Auction Reports

Early American

Auction Info

Auction Name
History Auction
Auction Date
11/22/2025 - 11/22/2025
Sale Number
#112225
Total Lots
199
Sold Lots
169.0
Lots Sold
84.92%
Unsold Lots
30
Total Sales (USD)
97,851.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
90,380.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
120,850.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
114,070.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
154,110.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
63.49%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
62

1768 Principio Company, First Ironworks in Maryland, Rare First Bill of Exchange

USD 2,400.00 - 3,200.00 USD 3,120.00
40

1758 Rare French + Indian War CT Fiscal Document Signed Joseph Talcott Treasurer

USD 2,800.00 - 3,200.00 USD 2,600.00
20

Colonial Currency, Province of Pennsylvania. March 1, 1769. Three Pounds or Sixty Shillings Indented Bill. Fr. PA-133. PCGS Very Fine-25, Signed by J. Nixon

USD 2,400.00 - 3,200.00 USD 2,470.00
1

Colonel James Holmes 4th NY Regt. to Thomas Barclay 1799 Loyalty Oath to Britain

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,080.00
3

1760-Dated Anti-Slavery British Advocate and Poet Signed, His Majesty's Receipt of Exchequer. financial Annuity Payment

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,950.00
194

c. 1870 Indian Wars Era, Rare Tintype Photograph of a Native American Indian Army Scout seated together with his Family, in a Doubled Gilt-Framed Holder, Extremely Fine

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,820.00
52

1779 Revolutionary War Regimental Court Martial to Hear Signed Hercules Mooney

USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,560.00
39

c. 1756 French + Indian War, Document Signed, Col. E.(stes) Hatch (1689-1759), who commanded the Troop of Cavalry in Boston, was Captain of the 10th Company 3rd Massachusetts Regiment at the Battle of Louisburg in 1745, later a Brigadier General.

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,430.00
30

April 23, 1802 Robert Smith 2nd United States Secretary of the United States Navy (1801-1809) Signed Statement of the First Costs of the Six Official United States Navy Yards Totaling $135,846.92

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,300.00
81

September 28, 1801-Dated Federal Period, Manuscript Document, in which Joseph Dunn, a Methodist Minister and his two Sureties Post a Bond with Virginia Governor James Monroe for his Legally Performing the Acts of Marriage, Fine or better

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,300.00
25

1806 KILLIAN K. VAN RENSSELAER Autograph Letter Signed Regarding Madison, Monroe, Talleyrand + Jefferson's Crimes and back door pimps in Negotiations to Buy Florida From Spain

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,300.00
53

1783 British Military Forage Receipt, Three Months Prior to NYC EVACUATION DAY !

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,300.00
7

Rare Declaration of Independence, First Miniature Printing, Published 1836 by L. H. Bridgham, Boston, Massachusetts

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,235.00
44

(AMOS DOOLITTLE) (1754-1832) American Revolutionary War Patriot, Colonial Artist and Engraver, from New Haven, Connecticut, also known as The Paul Revere of Connecticut. Original Copper-Plate Portrait Engraving of "The Honorable JOHN WINTHROP, Esq.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,235.00
183

October 1, 1861-Dated Civil War, (ABRAHAM LINCOLN). Printed Circular Letter, Signed in Printed Typeset Text, "A. LINCOLN." to "the Loyal Women of America.", 3 pages, measuring 8" x 10" on blue period wove papaer, Washington, DC, Choice Very Fine

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,170.00
9

JOHN ERICSSON (1803-1889) Civil War U.S.S. Monitor Builder, 1870-Dated Autograph Letter Signed to the Smithsonian Secretary Joseph Henry

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,170.00
138

September 9, 1864-Dated Civil War Abraham Lincoln Presidential Campaign Imprint, headed: The Presidential Election, Appeal of the National Union Committee to the People of the United States, urging the reelecting President Abraham Lincoln, Choice EF.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,105.00
64

c. 1789-1800 American Hand-Colored Wax Portrait of President George Washington, Circular Wood Framed, Extremely Fine

USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,040.00
18

1837 Henry A Muhlenberg as US Congressman Autograph Letter Signed, with Superb Political Content Regarding Andrew Jackson, the Financial Panic of 1837 and for a Proposed Ceremonial Toast to President Martin Van Buren

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,040.00
36

1693, Rare 17th century London newspaper with a question and answer format, with fascinating early ads and notices on the verso including one for a new and now very rare Boston pamphlet: "A Further Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches".

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,040.00

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