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RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 6/21

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Auction Name Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 6/21 Total Sales (USD) 1,110,877.00
Auction Date July 10, 2024 - July 10, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 643,600.00
Sale Number #695 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 983,400.00
Total Lots 970
Sold Lots 689 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,201,000.00
% of Lots Sold 71.03% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,797,200.00
Unsold Lots 281 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 61.81%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
249 Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud Autograph Letter Signed: "I am a pacifist"

1931 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 31,625.00
240 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed, Explaining Special Relativity

1931 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 31,245.00
164

Declaration of Independence Force Print

1848 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 29,136.00
176 John Hanson

John Hanson Rare Continental Army Appointment for a Captain in the 7th Massachusetts Regiment, Signed as President of the Confederation Congress (1782)

1782 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 27,869.00
162 Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin Document Signed as President of Pennsylvania, Overseeing an Early Bankruptcy Case (1786)

1786 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 27,453.00
1 George Washington

George Washington Signed Revolutionary War Discharge Certificate (1783)

1783 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 26,250.00
179 Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine Autograph Letter Signed - Likely to President Jefferson

1806 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,469.00
243 Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton Handwritten Scientific Notes on Alchemy

no date. USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 24,956.00
224 Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass Historic Autograph Note Signed: "The Constitution written by John Brown at my house, is not for sale"

1874 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 23,153.00
376 Revolutionary War:

Revolutionary War: Continental Congress Appoints George Washington as General and Commander-in-Chief of American Forces

no date (circa late June 1775) USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 18,568.00
738 Beatles

Beatles Signed 'Star Pics' Photograph - Obtained at the Imperial Ballroom on May 11, 1963

1963 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,499.00
428 Robert Gould

Robert Gould Shaw Signed Photograph - Rare Portrait of the Commander of the All-Black 54th Massachusetts

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 16,079.00
927 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Signed Photograph, Presented to the Owner of the Bluebook Modeling Agency

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,495.00
442 Edward Preble

Edward Preble Letter Signed from the USS Constitution on the First Barbary War: "I shall commence an attack on Tripoli"

1804 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 14,949.00
739 Beatles

Beatles Signed 1963 Parlophone Promo Card - The First to Show New Drummer Ringo Starr (PSA NM-MT 8)

1962 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 14,949.00
926 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Signed Oversized Photograph - "I love you, Marilyn"

USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 13,589.00
184 Charles Thomson

Charles Thomson Scarce Document Signed as Secretary of the Continental Congress, Outlining the Duties of the Secretary

1785 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 12,973.00
612 Apollo 11

Apollo 11 Signed Photograph

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 12,905.00
20 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Endorsement Signed as President (1864) - Approving a Sawmill for Jacksonville, Florida

1864 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 11,006.00
385 Revolutionary War:

Revolutionary War: Letters on the Fall (1779) and Evacuation (1782) of Charleston by Gen. Gates and Col. Simons

1779 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,980.00
18 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Endorsement Signed as President - PSA GEM MT 10

1863 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,941.00
19 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Noted Signed as President to Surgeon General Joseph Barnes (1865) - PSA NM-MT 8

1865 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,941.00
147 Harry S. Truman, Henry A. Wallace, and Sam Rayburn

Harry S. Truman, Henry A. Wallace, and Sam Rayburn Signed Congressional Resolution Declaring War on Italy

1941 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 10,553.00
175 Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton Autograph Letter Signed as Treasury Secretary, Advancing Payment for a Government Clothing Contract

1793 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,208.00
193 Simon Bolivar

Simon Bolivar Document Signed, Opening Diplomatic Relations Between Colombia and Mexico

1821 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,068.00
  • Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
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