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Heritage Auctions: Americana and Political

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Auction Name Americana and Political Total Sales (USD) 1,635,333.25
Auction Date February 22, 2020 - February 23, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 863,860.00
Sale Number #6215 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,300,290.00
Total Lots 634
Sold Lots 592 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 954,820.00
% of Lots Sold 93.38% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,436,730.00
Unsold Lots 42 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 113.82%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
43400

Wyatt Earp: An Amazingly Documented 10-Gauge Shotgun Used by Him to Kill "Curly Bill" Brocius.

USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 375,000.00
43076

James Buchanan: Important South Carolina Portrait Flag.

 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 75,000.00
43194

Theodore Roosevelt: Personally-Owned Top Hat.

 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 50,000.00
43319

George Washington: William Birch Enamel on Copper Miniature Dated 1796.

 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 41,250.00
43446

Chief Joseph Brant's Personal Tomahawk.

 USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 USD 40,000.00
43297

John F. Kennedy: An Important Artifact from His Oval Office Desk.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 32,500.00
43391

The American Mercury: Two Bound Volumes of Federal Era Newspapers.

 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 27,500.00
43402

Frank Hamer: Important Merwin Hulbert Revolver with which the Legendary Lawman Killed His First Man.

 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 17,500.00
43413

Jesse James: A Remington .44 Caliber New Model Army Revolver Believed to Have Been Once Owned by the Notorious Outlaw.

 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 17,500.00
43447

"Killed by Indians": A Wonderful Wooden Grave Marker Found Along a Nebraska Wagon Train Route.

USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 17,500.00
43081

John C. Frémont: Fabulous 1856 Portrait Campaign Flag.

 USD 19,200.00 - 28,800.00 USD 16,250.00
43357

Huge Archive Of Photographs And Documents Assembled By James Alexander Semple Of Famous Women In America.

 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 15,000.00
43422

"Calamity Jane" Canary: Her Purported Personal Winchester Rifle.

 USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 USD 15,000.00
43077

James Buchanan: Outrageous Satiric Broadside.

USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 13,750.00
43332

Abraham Lincoln: Life-Size Bronze Bust by Bissell, Cast by Henry Bonnard.

USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 USD 13,750.00
43091

Abraham Lincoln: White House China.

 USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00 USD 12,500.00
43348

18K Presentation Walking Stick with Liberty Bell Insert With Impeccable Provenance.

 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,562.50
43142

Horatio Seymour: Fabulous Portrait Pennant.

 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,000.00
43328

Andrew Jackson: An Important Original Oil Portrait by Ralph E. W. Earl.

USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 USD 10,000.00
43340

Declaration of Independence: John Binns Version Published in 1819.

 USD 2,800.00 - 4,200.00 USD 10,000.00
43457

Geronimo: A Beaded Walking Stick Made By The Famous Apache Leader.

 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,000.00
43461

Historic Tombstone Winchester Second Model 1876 Lever Action Rifle, Serial No. 8557,

 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 10,000.00
43062

Henry Clay: Monumental 1844 Portrait Coattail Campaign Flag.

 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 9,375.00
43086

Abraham Lincoln: Leonard Volk Life Mask.

 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 9,375.00
43085

Abraham Lincoln: Pair of Leonard Volk Life-Cast Hands.

 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,062.50
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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