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RR Auction: Old West, Outlaws, Lawmen, and Gangsters

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Auction Name Old West, Outlaws, Lawmen, and Gangsters Total Sales (USD) 545,042.00
Auction Date May 22, 2025 - May 22, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 306,000.00
Sale Number #720 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 443,700.00
Total Lots 107
Sold Lots 80 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 404,200.00
% of Lots Sold 74.77% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 582,900.00
Unsold Lots 27 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 93.51%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
8028

[Samuel Colt] Benjamin McCulloch (2) Autograph Letters Signed to Samuel Colt with Rare Civil War-era Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver - One of the Original Handguns Purchased for the Southern War Effort

2 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 62,501.00
8105 Al Capone

Al Capone Signed Photograph

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 62,501.00
8015 George A. Custer

George A. Custer Signed Photograph - CDV by Mathew Brady

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 42,969.00
8068 Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson Document Signed as President, Proclaiming Treaties with the Menominee, Sauk and Foxes, Otoes, Missouris, Omahas, and Sioux

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 27,683.00
8093 Geronimo

Geronimo Signature with Rare 1897 Letter from His Portrait Painter E. A. Burbank

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 25,899.00
8001 Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone Autograph Document Signed

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 23,746.00
8064 William Clark

William Clark Document Signed, Attesting to Indian Chief Tar-Ton-Kah-Ha's Peaceful Intentions - One Year the Famous 'Lewis & Clark Expedition'

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 23,131.00
8062

Massachusett Native Writing for Preservation of Land on Martha's Vineyard (1715) - One of Few Privately Held Specimens

1715 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 22,154.00
8107 Al Capone

Al Capone Signature - Obtained at the Lexington Hotel in Chicago (August 27, 1931)

1931 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 21,889.00
8067

Red Jacket Dictated Letter on Problems with White Settlers and Christian Missionaries: "Each nation has its own customs and its own religions. The Indians have theirs, given to them by the Great Spirit"

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 18,751.00
8018 William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody Original Promotional Lithograph - aEU~Buffalo BillaEUs Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the WorldaEU (Ca. 1893)

Ca. 1893 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 14,999.00
8063 Charles Thomson

Charles Thomson Autograph Document Signed - The Treaty of Fort McIntosh - A Key to Western Expansion

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 14,980.00
8118 Clyde Barrow

Clyde Barrow Autograph Letter Signed to His Brother on 'Hideout' Candid: "Say how do you like our little home on the sea"

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 14,949.00
8130 James Bowie

James Bowie Signature - Rare Autograph of the Famed Knife Fighter and Alamo Defender

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,753.00
8017 William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody (4) Signed Ticket to 'Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World'

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,680.00
8071 James K. Polk

James K. Polk Autograph Letter Signed as President to the Secretary of War, Requesting a Report on "the number of Indian tribes in the territory acquired by the Treaty with Mexico"

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,501.00
8004 David Crockett

David Crockett Signature, Certified by His Son

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,364.00
8040 Robert Ford

[Jesse James] Robert Ford Autograph Letter Signed, Pawning His Watch, Pin, and Gun: "I will also give you my shot gun which is worth the amount I want"

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 10,478.00
8065 William Hull

William Hull's Speech to the Ottawa and Chippewa, Presenting "American Flags to be displayed in your villages" - Contemporary Manuscript Copy

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 8,384.00
8078 Andrew Johnson

President Andrew Johnson Approves a Pact that Abolishes Slavery within the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 7,391.00
8050 Thomas T. Crittenden

[Jesse James] Thomas T. Crittenden Autograph Letter Signed on the Murder of Jesse James: "Pay Robert N. Ford from the $15,000 received for Jessie James & Jeff Hite"

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 6,504.00
8100

Al Capone and Gangsters Original Photograph - PSA Type I

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,575.00
8003 Sam Houston

Sam Houston Document Signed, One of His Last as Governor of Texas (March 1861)

1861 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,886.00
8081

President U. S. Grant Proclaims a Treaty for a New Tribal Reservation in Oregon - An Accord Destined to Ignite the Modoc War of 1872-73

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,886.00
8077

United Nations of the Indian Territories - Resolutions of Creation and Meeting Minutes Manuscript (June 1865) - "An Indian Shall not Spill an Indians Blood"

1865 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,038.00
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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