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,400.00
556

Collection of photographs documenting the Nez Perce, Comanche, and Kiowa Indians assembled by Alice Cunningham Fletcher, including images by E. Jane Gay, George W. Bretz, and William Irwin.

USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,800.00
417

Manuscript diary of an itinerant portraiture artist, phrenology enthusiast, and daguerreotype experimentalist, documenting his daily endeavors in New York City and Albany.

1840 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 9,600.00
470 JACKSON, Col. Oscar L. (1840-1920).

Group of 5 journals, incl. descriptions of Jackson's political activism during the 1860 campaign, his service with 63rd OVI, and battle content

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 9,600.00
520

Two early vaccination broadsides and a note from the "Chairman of the Committee for Vaccination" in Milton, Massachusetts, acknowledging participants in the town's 1809 vaccination campaign.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,600.00
443

Ambrotype of seven ox-drawn wagons on a road, possibly in Nebraska City, NE.

Ca1859. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 8,400.00
460

Scarce Choctaw Nation slave bill of sale for "a certain negro man named Ingmon."

12 March 1855 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 7,800.00
456 JOHNSTON, Alfred Cheney (1885-1971).

Enchanting Beauty collection of memorabilia, incl. mockup, notes, glass plate negatives, and correspondence highlighted by Norman Rockwell ALS.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 6,000.00
301

Letter from a soldier in the 2nd New Hampshire Militia Regiment describing the Battle of Saratoga and the British surrender.

23 October 1777. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,100.00
575 CURTIS, Edward S (1868-1952), photographer.

The Rush Gatherer.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,100.00
350 CANBY, Major Gen. E.R.S. (1817-1873).

Terms of Military Convention entered into this 26th day of May 1865 at New Orleans.... "Official Copy."

26 May 1865 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,800.00
576 CURTIS, Edward S (1868-1952), photographer.

The Vanishing Race.

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,800.00
363

Diary of Pvt. Thomas Hyland, 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with Gettysburg content incl. PICKETT'S CHARGE.

1863 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,500.00
510 GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882), photographer.

Execution of the Conspirators, 7 July 1865. No. 2.

1865 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,500.00
511 GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882), photographer.

Pair of stereoviews of the Execution of the Conspirators.

ca 1865 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,500.00
318

A group of 32 CDVs of identified members of the 7th New York State Militia, incl. MOH recipient Rufus King.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,200.00
581 [WESTERN AMERICANA - NATIVE AMERICANS].

Photo albums documenting Rev. William L. Earl's travels in the American west, incl. views of the Ignacio Indian Boarding School and Pueblo artisans Severo and Maria Tafoya.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,900.00
475 GARDNER, Alexander, photographer.

Group of President Lincoln, Gen. McClellan, and Suite...

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,600.00
517

Archive of books, photographs, and ephemera collected by Herbert Wells Fay, custodian of the Lincoln Tomb in Springfield, IL.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,300.00
537

A group of 9 CDVs of Sioux involved in the 1862 Dakota Uprising in Minnesota.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,300.00
459

CDV of Charles L. Mitchell, 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, WIA at Honey Hill, SC, and one of the first two African American members of the Massachusetts State Legislature.

n.d. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,000.00
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