RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Sports and Encapsulation, 727, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025

Page Size: 726 items in 30 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
1	John Adams	John Adams Document Signed as President - Four-Language Ship's Papers	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 12,183.00
2	Thomas Jefferson	Thomas Jefferson Document Signed as Secretary of State - Act of Congress Organizing Rhode Island's US District Court	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
3	James Monroe and John Quincy Adams	James Monroe and John Quincy Adams Document Signed as President and Secretary of State	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,880.00
4	William Henry Harrison	William Henry Harrison Signed Check - PSA NM-MT 8	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 3,033.00
5	James K. Polk and James Buchanan	James K. Polk and James Buchanan Document Signed as President and Secretary of State	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 4,450.00
6	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Letter Signed as the Republican Presidential Nominee (1860) - PSA NM-MT 8	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
7	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Signature as President - PSA NM-MT+ 8.5	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 9,279.00
8	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Signed Free Frank to William Tod Otto - Friend, Indiana Lawyer, and Cabinet Member	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 7,668.00
9	Mary Lincoln	Mary Lincoln Signed Book - The Life of George Washington, Vol. II - From the Lincoln Family Library	USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 6,250.00
10	William H. Seward	William H. Seward Signed Resolution of Congress: Presenting a Volume Commemorating Condolences Received in the Wake of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
11	U. S. Grant Document	U. S. Grant Document Signed as President, Sending a Letter to the President of the Dominican Republic	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,078.00
12	James A. Garfield	James A. Garfield Autograph Letter Signed as President	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
13	Theodore Roosevelt	Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Signed "Your Uncle," Recommending a US Navy Propaganda Artist	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
14	Theodore Roosevelt	Theodore Roosevelt Signed Photograph	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 3,941.00
15	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President, Three Days Before the 1935 Neutrality Act: "Things do look serious in Europe"	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
16	Franklin D. Roosevelt:	Franklin D. Roosevelt: Typescript Draft of an Undelivered Message to Congress on Nazi Aggression Against Russia	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
18	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Letter Signed on the 20th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, Recalling "the gnawing anxieties, the realization of unavoidable sacrifices, and the bright hopes that filled us on D-Day, 1944"	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 6,250.00
20	John F. Kennedy	John F. Kennedy Signed Photograph	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
22	John Quincy Adams	John Quincy Adams Document Signed as President	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 795.00
23	Joe Biden	Joe Biden Signed Book - Promise Me, Dad	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 446.00
24	James Buchanan	James Buchanan Document Signed as President to Inform Benito Juarez of the Appointment of a U.S. Minister to Mexico	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 656.00
25	George Bush	George Bush Typed Letter Signed: "I enjoyed being on 'Meet the Press.' It gave me an opportunity to speak out in defense of our President and our Party"	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 1,139.00
26	George Bush	George Bush Typed Letter Signed as President	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 2,069.00
27	George W. Bush	George W. Bush Signed Book - 41: A Portrait of My Father	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 250.00
28	George W. Bush	George W. Bush Signature	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 275.00

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.