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Started: Sep 30, 2021 at 10:30 AM EDT
New York, NY | 350 Lots
104 East 25th Street (appointments recommended)
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350 lots
(ALASKA.) William Healey Dall. An extremely detailed letter from the Alaskan wilderness in the year of the Alaska Purchase.
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(ALASKA.) William Healey Dall. An extremely detailed letter from the Alaskan wilderness in the year of the Alaska Purchase.
Est.
$2,000 - $3,000
Sold
$4,500
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) John Raphael Smith, engraver; after Wright. The Widow of an Indian Chief Watching the Arms of Her Deceas'd Husband.
2
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) John Raphael Smith, engraver; after Wright. The Widow of an Indian Chief Watching the Arms of Her Deceas'd Husband.
Est.
$1,000 - $1,500
Passed
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) William Webb. Letter describing the Creek War of 1836.
3
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) William Webb. Letter describing the Creek War of 1836.
Est.
$500 - $750
Sold
$1,750
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) George Jones. The History of Ancient America . . . Proving the Identity of the Aborigines with the Tyrians
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(AMERICAN INDIANS.) George Jones. The History of Ancient America . . . Proving the Identity of the Aborigines with the Tyrians
Est.
$400 - $600
Sold
$531
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Thomas McKenney and James Hall. History of the Indian Tribes of North America.
5
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Thomas McKenney and James Hall. History of the Indian Tribes of North America.
Est.
$6,000 - $9,000
Sold
$5,720
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Samuel George Morton. Crania Americana; or, A Comparative View of the Skulls of Various Aboriginal Nations
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(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Samuel George Morton. Crania Americana; or, A Comparative View of the Skulls of Various Aboriginal Nations
Est.
$800 - $1,200
Sold
$1,063
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) William A. Phillips. Defense of the Cherokee Nation's right to sell land in Kansas.
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(AMERICAN INDIANS.) William A. Phillips. Defense of the Cherokee Nation's right to sell land in Kansas.
Est.
$500 - $750
Sold
$1,875
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) John Ross. Message of the Principal Chief to the National Committee and Council.
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(AMERICAN INDIANS.) John Ross. Message of the Principal Chief to the National Committee and Council.
Est.
$2,000 - $3,000
Sold
$5,250
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Papers of Joshua Ross, a Muskogee merchant and prominent Cherokee.
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(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Papers of Joshua Ross, a Muskogee merchant and prominent Cherokee.
Est.
$5,000 - $7,500
Sold
$20,000
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) John P. Williamson, compiler. An English-Dakota School Dictionary. Wasicun Qa Dakota Ieska Wowapi.
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(AMERICAN INDIANS.) John P. Williamson, compiler. An English-Dakota School Dictionary. Wasicun Qa Dakota Ieska Wowapi.
Est.
$300 - $400
Sold
$688
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) David F. Barry. Group of 5 photographs including Sitting Bull at the dedication of Standing Rock.
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(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) David F. Barry. Group of 5 photographs including Sitting Bull at the dedication of Standing Rock.
Est.
$800 - $1,200
Sold
$4,375
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Edward S. Curtis. Unpublished cyanotype of five men in a Piegan lodge.
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(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Edward S. Curtis. Unpublished cyanotype of five men in a Piegan lodge.
Est.
$1,000 - $1,500
Sold
$1,430
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Camillus S. Fly, photographer. The Captive White Boy, Santiago McKinn.
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(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Camillus S. Fly, photographer. The Captive White Boy, Santiago McKinn.
Est.
$5,000 - $7,500
Sold
$5,500
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Camillus S. Fly, photographer. Geronimo and Natches Mounted.
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(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Camillus S. Fly, photographer. Geronimo and Natches Mounted.
Est.
$4,000 - $6,000
Sold
$3,750
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) [Alexander Gardner.] Cabinet card portrait of Thrach-Tche, or True Eagle, Missouria.
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(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) [Alexander Gardner.] Cabinet card portrait of Thrach-Tche, or True Eagle, Missouria.
Est.
$800 - $1,200
Sold
$625
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) De Lancey Gill, photographer. Portrait of the Oglala leader White Mountain.
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(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) De Lancey Gill, photographer. Portrait of the Oglala leader White Mountain.
Est.
$1,500 - $2,500
Sold
$938
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) John C. Grabill, photographer. A Pretty Group at an Indian Tent.
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(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) John C. Grabill, photographer. A Pretty Group at an Indian Tent.
Est.
