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Sale Name
Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 11/18
Auction Date
12/07/2022 - 12/07/2022
Year of Sale
2022
Sale Number
#649
Total Lots
975
Sold Lots
579
Lots Sold
59.4%
Unsold Lots
396
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
710,876.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
4,342,500.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
4,632,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
7,312,500.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
7,800,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
9.11%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
656,194.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1110 King Henry VIII King Henry VIII Document Signed

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 40,001.00
1390 Mary Blair Mary Blair concept painting of Alice and Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 25,623.00
1006 James K. Polk and James Buchanan James K. Polk and James Buchanan Document Signed

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 19,899.00
1392 Mary Blair Mary Blair concept painting of Peter Pan and Mermaids from Peter Pan

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 18,905.00
1393 Eyvind Earle Eyvind Earle concept painting of Lady, Tramp, Tony, and Joe from Lady and the Tramp

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 18,750.00
1653 Emmy Award (Outstanding Achievement in Electronics Camera Effects, 1961-62)

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 16,820.00
1388 Mary Blair Mary Blair concept painting of Br'er Rabbit and Tar Baby from Song of the South

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 16,160.00
1391 Mary Blair Mary Blair concept painting of Alice, Mad Hatter, and March Hare from Alice in Wonderland

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 14,143.00
1389 Mary Blair Mary Blair concept painting of Cinderella and Fairy Godmother from Cinderella

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 13,651.00
1795 Hank Aaron's Record-Breaking 660th Career Home Run Baseball

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 12,183.00
1376 Maleficent and Diablo production cels and Eyvind Earle background from Sleeping Beauty

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 11,929.00
1595 Nirvana Signed 'In Utero' CD Booklet

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 11,476.00
1101 Thomas Robert Thomas Robert Malthus Autograph Letter Signed

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 11,251.00
1105 Winston Churchill The Second World War, Vol. II: Their Finest Hour.

1949

 USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 9,074.00
1598 Queen Queen (2) Signed Checks

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 8,938.00
1395 Eyvind Earle Eyvind Earle concept painting of Aurora's Cottage from Sleeping Beauty

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 8,750.00
1095 Charles Darwin Charles Darwin Signed Library Ledger

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 8,640.00
1010 Eleanor Roosevelt's Eleanor Roosevelt's Sterling Silver Pendant Watch Given to Her By FDR

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 8,125.00
1500 Charles Dickens Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 8,011.00
1299 Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt Signed Photograph

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 8,011.00
1008 James A. Garfield James A. Garfield Document Signed as President

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 7,593.00
1345 Mickey Mouse concept painting from Fantasia

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 6,285.00
1344 Mickey Mouse concept production painting from Fantasia

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 6,285.00
1498 Samuel L. Clemens Samuel L. Clemens Signed Photograph

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 6,250.00
1082 Martin Luther Martin Luther King, Jr. Signature

USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 6,196.00
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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.