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Fleischer's Auctions: Day 1: Historic Americana & African American History

Auction Reports

Auction Name Day 1: Historic Americana & African American History Total Sales (USD) 690,031.25
Auction Date April 25, 2025 - April 25, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 188,750.00
Sale Number #18140 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 361,000.00
Total Lots 236
Sold Lots 229 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 197,000.00
% of Lots Sold 97.03% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 377,000.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 183.03%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

[REVOLUTIONARY WAR] Washington Signed Officer's Commission & Portrait

USD 15,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 53,750.00
46

[MORMON] Diaries of Augustus Chetlain, 1867-1873

1867-1873 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 48,750.00
25

[DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE] 1833 Force Printing

1833 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 46,250.00
167

[AFRICAN AMERICANA] Enslaved Guide of Mammoth Cave, CDV Album

n.d. USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 38,750.00
253

[AMBROTYPE] Rehn Portrait of a Photographer w/ Camera

ca 1854. USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 28,750.00
53

[TEXAS] Heartsill's "Fourteen Hundred and 91 Days in the Confederate Army"

[1876] USD 15,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 26,250.00
9

[JEFFERSON, THOMAS] Signed 1824 Letter re: Univ. of Virginia

1824 USD 15,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 21,250.00
122

[SLAVERY] The Scourged Back

USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 20,000.00
123

[ABOLITION] Signed Sojourner Truth CDV

1864 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 20,000.00
124

[LINCOLN] 1862 Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation Pamphlet

1862 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 20,000.00
66

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] Alexander Gardner "Mountain Man" Self-Portrait

[1863]. USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 16,250.00
154

[SLAVERY] 1862 "Fugitive Negroes Fording Rappahannock"

1862 USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 11,250.00
200

[LINCOLN] Lincoln Signed Officer's Commission for Rufus Ingalls

6 July 1864. USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 11,250.00
212

[CIVIL WAR] Adm. Fyffe Grouping ft. Arctic Medal

USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 10,625.00
83

[SLAVERY] Massive NC Slave-Owning Family Archive

1804 to 1869 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 10,000.00
230

[WWII] Top Secret Invasion Plans of Okinawa

1945 USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 9,375.00
205

[LINCOLN] Frederick Douglass 1865 Lecture on Lincoln's Assassination

1865 USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,750.00
196

[LINCOLN] Lincoln Signature w/ Biography & John Wilkes Booth CDV

1866 USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,125.00
11

[SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI] Identified Member's Gold Eagle

early 20th century. USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,875.00
132

[AFRICAN AMERICANA] Sketch by Formerly Enslaved Boy, 55th USCT

USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 6,875.00
259

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] Matthew Brady & Prominent Group

USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,875.00
47

[MEXICO] Second Mexican Empire, Maximilian I CDV Album

USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,250.00
4

[COLONIAL AMERICA] 18th c. North Carolina Land Grant Archive

18th c. USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 5,625.00
197

[GETTYSBURG ADDRESS] 20 Nov. 1863 New York Tribune

1863 USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 5,625.00
70

[NATIVE AMERICANS] Impressive Group of Ten (10) Native American Cabinet Cards

c. 1890-1910 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,312.50
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    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR
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    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR