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Doyle, June 18: Stephen Sondheim's personalized Sweeney Todd asylum coat and jacket. $400 to $600.Doyle, June 18: Twelve Posters for Stephen Sondheim Musicals. $400 to $600.Doyle, June 18: Stephen Sondheim's Gold Record for the soundtrack to West Side Story. $1,000 to $1,500.Doyle, June 18: A manuscript musical quotation from Passion. The quotation headed "Tranquillo" above the music, the lyrics are also written out: "lov-ing you is not a choice, it's who I am..." 11 x 14 inches. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 18: Stephen Sondheim's retained set of The Sondheim Review. Comprising a complete run of Volume 1, Number 1 (Summer 1994) to Volume XXI, Number 4 (Fall 2015). $500 to $800.Doyle, June 18: Five amusing Victorian-era game boards, including Snakes and Ladders. $200 to $300.Doyle, June 18: A cased tabletop croquet set and two horse racing games. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 18: Four Posters Related to Various Sondheim Productions. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 18: The rare first American edition of The Phantom of the Opera. $100 to $200.
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Sagen & Delås Auctions
Towards the Poles: Accounts of Polar Exploration
June 15, 2024Sagen & Delås, June 15: ROALD AMUNDSEN: PHOTO of «Fram» SIGNED by 17 members of the South Pole Expedition, Including Amundsen. €6,900 to €8,600.Sagen & Delås, June 15: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen», 1912. IN PARTS. €1,280 to €2,150.Sagen & Delås, June 15: JEAN-BAPTISTE CHARCOT: «Expédition Antarctique Francaise […] 1903-1905. », 1906. RARE, SIGNED. €2,100 to €3,400.Sagen & Delås Auctions
Towards the Poles: Accounts of Polar Exploration
June 15, 2024Sagen & Delås, June 15: FREDERICK A. COOK: «Through the first Antarctic Night 1898-1899. […]», 1900. First LIMITED & SIGNED edition. €2,100 to €3,400.Sagen & Delås, June 15: JAPANESE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION UNDER NOBU SHIRASE: «Watashi no Nankyoku Tanken-ki», 1942. Publisher's wrappers. €1,280 to €2,135.Sagen & Delås, June 15: FRIDTJOF NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet», 1897. LOT - 6 Variant bindings. €1,250 to €2,100.Sagen & Delås Auctions
Towards the Poles: Accounts of Polar Exploration
June 15, 2024Sagen & Delås, June 15: ABRAHAM ORTELIUS: «Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip», 1570. Beautiful handcoloured first state map. €2,950 to €3,800.Sagen & Delås, June 15: SCOTTISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION: [W. S. BRUCE]: «Life in the Antarctic», 1907. 2 copies in wrappers. €85 to €250.Sagen & Delås, June 15: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-9», 1909. Publisher's wrappers. €510 to €1,025.Sagen & Delås Auctions
Towards the Poles: Accounts of Polar Exploration
June 15, 2024Sagen & Delås, June 15: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «South», 1919. An attractive copy in publisher's cloth. €2,550 to €4,265.Sagen & Delås, June 15: UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION UNDER CHARLES WILKES (1838-1842): «Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition», 1845. €3,400 to €5,100.Sagen & Delås, June 15: HUBERT WILKINS: «Under the North Pole», 1931 | CONTRIBUTORS EDITION - LIMITED TO 29 COPIES. €1,280 to €2,550. -
Heritage Auctions, June 27
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925Heritage Auctions, June 27
Mary Shelley
Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus
London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, 1818Heritage Auctions, June 27
J. R. R. Tolkien
The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1937Heritage Auctions, June 27
Jane Austen
Emma: A Novel. In Three Volumes. By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice," &c. &c.
London: Printed for John Murray, 1816Heritage Auctions, June 27
Robert Louis Stevenson
An Inland Voyage
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1878Heritage Auctions, June 27
Ernest Hemingway
Three Stories & Ten Poems
Paris: Contact Publishing Co., 1923Heritage Auctions, June 27
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark
Philadelphia, 1814Heritage Auctions, June 27
Emily Dickinson
Autograph letter signed ("Emily and Vinnie"), to Mary Adelaide Hills
Amherst, MA, Late April, 1880Heritage Auctions, June 27
John Keats
Autograph letter signed ("John Keats"), to Mrs. Jeffrey
Honiton 4 or 5 May 1818Heritage Auctions, June 27
Samuel Johnson
A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are deduced from their Originals…
London, 1765Heritage Auctions, June 27
H. P. Lovecraft
Small archive of nine lengthy autograph letters signed variously over a period of six years to J. Vernon Shea.
