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Auction Name Historical Platinum Signature Auction Total Sales (USD) 1,384,763.00
Auction Date July 25, 2024 - July 25, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,087,120.00
Sale Number #6294 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,630,680.00
Total Lots 92
Sold Lots 79 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,567,120.00
% of Lots Sold 85.87% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,350,680.00
Unsold Lots 13 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 58.91%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
42053 Ludwig van Beethoven.

Excessively Rare Autograph Letter Signed ("Beethoven").

USD 144,000.00 - 216,000.00 USD 112,500.00
42050 [George Washington, his copy]. Marcus Tullius Cicero.

M. T. Cicero's Cato Major, or his Discourse of Old Age: With Explanatory Notes. Translation and notes by James Logan.

1744 USD 48,000.00 - 72,000.00 USD 100,000.00
42037 J.K. Rowling.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

1997 USD 96,000.00 - 144,000.00 USD 93,750.00
42051 [George Washington, his copy]. Frederic II.

Posthumous Works. Volume XII. Correspondence: Letter between Frederic II and Mess. D'Alembert, de Condorcet, Grimm and d'Arget. Translated by Thomas Holcroft.

1789 USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 USD 87,500.00
42030 [Napoleon Bonaparte, his copy]. Constantin Francois Volney.

Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte, pendant les annees 1783, 1784, et 1785.

An VII 1799. USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 USD 81,250.00
42023 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed during the years 1804-5-6.

1814 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 62,500.00
42067

George Washington Land Indenture Written Entirely in His Hand.

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 47,500.00
42068

George Washington Letter Signed.

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 42,500.00
42056 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Autograph Letter Signed ("A. Einstein").

USD 48,000.00 - 72,000.00 USD 40,000.00
42036 J.K. Rowling.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

1997 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 37,500.00
42001 [Isaac Asimov]. David Kyle.

Original dust jacket illustration art from Isaac Asimov's Foundation,

circa 1951. USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 35,000.00
42069

George Washington Manuscript Presidential Pardon Signed ("G: Washington").

USD 44,800.00 - 67,200.00 USD 35,000.00
42061 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Letter Signed ("A. Lincoln").

USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 USD 32,500.00
42026 Mao Tsetung.

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung.

1972 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 31,250.00
42035 Theodore Roosevelt.

The Winning of the West.

1900 USD 12,800.00 - 19,200.00 USD 31,250.00
42049 Jules Verne.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas.

1873 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 27,500.00
42052 John Adams

John Adams Extraordinary Autograph Letter Signed with Free Frank Signature.

1812 USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 USD 25,000.00
42005 Edgar Rice Burroughs.

A Princess of Mars.

1917 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 21,250.00
42016 William Morris, translator.

The Tale of King Coustans and of Over Sea.

1894 USD 19,200.00 - 28,800.00 USD 20,000.00
42007 Charles Dickens.

A complete set of The Christmas Books.

1843-1848. USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 19,375.00
42014 Ernest Hemingway.

A Farewell to Arms.

1929 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 16,250.00
42038 Robert Browning.

So Here Then is the Last Ride.

1900 USD 19,200.00 - 28,800.00 USD 15,000.00
42072 Robert Oppenheimer.

Rare inscribed and signed photo ("Robert Oppenheimer") of Albert Einstein and Oppenheimer at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 15,000.00
42058 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Typed Letters (2) Signed to Princeton Professor Julian H. Bonfante.

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 14,375.00
42084

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed "Type One" Insurance Cover Directly from The Armstrong Family Collection, CAG Certified.

USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 USD 13,750.00
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