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Eldreds: Americana Week: The Hersey and Singh Collections

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Auction Name	Americana Week: The Hersey and Singh Collections	Total Sales (USD)	19,183.50
Auction Date	July 23, 2025 - July 23, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	10,850.00
Sale Number	#72325	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	18,100.00
Total Lots	21
Sold Lots	14	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	20,250.00
% of Lots Sold	66.67%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	35,200.00
Unsold Lots	7	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	54.50%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
7322		"THE 'FISH FEEDING' IS DISCONTINUED" PAINTED SIGN Hingham, Massachusetts, 19th Century Height 9.5". Width 25.5".	19th Century	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 5,355.00
7323		"CUSHING HOUSE" PAINTED WOODEN SIGN Hingham, Massachusetts, 19th Century Height 5". Width 36".	19th Century	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 5,040.00
7361		UNIQUE HAND-DRAWN MAP OF HINGHAM, BELIEVED TO BE MADE BY REUBEN HERSEY, JR. Hingham, Massachusetts, Circa 1830	Circa 1830	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 2,520.00
7402		"FAIR AND SALE!" BROADSIDE 26" x 19.5" sight. Framed 27.5" x 21".	Dec. 10, 1873.	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,008.00
7378		SCARCE HINGHAM SCHOOL RECORD Hingham, Massachusetts, Dated 1827 16.75" x 13.5" sight. Framed 20" x 17".	1827	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 693.00
7328		"CAUTION TO BIRD KILLERS!" BROADSIDE 13.75" x 10.75" sight. Framed 18.25" x 15.25".	June 24, 1864	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 630.00
7335		"DINNER AT 12." PAINTED WOODEN SIGN FROM THE HINGHAM AGRICULTURAL HALL Hingham, Massachusetts, 19th Century Height 5.25". Width 37".	19th Century	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 630.00
7325		"ROSE STANDISH HOUSE" CHROMOLITHOGRAPH Circa 1890	Circa 1890	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 598.50
7316	ISAAC SPRAGUE	BEAUTIFUL WILD FLOWERS OF AMERICA FROM ORIGINAL WATER-COLOR DRAWINGS AFTER NATURE. ILLUSTRATED BY ISAAC SPRAGUE	1883	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 567.00
7339		GEORGE H. WALKER & CO. BIRD'S-EYE MAP OF HINGHAM		USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 567.00
7411	Beatrice Baxter Ruyl	BEATRICE BAXTER RUYL (Maine/Massachusetts, 1879-1961), "Hingham, Massachusetts, 1932"., Watercolor on paper, 11" x 15" sight. Framed 14.5" x 18".	1932	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 535.50
7340		REAL ESTATE BROADSIDE OF PAUL REVERE INTEREST	August 21, 1846	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 504.00
7318	Isaac Sprague	ISAAC SPRAGUE (Hingham, Massachusetts, 1811-1895), Three studies of fruit., Watercolor and gouaches, 7" x 6". Unframed.		USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 315.00
7349		HINGHAM FIRE DEPARTMENT PHOTO Massachusetts, Circa 1918	Circa 1918	USD 250.00 - 400.00	USD 220.50

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