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Auction Name Rare Autographs, Books Total Sales (USD) 334,746.00
Auction Date August 28, 2019 - August 28, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 256,100.00
Sale Number #82819 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 306,810.00
Total Lots 257
Sold Lots 229 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 347,400.00
% of Lots Sold 89.11% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 411,710.00
Unsold Lots 28 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 81.31%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
73 Albert Einstein

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Albert Einstein Theory of Universal Gravitation, “the validity of Newton’s theory” Using a “clock-time” Illustration – Incredible Scientific Letter in English!_x000D__x000D_
Albert Einstein Theory of Universal Gravitation, “the validity of Newton’

 November 2, 1953 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 45,000.00
179 Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine Writes to Fellow Deist Asking Help with His Tenant Farmer and Enclosing an Essay on “Hints” for Establishing a Deistical Church

 July 9, 1804 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 18,000.00
98 John Hancock

John Hancock in 1776 Signs Highly Important Resolution Urging Complete Representation of All the States. Taxation Without Representation was the Main Cause of the Revolutionary War.

 October 1, 1776 USD 8,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 14,400.00
200 Paul Revere

Paul Revere Witnesses a Deed for the Support of a Minor Heir

 June 17, 1799 USD 15,000.00 - 17,000.00 USD 14,400.00
71 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Magnificent Scientific Letter in English Re: Nature of Light and Special Relativity

 September 18, 1952 USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD 13,200.00
74 Albert Einstein

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Albert Einstein Refers to “The Theory of Relativity,” an Explanation of How the “constancy of the speed of light” and “rotation of the earth” – a Fantastic Letter!_x000D__x000D_
Albert Einstein Refers to “The Theory of Relativity,” an Explanation

Ca. April 7, 1953 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 11,400.00
247 George Washington

George Washington Signed Soldier’s Discharge, the Document Shows How the Soldier was Conned Out of his Rights by a Man Later Convicted and Sent to Prison for Life

 June 8, 1783 USD 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 USD 9,000.00
129 Thomas Jefferson

Fantastic framed Thomas Jefferson ALS with a lovel

 April 18, 1826 USD 7,500.00 - 8,500.00 USD 7,200.00
63 Walt Disney

Walt Disney TLS Re: Exhibition of "Fantasia" for Pan-American Union Attendees' Children

 July 7, 1941 USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 USD 6,600.00
169 Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel, "Father of Modern Genetics"--Extremely Rare!

 September 1, 1876 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,700.00
234 Harry S. Truman

Truman Signed Victory Proclamation Re: Germany's Surrender_x000D_

 May 8, 1945 USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,400.00
140 John F. Kennedy

JFK's Last Texas Trip, 31 Super Vintage 8” x 10” Mostly Color Photos of JFK by Cecil Stoughton from his Personal Album

 Ca. November 21, 1963 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,800.00
168 Herman Melville

Herman Melville Shows Fascination With George Washington's Head, A Moby Dick Reference Comparing Queequeg to Washington

 February 1855 USD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,800.00
239 Vietnam War

Ho Chi Minh Signed Photo_x000D_

 Ca. 1955 USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,800.00
153 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln 'Ayres" Superb Photo

 n.d. USD 1,300.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,500.00
46 Winston Churchill

Earl Warren’s Address to the American Bar Association Meeting in London, & Appreciation of Winston Churchill

 July 31, 1957 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,200.00
72 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Regarding Gravitation, “If you would be right the earth would receive from the sun an infinite acceleration.”

 December 3, 1954 USD 2,600.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,200.00
127 John Jay

John Jay: Fantastic Founding, Constitutional Law, & Harvard Content

 September 27, 1826 USD 800.00 - 900.00 USD 4,200.00
132 Edward Jenner

Edward Jenner, Inventor of Smallpox Vaccine, Apologizes for Tardiness in Visiting Sick Child

 Monday Morning, ca. 1806-1807 USD 800.00 - 900.00 USD 4,200.00
3 Andre Marie Ampere

André-Marie Ampère, French Physicist, ALS Re: "Essay on the Philosophy of Sciences"

 February 21, 1833 USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,900.00
130 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson signs a Land Grant to Satisfy Revolutionary War Claims by the Refuges from Canada and Nova Scotia. _x000D_

 January 26th, 1803 USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,600.00
148 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln as Attorney for Plaintiff in Unusual Seduction Case

 April 30, 1851 USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,600.00
213 Science

Ernest Rutherford letter with Significant Scientific Content_x000D_

 January 8, 1921 USD 1,500.00 - 1,700.00 USD 3,600.00
106 Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking Signed "Brief History of Time" Signed with a Thumbprint of Stephen Hawking_x000D_

 Ca. 1993 USD 3,000.00 - 3,250.00 USD 3,360.00
68 Thomas Alva Edison

Thomas Edison Seeks a Patent for Phonogram-Blanks in Canada at the Birth of the Recorded Voice

 August 24, 1888 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,120.00
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
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