Nate D. Sanders Auctions: May 2025 Auction, 52925, Los Angeles

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 29, 2025 - May 29, 2025
Page Size: 104 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2 Thomas Dewey

Thomas Dewey Letter Signed as New York Governor, Thanking an Individual for a Donation to the Republican Party

1948 Not Available Not Sold
3 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Autograph Letter Signed as President, Regarding Overdue Payments to a Worker at Monticello: ''...after I had disposed of all my August funds...'' -- With University Archives COA

1807 Not Available Not Sold
4 Lady Bird Johnson

Lady Bird Johnson Signed First Edition of ''A White House Diary'' -- With PSA/DNA COA

New York: 1970 Not Available Not Sold
6 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Letter Signed as U.S. Senator -- With University Archives COA

1954 Not Available USD 1,875.00
7 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Letter Signed as U.S. Senator -- With University Archives COA

1954 Not Available Not Sold
8 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Letter Signed as U.S. Senator -- With University Archives COA

1954 Not Available Not Sold
9 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Note Signed as U.S. Senator -- With University Archives COA

1954 Not Available USD 1,875.00
10 Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy Signed 8'' x 10'' Photo

1964 Not Available Not Sold
11 Monica Lewinsky

Monica Lewinsky Signed First Edition of Her Biography, ''Monica's Story'' -- Also Signed by Author Andrew Morton -- With PSA/DNA COA

London: 1999 Not Available Not Sold
12 James Monroe

James Monroe Autograph Letter Signed -- ''...At a distant period back, while I held the office of Ch. Magistrate...[I] promoted his objects in Europe, in commerce, by letters to public officers...''

1830 Not Available Not Sold
13 Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Letter Signed as President Regarding His Upcoming African Hunting Trip -- ''...it is a good thing to carry a shotgun on a trip like that...for lion hunting in the thick brush...''

1908 Not Available Not Sold
14 George Washington

George Washington Autograph Letter Signed from Philadelphia on 8 June 1787, Just Days After Washington Was Elected President of the Constitutional Convention -- With Charles Hamilton COA

1787 Not Available USD 31,250.00
15 Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte Letter Signed ''Napoleon''

1808 Not Available Not Sold
16

Revolutionary War Newspaper from November 1777 Describing the ''Political Character of the Americans''

1777 Not Available Not Sold
17 Jimmy Doolittle

'Doolittle's Tokyo Raiders'' Signed by Signed by Jimmy Doolittle & 27 of His Raiders

New York: 1980 Not Available Not Sold
18 Harper Lee

Harper Lee Autograph Letter Signed from NYC After 9/11 -- ''...when you're walking around down there, every step you take is on a pulverized human being. To know what hell is like, go take a look...''

2002 Not Available USD 2,000.00
19 Harper Lee

Harper Lee Autograph Letter Signed About Monroeville, Alabama -- ''...business in Monroeville...Walmart was getting it all, & any spare change went to the Pizza Hut...''

2004 Not Available Not Sold
20 Harper Lee

Harper Lee Autograph Letter Signed Plus Signed Envelope

2000 Not Available Not Sold
21 Harper Lee

Harper Lee Autograph Letter Signed Plus Initialed Envelope -- ''... I wanted to get a look at our country and did...''

2002 Not Available Not Sold
22 Harper Lee

Harper Lee Signed Letter of Recommendation -- Signed With Her Famous Pen Name, ''Harper Lee''

2006 Not Available Not Sold
23 Harper Lee

Harper Lee Christmas Card Signed With Handwritten Note

Not Available Not Sold
24 Harper Lee

Harper Lee Christmas Card Signed

Not Available Not Sold
25 Harper Lee

Harper Lee Christmas Card Signed With Handwritten Note

Not Available Not Sold
26 Harper Lee

Harper Lee Christmas Card Signed

Not Available Not Sold
27 Harper Lee

Harper Lee Christmas Card Signed

2005 Not Available Not Sold
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