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Auction Name: Americana & Political Signature® Auction
Auction Date: 04/26/2025 - 04/26/2025
Sale Number: #6318
Total Lots: 157
Sold Lots: 141
Lots Sold: 89.81%
Unsold Lots: 16

Total Sales (USD): 352,354.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 171,920.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 257,880.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 188,560.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 282,840.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 124.58%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
43049	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln: First Government Printing of the Emancipation Proclamation.		USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 75,000.00
43169		Broadside Announcing Martial Law During the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.	1921	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 47,500.00
43004	George Washington	George Washington: Framed Free Frank Signed Envelope Panel Addressed to Clement Biddle.		USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00	USD 15,000.00
43127	John F. Kennedy	John F. Kennedy: Personally Owned Sweater to be Worn at LBJ Ranch After November 22, 1963 Dallas Events.	1963	USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00	USD 13,750.00
43001		Colonial America: Important 1746 Recruitment Broadside for the Invasion of Canada.	1746	USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00	USD 12,500.00
43044	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln: Assistant Navy Surgeon Signed Appointment.		USD 5,600.00 - 8,400.00	USD 12,500.00
43016	Thomas Jefferson	Thomas Jefferson: Scallop Top Signed Ships Passport.		USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	USD 9,375.00
43028	Sam Houston	Sam Houston: 1843 Endorsed Document.	1843	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 8,125.00
43065	1865 Broadside	1865 Broadside: "Read and Compare! The Declaration of Independence vs. The New Declaration of Independence"		USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 7,500.00
43045	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln: 1861 Signed Military Appointment.	1861	USD 3,600.00 - 5,400.00	USD 7,187.50
43024	Stephen F. Austin	Stephen F. Austin: Signed Texian Loan Certificate.		USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	USD 5,750.00
43046	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln: Free Frank.		USD 6,800.00 - 10,200.00	USD 5,750.00
43014	Thomas Jefferson and James Madison	Thomas Jefferson and James Madison: Dual-Signed Ship's Paper.		USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	USD 5,250.00
43053	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln: Beardless Image From The Original Negative.		USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 4,250.00
43186	Patrick Henry	Patrick Henry: Signed Land Grant.		USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 3,750.00
43027	Sam Houston	Sam Houston: 1860 Signed Texas Land Grant with 1884 Letter by his son, Temple Houston.	1860, 1884	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 3,500.00
43090	Theodore Roosevelt	Theodore Roosevelt Signed Copy of "Outdoor Pastimes of An American Hunter".		USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	USD 3,500.00
43050	Lincoln & Hamlin	Lincoln & Hamlin: Currier & Ives Grand National Banner.		USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 3,125.00
43144	James Watson and Francis Crick	James Watson and Francis Crick Signed Photo Beside "DNA" Model with PSA LOA.		USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 3,000.00
43042	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln: Colorful 1860 "The Wide Awake Quick Step" Campaign Sheet Music.	1860	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	USD 2,750.00

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