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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Robert E. Peary. | His designs for a transport sledge built and used on his Greenland expedition. |
Etah, Greenland, | late 1899 to January 1900 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 6,750.00 |
| 28 | Papers of artist Leon Kroll. |
Various places | 1910-1953, bulk 1949-1953 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 29 | Family commonplace book featuring two landscapes by Daniel Huntington. |
Various places | 1831-1848 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 531.00 | |
| 30 | Designs and papers of Los Angeles artist Judson Powell. |
Los Angeles, CA | circa 1979-2005 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 875.00 | |
| 31 | First issue of The Horseless Age, a Monthly Journal Devoted to the Interests of the Motor Vehicle Industry. |
New York | November 1895 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,188.00 | |
| 32 | Stockholder prospectus for the Liquid Air, Power & Automobile Co. of Boston. |
No place | circa 1899 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 406.00 | |
| 33 | The Rogers Motor Carriage |
No place | circa 1899-1900 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 34 | Silk message carried aboard The Graphic on its doomed trans-Atlantic balloon flight attempt. |
New York | 10 September 1873 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,063.00 | |
| 35 | Stock certificate for Petersen's American Aerial Navigation Company. |
New York, | 5 September 1883 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,188.00 | |
| 36 | Sequence of 12 photographs depicting the Hindenburg disaster. |
Lakehurst, NJ | 1937 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,000.00 | |
| 37 | Group of press photos of American airships, including the USS Akron and USS Macon. |
Various place | 1929-1935 and undated | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 531.00 | |
| 38 | Charles C. Donnell. | Letters from an early Gold Rush emigrant describing San Francisco and Sacramento. |
San Francisco and Sacramento, CA | 1850-1863 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 39 | Stock certificate for 50 shares in the Bodie Bluff Consolidation Mining Co., signed by Leland Stanford. |
Aurora, CA, | 9 May 1863 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,750.00 | |
| 40 | Illustrated prospectus for the Michigan Tunnel and Mining Company. |
No place | circa 1864 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 875.00 | |
| 41 | William C. Ralston: or, He Never Went Back on the Poor. |
San Francisco | circa 1875 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold | |
| 42 | Account books and diaries of the Maguire family, hydraulic mine operators in Nevada County. |
Liberty Hill, CA and elsewhere | 1876-1930 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 43 | Log book of work done at the La Grange Hydraulic Mining Company. |
La Grange, CA, | March-November 1893 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 44 | Noah Wrinkle. | Letter describing the dropping water level at Owens Lake long before it was drained by the Aqueduct. |
Keeler, CA | 1904-07-26 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 45 | Los Angeles Evening Herald Express Best News Photos of 1947 [and 1948]. |
Los Angeles | 1947-1948 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 688.00 | |
| 46 | Group of Inyo County photographs and manuscripts. |
Various places | 1907-1935 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 750.00 | |
| 47 | Group of California manuscripts and ephemera. |
Various places | 1864-1934 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 531.00 | |
| 48 | [Caleb Bingham.] | An Astronomical and Geographical Catechism, for the Use of Children. |
Boston | 1795 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 49 | Large group of children's chapbooks from the 1810s to 1830s. |
Various places | 1815-1837 and undated | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 50 | March for Freedom Now . . . Assemble Opposite the White House. |
Washington | 1963-06-14 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 625.00 | |
| 51 | Call for a National Campaign for a Strong Civil Rights Bill by Christmas! |
New York | circa October 1963 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 469.00 |
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