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RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Internet bidstart 10/27

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Auction Name Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Internet bidstart 10/27 Total Sales (USD) 750,460.28
Auction Date November 08, 2017 - November 08, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 551,900.00
Sale Number #512 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 806,600.00
Total Lots 842
Sold Lots 478 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,084,900.00
% of Lots Sold 56.77% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,529,000.00
Unsold Lots 364 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 49.08%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
119

Lee Harvey Oswald Toe Tag

1963 USD 50,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 56,301.00
44 John and Jacqueline Kennedy

The White House.

1962 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 34,912.50
599 Erik Satie

Erik Satie ALS

1914 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,376.23
52 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy’s Air Force One Passenger Manifest

1963 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 17,935.23
28 John F. Kennedy

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy.

1961 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,174.90
268 Dmitri Mendeleev

Dmitri Mendeleev ALS

1891 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 14,698.78
295 Joseph Stalin and Harry Truman

Joseph Stalin and Harry Truman Currency

1935 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 14,649.78
499 Walt Disney

Walt Disney DS

1953 USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 USD 13,940.50
138 James Monroe

James Monroe ALS

1823 USD 9,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 12,105.45
86

John F. Kennedy Funeral Horseshoe

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 11,769.80
133 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson ALS

180 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 11,126.68
200 Barack Obama

Barack Obama Sketch

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 11,113.20
296 Ferdinand and Isabella

Ferdinand and Isabella DS

USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,849.40
840 Jimmie Foxx

Jimmie Foxx Baseball

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 7,851.03
301 Princess Diana

Princess Diana Notebook

circa 1978 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,794.68
551 Rupert Brooke

Rupert Brooke ALS

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,498.23
406 Charles Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh ALS

1927 USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 USD 7,217.70
368 Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson

Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson DS

1848 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,011.90
571 Voltaire

Voltaire ALS

circa early USD 5,500.00 - 6,500.00 USD 6,807.33
556 Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens Signed Photo

1867 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,507.20
106

Lee Harvey Oswald’s US Marine Corps Knife

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,370.00
156 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln DS

1864 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,209.53
104

Lee Harvey Oswald’s Tweed Jacket

1957 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,129.90
245 Bill Wilson

Alcoholics Anonymous.

1939 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,125.00
220 Barack Obama

Barack Obama Booklet

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 5,794.25
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
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