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Auction Name Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Internet bidstart 2/17 Total Sales (USD) 835,603.66
Auction Date March 08, 2017 - March 08, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 587,225.00
Sale Number #495 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 822,000.00
Total Lots 814
Sold Lots 501 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,412,150.00
% of Lots Sold 61.55% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,916,400.00
Unsold Lots 313 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 43.60%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
224 Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I - Rare partly-printed DS

 1574 USD 2,900.00 - 0.00 USD 36,750.00
707 Actors

Actors - Enormous collection of more than 2250 photos

 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 31,850.00
708 Actresses

Actresses - Massive collection of more than 2250 photos

 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 31,850.00
182 Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine - Rare and important autograph manuscript

 1803 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 29,400.00
3 George Washington and Thomas Jefferson

George Washington and Thomas Jefferson - Highly desirable partly-printed DS

 1794 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 23,275.00
166 Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs - Very rare color 24 x 30 poster promoting the inaugural NeXTWORLD Expo held at San Francisco's Civic Auditorium and Brooks Hall on January 22 - 24

 1992 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 19,600.00
138 Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence - Striking rice paper engraving of the Declaration of Independence

 1776 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 15,925.00
723 Entertainers

Entertainers - Large collection of over 2300 ink signatures of a wide variety of entertainers

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 15,925.00
75 Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower - Impressive original oil painting accomplished by President Eisenhower during his time in the White House

 1958 USD 13,000.00 - 14,000.00 USD 14,700.00
142 Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - Choice partly-printed DS

 1785 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,250.00
234 Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone - Extremely rare ADS

 1787 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,250.00
511 Beatles

Beatles - Official circa late 1963 Beatles Fan Club promo card featuring the classic Dezo Hoffman portrait of the group seated in their matching collarless suits

 1963 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,250.00
699 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe - Early DS

 1946 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,637.50
307 Confederate Generals

Confederate Generals - Tremendous assemblage of three of the most sought-after confederate generals

 1869 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,025.00
7 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson - Third-person ALS as president

 1805 USD 7,500.00 - 8,500.00 USD 10,412.50
162 John Jay

John Jay - Handwritten letter

 1792 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,412.50
542 Music, Opera, and Dance

Music, Opera, and Dance - Massive collection of well over 1,250 items

 1950s-1980s USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 10,412.50
27 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln - Superb partly-printed DS as president

 1861 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,800.00
200 Maximilien Robespierre

Maximilien Robespierre - Fanatical idealist leader of the French Revolution (1758 - 1794) who was arrested

 circa 1793 - 1794. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 9,187.50
6 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson - Exceptional partly-printed DS

 1790 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,575.00
173 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein - TLS in German

 1949 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,575.00
318 World War II

World War II - Rare mimeographed addendum document intended for insertion within the Neptune Monograph

 1944 USD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,575.00
344 Deke Slayton

Deke Slayton - Deke Slayton's personally-owned Omega Speedmaster Professional wristwatch. Black-faced

 2012 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,575.00
29 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln - Civil War-dated ANS signed ''A. Lincoln,'' one page

 1861 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,962.50
167 Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell - Remarkable ALS

 1881 USD 6,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 7,962.50
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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