• Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    May 14
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000
  • Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000
  • Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
    Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.
    Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.
    Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.
    Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.
    Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.
    Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
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RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Auction Reports

Auction Name Fine Autographs and Artifacts Total Sales (USD) 899,625.00
Auction Date March 12, 2025 - March 12, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 563,400.00
Sale Number #713 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 848,000.00
Total Lots 628
Sold Lots 471 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,078,300.00
% of Lots Sold 75.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,557,700.00
Unsold Lots 157 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 57.75%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
622 Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan Handwritten and Signed Lyrics for 'All Along the Watchtower'

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 61,599.00
544 Bob Dylan's

Bob Dylan's First Demo Tape - Original Master Recorded at The Gaslight, NYC, September 6, 1961 - From the Collection of Terri Thal

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 39,325.00
1 George Washington

George Washington Document Signed as President for a Land Deal with Valley Forge Veteran Col. Israel Shreve

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 22,144.00
586 Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan Oversized Signed Photograph (Ltd. Ed. #IV/IV) - Royal Albert Hall, 1966, by Barry Feinstein

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 20,788.00
33 James Buchanan

James Buchanan (2) Documents Signed for the Treaty of Tientsin, Negotiated with China

USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 17,858.00
43 Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison Letter Signed as President on Immigration: aEUoeWe do not treat any other people as we do the ChineseaEU

USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 17,379.00
237 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Signed Photograph to a Noted Peace Activist

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 15,881.00
473 Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee Autograph Letter Signed to Drug Dealer and Fist of Fury Co-Star Robert Baker: "I hope you will send me the 'quality' stuff"

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,753.00
35 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President, Appointing Eli Whitney III as American Commissioner to the 1862 London Exhibition of Industry

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 13,589.00
24 Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor Naval Document Signed as President

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 13,585.00
590 Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan Oversized Original Photograph by Barry Feinstein - 'Bowling for Dollars, Liverpool, 1966'

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,905.00
34 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President - Ten Days After the Battle of Fort Sumter

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 11,229.00
206 John Hancock

John Hancock Revolutionary War-Dated Document Signed as President of Congress (1777)

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,981.00
196 Donald Trump

Donald Trump Signed $2 Dollar Bill

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 9,694.00
331 War

World War II: Atomic Bomb and Manhattan Project Signature (35) Archive

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,383.00
690 Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin Oversized Signed Photograph to the Band's Attorney

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 9,318.00
50 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Original Sketches as a Massachusetts Senator

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,151.00
246 Red Cloud

Red Cloud Signature and Photograph

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 9,075.00
3 John Adams

John Adams Twice-Signed Legal Document, Months Before the Boston Tea Party

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,028.00
2 George Washington

George Washington Signature - Rare Full Signature

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 8,285.00
232 Pierre Curie

Pierre Curie Autograph Letter Signed, Replying to a Bacteriologist's Inquiry on Radium

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,250.00
645

The Day the Music Died: Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper Signatures

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 8,125.00
210 Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill Signed War-Dated Photograph (1942)

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,110.00
226 Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Signature - Dated to His 1966 Speech at the Stockholm Opera House

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,499.00
325 Raphael Semmes

Raphael Semmes Civil War-Dated Document Signed - Greensboro Parole, Citing the Johnston-Sherman Surrender

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,499.00
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€
    Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€
    Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€
    Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€
    Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€
    Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
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