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Auction Name Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Americana Total Sales (USD) 691,350.00
Auction Date August 07, 2024 - August 07, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 387,100.00
Sale Number #80724 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 518,850.00
Total Lots 554
Sold Lots 542 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 411,200.00
% of Lots Sold 97.83% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 548,950.00
Unsold Lots 12 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 125.94%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
521 Davy Crockett

Davy Crockett ALS Criticizing President Jackson: "his will is to be the law of the land"

 April 9, 1834 USD 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 62,500.00
541 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein ALS: "it only makes sense to postulate (1) alone, i.e., without Rik = 0. This is, in fact, a generalization of the old gravitational equations"

 1937-10-09 USD 35,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 59,375.00
30 James Garfield

James Garfield Rare Inaugural Photograph Signed As President - Unique Rarity!

 March 11, 1881 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 18,750.00
478 Pasquale Paoli

Pasquale Paoli Italian LS Re: French Campaign Against Sardinia, In Which The 24-Year-Old Napoleon Bonaparte Participated. Paoli's Role In the Failed Expedition Convinced Napoleon To Break From His Former Hero

 February 15, 1793 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 10,000.00
133 Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt On His Horse! "The best picture I ever had taken or expect to have taken!" A Magnificent Photograph, The Best TR Signed Photograph We Have Ever Offered!

 2007-02-25 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,375.00
542 Einstein Effort

Einstein Effort to Save Woman Who Would Die in Suicide Pact At Concentration Camp

 1936-05-02 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,375.00
71 Lee Harvey Oswald

Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to His Brother, "send me a football (they only have round ones here)...these Russians seem interested in learning how to play...together we'll show them a little bit of american"

 1961-11-30 USD 8,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 9,000.00
334 Janis Joplin

Early Janis Joplin ALS to Boyfriend De Blanc, Claiming She Cleaned Her Drug Habit Months Before Joining Big Brother & the Holding Company!

 1965-07-28 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 7,500.00
424 Jeb Stuart

Jeb Stuart War Dated ALS, "I have but one motive...and that is duty to our country"

 March 2, 1863 USD 4,500.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,500.00
548 Sir Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton PSA Certified Signature - "Mr. Newton"

 ca. 1700-1708 USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 7,040.00
6 James Buchanan

James Buchanan Signed Book, First Presidential Memoir

 ca. 1866 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 6,875.00
116

Reagan Referencing Slavery - "Liberty and freedom for all men was at stake" - & Lincoln, 19pp, Handwritten, Annotated & Signed Speech, 1981

 1981-07-03 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,875.00
105

U.S. Presidential Stamps: 3 Unused Blocks Washington & Jefferson, Ex-Ishikawa/M. Forbes

 ca. 1851-1861 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,080.00
543 Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud & Daughter Anna Freud, 2 ALS's Ex-Edward L. Bernays

 ca. 1928-1933 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 5,937.50
456 Emperor Hirohito & Empress Nagako

Emperor Hirohito & Empress Nagako Signed Photo In Original Chrysanthemum Presentation Frame, Dating from Nixon-Era State Visit to Alaska, With Outstanding Provenance

 ca. September 1971 USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,625.00
567 Babe Ruth

Superb Babe Ruth Signed Photo Dedicated to the 4th Marine Regiment, JSA Authenticated

 n.d. USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,625.00
5

1856 National Political Map: Buchanan, Fremont, & Fillmore

 ca. 1856 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 5,312.50
292 Lee Family

Lee Family Archive, Including Partial 1776 Letter from Richard Henry Lee to Patrick Henry, 8 items

 ca. 1747-1806 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 5,312.50
495 Hemingway, Says

Hemingway, Says "Farewell to Arms... was banned and burned" - He Details His Entire WWII Career!

 Dec. 18, 1946 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,312.50
173 Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso ALS On "Three Dancers" Postcard Addressed to Longtime Collector & Patron Who Hid Works From The Nazi's

 1956-07-06 USD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,000.00
514

Massive Print of "Driving the Golden Spike", Finishing the Transcontinental Railroad

 ca. 1881 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 5,000.00
113 Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan Speech "thanks to... Jackie Robinson, baseball became a truly American game...great BLACK ATHLETES" Amazing

 n.d. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,687.50
140 Incredibly Rare

Incredibly Rare Zachary Taylor Free Frank as President

 n.d. USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,687.50
437

R.E. Lee Surrenders Confederate Funds at Appomattox & Fallen Richmond Flag Fragment. Museum Type Relics from the Fall of Confederacy and End of Civil War!

 ca. 1865 USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 USD 4,687.50
149 Donald Trump

