NEW YORK.- Christie's just held the Jay T. Snider Collection of Historical Americana auction in New York. The total sold at the auction was $6,318,720.

Chris Coover, Senior Specialist of the Books and Manuscripts department: “Today’s very gratifying results testify to the enduring interest of many collectors in the books, manuscripts and maps which record the eventful exploration, settlement and history of America. The collector’s careful insistence on copies in fine original condition was reflected in the high prices realized. A group of remarkable 17th-century maps of New York and New Jersey attracted considerable attention from bidders and sold for strong prices to the New Jersey State Archives. Several important color-plate books achieved record prices, notably a superb copy of James O. Lewis’, Aboriginal Portfolio (1836-1838), and Hayden’s and Moran’s Yellowstone National Park (1876), with panoramic color lithographs.”

Ferdinand V. Hayden and Thomas Moran. The Yellowstone National Park…, Boston: Prang, 1876 sold fot $374,400. James Otto Lewis. Aboriginal Port Folio, Philadelphia; Published by the Author, sold for $307,200. John Adams. Thoughts on Government: Applicable to the Present State of the American Colonies,
Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1776 sold for $216,000. Henry Lewis. Das illustrirte Mississippithal…, Düsseldorf, 1854-1858 sold for $168,000. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark…, Philadelphia, 1814 sold for $156,000.