Americana

Early printing of The Declaration of Independence
The Lipman Collection of Americana Achieves $12.4 Million at Sotheby’s
New York – The capstone to our series of auctions dedicated to the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman concluded Wednesday in New York with the sale of Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Amer
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Presidential & Historical Documents to be Auctioned March 3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.