Auction 196, Lot 228

Subject: Colonial Georgia

[2 Volumes] A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, Beginning October 20, 1737..., 1742

Size: 5.3 x 8.1 inches (13.5 x 20.6 cm)

Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000

Important Overview of the Colony of Georgia with Only 70 Copies Printed

Sold for: $6,000

Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 192, Lot 739

Subject: Document - Japanese Surrender, World War II

[World War II - Japanese Surrender] Japanese Instrument of Surrender - September 2, 1945, 1945

Size: 13.9 x 19.9 inches (35.3 x 50.5 cm)

Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000

Scarce Document of Japan's Surrender Thus Ending World War II

Unsold

Closed on 4/26/2023

Auction 190, Lot 593

Subject: Exploration & Surveys, China

Voyage dans l'Interieur de la Chine, et en Tartarie, fait dans les Annees 1792, 1793 et 1794, par Lord Macartney..., 1804

Size: 8.5 x 11.4 inches (21.6 x 29 cm)

Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700

Atlas Volume to the Macartney Embassey to China Complete with 3 Maps and 38 Plates

Sold for: $1,100

Closed on 11/16/2022

Auction 189, Lot 722

Subject: Historical Documents, Presidential

[Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman Electoral Vote Certification Signed], 1945

Size: 11.5 x 27.6 inches (29.2 x 70.1 cm)

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

Rare Official January 6 Electoral Vote Count for FDR's Fourth Term

Sold for: $5,000

Closed on 9/14/2022

Auction 188, Lot 778

Subject: Document - Early United States

Franklin, Benjamin

Constitutions des Treize Etats-Unis de l'Amerique, 1783

Size: 5.1 x 8 inches (13 x 20.3 cm)

Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750

First French Edition - 600 Copies Printed

Sold for: $2,000

Closed on 6/22/2022

Auction 188, Lot 779

Subject: Document Signed - George Washington

[George Washington Partial Ship's Passport Signed], 1797

Size: 11.8 x 9.3 inches (30 x 23.6 cm)

Estimate: $12,000 - $15,000

Ship's Passport Signed by George Washington

Sold for: $9,500

Closed on 6/22/2022

Auction 188, Lot 780

Subject: Document Signed - Thomas Jefferson & James Madison

Jefferson, Thomas

[Thomas Jefferson and James Madision Official Letter to the Executive Directory of the Batavian Republic Signed], 1801

Size: 11.5 x 18.5 inches (29.2 x 47 cm)

Estimate: $5,500 - $7,000

Important Document Assuring Friendship between the United States and the Netherlands

Sold for: $6,000

Closed on 6/22/2022

Auction 187, Lot 725

Subject: Document - Thomas Jefferson

Jefferson, Thomas

[Thomas Jefferson Appointment Signed], 1779

Size: 10.6 x 6.1 inches (26.9 x 15.5 cm)

Estimate: $8,000 - $9,500

An Uncommon Signature During Jefferson's Governorship of Virginia

Sold for: $9,500

Closed on 4/27/2022

Auction 186, Lot 326

Subject: Austin's Colony, Texas, Documents

[5 Certificates of Baptism Signed by Michael Muldoon in Austin's Colony], 1831

Size: 8 x 9.7 inches (20.3 x 24.6 cm)

Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500

Important Documents Enabling Land Ownership in Austin's Colony

Sold for: $17,000

Closed on 2/9/2022

Auction 186, Lot 787

Subject: Document - Thomas Jefferson & James Madison

Jefferson, Thomas

[Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Ship's Passport Signed], 1805

Size: 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500

Sea Letter Signed by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of State James Madison

Sold for: $5,000

Closed on 2/9/2022

Auction 185, Lot 336

Subject: Austin's Colony

[2 Private Land Sales in Austin's Colony - Each Signed by Stephen F. Austin], 1825

Size: 7.8 x 12.5 inches (19.8 x 31.8 cm)

Estimate: $12,000 - $15,000

Two of the Earliest Examples of Private Land Sales in Austin's Colony

Sold for: $18,000

Closed on 11/17/2021

Auction 183, Lot 551

Subject: Document - Texas Independence

U.S. Government

[Texas] Message from the President of the United States, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, Relating to the Condition of Texas, &c., 1836

Size: 5.6 x 8.8 inches (14.2 x 22.4 cm)

Estimate: $500 - $650

First Official Printing of the 1836 Texas Declaration of Independence and Constitution

Sold for: $250

Closed on 6/9/2021

Auction 182, Lot 781

Subject: Document - Thomas Jefferson

Jefferson, Thomas

[Thomas Jefferson Appointment Signed], 1779

Size: 10.6 x 6.1 inches (26.9 x 15.5 cm)

Estimate: $9,500 - $11,000

An Uncommon Signature During Jefferson's Governorship of Virginia

Unsold

Closed on 4/28/2021

Auction 182, Lot 784

Subject: Document - California

[California] Journal of a Voyage Between China and the North-Western Coast Of America, Made In 1804 [in] The American Register: or General Repository of History, Politics, and Science Part I For 1808. Vol. III, 1808

Size: 5.6 x 9.3 inches (14.2 x 23.6 cm)

Estimate: $500 - $700

First Extensive Account of California Published in the United States by an American Visitor

Sold for: $1,400

Closed on 4/28/2021

Auction 181, Lot 733

Subject: Document - Native Indians

Cherokee Orphan Asylum Press. Vol. 1. No, 2., 1880

Size: 6.1 x 9 inches (15.5 x 22.9 cm)

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Extremely Rare Newspaper Written by Cherokee Orphans

Sold for: $9,000

Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 180, Lot 779

Subject: Document - Thomas Jefferson

Jefferson, Thomas

[Thomas Jefferson Appointment Signed], 1779

Size: 10.6 x 6.1 inches (26.9 x 15.5 cm)

Estimate: $9,500 - $11,000

An Uncommon Signature During Jefferson's Governorship of Virginia

Unsold

Closed on 11/18/2020

Auction 179, Lot 846

Subject: Document - Declaration of Independence

[Early Printing of Declaration of Independence] The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1776, 1779

Size: 5.3 x 8.4 inches (13.5 x 21.3 cm)

Estimate: $800 - $950

One of the Earliest Book-Form Appearances of the Declaration of Independence

Sold for: $700

Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 847

Subject: Documents - Hamilton/Jefferson Debates

[Lot of 2 - Hamilton/Jefferson Newspaper Debates and the Beginning of American Partisan Politics] Columbian Centinel - Saturday, August 25, 1792 [and] Wednesday, October 24, 1792, 1792

Size: 10.8 x 17.3 inches (27.4 x 43.9 cm)

Estimate: $300 - $400

The Beginning of American Partisan Politics - Jefferson vs. Hamilton

Sold for: $325

Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 175, Lot 661

Subject: Document - Thomas McKean

[Governor Thomas McKean Document], 1803

Size: 10 x 15.5 inches (25.4 x 39.4 cm)

Estimate: $350 - $450

Document Signed by Thomas McKean, Signer of Declaration of Independence

Sold for: $300

Closed on 11/13/2019