Donald Trump Boldly Signed Souvenir Copy of Impeachment

 ca. December 2019 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 4,375.00
  • <b>Bonhams, now to Oct. 24:</b> CATESBY, MARK. 1683-1749. <i>The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands.</i> $100,000 - $150,000 <b>Bonhams, now to Oct. 24:</b> AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. <i>The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories.</i> $30,000 - $50,000 <b>Bonhams, now to Oct. 24:</b> ADAMS ON HIS PEAR TREES AND A LOST PORTRAIT BY SALEM ARTIST HANNAH CROWNINSHIELD. ADAMS, JOHN. 1735-1826. $10,000 - $15,000 <b>Bonhams, now to Oct. 24:</b> EARLIEST MAP DEVOTED TO NORTH AMERICA. FORLANI, PAULO. fl.1560-1571. $20,000 - $30,000 <b>Bonhams, now to Oct. 24:</b> HAMILTON DEFENDS THE CONSTITUTION. HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. 1757-1804. $20,000 - $30,000 <b>Bonhams, now to Oct. 24:</b> NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION BROADSIDE. Boston, September 14, 1768. $5,000 - $8,000 <b>Bonhams, now to Oct. 23:</b> ONE OF THE EARLIEST ILLUSTRATIONS OF A SURGICAL PROCEDURE. BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS. $10,000 - $15,000 <b>Bonhams, now to Oct. 23:</b> RICHARD FEYNMAN'S ANNOTATED COPY, WITH TWO EARLY FEYNMAN AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS. $15,000 - $25,000 <b>Bonhams, now to Oct. 23:</b> THE FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN COMPUTING. TURING, ALAN MATHISON. 1912-1954. $30,000 - $50,000 <b>Bonhams, now to Oct. 23:</b> FINE OIL PORTRAIT OF ALBERT EINSTEIN BY EUGEN SPIRO. $40,000 - $60,000 <b>Bonhams, now to Oct. 23:</b> PENICILLIN MOLD MEDALLION INSCRIBED BY ALEXANDER FLEMING. FLEMING, ALEXANDER. 1881-1955. $30,000 - $50,000 <b>Bonhams, now to Oct. 23:</b> APPLE "TWIGGY" MACINTOSH PROTOTYPE USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMONSTRATION SOFTWARE. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: CATESBY, MARK. 1683-1749. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: ADAMS ON HIS PEAR TREES AND A LOST PORTRAIT BY SALEM ARTIST HANNAH CROWNINSHIELD. ADAMS, JOHN. 1735-1826. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: EARLIEST MAP DEVOTED TO NORTH AMERICA. FORLANI, PAULO. fl.1560-1571. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: HAMILTON DEFENDS THE CONSTITUTION. HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. 1757-1804. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION BROADSIDE. Boston, September 14, 1768. $5,000 - $8,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: ONE OF THE EARLIEST ILLUSTRATIONS OF A SURGICAL PROCEDURE. BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: RICHARD FEYNMAN'S ANNOTATED COPY, WITH TWO EARLY FEYNMAN AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: THE FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN COMPUTING. TURING, ALAN MATHISON. 1912-1954. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: FINE OIL PORTRAIT OF ALBERT EINSTEIN BY EUGEN SPIRO. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: PENICILLIN MOLD MEDALLION INSCRIBED BY ALEXANDER FLEMING. FLEMING, ALEXANDER. 1881-1955. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: APPLE "TWIGGY" MACINTOSH PROTOTYPE USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMONSTRATION SOFTWARE. $80,000 - $120,000
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    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Extremely Rare Ben Franklin Printed: Considerations on Keeping Negroes...Part Second. 1762.
    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: An impressively extra-illustrated copy; Including an Original leaf from Shakespeare’s 1623 First Folio!
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    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Rarest Naval Autograph James Lawrence “Don’t give up the ship On " U.S. Ship Hornet June 19th 1812.
    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Oversize Ernest Hemingway Signed Photo with long Inscription about Drinking Wine to his dear friend and Secretary Roberto Herrera.
    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: VOLTAIRE Signed Receipt about a partial payment of debt for the Duke of Wuerttemberg.
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    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: [Maps] Gio. Ant. Magnini, Italia, 1620.
    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: LAWMAN SALOON JUDGE ROY BEAN Signed Legal Document 1895-RARE!
    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Autograph Album with James Garfield as President, Chester A. Aurthur as VP, William T. Sherman, Burnside, P.T. Barnum and many more!
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    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Signed Four Language Ship's Paper.
    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Hector Berlioz Autograph Musical Quotation Signed.
    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Important Memorandum the Day after Gettysburg July 5th, 1863 where Lincoln asks all Department Heads of the cabinet to meet him at the Executive Mansion.
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    18 October 2024
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 18: Herodianus Syrus, Herodiani Historiarum, Venice, Heirs of Aldo & Torresano, 1524, Parisian binding for Jean Grolier by Jean Picard, ca. 1540
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 18: Musaeus, Opusculum de Herone et Leandro, Venice, Aldo, 1495 (Greek text), interleaved with 1497–1498 (Latin text), English olive morocco by Charles Lewis, the Botfield copy
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 18: Horatius Flaccus, Horatius, Venice, Aldo, 1501, Bolognese brown goatskin (between 1501 and 1503), arms of Mino Rossi and illuminated initials throughout
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 18: Lucretius, De rerum natura, Venice, Aldo, 1500, English early eighteenth-century red morocco, the Fletcher copy
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 18: Dante, Le terze rime, Venice, Aldo, 1502, illuminated, contemporary Bolognese morocco binding
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