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Auction Name Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, and Books Total Sales (USD) 556,353.50
Auction Date February 01, 2023 - February 01, 2023 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 386,900.00
Sale Number #20123 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 509,800.00
Total Lots 414
Sold Lots 393 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 471,300.00
% of Lots Sold 94.93% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 610,100.00
Unsold Lots 21 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 91.19%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
147 George Washington

George Washington Gives a Horse and Guns to His Loyal Guard 10 Days Before Resigning as Commander in Chief

 December 10, 1783 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 31,250.00
275 Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine ALS Confirming Christmas Eve Attack Likely Based On Anti-Christianity, “The account you heard of a man firing into my house is true”

 July 12, 1806 USD 24,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 31,250.00
258 John Hancock

John Hancock ALS, “General Howe is bent on coming here”, Troops, Martha Washington and Continental Congress in 1777, to his wife Dolly!

 March 10-11, 1777 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 28,125.00
300 George Gershwin

George Gershwin Signed Contract for 1st Production of Porgy and Bess, Also Signed by Dubose Heyward and Ira Gershwin, Historic!

 June 28, 1935 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,000.00
58

The Rarest of Dual Signed Kennedy Items! 1963 Christmas Card With "Blessed Christmas" Removed at the Last Minute for Kennedy's Jewish Friends

 ca. 1963 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 16,250.00
84 A. Lincoln & J. W. Booth

A. Lincoln & J. W. Booth Signatures in Dramatic Display

 ca. 1865 USD 9,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 15,000.00
71 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Boldly and Fully Signs Appointment of Consul Who Would Facilitate Bond Sales In Europe Financing Civil War

 August 15, 1861 USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,000.00
441 Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig Sends Handwritten Note of Thanks

 n.d. USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,000.00
232 Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony Copy of An Account of Her Trial "on the Charge of Illegal Voting"

 ca. 1874 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 9,375.00
255 A. Hamilton

A. Hamilton Signed Display "An act... for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States." Central to Creating Strength in New Government and Navy

 June 17, 1794 USD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,750.00
170 Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright Superb ALS, His Own House is Falling Apart

 August 23, 1912 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 8,125.00
257 John Hancock

John Hancock Boldly 2x Signed Ornate Judicial Document for Relative of Witchcraft Judge, Unique

 February 4, 1871 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,875.00
263 Gen. William Howe

Revolutionary War Broadside By Gen. William Howe 1778

 February 7, 1778 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 6,250.00
112 Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan TLS to Former P.M. Lord Wilson, "We truly consider the British-American relationship to be special"

 April 15, 1985 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,100.00
132 Theodore Roosevelt

T. Roosevelt on Lincoln and Dred Scott and the Constitution, Incomparable Content!

 May 30, 1911 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,937.50
236 Geronimo

Legendary Apache Chief Geronimo Pristine Clipped Signature, Very Rare!

n.d. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,937.50
413

Kerouac's Bible! Personal Copy of "The New Testament", Charmingly Custom Rebound by Him, From His Estate

 ca. 1954 USD 600.00 - 700.00 USD 5,937.50
299 Walt Disney

Walt Disney "Fantasia"-Era Boldly Signed TLS Re: "Special Effects Department," PSA Certified Authentic & With Phil Sears COA

 March 4, 1940 USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,625.00
27

Ground Zero Hard Hat Signed by Bush, Giuliani, Clinton, Pataki & Bloomberg

 ca. 2001 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,000.00
78 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Contemporary, All Hand Done and Finest Appearance Extant, from a Soldier Wounded at Antietam

 ca. 1863 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 5,000.00
195

"The Astronauts" Signed by All Seven Mercury Astronauts

 ca. 1960 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,000.00
39 James Garfield

James Garfield Rare Signed Presidential Appointment

 June 13, 1881 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,687.50
428 Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison Signed Photo Showing Lamp Powered by Rechargeable Storage Battery

 n.d. USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 4,687.50
430 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein TLS Addressed to Freudian Psychoanalyst & Recent U.S. Émigré

 May 31, 1938 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,375.00
435 Muhammad Ali

Incredible Muhammad Ali PSA Slabbed Signed Photograph w/ Unique Inscription

 June 14, 1954 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,062.50
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • 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
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    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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