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Freeman's | Hindman: Printed and Manuscript Americana

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Auction Name Printed and Manuscript Americana Total Sales (USD) 1,902,496.00
Auction Date January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 908,600.00
Sale Number #6465 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,366,400.00
Total Lots 153
Sold Lots 125.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,033,700.00
% of Lots Sold 81.70% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,557,800.00
Unsold Lots 28 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 122.13%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
29 Hancock, John.

Manuscript Document, signed

 USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 563,200.00
148 Washington, George.

Autograph Letter, signed

 USD 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 USD 371,200.00
23 (Dickinson, John, and Thomas Jefferson).

A Declaration of the Representatives of the United Colonies of North-America, now met in General Congress at Philadelphia, setting forth the Causes and Necessity of their taking up Arms

 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 76,800.00
84 Lincoln, Abraham.

Autograph Note, signed

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 64,000.00
109 Catlin, George.

Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America...

 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 64,000.00
98 Scull, Nicholas.

To the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn Esqrs. True & absolute Proprietaries & Governours of the Province of Pennsylvania & Counties of New-Castle Kent & Sussex on Delaware This Map Of the improved Part of the Province of Pennsylvania...

 USD 35,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 48,000.00
25 Force, Peter.

In Congress, July 4, 1776... [Declaration of Independence]

 ca. 1833 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 41,600.00
66 (Hamilton, Alexander, and John Jay, and James Madison).

The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787

 1788 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 41,600.00
149 Washington, George.

Autograph Letter, signed

 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 38,400.00
77 Franklin, Benjamin.

Autograph Letter, signed

 October 17, 1788 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 32,000.00
85 Leale, Charles A.

Autograph Notes Recounting Lincoln's Assassination

 No date, ca. 1880s-1900s. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 28,800.00
86 Leale, Charles A.

Autograph Notes Recounting Lincoln's Assassination

 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 28,800.00
102

The Deplorable State of New-England, By Reason of a Covetous and Treacherous Governour, and Pusillanimous Counsellors...to be Published in their Boston News-letter...

 1708 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 24,320.00
74 [Franklin, Benjamin]

Franklin, Benjamin. Autograph Letter, signed

 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 20,480.00
34 Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de.

Autograph Letter, signed

 August 27, 1825 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 19,200.00
75 [Franklin, Benjamin]

Remarques Sur la Navigation de Terre-Neuve a New-York afin d'euiter les Courrants et les bas-fonds au Sud de Nantuckett et du Banc de George

 ca. 1780-85 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 19,200.00
73 [Franklin, Benjamin]

(Franklin, Benjamin) A Narrative of the Late Massacres, in Lancaster County, of a Number of Indians, Friends of this Province, by Persons Unknown. With some Observations on the same

 1764 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 16,640.00
124 [Kennedy, John F.]

Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States From George Washington 1789 to John F. Kennedy 1961

 1961 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 16,640.00
21 Adams, Samuel.

Autograph Letter, signed

 September 19, 1779 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 15,360.00
76 Franklin, Benjamin.

Manuscript Document, signed

 May 10, 1787 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 15,360.00
90 Carroll, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson).

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

 1866 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 15,360.00
41 Revere, Paul.

Manuscript Document, signed

 March 12, 1778 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,800.00
70 [Franklin, Benjamin]

Sewel, William. The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress, of the Christian People Called Quakers: Intermixed with Several Remarkable Occurrences...

 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 12,800.00
152

Cassidy, Butch, and the Sundance Kid. Pinkerton's National Detective Agency Wanted Poster for the Wild Bunch

 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,800.00
31 Henry, Patrick.

Autograph Letter, signed

 November 21, 1776 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,880.00
  • <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> AUGUSTIN (Saint). <i>De civitate Dei.</i> Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> CAUS (SALOMON DE). <i>La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs.</i> Londres, John Norton, 1612. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). <i>La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique.</i> Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000