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RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Auction Name Fine Autographs and Artifacts Total Sales (USD) 986,643.00
Auction Date August 14, 2024 - August 14, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #697 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 819
Sold Lots 634 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 77.41% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 185 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
188 Johannes Kepler

Johannes Kepler Rare Autograph Document Signed

no date but circa August/September 1628. Not Available USD 75,000.00
147 Benjamin Rush

Benjamin Rush War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed on George Washington and British Movements: "Our town is alive with news. The minute guns were fired this morning. It threw the city into confusion."

1777 Not Available USD 37,023.00
1 George Washington

George Washington Autograph Letter Signed to Architect of the Capitol William Thornton

1799 Not Available USD 36,603.00
718 Al Pacino

Al Pacino Document Signed for The Godfather Part II - Contract for the Role of Michael Corleone

1972 Not Available USD 31,344.00
517 Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway (4) Letters on Drinking, Money, and Writing: "The reason I didn't write you about the book is because it is hard enough to write it without writing about it"

1931 Not Available USD 31,251.00
507 Charles Schulz

Charles Schulz Signed Original Hand-Drawn Peanuts Daily Comic Strip, Featuring Snoopy as a 'World Famous Author'

1991 Not Available USD 20,133.00
373 Napoleon

Napoleon Letter Signed to Minister of the Interior

1802 Not Available USD 19,460.00
552 Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin Rare Signed Photograph - Same Image Used for Issue No. 6 of Rolling Stone Magazine

1967, 1968. Not Available USD 18,093.00
546 Beatles

Beatles Signatures (c. 1963) - Superlative Examples

1963 Not Available USD 18,089.00
134 Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin Signed Land Grant as President of Pennsylvania's Supreme Executive Council (1787)

1787 Not Available USD 13,589.00
548 Beatles

Beatles Signed Program for a 1966 American Tour Promoter

Not Available USD 13,315.00
181 Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton Autograph Letter Signed to a Founding Father's Descendent, Sending "Secondhand Trunks"

1873 Not Available USD 12,501.00
547 Beatles

Beatles Signatures - Signed at 1964 Ed Sullivan Show Rehearsals

1964 Not Available USD 12,080.00
15 U. S. Grant

U. S. Grant Signed Cabinet Photograph, Pictured in His Four-Star Military Uniform by Mathew Brady - PSA NM-MT 8

Not Available USD 10,664.00
365 J. E. B. Stuart War-Dated

J. E. B. Stuart War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed to Fitzhugh Lee, Mentioning General James Longstreet and Discussing Field Logistics and Battle Preparations Days Before the Start of the Overland Campaign

1864 Not Available USD 9,075.00
556 Nirvana

Nirvana Signed Live! Music Review Magazine (April 1993) with Rare 'Smiley Face Logo' Sketch

1993 Not Available USD 9,074.00
717 Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen Signed Photograph in Bullitt

Not Available USD 8,894.00
38 Donald Trump

Donald Trump Signed Inaugural Ball Ticket

2017 Not Available USD 8,659.00
385 Joe Rosenthal

Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal (2) Signed Items - Flag-Raising Photograph and AP News Photo Envelope

1945 Not Available USD 8,435.00
2 John Adams

John Adams Document Signed as President - Four-Language Passport for the Ship Minerva

1797 Not Available USD 7,854.00
3 Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Signed Four-Language Ship's Passport

1804 Not Available USD 7,499.00
896 Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth Filled Out Signed Check to St. Albans Golf Club - PSA GEM MINT 10

1937 Not Available USD 6,816.00
826 Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly Autograph Letter Signed on Vacation, Family, and Her Miscarriage

1967 Not Available USD 6,523.00
157 Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill Signed Photograph by Vivienne of London

1955 Not Available USD 6,049.00
150 George Wythe

George Wythe Autograph Endorsement Signed

1796 Not Available USD 5,913.00
  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
  • 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
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