$500 - $750
Sold
$344
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Harold Kellogg. Buffalo dancers and others at San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico.
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(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Harold Kellogg. Buffalo dancers and others at San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico.
Est.
$300 - $400
Passed
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Lenny & Sawyers, photographers Pair of boudoir cards of Kiowa women.
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(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Lenny & Sawyers, photographers Pair of boudoir cards of Kiowa women.
Est.
$600 - $900
Sold
$406
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) [George E. Trager]. Pair of promenade cards of the Ghost Dance at Pine Ridge.
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(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) [George E. Trager]. Pair of promenade cards of the Ghost Dance at Pine Ridge.
Est.
$600 - $900
Sold
$938
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) William Soule. Indian Lodges of Buffalo Skins & Cedar Poles.
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(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) William Soule. Indian Lodges of Buffalo Skins & Cedar Poles.
Est.
$1,000 - $1,500
Sold
$1,690
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Group of 11 cartes-de-visite, tintypes, cabinet cards, and stereoviews.
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(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Group of 11 cartes-de-visite, tintypes, cabinet cards, and stereoviews.
Est.
$700 - $1,000
Sold
$1,300
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Group of 7 unmounted photographs.
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(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Group of 7 unmounted photographs.
Est.
$500 - $750
Passed
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Group of 9 mostly larger-format mounted images.
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(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Group of 9 mostly larger-format mounted images.
Est.
$800 - $1,200
Sold
$688
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRELUDE.) Opposition to the Stamp Act as seen in the letterbook of a New York iron merchant.
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRELUDE.) Opposition to the Stamp Act as seen in the letterbook of a New York iron merchant.
Est.
$4,000 - $6,000
Sold
$25,000
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRELUDE.) [Philip Dawe, artist.] Bostonian's Paying the Excise Man, or Tarring & Feathering.
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRELUDE.) [Philip Dawe, artist.] Bostonian's Paying the Excise Man, or Tarring & Feathering.
Est.
$10,000 - $15,000
Sold
$50,000
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRELUDE.) [Stratton]; after Paul Revere. The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King-Street, Boston.
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRELUDE.) [Stratton]; after Paul Revere. The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King-Street, Boston.
Est.
$1,500 - $2,500
Sold
$1,625
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1775.) St. John Honeywood, artist. The Battles of Lexington and Concord, after the famous engravings by Doolittle
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1775.) St. John Honeywood, artist. The Battles of Lexington and Concord, after the famous engravings by Doolittle
Est.
$50,000 - $75,000
Sold
$100,000
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) James Mitan, engraver; after Trumbull. The Battle of Bunker's Hill, near Boston.
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) James Mitan, engraver; after Trumbull. The Battle of Bunker's Hill, near Boston.
Est.
$600 - $900
Sold
$845
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1776.) [Matthew & Mary Darly], artists. Bunkers Hill, or America's Head Dress.
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1776.) [Matthew & Mary Darly], artists. Bunkers Hill, or America's Head Dress.
Est.
$2,000 - $3,000
Sold
$1,750
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1776.) Abraham W. de Peyster. Letter describing the deadly lightning storm just before the Battle of Long Island.
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1776.) Abraham W. de Peyster. Letter describing the deadly lightning storm just before the Battle of Long Island.
Est.
$1,500 - $2,500
Sold
$4,750
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1777.) Issue of the Boston-Gazette and Country Journal.
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1777.) Issue of the Boston-Gazette and Country Journal.
Est.
$700 - $1,000
Sold
$500
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1777.) Jeremiah Beard Eells. Diary of a Connecticut officer imprisoned in the infamous Manhattan sugarhouse.
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1777.) Jeremiah Beard Eells. Diary of a Connecticut officer imprisoned in the infamous Manhattan sugarhouse.
Est.
$12,000 - $18,000
Sold
$25,000
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1778.) Receipt for blankets for Connecticut troops at Valley Forge.
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1778.) Receipt for blankets for Connecticut troops at Valley Forge.
Est.
$600 - $900
Sold
$438
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1778.) Joseph Woodbridge. Letter discussing the perils of shipping along the heavily patrolled Connecticut coast.
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1778.) Joseph Woodbridge. Letter discussing the perils of shipping along the heavily patrolled Connecticut coast.
Est.
$600 - $900
Sold
$1,188
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1778.) John Chaloner. Receipt for cattle delivered to Valley Forge.
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1778.) John Chaloner. Receipt for cattle delivered to Valley Forge.
Est.
$600 - $900
Sold
$1,125
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