Swann Galleries: Printed and Manuscript Americana, 2708, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025
Page Size: 267 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
153

Silver bust of Senator Big Tim Sullivan.

New York [April 1901] USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
154 Isaac Story.

A Sermon Preached . . . at the Ordination of the Rev. Daniel Story, to the Pastoral Care of the Church in Marietta

1798 USD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
155

Schultz's Star Soap, the Perfection of Family Soaps.

No place circa 1866-1874 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 406.00
156 T.H. Newcomer, photographer.

Salt print of an early Philadelphia volunteer fireman.

Philadelphia circa 1858 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,750.00
157

The Columbian Magazine, or Monthly Miscellany.

[Philadelphia], September and October 1786 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 938.00
158

Photograph of an American soldier wounded at Bud Dajo in the Moro Rebellion.

Philippines 1906 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
159

Photograph album of military and civilian subjects in the Philippines.

Philippines circa 1898-1901 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,500.00
160

Scrapbook on the career of Congressman Arthur Wergs Mitchell.

Various places 1934-1937 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
161 Dequevauviller, engraver; after Desnoyers.

Jefferson.

[Bettoni], early 19th century USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 531.00
162

The Proclamation of Andrew Jackson, President, to the People of the United States.

New York 10 December 1832 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 531.00
163

The Debilitated Situation of a Monarchal Government ... The Flourishing Condition of a Well-Formed, Industrious Republic.

No place, [1836] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 438.00
164 Henry S. Sadd, engraver; after Matteson.

[Union.]

[New York 1852] USD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
165

Album of photographs of the three Kennedy brothers, kept by a longtime aide.

1961-1968 and undated USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,000.00
166

Group of Kennedy family photographs collected by a longtime aide.

1963-1993 and undated USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
167

Posters from the Humphrey, McCarthy, and McGovern campaigns, plus the Communists and Socialists.

1968 and 1972 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,000.00
168

Fur & Leather Workers Union photo with banner reading Back the Invasion to Destroy Nazism-Fascism!

Atlantic City, NJ 1944-05-20 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 406.00
169

Revolutionary Peoples' Constitutional Convention . . . Help Write a Free Peoples' Constitution.

Philadelphia, 4 September [1970] USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 625.00
170

From the Prisoners of Attica State Prison: To All the Oppressed People of the World, Unity is the Solution.

Berkeley, CA circa 1971 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,375.00
171

Bound volume of chapbooks.

Various places 1821-1824 and undated USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 250.00
172 PAUL REVERE.

Masonic certificate engraved by Revere.

Boston, engraved circa 1773 and 1796, and completed in 7 October 1817 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,680.00
173

(SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.) The Edison Mimeograph, Invented by Thomas A. Edison.

Chicago circa 1890 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
174 Crosby Field.

(SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.) Crosby Field. Diary of an inventor/executive with Brillo Manufacturing Company, gearing up for war production.

Brooklyn, NY and elsewhere 1 January to 31 December 1941 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 344.00
175

(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Letters and diary of a northerner in Mississippi, with vivid descriptions of whippings and slave auctions.

Lexington and Carrollton, MS 1859-1860 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 13,000.00
176 Frederick Douglass.

(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.

Boston 1845 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 16,250.00
177

(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Admission card to the funeral of Frederick Douglass.

[Washington] 25 February 1895 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 4,250.00
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