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Fleischer's Auctions: Day 2: Civil War and African American History

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Auction Name Day 2: Civil War and African American History Total Sales (USD) 319,941.45
Auction Date May 15, 2024 - May 15, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 109,100.00
Sale Number #51524 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 193,100.00
Total Lots 159
Sold Lots 157 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 110,500.00
% of Lots Sold 98.74% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 195,150.00
Unsold Lots 2 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 163.95%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
403

Master Strategist of the Civil War: Rufus Ingalls Collection

USD 7,500.00 - 12,500.00 USD 30,750.00
447

Confederate General John B. Floyd

1862 USD 12,500.00 - 17,500.00 USD 14,760.00
258

Bass Reeves Posse Document

1884 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 14,145.00
457

[Gettysburg] Sword & Journal of Confederate Officer (41st Virginia)

USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 11,992.50
470

[RE LEE] Signed Photograph & Letter To Namesake

USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 11,992.50
402

Candid Scene of Civil War Officers

USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 8,302.50
463

Appommatox Surrender Parole Pass

1865 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 8,302.50
458

Confederate General Arthur Pendleton Bagby

USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 7,687.50
272

West Point Cadets, Future Confederate Officers

1859-1860 USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,380.00
448

Rare Confederate Recruitment Broadside

1861 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 7,380.00
459

Palmetto Sharpshooter Journal & Portraits

USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,457.50
441

Blood Stained Confederate Letter

1862 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,150.00
451

Delaware POW Albumen

1864 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,150.00
348

[CIVIL WAR] CSA Hymn Book Trophy of War

1862 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 5,658.00
426

[Virginia] Major Thomas M. Burke & Wife

USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,535.00
419

The Men Who Hanged John Brown

1859 USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,305.00
464

[Gettysburg POW] 57th North Carolina Portrait

USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,305.00
462

[Confederate] Portrait of North Carolina Officer

1863 USD 1,250.00 - 1,750.00 USD 4,182.00
251

Buffalo Bill Wild West & Barnum and Bailey Archive

USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,059.00
299

[CIVIL WAR] Amputee & Doctor Tintype

USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 3,936.00
405

Historic Civil War Marine Corps Album

1863 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,936.00
411

[Civil War] General Lee's Surrendered Funds

1864 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 3,936.00
401

Siege of Vicksburg & Battle of Corinth: Photograph Archive

USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,813.00
268

[CUSTER] Marcus Reno Portrait

1880s Not Available USD 3,567.00
280

Large Fort Sumter Relic

1861 issue of "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" cover depicting the removal of the US flagstaff from Fort Moultrie on Christmas Eve, USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 3,567.00
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    London auction, 11 June
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