RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts, 697, Amherst

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Auction Report
Auction Date
August 14, 2024 - August 14, 2024
Page Size: 819 items in 33 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 George Washington

George Washington Autograph Letter Signed to Architect of the Capitol William Thornton

1799 Not Available USD 36,603.00
2 John Adams

John Adams Document Signed as President - Four-Language Passport for the Ship Minerva

1797 Not Available USD 7,854.00
3 Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Signed Four-Language Ship's Passport

1804 Not Available USD 7,499.00
4 James Madison

James Madison Signed Check as President

1813 Not Available USD 4,028.00
5 James Madison

James Madison Document Signed as President

1814 Not Available USD 1,204.00
6 James Madison and James Monroe

James Madison and James Monroe Document Signed as President and Secretary of State

1815 Not Available USD 3,099.00
7 Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson Letter Signed as President

1835 Not Available USD 2,310.00
8 Martin Van

Martin Van Buren Document Signed as President, Regarding the Amistad Trial

1840 Not Available USD 1,330.00
9 William Henry

William Henry Harrison Signature

Not Available USD 916.00
10 Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor War-Dated Autograph Endorsement Signed

1847 Not Available USD 1,238.00
11 Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore Document Signed as President, Ratifying a Treaty with the Upper Dakota Sioux

1853 Not Available USD 2,505.00
13 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Civil War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed as President to Maj. Gen. Meade on Capital Punishment for an Army Deserter

1863 Not Available Not Sold
14 Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson Document Signed as President

1867 Not Available USD 908.00
15 U. S. Grant

U. S. Grant Signed Cabinet Photograph, Pictured in His Four-Star Military Uniform by Mathew Brady - PSA NM-MT 8

Not Available USD 10,664.00
16 U. S. Grant

U. S. Grant Civil War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed to Gen. Halleck on the Committee on the Conduct of the War (1865)

1865 Not Available USD 3,033.00
17 U. S. Grant Document

U. S. Grant Document Signed as President

1871 Not Available USD 1,498.00
18 Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford B. Hayes Document Signed as President, Recalling a Diplomat from Belgium

1881 Not Available USD 963.00
19 James A. Garfield

James A. Garfield Letter Signed as President-Elect

1881 Not Available USD 2,276.00
20 Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland Signed Photograph

Not Available USD 1,059.00
21 Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland Document Signed as President, Prohibiting the Hunting of Fur Seals

1894 Not Available USD 723.00
22 Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison Document Signed as President, Replying to a Letter of Condolence from King Kalakaua

1889 Not Available USD 1,436.00
23 William McKinley

William McKinley Signed Photograph

Not Available USD 1,059.00
24 Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Signed White House Engraving

Not Available USD 1,880.00
25 Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Document Signed as President

1901 Not Available USD 1,411.00
26 William H. Taft

William H. Taft Signed Photograph by Harris & Ewing

Not Available USD 1,165.00
  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
  • Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
  • Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 732. Early Announcement of Continental Congress' Declaration of Independence (1776) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 361. One of Ortelius' Most Decorative Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1585) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 55. Early Edition of One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1545) Est. $6,000 - $7,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 27. Fascinating Japanese Satirical Map of the World Published After WWI (1924) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 637. Complete Example of De Bry's Petits Voyages, Part VIII (1606) Est. $4,750 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 50. Extremely Rare Uncut Sheet from Sylvanus's 1511 Edition of Ptolemy's Geographia (1511) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 399. One of the Most Desired Maps of Ireland by John Speed (1610) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 689. Pictorial Map of Melbourne in the Style of MacDonald Gill (1934) Est. $900 - $1,100
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 652. Blaeu's Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa in Full Contemporary Color (1663) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 729. Hand-Colored Image of David Handing the Letter to Uriah (1518) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 533. Eight-Volume Set Recounting Travels of Anacharsis in Greece (1789) Est. $800 - $950
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier). The History of the Bucaniers of America..., 4 parts in one, 3rd edition, 1704. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Greenough (George Bellos). A Physical and Geological Map of England & Wales..., Geological Society, July 1865. £5,000-8,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Illuminated Psalter. Manuscript Psalter with Calendar, Flanders or North-East France, late 13th century. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Book of Hours. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, Use of Rome, in Latin, Florence, c. 1470s. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Henry VIII (King of England). Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, Antwerp: Michiel Hillen, 1522. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Binding for Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Polydori Vergilii Urbinatis Anglicae..., 1555. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Llwyd (Humphrey). The Breviary of Britayne..., 1st edition in English, 1573. William Lambarde's copy. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Embroidered Binding. The Whole Book of Psalmes..., Imprinted for the Company of Stationers, 1634. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Astronomy Manuscript. [Shakerley, Jeremy (1626-c.1655). Tabulae Britannicae, the British tables…], late 17th c. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Elew (Jan Barend, publisher). Nederlandsch bloemwerk, Amsterdam: J.B. Elwe, 1794. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Vellucent Art Nouveau Binding [Book of Common Prayer] by Herbert Granville Fell, 1900. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Palladio (Andrea). The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books, 2nd edition, 1721. £2,000-3,000
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