Various places, 1931-1937Heritage Auctions, June 27
Izaak Walton
The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation…
London: T. homas Maxey for Rich. ard Marriot, 1653 -
Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Keats, John] Spenser, Edmund: The Works of that Famous English Poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser. $50,000 - $80,000.Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: (Walton, Izaak): The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. $30,000 - $50,000.Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: Thomas, Gabriel: An Historical and Geographical Account of the Province and Country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America. $25,000 - $35,000.Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Carroll, Lewis]: The Game of Alice in Wonderland. $2,000 - $3,000.Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: Athias, Joseph, et al.: Biblia Hebraica. $7,000 - $10,000.Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Warhol, Andy, and Jens Quistgaard] Dansk Designs Salesman's Presentation Catalogue. $2,500 - $3,500.
RR Auction: Free Autographs and Artifacts - online 4/26, 692, Amherst
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 15, 2024 - May 15, 2024
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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1 | George Washington | George Washington Autograph Document Signed - a 1769 handwritten Mount Vernon financial ledger listing security on "Lands and Negroes" |
1769 | USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 | USD 46,279.00 | |
2 | George Washington | George Washington Signature, Cloak Swatch, and Lock of Hair |
1769 | USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 9,981.00 | |
3 | Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson Signed Free Frank to Mathew Carey |
Charlotte, VA | [no year]. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,980.00 |
4 | Dolley Madison | Dolley Madison Autograph Letter Signed |
1833 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,099.00 | |
5 | James Monroe | James Monroe Autograph Letter Signed as President |
1817 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,069.00 | |
6 | John Quincy | John Quincy Adams Document Signed as President |
1826 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 596.00 | |
7 | Andrew Jackson | Andrew Jackson Autograph Letter Signed to the Postmaster General, Amos Kendall |
1840 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 913.00 | |
8 | Andrew Jackson | Andrew Jackson Document Signed as President |
1830 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 541.00 | |
9 | Andrew Jackson | Andrew Jackson Document Signed as President |
1830 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,411.00 | |
10 | William Henry | William Henry Harrison Autograph Document Signed |
1826 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,529.00 | |
11 | William Henry | William Henry Harrison Autograph Document Signed |
1795 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,458.00 | |
12 | William Henry | William Henry Harrison Document Signed |
1795 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,756.00 | |
13 | John Tyler and Daniel Webster | John Tyler and Daniel Webster Document Signed as President and Secretary of State |
1843 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 795.00 | |
14 | James K. Polk | James K. Polk Signed Book - Debates in Congress |
Washington, DC | 1834 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,251.00 |
15 | Zachary Taylor | Zachary Taylor Naval Commission Signed as President |
1849 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,336.00 | |
16 | Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln Military Appointment Signed as President (1861) |
1861 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,970.00 | |
17 | Andrew Johnson | Andrew Johnson Document Signed as President - PSA NM-MT 8 |
1867 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 875.00 | |
18 | Andrew Johnson | Andrew Johnson Document Signed as President |
1865 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 750.00 | |
19 | U. S. Grant Document | U. S. Grant Document Signed as President, Pardoning Three Robbers |
1872 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,283.00 | |
20 | U. S. Grant Document | U. S. Grant Document Signed as President - Postal Agreements with Germany |
1873 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,283.00 | |
21 | Chester A. Arthur | Chester A. Arthur Signed Full Free Frank as President - One of Two Known to Exist |
USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,538.00 | ||
22 | Benjamin Harrison | Benjamin Harrison Document Signed as President - PSA NM-MT 8 |
1892 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 795.00 | |
23 | William McKinley | William McKinley Document Signed as President - PSA MINT 9 |
1897 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,165.00 | |
24 | Theodore Roosevelt | Theodore Roosevelt Hand-Corrected Manuscript for His Autobiography on "Boyhood and Youth" |
no date but circa 1912 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold | |
25 | Theodore Roosevelt | Theodore Roosevelt Signed 'The Rough Riders' Book as President - "Don't flinch, don't foul, hit the line hard!" |
1900 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,500.00 |