RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts, 731, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 10, 2025 - November 10, 2025

Page Size: 766 items in 31 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
370	William Thomson	William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin Autograph Letter Signed		USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
372	William K. Vanderbilt	William K. Vanderbilt and Chauncey Depew Signed 'Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and Buffalo Railway' Bond		USD 500.00 - 700.00	Unknown
373	Cornelius Vanderbilt II	Cornelius Vanderbilt II Signed 'Beech Creek, Clearfield & South Western Railroad Company' Stock Certificate		USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
374	Cornelius Vanderbilt II	Cornelius Vanderbilt II Signed 'Chicago and Canada Southern Railway Company' Stock Certificate		USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
375	George Washington	George Washington: Benjamin Franklin's The Pennsylvania Gazette from July 4, 1754	1754	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
376	Henry Wells and William Fargo	Henry Wells and William Fargo Signed 'American Express Company' Stock Certificate		USD 500.00 - 700.00	Unknown
377		The Woman's Bible Anti-Suffrage Broadside		USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
378		Women's Suffrage: The Woman's Tribune Newspaper from July 7, 1888	1888	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
379	Zaifeng, Prince Chun	Zaifeng, Prince Chun Calling Card - A Diplomatic Gift from the Prince Regent of China		USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
380		War of 1812: John Quincy Adams and Albert Gallatin Letter Signed with $6 Million European Loan Document Archive	1812	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	Unknown
381	Robert E. Lee	Robert E. Lee Signature		USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
386	Montgomery Blair	Montgomery Blair Civil War-Dated Document Signed		USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
387	Braxton Bragg	Braxton Bragg Civil War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed on Chickamauga and Confederate Hospital System		USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
388	Benjamin Church	Benjamin Church Autograph Endorsement Signed (1717) - Rare Handwritten Document from 'The Father of American Ranging'	1717	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
392		Confederate Bond (1863)	1863	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
393	Gabby Gabreski	Gabby Gabreski Signed Book - A Fighter Pilot's Life		USD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
394	James M. Gavin	James M. Gavin Signed Book - War and Peace in the Space Age		USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
395	Jacob Gerrish	Jacob Gerrish Autograph Document Signed from April 17, 1775 - Two Days Before the Start of the Revolutionary War	1775	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
396	Harper's Weekly	Harper's Weekly Complete Reissue Collection (c. 1960s Reprints of Civil War-era Magazines)	1960s	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
397	O. O. Howard	O. O. Howard War-Dated Letter Signed to Major General John Schofield on "refugee Negroes who have followed the army since we left Fayetteville"		USD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
398		Lexington Alarm Minutemen: Jacob Gerrish and Silas Adams Receipt Document (July 8, 1775) - Dated to the Olive Branch Petition	1775	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
399	William Mahone	William Mahone Signed 'Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad Company' Interest Bond		USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
400	William Mahone	William Mahone Signed 'Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Rail Road Company' Bond		USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
401	George C. Marshall	George C. Marshall Signed Photograph		USD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
403	Chester Nimitz	Chester Nimitz Autograph Letter Signed on the Unsolved Mystery of a Naval Officer's Disappearance Near Pearl Harbor		USD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown

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.
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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