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Auction Name Autographs and Artifacts Total Sales (USD) 1,015,955.00
Auction Date October 16, 2024 - October 16, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 679,800.00
Sale Number #701 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 992,500.00
Total Lots 657
Sold Lots 518 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 932,550.00
% of Lots Sold 78.84% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,359,400.00
Unsold Lots 139 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 74.74%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
178 Malcolm X

Malcolm X Prison Archive: (80+) Documents with an Autograph Letter Signed, Mug Shot Photograph, and Internal Records

circa 1946-1952 USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 94,699.00
578 J. R. R. Tolkien -4

The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings Trilogy

1966 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 61,599.00
221 Al Capone

Al Capone Rare 1926 Twice-Signed 'Gold Coin' Chicago Bank Document - PSA/DNA NM-MT 8

1926 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 37,500.00
580 Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde Rare Signed Photograph to His Assistant Editor Arthur Fish

1890 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 37,500.00
1 George Washington

George Washington Document Signed as President - Ship's Papers for a West Indies Trade Mission

1795 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 26,488.00
199 Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs Signed Seybold Seminar Guide Page - PSA NM-MT 8

1990 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 23,750.00
170 Martin Luther

Martin Luther Partial Autograph Letter Signed on Religion: "It is still decreed by God...Amen"

1530 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 20,000.00
10 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President (August 1861) - Early Military Appointment for Orville E. Babcock, the Future Aide-de-Camp for General U. S. Grant

1861 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 19,319.00
636 Beatles Signed

Beatles Signed 1963 Parlophone Promo Card

1963 USD 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,089.00
183 Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger

Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger Signatures

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 15,115.00
197 Otto Hahn

Otto Hahn War-Dated 24-Page Autograph Letter Signed from the Western Front, Sending Holiday Wishes and News of the aEU~Christmas TruceaEU Miracle

1914 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,000.00
11 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Letter Signed as an Attorney in Springfield, Illinois

1858 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,589.00
187 Elon Musk

Elon Musk Signature - PSA NM-MT 8

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 12,811.00
22 Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Letter Signed to a Former West Point Classmate - "I want no part of any political job"

1947 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,501.00
568 Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway Autograph Letter Signed on Health, Bullfights, and Work: "Am very busy about The Sun Also Rises script"

1956 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 12,079.00
574 J. K. Rowling Signed

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (First American Edition)

1998 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 11,731.00
541 Charles Schulz

Charles Schulz Signed 'Astronaut Snoopy' Animation Cel

c.1998 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 11,125.00
196 Albert Einstein:

Albert Einstein: 1933 Royal Albert Hall Ticket Stub - His Last Public Appearance in Europe - PSA NM 7

1933 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 10,695.00
627 Beatles Signed

Beatles Signed 1963 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' TV Broadcast Production Title Card

1963 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 10,456.00
4 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Autograph Letter Signed on Importing European Wine to Monticello

1816 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,068.00
642 Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin Emotional Autograph Letter Signed to Her Boyfriend - "It became apparent that you werenaEUt coming over. Too busy, I trust. 'Amphetamine imperativeaEUaEU

1965 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,991.00
581 Oscar Wilde

Poems (Ltd. Ed. #105/220)

1892 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 9,389.00
6 William Henry

William Henry Harrison Handwritten Manuscript on Rights and Slavery

no date but circa 1840 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,350.00
646 The Who

The Who Signed Photograph - Dating to The First Concert of Their 1975 The Who by Numbers Tour

circa 1975 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,784.00
235 Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos Signature - "Customers rule!"

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 8,659.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Online Sale:
    The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
    Ending 7th November, 2024
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). The Thirteen Problems, first edition, The Crime Club, 1932. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Dumb Witness, first edition, 1937. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Cards on the Table, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. Drop to his Death, first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Berkeley (Anthony). Jumping Jenny, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions
    Online Sale:
    The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
    Ending 7th November, 2024
    Forum, Nov. 7: Marsh (Ngaio). Overture to Death, first edition, The Crime Club, 1939. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". The Beast Must Die, first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Brand (Christianna). Green for Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author, 1939. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, Gollancz, 1928. £6,000 to £8,000.
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  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Freeman’s | Hindman
    Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
    November 14
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: LEROUX, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. FIRST AM. ED, FIRST ISSUE IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. 1911. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds. L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: ORWELL, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Lon., 1949. FIRST EDITION IN A VERY FINE DUST JACKET. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD. A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans. L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: The Federalist. NY, 1788. FIRST EDITION, THICK PAPER COPY. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: SELBY. Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology. Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.
  • Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE
    Le Neptune Oriental
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    CASSAS
    Eaux fortes de la Sicile et quelques vues d’Espagne
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    CASSINI DE THURY
    Carte générale et particulière de la France.
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    JOUY; GARNERAY
    Vues des côtes de France dans l'Océan et dans la Méditerranée
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LA PÉROUSE
    Voyage autour du monde
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LE GENTIL DE LA GALAISIERE
    Voyage dans les Mers de l’Inde
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LICENT
    Hoang Ho, Pai Ho, Loan Ho, Leao Ho. Itinéraires suivis dans le bassin du golfe du Pei Tcheuly
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    FRENCH SCHOOL FROM THE 19th CENTURY
    Panorama d’Athènes
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    PEETERS
    Description des principales villes, havres et isles du golfe de Venise
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    PÉRON; FREYCINET
    Voyage de découverte aux terres australes
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    STACKELBERG
    La Grèce : vues pittoresques et topographiques.
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    VALENTINER
    Atlas des Sonnensystems.
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