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Mennonite Life: Rare and Used Book Auction

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Auction Name	Rare and Used Book Auction	Total Sales (USD)	18,935.00
Auction Date	July 11, 2025 - July 11, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#71125	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	400
Sold Lots	384	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	96.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	16	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
231	M[enno] S[imons]	Ein Fundament und klare Anweisung von der Seligmachenden Lehre unsers Herrn Jesu Christi. Aus Gottes Wort kurz begriffen. . . . Zuvor gedruckt im Jahr 1575.	1575	Not Available	USD 4,525.00
236		Opera Omnia Theologica, of alle Godtgeleerde Wercken van Menno Symons, t'Samen by een vervat, en nu op nieuws door eenige Beminnaers der Waerheydt, ter eeren Godts en hares Naesten welvaert in Druk uytgegeven. . . .	1681	Not Available	USD 1,800.00
361	Mast, C.Z., and Robert E. Simpson	Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania. . . .	1942	Not Available	USD 650.00
172		The Mennonite Quarterly Review. Goshen, Ind.: Mennonite Historical Society. 31 quarterly iss: Vol. 5 (1931), no. 3		Not Available	USD 375.00
173		The Mennonite Quarterly Review. Goshen, Ind.: Mennonite Historical Society. . 40 quarterly iss: Vol. 14 (1940)-Vol. 23 (1949) complete. ca. 60-100pp/iss (pb, bib refs, some stis, gc to vgc).		Not Available	USD 375.00
294		The Mennonite Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Work on the Anabaptist-Mennonite Movement. Edited by Harold S. Bender and C. Henry Smith. Vols. 1-4.	1955-59.	Not Available	USD 325.00
346	Hoover, Amos B.	German Language: Cradle of Our Heritage: A Study of the Importance of the Pennsylvania German Language and the Struggles in Maintaining It in a Modern English Environment. Special Attention Is Given to Its Effect on People, on Anabaptists in General, and	2018	Not Available	USD 180.00
388		The Mennonite Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Work on the Anabaptist-Mennonite Movement. Edited by Harold S. Bender and C. Henry Smith. Vols. 1-4.	1955-59.	Not Available	USD 170.00
397		The Wenger Book: A Foundation Book of American Wengers, Including Variant Spellings Such as Winger, Wanger, Whanger, Wegner, Wengert, Wengerd, Wingart, Wingard, Wingert, Wangerd, Wengar, Wencker, and Names Spelled with aEUoeVaEU Rather Than aEUoeW.aEU Edi	1978	Not Available	USD 150.00
245	Voelkl, Yuanyuan Sun	Singing of the Old Order Amish in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.	2014	Not Available	USD 140.00
296	Burdge, Edsel, Jr., and Samuel L. Horst	Building on the Gospel Foundation: The Mennonites of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and Washington County, Maryland, 1730-1970. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, no. 42.	2004	Not Available	USD 140.00
222	Bloomfield, Elizabeth	Waterloo Township Through Two Centuries.	1995	Not Available	USD 130.00
302	Ruth, John Landis	The Earth Is the LordaEUs: A Narrative History of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, no. 39.	2001	Not Available	USD 120.00
39		The Mennonite Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Work on the Anabaptist-Mennonite Movement. Edited by Harold S. Bender and C. Henry Smith. Vols. 1-4.	1955-59.	Not Available	USD 110.00
151	Murtagh, William J.	Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America. Rev. ed.	1997	Not Available	USD 110.00
174		The Mennonite Quarterly Review. Goshen, Ind.: Mennonite Historical Society. 37 quarterly iss: Vol. 24 (1950), no. 1, 3-4		Not Available	USD 110.00
91		Die allgemeine Lieder-Sammlung zum Gebrauch fur den privaten und offentlichen Gottes-Dienst. 4. verb. Aufl.	1883	Not Available	USD 100.00
235		The Pulpit Commentary. Edited by H.D.M. Spence and Joseph S. Exell. Vols. 1-23 complete.	1950	Not Available	USD 100.00
380	Roos, Magnus Friedrich	Die Lehre und Lebensgeschichte Jesu Christi des Sohns Gottes nach den vier Evangelisten. Buch [1]-2.	1776	Not Available	USD 95.00
175		The Mennonite Quarterly Review. Goshen, Ind.: Mennonite Historical Society. 38 quarterly iss: Vol. 34 (1960)-Vol. 39 (1965) complete		Not Available	USD 90.00
299	Steinmetz, Rollin C.	The Amish Year. Photographs by Charles S. Rice. 2nd printing.	1956	Not Available	USD 85.00
363		Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: A History. Edited by H.M.J. Klein. Vols. 1-4 complete.	1924	Not Available	USD 85.00
150	Guldbeck, Per E.	The Care of Antiques and Historical Collections. With revisions by A. Bruce MacLeish. 2nd ed., rev. and expanded, 4th printing.	1990, 1985	Not Available	USD 80.00
153	Baum, Willa K.	Transcribing and Editing Local History.	1977	Not Available	USD 80.00
171		Mennonite Family History. Elverson, Pa./Morgantown, Pa.: Mennonite Family History. 112 quarterly iss: Vol. 1 (1982)-Vol. 13 (1994) complete		Not Available	USD 80.00

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