Auction Reports

Alexander Historical Auctions

Auction Info

Auction Name
Spring Timed Auction
Auction Date
05/04/2025 - 05/04/2025
Sale Number
#50425
Total Lots
713
Sold Lots
403
Lots Sold
56.52%
Unsold Lots
310
Total Sales (USD)
53,112.50
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
49,760.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
70,260.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
132,350.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
183,020.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
29.02%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
423

JOHN C. C. SANDERS

July 28, 1861 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,500.00
593

ARCHIVE OF THE MORAVIAN CHURCH IN BETHLEHEM AND NAZARETH IN PENNSYLVANIA (30+)

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,625.00
561

JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH PRIVATEER 'BETSEY'

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,187.50
10

BERNHARD FRANK'S 'HIAG' FILES

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,000.00
528

JEFFERSON DAVIS

USD 700.00 - 800.00 USD 937.50
562

LIVINGSTON FAMILY OF NEW YORK ARCHIVE (17)

1724-25 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 875.00
448

NATHANIEL BEVERLEY TUCKER

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
902

JOHN WAYNE GACY ORIGINAL CLOWN PORTRAITS

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 625.00
516

SUBSTITUTE VOUCHERS (30)

Sep. 10-12, 1863 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 600.00
551

(FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR) DIARY OF AN EXETER CLERGYMAN

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 550.00
517

SUBSTITUTE VOUCHERS (30)

Sep. 10-12, 1863 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 475.00
460

ROBERT PATTERSON

May 6, 1861 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 450.00
375

EDMUND W. PETTUS

Mar.19-21, 1865 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 450.00
396

GIDEON J. PILLOW

July 20, 1861 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 450.00
353

ALEXANDER GARDNER

Jan. 27, 1881 USD 750.00 - 1,200.00 USD 450.00
383

EVANDER M. LAW

Dec. 6, 1861 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 425.00
521

UNION ARMY SUBSTITUTES MUSTER IN (28)

Feb. 12, 1864 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 425.00
180

JAPANESE SOLDIER TARGETS (2)

USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 425.00
886

'TEN LITTLE NIGGERS' TENPINS GAME

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 425.00
739

ORVILLE WRIGHT

Apr. 21, 1936 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 425.00

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