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Lot 97
A manuscript Psalter with added musical notation

The Estate of a Larchmont, New York Collector

Sold for $23,040
Estimated at $10,000 - $15,000

Lot 99
Churchill writes to the Ninth Army Association

Sold for $5,120
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 103
Freud discusses a potential analysis with a colleague

Sold for $2,560
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000

Lot 104
An early photograph of Gandhi with his signature inset

Sold for $3,840
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 105
Gandhi's Experiments with Truth, volume one

Collection of Vanguard Records founder and Beethoven biographer Maynard Solomon

Sold for $1,408
Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 107
Napoleon chews out his generals during the invasion of Spain

Property from a New York State Collection

Sold for $2,560
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500

Lot 109
Portraits of Albert Einstein by Elizabeth Menzies

Sold for $5,120
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 113
A letter from Einstein to a fellow physicist

Sold for $4,480
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 114
Two fine Schrodinger letters

Sold for $7,040
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 115
Dirac, Heisenberg, and Schwinger letters

Sold for $4,480
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 116
Schrodinger writes on field theory

Sold for $4,160
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 117
Karen Blixen [Isak Dinesen] Autograph letter signed, with photograph

Collection of Chester Page

Sold for $704
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 118
An Arthur Conan Doyle signature

Sold for $832
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 118A
Dickens writes to an actor in plays based on his books

Property from a Westchester Estate

Sold for $1,024
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 119
Autograph note signed by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Collection of Chester Page

Sold for $320
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 120
A Kipling autograph letter

Property from a Westchester Estate

Sold for $320
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 121
Nathaniel Hawthorne naval document signed

Collection of Chester Page

Sold for $640
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 122
A signed Longfellow quotation from the opening stanza of Excelsior

Collection of Chester Page

Sold for $160
Estimated at $100 - $200

Lot 123
Photograph signed by Katharine Anne Porter and Paul Cadmus

Collection of Chester Page

Sold for $352
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 125
A check signed by Robert Louis Stevenson

Sold for $768
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 127
Signed General Custer carte de visite

Sold for $12,160
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 129
Stamp box given by William Randolph Hearst

Selections from a Chevy Chase, MD Collector

Sold for $640
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 132
An eight-page Cotton Mather manuscript

The Julius and Theodore Cohn Library

Sold for $12,800
Estimated at $10,000 - $15,000

Lot 133
A classic yachting work signed twice by General Patton

Sold for $4,480
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 135
An extraordinary letter from Thomas Jefferson to Charles Willson Peale

Peale Family Paintings from the Estate of J. Ashley and Pamela Patterson Roach

Sold for $15,360
Estimated at $12,000 - $18,000

Lot 139
Land grant signed by James Monroe as President

Property from a Westchester Estate

Sold for $352
Estimated at $300 - $400

Lot 140
Naval passport signed by James Monroe and John Quincy Adams

Collection of Alexander Dreyfoos

Sold for $1,920
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 141
Martin Van Buren signature as President

Sold for $288
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 142
Ulysses S. Grant writes a letter as President

Sold for $2,560
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 146
Signatures of Nixon, Carter, and five of Ford

Sold for $320
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 147
Signatures of the Bush Family

Sold for $160
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 149
A New York City manuscript deed, 1696

Sold for $1,088
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 151
The Power of Sympathy: the first American novel

Collection of Vanguard Records founder and Beethoven biographer Maynard Solomon

Estimated at $7,000 - $10,000

Lot 154
First American edition of Irving's Life and Voyages of Columbus, in original boards

Property sold to benefit Albertus Magnus High School

Sold for $256
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 156
An abolitionist work by an ex-slaver

Sold for $416
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 159
Charles Ball on Slavery in the United States

Sold for $768
Estimated at $600 - $900

Lot 163
Two works of nineteenth century social commentary, including one on Mormon polygamy

Collection of Vanguard Records founder and Beethoven biographer Maynard Solomon

Sold for $128
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 168
Tintype of Sioux Chief Iron Tail

Sold for $896
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 170
Star-spangled banner Stevengraph

Sold for $416
Estimated at $100 - $200

Lot 171
The first Los Angeles telephone directory

Sold for $2,560
Estimated at $2,000 - $4,000

Lot 172
Sterling replica shovel

Selections from a Chevy Chase, MD Collector

Sold for $768
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 173
Uncle Sam wants YOU!

The Estate of LeGrand Mellon

Sold for $7,680
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 174
Signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Collection of American Theater Director Alan Schneider (1917-1984)

Sold for $768
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 175
Eisenhower's two works on his years in the White House

The Tina Hills Collection

Sold for $1,536
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 177
The most decorative map of the Americas of the period

Sold for $10,880
Estimated at $8,000 - $12,000

Lot 179
Folding maps depicting the Battery along the Hudson and the East River

Collection of a New York Surveyor

Sold for $544
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 180
Three 18th century survey maps of Lower Manhattan

Collection of a New York Surveyor

Sold for $448
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 181
Large folding map of the Hudson River waterfront, featuring the Hoboken Ferry

Collection of a New York Surveyor

Sold for $384
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 182
An attractive map of property auctioned by James Bleecker & Sons

Collection of a New York Surveyor

Sold for $256
Estimated at $200 - $400

Lot 183
Map of property auctioned under the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund

Collection of a New York Surveyor

Sold for $416
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 184
Manuscript map of property auctioned by William Ferris Pell's company

Collection of a New York Surveyor

Sold for $256
Estimated at $200 - $400

Lot 185
Early 19th century survey map of Lower Manhattan

Collection of a New York Surveyor

Sold for $512
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 186
Map of Greenwich Village from the 1830s

Collection of a New York Surveyor

Sold for $128
Estimated at $200 - $400

Lot 187
A pleasing map of Greenwich Village in 1845

Collection of a New York Surveyor

Sold for $192
Estimated at $200 - $400

Lot 188
An appealing map of the Garment District

Collection of a New York Surveyor

Sold for $192
Estimated at $200 - $400

Lot 189
Large manuscript map depicting the Financial District

Collection of a New York Surveyor

Sold for $288
Estimated at $200 - $400

Lot 190
Manuscript map of Lower Manhattan with Desbrosses Street

Collection of a New York Surveyor

Sold for $288
Estimated at $200 - $400

Lot 191
Map depicting part of the notorious Five Points area in 1820s New York City

Collection of a New York Surveyor

Sold for $192
Estimated at $200 - $400

Lot 192
A nice lithograph map featuring the Hudson River

Collection of a New York Surveyor

Sold for $128
Estimated at $200 - $400