A compass personally owned by Daniel Boone, with provenance, sold for $109,375, more than five times its pre-auction estimate, to lead Heritage Auctions Feb. 25 and 26 Americana and Political Signature Auction to $1,465,666. This compass is an exceedingly significant piece of American history, says Curtis Lindner, Americana and Political Director at Heritage Auctions. Daniel Boone was a pioneer, a frontiersman, whose accomplishments included exploration and settling of Kentucky, which at the time was beyond the borders of the 13 Colonies. His curiosity and courage, and at times, this compass, allowed him to explore the world around him. Included among the provenance that accompanies the compass are two newspaper articles from the 1930s that tell the story of the transfer of the compass from Boone to a young friend named Abraham Miller, who was taught to shoot by Boone. When Miller, at just 12 years old, killed a panther threatening his familys cattle, Boone was so proud that he gave this compass to Miller. Also reaching six figures was a rare carte-de-visite signed by former President Abraham Lincoln that drew a winning bid of $106,250. The CDV was one of six Lincoln is known to have signed as a donation to a Sanitary Fair that was held Oct. 18, 1864, in Tazewell County, Ill. Mary L. Westerman, an officer of the local Soldiers Aid Society, requested the donation. This CDV is believed to be one of the six known that Lincoln signed for donation to the event. A double partners desk, ca. 1857, from the U.S. House of Representatives brought $40,000. The desk was designed by Thomas Ustick Walter, who is known best for also designing the dome in the U.S. Capitol, and manufactured by Doe, Hazleton & Co., of Boston, Mass., for the newly opened House of Representatives chamber in 1857. Who occupied this desk from 1857-73 is not known, but it likely was acquired by Nehemiah G. Ordway of New Hampshire, who was Sergeant of Arms for the House from 1863-73, when furnishings were updated in the chamber during the final year of his tenure. It was sold early in the 20th century by an antiques dealer in Warner, N.H., the birthplace of Ordway, and remained in the family of the purchaser for more than 100 years. A display with signatures of Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth, as well as slabbed wallpaper from Fords Theater, closed at $37,500. The upper portion of the display features a large, colorful reproduction image of Booth with his pistol drawn as he approaches the Lincolns. It also includes a receipt for the total rent amount of $118.75 that dated Nov. 16, 1863, and signed by Booth, a handwritten note signed by Lincoln and a swatch of wallpaper from the booth in which the 16th president was assassinated. The auction included two pieces of silver from the Tumbaga wreck off Mimbres, Bahamas, in 1528. A silver round, with a diameter of 10 inches, drew 15 bids before it ended at $35,000, while a silver bar measuring 13.5 inches long, reached $15,000. An oil-on-canvas painting of General Washington at Dorchester Heights sold for $31,250, and a bookcase from the Law Office of Abraham Lincoln, $30,000. A Thomas Edison stock ticker with stand sold for $22,500, and china dinner plate from when Abraham Lincoln was in office realized $20,000. For complete results, visit www.HA.com6269.