Swann Galleries: Printed and Manuscript Americana, 2708, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson, Containing an Account of . . . Four Years with the Indians and French |
Walpole, NH | 1796 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,750.00 | |
| 2 | Pair of engravings from William Smith's An Historical Account of the Expedition against the Ohio Indians. |
London | 1766] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,875.00 | |
| 3 | Thomas McKenney and James Hall. | History of the Indian Tribes of North America. |
Philadelphia | 1848, 1849; and 1854 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 8,450.00 |
| 4 | Only for One Evening, Indian Lecture, Chief Maungwudaus. |
Philadelphia | 13 May [1856?] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,250.00 | |
| 5 | Eugene K. Sturdevant, photographer. | Promenade card of Geronimo during the first weeks of his imprisonment in Texas. |
San Antonio, TX | 1886 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 6 | Boorne & May, photographers. | (AMERICAN INDIANS.) Boorne & May, photographers. Indian Sun Dance: Preparing for the Ordeal. |
Calgary, AB | circa 1887 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 585.00 |
| 7 | Photograph of an Indian dance performance. |
[Cheyenne, WY?] | circa 1890s | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 8 | Invoice to the Town of Boston for advertising pre-revolutionary content in the Boston Post Boy. |
Boston, | July 1768 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 6,000.00 | |
| 9 | Journals of Congress, Containing the Proceedings from Sept. 5, 1774 to Jan. 1, 1776. |
Philadelphia | 1777 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,375.00 | |
| 10 | Receipt for provisions issued to Ipswich troops for the Lexington Alarm. |
Ipswich, MA | 20 April to 5 June 1775 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 938.00 | |
| 11 | Samuel Stearns. | The North-American's Almanack, and Gentleman's and Lady's Diary, for . . . 1776. |
Worcester, MA | [1775] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
| 12 | Invoice for Patriot troops serving in the first months of war in South Carolina. |
No place | 10 January 1776 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 625.00 | |
| 13 | Clairac and Nicola. | L'Ingenieur de Campagne; or, Field Engineer. |
Philadelphia | 1776 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 14 | The Lottery Magazine with an early British printing of the Declaration of Independence, |
London | 1758-1781 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 6,500.00 | |
| 15 | Journals of Congress Containing the Proceedings from January 1, 1777, to January 1, 1778... |
Philadelphia | [1778] | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 16 | Payroll for a Vermont militia company answering alarms under Green Mountain Boy Matthew Lyon. |
Arlington, VT | 1780 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,500.00 | |
| 17 | [Christoph Heinrich Korn.] | Geschichte der Kriege. |
Nuremberg, Germany | 1776-1777 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 18 | William Gordon. | The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the . . . United States. |
London | 1788 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,500.00 |
| 19 | Charles Smith. | The Monthly Military Repository. |
New York | 1796-1797 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 20 | Fittler & Lerpiniere, after Paton. | (AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) Fittler & Lerpiniere, after Paton. The Memorable Engagement of . . . the Serapis with Paul Jones |
London | 12 December 1780 copyright (early restrike) | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 6,500.00 |
| 21 | Philibert-Louis De Bucourt, artist/engr. | M. le M'is de la Fayette, Commandant General |
Paris | 1790 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,500.00 |
| 22 | Carte-de-visite portrait of the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, of Central Park fame. |
No place | circa 1860s | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 469.00 | |
| 23 | John Talcott Wells. | Pair of his famed truss barn designs--including his very first. |
Scottsville, NY | 1887 and undated | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 24 | Extensive archive of client files of important architect Dwight James Baum. |
Riverdale, NY, | bulk 1921-1932 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 25 | Group of Alaskan photographs and ephemera. |
Various places | circa 1900-1915 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://pjupgrade-qadev.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
