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Auction Name: Early American History Auction
Auction Date: 04/19/2025 - 04/19/2025
Sale Number: #41925
Total Lots: 136
Sold Lots: 120
Lots Sold: 88.24%
Unsold Lots: 16

Total Sales (USD): 569,595.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 531,250.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 768,050.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 588,850.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 846,850.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 67.26%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
59	PAUL REVERE	1770 Original PAUL REVERE, THE BLOODY MASSACRE (BOSTON) Handcolored Engraving, Historic REVERE Print	1770	USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00	USD 208,000.00
28	Paul Revere	1810 Historic Content Paul Revere Autograph Letter Signed to His Son, Joseph Warren Revere on	1810	USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00	USD 52,000.00
58		c. 1774, THE BOSTONIANS in DISTRESS. Rare Colonial America Historic Mezzotint Engraved Print, London	c. 1774	USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	USD 28,600.00
82		September 28, 1775 Broadside Headed, TO ALL TRUE WHIGS / to all true FRIENDS OF LIBERTY... New York	1775	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 15,600.00
72	PAUL REVERE	(1772) PAUL REVERE Engraved, PHILIP KING of Mount Hope, Copper-Plate Print Plate Signed, P Revere Sc	1772	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 11,700.00
69		One of the Rarest of Ben Franklin Portraits, Stauffer's 1st State published by Edward Savage in 1793	1793	USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 11,050.00
79		Exceedingly Rare ONE Shilling MA. Aug. 18, 1775 Paul Revere Note Fr. MA-158 First Sword in Hand Note	1775	USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 9,750.00
29	JOSEPH WARREN REVERE	JOSEPH WARREN REVERE Civil War General Archive of Revolutionary War Patriot Paul Revere's Grandson !		USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 9,100.00
6	George A Custer	April 9, 1865 Gen. George A Custer's Farewell Address to Third Cavalry Div. Soldiers 3-Item Archive	1865	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 8,450.00
71	PAUL REVERE	1774 THE MASSACHUSETTS SPY Newspaper With PAUL REVERE'S Engraved JOIN OR DIE Snake Masthead, Boston	1774	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 8,450.00
115		c. 1793 George Washington / President of The United States of America.., Attributed to Edward Savage	c. 1793	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 7,800.00
204	Robert Vaugondy	1755 Rare Original First State French Printing, Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia, Paris Robert Vaugondy	1755	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 7,150.00
57		TREE OF LIBERTY for Newport, Rhode Island Archive		USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 6,500.00
107		1868, The Landing of British Troops at Boston, by A. Sewell, After Paul Revere's 1768 Engraved Print	1868	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 5,200.00
17	James Madison	President James Madison Exercises Executive Clemency and Pardons a Sailor Sentenced to Death for		USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 5,200.00
39	Artemas Ward	Oct. 10, 1778 Rev. War Military Appointment by Artemas Ward to Boston Tea Party Participant John May	1778	USD 2,400.00 - 3,400.00	USD 5,200.00
8	Abner Doubleday	Jan. 24, 1863 General Abner Doubleday Autograph Letter Signed, His Brother Ulysses Heroism in Battle	1863	USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00	USD 5,200.00
74		Georgia Colonial Currency, May 4th, 1778 Revolutionary War $40 Dove + Sword Gem Crisp Uncirculated	1778	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 5,200.00
100		JOHN PAUL JONES Commander of a Squadron in the Service of THE 13 UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA 1779	1779	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 5,200.00
16	James Madison	President James Madison Appoints Future Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding as Midshipman at Age of Thirteen		USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,550.00

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