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51,537 Past Auction Lots with prices, descriptions and images in our historical category alone and 2,312,818 Past Auction Lots in all categories. Great valuation and research tool!

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(Americana & Political, American Indian
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Manuscripts, Photography, Space and more)
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Timepieces
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& Decorative Arts


Photo Lot No. Description Auction Type Auction Date Realized
Click for larger image 72184 Military & Patriotic : Civil War
General Ulysses S. Grant's Civil War Presentation Sword as "General in Chief of the United States Army 1864". A "Magnificen... (Total: 1 )
Signature June 25, 2007 $1,673,000
Click for larger image 48202 Minerals : Golds
THE LARGEST GOLD NUGGET FROM THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE - BOOT OF CORTEZ... (Total: 1 Items)
Signature January 20, 2008 $1,314,500
Click for larger image 25448 Military & Patriotic : Civil War
The Personal Battle Flag of Confederate General JEB Stuart, The Most Famous Cavalry Officer of the Civil War. General James ... (Total: 1 )
Signature December 2, 2006 $956,000
Click for larger image 72068 Military & Patriotic : Civil War
General George Armstrong Custer's Personal Battle Flag From Lee's Surrender at Appomattox to the Little Bighorn
Signature June 25, 2007 $896,250
Click for larger image 72102 Military & Patriotic : Civil War
'TERMS OF SURRENDER' LETTERS SIGNED BY CONFEDERATE GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE.... (Total: 1 Items)
Signature December 1, 2007 $537,750
Click for larger image 38070 Minerals : Golds
CRYSTALLIZED NATIVE GOLD - THE "COBRA"... (Total: 1 Items)
Signature June 8, 2008 $525,800
Click for larger image 72191 Military & Patriotic : Civil War
Major General William Mahone's Presentation Sword The Last CSA Sword A magnificently detailed presentation sword, historical... (Total: 3 )
Signature June 25, 2007 $388,375
Click for larger image 30572 Autographs : Military Figures
Navigator Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk's Enola Gay Log, in pencil, 2 large folios, 26" x 20.25" and 26" x 10". Tinian... (Total: 3 Item)
Signature October 26, 2007 $358,500
Click for larger image 41269 Fossils : Mammals
AN EXTREMELY RARE SABRE-TOOTHED TIGER SKULL - THE GREAT AMERICAN FOSSIL... (Total: 1 Items)
Signature May 18, 2009 $334,600
Click for larger image 74106 Western Expansion : Cowboy
FANTASTIC MODEL 1883 GATLING GUN - 'Manufactured by Colt's Pat. F.A. Mfg. Co. & U.S. Government Inspected'. Rarely in the fi... (Total: 1 Items Item)
Signature November 11, 2007 $334,600
Click for larger image 1001 Political : Small Paper (pre-1896)
Republic of Texas Legation Papers. Papers of the Republic of Texas Legation to Washington, D.C. 1836 - 1839. Content includ... (Total: 1 Items)
Signature March 4, 2006 $286,000
Click for larger image 56103 Books : Non-fiction
Francis Moore, Jr.: Map and Description of Texas,... (Total: 2 Items)
Signature December 3, 2007 $274,850
Click for larger image 57044 Books : First Editions
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. The Federalist:... (Total: 2 Items)
Signature June 4, 2008 $262,900
Click for larger image 41323 Dinosauria : Cretaceous
AN EXCEPTIONAL DINOSAUR SKULL... (Total: 1 Items)
Signature January 18, 2009 $250,950
Click for larger image 48370 Dinosauria : Jurassic
EXCEPTIONAL ICHTHYOSAUR... (Total: 1 Items)
Signature January 20, 2008 $239,000
Click for larger image 38160 Minerals : Cabinet Specimens
MASSIVE RARE MARRA MAMBA TIGER'S EYE SLAB... (Total: 1 Items)
Signature June 8, 2008 $215,100
Click for larger image 72072 Military & Patriotic : Civil War
1862 Confederate Presentation Sword to General Christopher H. Mott by the "Jeff Davis Guards". ... (Total: 1 Items)
Signature June 30, 2008 $210,000
Click for larger image 56187 Autographs : Military Figures
Historically Important William Barret Travis Manuscript Document Signed ... (Total: 1 Items)
Signature December 3, 2007 $191,200
Click for larger image 48363 Dinosauria : American
SPECTACULAR, IMPORTANT AND UNIQUE SKULL - THE FOUR-TUSKED "LONE STAR" MASTODON ... (Total: 1 Items)
Signature January 20, 2008 $191,200
Click for larger image 38367 Dinosauria : Skulls
EXTREMELY RARE TYRANNOSAURID SKULL... (Total: 1 Items)
Signature June 8, 2008 $185,225

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