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Early American

Auction Info

Auction Name
History Auction - rescheduled
Auction Date
12/27/2025 - 12/27/2025
Sale Number
#122725
Total Lots
134
Sold Lots
120.0
Lots Sold
89.55%
Unsold Lots
14
Total Sales (USD)
316,270.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
235,870.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
325,830.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
269,470.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
372,430.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
84.92%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
40 G. Washington

c. 1777 Revolutionary War Autograph Transmittal Address Sheet Signed, "G. Washington, endorsed by him On Public Service, with its Original Red Wax Personal Seal of GEORGE WASHINGTON fully intact, addressed to Brigadier General (William) Smallwood.

c. 1777 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 33,800.00
87

September 9, 1783-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Rare Issue, The Connecticut Courant Newspaper, Edition No. 972, special heading reading: The Last Official Address of his Excellency General Washington -

June 1783. USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 14,300.00
86

c. Jan. 9th, 1800 George Washington Mourning Broadside, Order of Performances / INSTRUMENTAL DIRGE. / PRAYER, By REV. DR. ECKLEY. / HYMN, / Written At The Request... Arrangement By Rev. John S. J. Gardner.

1800 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 14,300.00
21 l Henry Knox

May 23, 1778-Dated ,VALLEY FORGE, General Henry Knox 1778 Revolutionary War Letter Signed From Valley Forge Camp Regarding Resupplying the Army with Artillery, Wagons and Horses + More ...

1778 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 10,400.00
13 Nathanael Greene

February 23, 1783-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Extraordinary Execution Order Signed by Major General Nathanael Greene, for the Execution of Thomas Nicholson, One of His Soldiers Ordered to be Shot to Death for Desertion.

1783 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,400.00
19 Joshua Humphreys,

Joshua Humphreys, a.k.a. Father of the United States Navy, 1795 Regarding Designing + Constructing the First Frigates of the United States Navy Important Autograph Letter Signed

1795 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 9,750.00
39 RICHARD VARICK

RICHARD VARICK Autograph Letter Signed Demanding Arms and Ammunition - Cannon and Grape Shott, at Albany, August 3rd, 1776

1776 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,450.00
134 Alexander Hesler

c. 1860 Photograph Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

c. 1860 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,800.00
62

October 19, 1776 Published, Rare Revolutionary War Date, Engraved Broadside titled, "Plan of New York Island... Engagement on Woody Heights of Long Island... 27 August 1776, between His Majestys Forces... General Howe... under General Putnam..."

1776 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,150.00
36 SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH

1883-Dated SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH, Handwritten and Signed First Four Stanzas of AMERICA, Patriotic Song, My Country Tis of Thee

1883 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,500.00
91 Attributed to EDWARD SAVAGE

c 1793 Mezzotint Engraving titled: George Washington. President of the United States of America. From the Original Portrait Painted at the request of the Corporation of the University of Cambridge in Massachusetts.

c 1793 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,500.00
38 Charles E. Hughes

Treaty of Versailles. A True Copy Dated October 13th, 1923 from Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes, (Chief Clerk Signed for Hughes) with Red Embossed Department of State Seal attached by a Red Silk Ribbon

1923 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,175.00
9 Horatio Gates

Major General Horatio Gates October 25th, 1777 Signed Revolutionary War Letter Pardon / Pass to a British Officer to return Unmolested to Canada

1777 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,525.00
92 After John Trumbull

1796 General Washington. Rare Stipple Engraving After John Trumbulls Painting

1796 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,525.00
44

TREE OF LIBERTY Newport, Rhode Island Early Historical Research Document Archive

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 5,200.00
5 CALVIN COOLIDGE

1932 Rare CALVIN COOLIDGE Autographed Typescript + Two Coolidge Signed Letters

1932 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,200.00
61 JOSEPH WARREN

June 1775 (Dr. JOSEPH WARREN), 4.5 Page Manuscript Period Copy of a Eulogium, An Oration for Major-General Joseph Warren, with Photocopy of the Pennsylvania Magazine Monthly Intelligence report where this Eulogy was published in June 1775.

1775 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,200.00
46 Engraved by William Wollett, After Benjamin West

January 1, 1776-Dated, Original Engraved Print titled, The Death of General Wolfe, Engraved by William Wollett, Published by William Wollett and John Boydell, London, After the original Oil Painting by artist Benjamin West, Framed, Very Fine.

1776 USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD 4,550.00
179 engraved by Justus Danckerts,

c. 1684 Hand-Colored American Northeast Map titled, Novi Belgii Noveque Anglinae Nec Son Pennsylvaniae et Partis Virginiae Tabula, with a NEW YORK City view Inset, 3rd state often called "Farm Animal Map,"

c. 1684 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,550.00
65 JOHN LANGDON, Speaker and M. WEARE

August 31, 1781-Dated Revolutionary War, Broadsheet, AN ACT for Supplying the Continental Army with Ten Thousand Gallons of West-India RUM, State of New-Hampshire, Town of Hillsboro Copy,

1781 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,550.00

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