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Naval Log from Perry's 1822 Voyage on the Schooner 'Shark' Achieves $52,500!

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Auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on November 24, 2020
Naval Log from Perry's 1822 Voyage on the Schooner 'Shark' Achieves $52,500!
Sale Totals a Successful $418,969 with and Impressive 93% Sold by Lot and 100% by Value

NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle held a successful Rare Books, Autographs and Maps auction on November 24, 2020 that saw strong prices for an interesting range of material from a number of private collections and estates.

With competitive bidding, the sale totaled a successful $418,969, at the top end of its pre-sale estimate of $275,310-419,210 with an exceptional 93% sold by lot and 100 sold by value.

Highlighting the sale was a fascinating American naval desideratum, the log for Matthew Calbraith Perry’s voyage in the Shark, during which he claimed the Florida Keys for the United States. Bidding on this naval rarity sailed past its estimate of $10,000-15,000 to achieve $52,500.

Technology collectors vied for the lid of an Apple II plus inscribed at the “unveiling” ceremony for the Apple Macintosh by the two Steves: Jobs and Wozniak, which realized $41,250, surpassing its $20,000-30,000 estimate.

Nikola Tesla was represented by an inscribed copy of Thomas Martin Commerford’s The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla… 1894, inscribed by Tesla to General Daniel Adams Butterfield that fetched $20,000, several times its $6,000-9,000 estimate.

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Including Property From

Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
Estate of Jane Lublin
Estate of Joan Twigg
Estate of Katherine Noire
Estate of Percy Rivington and Evelyn Sloane Pyne
Estate of Richard Schilling
Estate of Ricky Eisen
Estates of WR Appleby and Elinor Appleby
From the Collection of Quentin Keynes; Gift to his American doctor
Property from a Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut
Property from the Collection of Dr. Abraham & Carolyn Schlossman
Property from the Collection of Mary Helen McCoy
Property from the Estate of Katharine Babcock Mountcastle
Property of a Connecticut Lady
Property of a Gentleman
Property of a Private New Jersey Collector
Property of a Prominent Manhattan Art Dealer
Property of Jason Epstein and Judith Miller
The Collection of Dorothea Benton Frank
The Estate of Herman Steinberg
The Library of Duncan Cranford
The Property of Thomas Earl Neudecker III

A Selection of Auction Highlights

Lot image - [NAVAL LOG-FLORIDA] PERRY, MATTHEW CALBRAITH, Lieutenant Commandant, later Commodore of the U.S. Navy. Manuscript logbook from the Schooner Shark, 15 July 1821-2 October 1822.

Lot 194

[NAVAL LOG-FLORIDA] PERRY, MATTHEW CALBRAITH, Lieutenant Commandant, later Commodore of the U.S. Navy. Manuscript logbook from the Schooner Shark, 15 July 1821-2 October 1822.

C The Library of Duncan Cranford

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

Sold for $52,500 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [JOBS, STEVE and STEVE WOZNIAK] Signed lid from an Apple II Plus computer, signed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (signing as Woz).

Lot 37

[JOBS, STEVE and STEVE WOZNIAK] Signed lid from an Apple II Plus computer, signed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (signing as "Woz").

C The Property of Thomas Earl Neudecker III

Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000

Sold for $41,250 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [TESLA, NIKOLA] MARTIN, THOMAS COMMERFORD. The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla: With Special Reference to His Work in Polyphase Currents and High Potential Lighting.

Lot 34

[TESLA, NIKOLA] MARTIN, THOMAS COMMERFORD. The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla: With Special Reference to His Work in Polyphase Currents and High Potential Lighting.

C

Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000

Sold for $20,000 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - MONTAIGNE, MICHEL EYQUEM DE [JOHN FLORIO, trans.] The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses of Lo: Michaell de Montaigne...

Lot 14

MONTAIGNE, MICHEL EYQUEM DE [JOHN FLORIO, trans.] The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses of Lo: Michaell de Montaigne...

C

Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000

Sold for $17,500 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - EINSTEIN, ALBERT Two typed letters signed to Professor Julian Hugo Bonfante, with associated materials.

Lot 35

EINSTEIN, ALBERT Two typed letters signed to Professor Julian Hugo Bonfante, with associated materials.

C

Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000

Sold for $15,000 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES The Birds of America from drawings made in the United States and their Territories.

Lot 182

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES The Birds of America from drawings made in the United States and their Territories.

C

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

Sold for $15,000 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [RACKHAM, ARTHUR] WALTON, IZAAK. The Compleat Angler; or the Contemplative Mans Recreation. Being a discourse of rivers, fishponds, fish and fishing not unworthy the perusal of most anglers.

Lot 108

[RACKHAM, ARTHUR] WALTON, IZAAK. The Compleat Angler; or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a discourse of rivers, fishponds, fish and fishing not unworthy the perusal of most anglers.

C Property of a Private New Jersey Collector

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Sold for $13,125 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [PENTATEUCH] LEESER, ISAAC (trans). The Law of God [titled in Hebrew and English].

Lot 7

[PENTATEUCH] LEESER, ISAAC (trans). The Law of God [titled in Hebrew and English].

C

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Sold for $11,562 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - MCKENNEY, THOMAS L. and HALL, JAMES History of the Indian Tribes of North America...

Lot 193

MCKENNEY, THOMAS L. and HALL, JAMES History of the Indian Tribes of North America...

C

Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000

Sold for $6,562 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - TING, WALASSE 1¢ Life.

Lot 161

TING, WALASSE 1¢ Life.

C Property of a Prominent Manhattan Art Dealer

Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000

Sold for $4,875 (includes buyer's premium)