Americana

Detail from Fanfare binding on the Hours of Anne de Neufville
Rare Books &c. at Auction This Week
Here are the auctions I’ll be watching this week:
O. Henry illustration for a never-published mining memoir
Rare Books &c. at Auction This Week
Quite a busy week coming up in the auction rooms:
Declaration of Independence 1776 printing
Landmarks of American History at Christie’s
New York — Christie’s is pleased to present a selection of Americana texts that mark high points of the 18th to the 20th centuries in the auction
Sons of Liberty manuscript
Printed & Manuscript Americana at Swann April 15
New York — Printed & Manuscript Americana is at Swann Galleries on April 15 with a selection of American historical prints from a private collection, material from the Revolutionary and Civil W
1693 Bay Psalm Book title page
Sotheby’s Presents the Lipman Collection of Printed & Manuscript Americana
New York – Sotheby’s is pleased to present
Slipcase for Traveller's Tour game
Rare Books &c. at Auction This Week
Here are the sales I'll be watching this week:
Martin Luther King Jr.-signed jail logbook pages
Hake’s American Memorabilia Sale Realizes $2.9 Million
York, PA – Hake’s Auctions, specialists in Americana and collectibles since 1967, set a new house record when their February 24-25 Premier Auction #231 cashed out at $2,888,163.
Thomas Jefferson letter to the Cherokee Nation
Presidential & Historical Documents to be Auctioned March 3
Wilton, CT – An exceptional handwritten four-page presidential address signed by Thomas Jefferson and directed to the Cherokee Nation in 1806, a spectacular one-page document written and signe
Birmingham Jail Logbook
MLK-Signed Birmingham Jail Logbook Offered at Hake’s Feb. 24-25 Auction
York, PA – Black History Month, observed annually in February, recognizes the African-American struggle for freedom and key events that empowered the Civil Rights Movement.
Frederick Douglass, Autograph Letter Signed, to Sallie Holley
Frederick Douglass Letter Leads Fine Books & Autographs at Swann
New York — Fine Books & Autographs are on the block at Swann Galleries on Thursday, February 25.