Pre-World War I & Early 20th Century Documents & Ephemera Price Guide
What Pre-World War I & Early 20th Century documents & ephemera have actually sold for — 22 recorded sales from 3 auction houses and dealers, 2026.
$275–$488
middle half of sales
Figures are computed from realized prices (hammer or total with premium, as reported by the seller) — never asking prices. Small sample: 22 sales is enough to show a range, not to price a specific piece. Condition, attribution, and provenance move individual results far outside these bands. How these numbers are calculated →
Recent Recorded Sales
| Item | Sold | Seller | Realized |
|---|
| Group Images Capt Samuel C Randall 23rd Michigan Vols | August 9, 2026 | War of the Rebellion | $275 |
| [LINCOLN] Large Illustrated New Hampshire 1864 Ticket | July 10, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $450 |
| [CIVIL WAR] 5th MA Colored Cavalry Recruitment Letter | July 10, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $275 |
| Stagecoach Tickets and Envelopes | May 28, 2026 | Lewis & Grant Auction Company | $75 |
| [CIVIL WAR] Meeting Lincoln at Antietam, Genl. Ruger ALS | April 25, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $350 |
| [CIVIL WAR] (2) Libby Prison POW Letters, 1st RI Cavalry | April 25, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $200 |
| [CIVIL WAR] Sailor's Letter re: Forrest's Raid & Lincoln Election | April 25, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $400 |
| [CIVIL WAR] Mosby Captures Gen. Stoughton!, VT Soldier's Letter | April 25, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $350 |
| [CIVIL WAR, GETTYSBURG] Captured at Gettysburg: Admiral Paulding's Son | April 25, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $200 |
| [CIVIL WAR] General Alfred H. Terry Letter re: Siege of Charleston | April 25, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $350 |
| [CIVIL WAR] Executed Deserters & Final CSA Efforts | April 25, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $350 |
| [CIVIL WAR] "Rebel Girls of Murfreesboro" 6 pp. Appeal to the Army of TN | April 25, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $550 |
| [CIVIL WAR] "Merciless Foe", 1865 Confederate Resolutions Against Peace | April 25, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $175 |
| [CIVIL WAR] 1866 G.W.C. Lee ALS re: Privations of the War | April 25, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $275 |
| [CIVIL WAR] Gen. Bradley T. Johnson Funerary Collection | April 25, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $800 |
| [MEDICINE] 1854 Smallpox Vaccination Broadside | April 24, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $2,000 |
| [CIVIL WAR] Historic Report re: Formerly Enslaved People, 12 pp. Letter | April 24, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $1,400 |
| [INDIAN WARS] 1874 U.S. Army Enlistment of Pawnee Scouts: "The Red River War" | April 24, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $350 |
| [SLAVERY] Freedman Helps His Family Escape, 1864 Runaway Slave Document | April 24, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $1,800 |
| [AFRICAN AMERICANA] Richest Black Man in Washington, Land Deed | April 24, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $275 |
| [WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE] Julia Ward Howe ALS re: Women's Congress | April 24, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $200 |
| [CIVIL WAR] Archive re: Freedmen's Bureau & Civil War Officer | April 24, 2026 | Fleischer's Auctions | $500 |
Currently for sale: 30 Pre-World War I & Early 20th Century documents & ephemera listings from 8 sources.
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