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Auction Name Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, and Books Total Sales (USD) 636,063.40
Auction Date September 18, 2024 - September 18, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 420,040.00
Sale Number #91824 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 560,300.00
Total Lots 518
Sold Lots 500 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 464,040.00
% of Lots Sold 96.53% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 619,900.00
Unsold Lots 18 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 102.61%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
372

Lee to Meade: His Only Letter in Private Hands From Gettysburg! Re: Wounded Confed!

July 4, 1863 USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 53,125.00
512 Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla: "Scientific research... advancing the well-fare of mankind is... the noblest human effort." - Among the Best We Have Seen!

August 6, 1895 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 34,375.00
505 Einstein

Einstein Writes on his "general theory of relativity compared to Newton's theory" - Fantastic Science Content

1944-10-15 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 28,125.00
412

Pearl Harbor (3) Radiograms: "This is no drill"; Plus War-Dated Pigeon Message From "a tired aviator"

ca. 1941-1943 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 17,500.00
205 Wernher von Braun

Rare Wernher von Braun Signed V-2 Rocket Report

1943-07-16 USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 16,250.00
454 Emerson

Emerson Early ALS, Themes of 1836 Essay "Nature" - One of Best Letters Extant! "Nature is always talking to you, especially when you are alone"

March 8, 1835 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 16,250.00
71 A. Lincoln

A. Lincoln Signed Note Directing Man to "take the oath", 1 Month Before Assassination

March 6, 1865 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,500.00
464 Christopher Darlington Morley

Christopher Darlington Morley Manuscripts & Letters Archive, 70+ Pages Ex Forbes

ca. 1920-1947 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 12,500.00
21 Dwight Eisenhower

Eisenhower ALS as President, to Influential Religious Leader, Exceedingly Rare

1954-10-22 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 11,250.00
457 R.W. Emerson

R.W. Emerson Re: Abolitionists & Whitman's Hospital Work! Civil War-Dated ALS - Fantastic!

October 7, 1863 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 10,000.00
135 Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall Signed Presentation Book With Incredible Original Angel Drawing!

ca. 1973 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 9,600.00
465 Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand's "Privilege Card" for Chemical Bank Signed Twice, PSA Gem MT 10

June, 1967 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,375.00
395 Jeb Stuart

Jeb Stuart Pleads Review of "Stuart's Sabre attachment", Incl. Original Sword Hanger

August 16, 1859 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,875.00
506 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein on Occam's Razor and "scientific thinking....my own relationships with logic"

1944-09-29 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,875.00
541 Babe Ruth

Superb Babe Ruth Signed Photo with Agent Christy Walsh! PSA/DNA Authenticated and Graded

1940 USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,875.00
208 Orville Wright

Orville Wright Very Rare First Flight Signed Gelatin Print Photo, PSA/DNA

2003-12-17 USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 USD 6,250.00
272 Joseph Hewes

Joseph Hewes Twice-Signed Sheriff's Bond, Rare!

October 31, 1765 USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 USD 6,250.00
360 George Custer

George Custer War Dated 1862 ALS Thanks Libbie For Helping "poor destitute soldier" He'd Fall In Love and Marry Her! With JSA LOA.

December 29, 1862 USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,937.50
278 William Penn

William Penn Witnesses Naming of Quaker Baby, Highly Unusual

September 13, 1700 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,625.00
270 John Hancock

John Hancock for a Boston Tavern Owner Seeking a Liquor License. Huge Bold Sig!

August 4, 1773 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,312.50
431

Rare Pair of Signed Portraits of Emperor Hirohito & Empress Kojun, Presented to Guests

n.d. USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
468 Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy Great Archive on Animal Rights, Famine and Scandal. He is Against Things "cruel and Unnecessary".

2009-04-23 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,000.00
504 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein "working for peace and humanity is particularly important at this time" As World Heads Towards War: 1935 TLS To Preacher

1935-02-15 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 5,000.00
511 Sir Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton Rare Signature, PSA Encapsulated and Authenticated

ca. 1700 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
107 Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Signed Portrait Photo to Pope Pius X, Simply Fantastic!

2006-04-30 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 4,687.50
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 54
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 8th-10th 2024
    Gonnelli: Menù di gala per l'incoronazione di Nicola II Romanov e di Aleksandra Feodorovna. Moskva, 1896. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Raccolta di 38 albumine, molte colorate a mano, di vedute della Cina, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Giappone e vari ritratti, 1880. Starting price 340 €
    Gonnelli
    Futurism
    Gonnelli: Lucio Fontana. Milan: Achille Mauri, 1968. Starting price 400 €
    Gonnelli: Mucha Alphonse, Documents décoratifs, 1901-1902. Starting price 10000 €
    Gonnelli: Christie Agatha, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. A detective story. London: John Lane, 1921. Starting price 460 €
    Gonnelli: Alberti Leon Battista, Ecatonphyla. Venice: Bernardino da Cremona, 1491. Starting price 10000 €
    Gonnelli: Menabrea Luigi Federico, Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1843. Starting price 5000 €
    Gonnelli: Bardi Giovanni, Memorie del calcio fiorentino. Florence, 1688. Starting price 1000 €
  • ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    ABAA
    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shepard (Ernest). "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Economics.- Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: More (Sir Thomas). La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). De medicinali materia libri sex, hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: World.- Blaeu (Johannes). Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu, engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shelley (Mary). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Albertolli (Ferdinando). Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli, Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.
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