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Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard Improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris...for...1756. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1755
Lot Sold 12,500 USD -
Ferdinand V. Hayden & Thomas Moran, The Yellowstone National Park, and the Mountain Ranges of Portions of Idaho, Nevada, Colorado and Utah. Boston:
L. Prang and Company, 1876
Lot Sold 275,000 USD -
Thomas Jefferson, The Committee Report of the Ordinance of 1784. [Annapolis: John Dunlap, 1 March 1784]
Lot Sold 300,000 USD -
Thomas Paine, editor. The Pennsylvania Magazine or American Monthly Museum. MDCCLXXV. Volume 1. Philadelphia: Robert Aitken, 1775. 12 issues and 1 supplement (January–December 1775).
Lot Sold 35,000 USD -
William Faden, The North American Atlas. London, 1777
Lot Sold 300,000 USD
Overview
Auction Results: Sotheby’s Americana Week 2018 achieved $13.9 million with nearly 1,000 lots sold across two auctions. The week kicked off with the sale of Important Printed and Manuscript Americana, including Cartography, which was led by The Declaration of Independence printed by E. Russell that sold for $1.2 million. The Important Americana sale achieved $9.6 million and saw strong results across a diverse group of works, including American furniture, silver, and ceramics.
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Auction Details: Following the tremendous success of our January 2017 sale of Alexander Hamilton: An Important Family Archive of Letters & Manuscripts, the Books and Manuscripts Department is again joining our colleagues in participating in Americana Week. The sale is particularly strong in significant color-plate books and views, atlases, and maps—including an important private collection of maps of the American West.
