RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts, 697, Amherst

Auction Details

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
380 Confederate Prisoner's

Confederate Prisoner's Letter Written 11 Days After Lee's Surrender - "We are today, I fear, a conquered people"

1865 Not Available USD 596.00
381 Norman Cota

Norman Cota Autograph Letter Signed

1946 Not Available USD 368.00
382 Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis Signature as a Mississippi Senator

Not Available Not Sold
383 John A. Dix

John A. Dix Document Signed

1861 Not Available USD 125.00
384 Henry W. Halleck

Henry W. Halleck Autograph Endorsement Signed

1865 Not Available USD 488.00
385 Joe Rosenthal

Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal (2) Signed Items - Flag-Raising Photograph and AP News Photo Envelope

1945 Not Available USD 8,435.00
386 [Robert E. Lee]

[Robert E. Lee] Confederate General Orders No. 3, Affirming the Appointment of a General in Chief of the Armies Confederate States

1865 Not Available USD 334.00
387 Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur War-Dated Signature

1942 Not Available USD 541.00
388 Stephen Mallory

Stephen Mallory War-Dated Letter Signed

1862 Not Available USD 250.00
389 George C. Marshall

George C. Marshall War-Dated Typed Note Signed

1940 Not Available USD 368.00
390 Lachlan McIntosh

Lachlan McIntosh Signature

1792 Not Available USD 334.00
391 Marc Mitscher

Marc Mitscher Typed Letter Signed

1946 Not Available USD 446.00
392 Montgomery of Alamein

Montgomery of Alamein Signature

1956 Not Available USD 250.00
393 Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Typed Letter Signed

no date. Not Available USD 250.00
394 Rob O'Neill

Rob O'Neill Signed Photograph

Not Available USD 250.00
395 George S. Patton, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Harry S. Truman

George S. Patton, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Harry S. Truman Original Wirephoto

1941 Not Available USD 875.00
396 Matthew C. Perry

Matthew C. Perry Letter Signed Aboard the USS Mississippi, Dating to His Japanese Expedition

1853 Not Available USD 1,165.00
397 James A. Seddon

James A. Seddon War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed, Approving a "passport through the lines to the United States"

1864 Not Available USD 250.00
398 Raphael Semmes

Raphael Semmes Signature - Commander of the CSS Alabama

Not Available USD 541.00
399 Union Sailor's

Union Sailor's Letter on the CSS Alabama: "We were in a blissful state of ignorance in regard to the proximity of our enemy"

1862 Not Available USD 250.00
400 Union Soldier's

Union Soldier's Letter, Written a Day Before the Battle of the Crater: "The rebel sharpshooters have been picking off our gunners"

1864 Not Available USD 250.00
401 Union Soldier's

Union Soldier's Letter on the Sinking of the CSS Alabama: "It is a disgrace to the Navy that it has not been captured or sunk a long while ago"

1864 Not Available USD 250.00
402 Union Soldier's

Union Soldier's Letter on the 1864 Presidential Election: "I am old enough to vote and will put one in for %0U/Old Abe,%0Ua the Republican candidate"

1864 Not Available USD 368.00
403 United States

United States Light Artillery: Accounting Ledger (1818)

1818 Not Available Not Sold
405 Lew Wallace

Lew Wallace War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed: "Stiffen the backbones of the Judges in yr. counties, and not a disloyal man will get into the ballot box"

1864 Not Available USD 963.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shepard (Ernest). "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Economics.- Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: More (Sir Thomas). La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). De medicinali materia libri sex, hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: World.- Blaeu (Johannes). Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu, engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shelley (Mary). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Albertolli (Ferdinando). Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli, Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.
  • 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
  • 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.
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