Quinn's Auction Galleries: Political Memorabilia Auction, 21825, Falls Church

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 18, 2025 - February 18, 2025
Page Size: 117 items in 5 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Thames, George (American, 1919-1994).

The Loneliest Job in the World: John F. Kennedy

1961 Not Available Not Sold
2 Kennedy, John F.

Profiles in Courage.

New York 1956 Not Available Not Sold
3 Truman, Harry S.

Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions; Years of Trial and Hope. 2 volumes.

Garden City, NY 1955-56 Not Available Not Sold
4 Jimmy Carter,

Three works signed and inscribed by Jimmy Carter, two of which include secondary or tertiary signatures, Includes: (1) Carter, Jimmy. Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President. Toronto; New York; London and Sydney: Bantam

Not Available Not Sold
5 Johnson, Lyndon Baines.

The Vantage PointL Perspectives of the Presidency

1963-1969 Not Available Not Sold
6 Eisenhower, Dwight D.

Crusade in Europe:

Garden City, NY 1948 Not Available Not Sold
7 Nixon, Richard M.

Six Crises.

Garden City, NY 1962 Not Available Not Sold
8 Ford, Gerald.

A Time to Heal.

New York 1979 Not Available Not Sold
9 Reagan, Ronald.

An American Life: The Autobiography.

New York 1990 Not Available Not Sold
10 Bush, George [H.W.]; Scowcroft, Brent.

A World Transformed.

New York 1998 Not Available Not Sold
11 Clinton, Bill.

My Life.

New York 2004 Not Available Not Sold
12

Framed

1981 Not Available Not Sold
13 Kennedy, John Fitzgerald.

Untitled Sailboat Lithograph.

n.d Not Available Not Sold
15 Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy autographed 8" x 10" color portrait. Inscribed in ink to Melody Miller, then press assistant to RFK during his Presidential campaign. Framed. Frame: 8 3/4" x 10 3/4". Provenance: Estate of Melody Miller.

Not Available Not Sold
16

Three privately printed Kennedy Family Tributes: (1) The Fruitful Bough; (2) That Shining Hour; and (3) Her Grace Above Gold. Limited editions, published

1965, 1969 and 1997 Not Available Not Sold
17 Kennedy Onassis, Jacqueline.

Kennedy Onassis, Jacqueline. Autograph Letter Signed (ALS) with hand addressed envelope to Melody Miller. Full page letter handwritten in pen on Doubleday letterhead and signed "Jackie." Dated January 24

1985 Not Available Not Sold
19

Two framed photos of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy engaging in their leisurely pastimes of sailing and relaxing on the grass, respectively. Provenance: From the estate of Melody J. Miller.

Not Available Not Sold
20 Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton ANS as president with photograph. Note on White House Letterhead addressed to Kennedy aide Melody Miller. Framed with photograph of Clinton, Miller and her husband in the Oval Office. Provenance: Estate of Melody Miller.

Not Available Not Sold
21

Handsome desktop magnifying glass given to White House staff by President Roosevelt as a Christmas gift in

1943 Not Available Not Sold
22

17 press releases issued by the White Press Secretary Office from November 21-28

1963 Not Available Not Sold
23

One President Ford '76 campaign poster, 22" x 17" in frame; 15 pin back buttons; and one pen with Gerald R. Ford's facsimile signature. Pin-back buttons vary in size; buttons and pen in clear front display box measuring 12" x 16 1/4". Condition: All very

Not Available USD 105.41
24 Kennedy

10 books signed by members of the Kennedy family. Mostly biographies. Includes Ted Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and more.

Not Available USD 108.50
25

11 Iron Wedge Victory Golf Club Owned by George H.W. Bush as President. Engraved "GB" with Presidential Seal on head on club. Measures 36 1/2" in length.

Not Available USD 590.55
26

Size: Frame 15 1/4" x 17 3/4" Condition: Sight: near fine. Some oxidation, slight smudging on K in Kennedy.

Not Available USD 666.75
27

Condition: Previously rolled. Chipping and tears to upper right margin.

Not Available USD 165.10
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    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Johnson (C.). A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most Notorious Pyrates, 1724. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ordonez de Cevallos (Pedro). Viage del Mundo, 1st edition, Madrid: Luis Sanchez, 1614. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: North America. Merian (Matthaus), Virginia..., 1627 or later. £1,500-2,500
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    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: World. Waldseemuller (Martin), Tabula Nova Totius Orbis, Vienne: 1541. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Erasmus (Desiderius). The ... paraphrase of Erasmus... 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1549. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Bible [English]. [The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament, 1562]. £3,000-5,000
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    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Smith (Lucy). Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, 1st edition, 1853. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Derain (Andre). Pantagruel, signed limited edition, Albert Skira, 1943. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, Large Paper edition, 1894. £1,500-2,000
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    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ellison (Ralph). Invisible Man, 1st edition, New York: Random House, 1952. £200-300
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Taschen Collector's Edition. Annie Leibovitz, limited edition, 2014. £1,000-1,500
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    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 1: Bob Dylan, his high school classmate's yearbook with his senior portrait, signed and inscribed to her, 1959. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 1: Bob Dylan, his high school classmate's yearbook with his senior portrait, signed and inscribed to her, 1959. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 4: Various entertainers, Group of 30 items, signed or inscribed, various dates. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 27: John Adams, Autograph Letter Signed to Benjamin Rush introducing Archibald Redford, Paris, 1783. $35,000 to $50,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 36: Robert Gould Shaw, Autograph Letter Signed to his father from Camp Andrew, Boston, 1861. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 53: Martin Luther King Jr., Time magazine cover, signed and inscribed "Best Wishes," 1957. $5,000 to $7,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 127: Paul Gauguin, Autograph Letter regarding payment for paintings, with woodcut letterhead, 1900. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 169: Suck: First European Sex Paper, complete group of eight issues, 1969-1974. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 173: Black Panthers, The Racist Dog Policemen Must Withdraw Immediately From Our Communities, poster, 1969. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 187: Marc Attali & Jacques Delfau, Les Erotiques du Regard, first edition, Paris, 1968. $300 to $500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 213: Andy Warhol, Warhol's Index Book, first printing, New York, 1967. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 215: Cookie Mueller, Archive of 17 items, including 4 items inscribed and signed. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 249: Jamie Reid, The Ten Lessons / The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle; Sex Pistols, chromogenic print with collage, signed, circa 1980. $20,000 to $30,000.
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    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
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    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce, James. The earliest typescript pages from Finnegans Wake ever to appear at auction, annotated by Joyce, 1923. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce's Ulysses, 1923, one of only seven copies known, printed to replace copies destroyed in customs. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: ATHANASIUS KIRCHER'S COPY, INSCRIBED. Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell' Accademia del Cimento, 1667. $2,000 - $3,000
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    Bonhams, Apr. 8: William Playfair's Commercial and Political Atlas, 1786. The first work to pictorially represent information in graphics. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Anson's A Voyage Round the World, 1748. THE J.R. ABBEY-LORD WARDINGTON COPY, BOUND BY JOHN BRINDLEY. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: La Perouse's Voyage de La Perouse autour du monde..., 1797. LARGE FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Francesca Woodman's Some Disordered Interior Geometries, 1981. Untrimmed publisher's proof sheets. $4,000 - $6,000
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