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Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 1

Name: Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 1 | 2023 | Sotheby's
Start: 2023-07-06T18:50:00Z
Location: New York

20 July 2023•10:00 EDT

New York

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1001. (America) ⁠— Sir Humphrey Gilbert | The contract for the voyage that made settlement in North America possible

Estimate:

700,000 - 1,000,000 USD

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1002. (America) ⁠— William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling | Colonizing Nova Scotia and Newfoundland

Estimate:

80,000 - 120,000 USD

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1003. (Franklin, Benjamin) | A very rare work written and printed by Franklin, containing "the earliest American political cartoon"

Estimate:

50,000 - 80,000 USD

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1004. Washington, George | Perhaps the only leaf from Washington's diary in private hands

Estimate:

80,000 - 100,000 USD

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Hancock, John | A significant broadside from the birthplace of the Revolution, foreshadowing in its grievances the Declaration of Independence

1005. Hancock, John | A significant broadside from the birthplace of the Revolution, foreshadowing in its grievances the Declaration of Independence

Estimate:

100,000 - 150,000 USD

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The Treaty of Paris | "A True Copy of the congressional instructions to the American peace commissioners, attested by Benjamin Franklin and John Adams

1006. The Treaty of Paris | "A True Copy of the congressional instructions to the American peace commissioners, attested by Benjamin Franklin and John Adams

Estimate:

2,000,000 - 4,000,000 USD

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1007. United States Constitution | A first-day publication of the United States Constitution, with contemporary newspaper context

Estimate:

180,000 - 250,000 USD

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1008. (Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, and John Jay) | A first edition Federalist, uncut and unsophisticated, in original boards

Estimate:

300,000 - 400,000 USD

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1009. (Washington, George) | A book from Washington's library at Mount Vernon, inscribed by the author

Estimate:

50,000 - 70,000 USD

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1010. Washington, George | "… let the transaction be confined entirely to ourselves."

Estimate:

60,000 - 80,000 USD

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1011. Adams, John | The original nepo baby?

Estimate:

50,000 - 70,000 USD

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1012. Jefferson, Thomas | "I will expunge the effects of mr A’s indecent conduct in crouding nominations … at 12. aclock of which he was to go out of office"

Estimate:

50,000 - 70,000 USD

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