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Lion Heart Autographs

Auction Info

Sale Name
190 Fresh-to-the-Market Autographs: Einstein, Lincoln, Dickens, Glinka, Haydn, Paganini, Tchaikovsky & 77 More Composers
Auction Date
05/10/2023 - 05/10/2023
Year of Sale
2023
Sale Number
#51023
Total Lots
190
Sold Lots
118
Lots Sold
62.1%
Unsold Lots
72
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
212,430.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
150,850.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
180,400.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
280,025.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
328,150.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
64.74%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
208,805.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
104 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. (1809-1865) Pres. Lincoln’s Delayed Draft Call for 1,915 Pennsylvania Troops

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 21,830.00
179 TCHAIKOVSKY, PYOTR ILYICH. (1840-1893) Tchaikovsky Musical Quotation Signed in Baltimore: The Music that Brought Tolstoy to Tears

USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 13,570.00
122 PAGANINI, NICOLO. (1782-1840) A "Love Letter" from Paganini to His Lawyer, "I kiss you with all my heart"

USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 10,620.00
64 EINSTEIN, ALBERT. (1879-1955) Einstein Continues to Help German Jews After WWII

USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 9,145.00
49 DAVIS, JEFFERSON. (1808-1889) Bitter & Scathing Jefferson Davis ALS to His Wife, Varina

USD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 7,375.00
175 STRAVINSKY, IGOR. (1882-1971) Mr. and Mrs. Stravinsky Are Fingerprinted by Boston Police Department

USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 7,375.00
71 FREUD, SIGMUND. (1856-1939) Freud ALS on Relationship with Karl Kraus & Maximilian Harden

USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 5,900.00
127 PHILIDOR, FRANÇOIS-ANDRÉ DANICAN. (1726-1795) Extremely Rare Philidor ALS from London on Playing Chess Blindfolded

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 5,310.00
86 GRANT, ULYSSES S. (1822-1885) US Grant Writes Daughter from Russia: "I long to get back to the States and to have a home of my own"

USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 5,192.00
97 KENNEDY, JOHN F. (1917-1963) Kennedy’s 1960 Campaign Speech Notes Mentioning the “New Frontier”

USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 4,838.00
57 DICKENS, CHARLES. (1812-1870) Dickens and the Death of Moliere

USD 4,200.00 - 4,500.00 4,720.00
9 BARTOK, BELA. (1881-1945) Scarce Bartok Quotation from His Popular “Bear Dance” (“Medvetánc”)

USD 2,600.00 - 3,000.00 3,540.00
118 NANSEN, FRIDTJOF. (1861-1930) Nansen Back from “Fram” Expedition to North Pole Thanks Book Donor

USD 500.00 - 600.00 3,304.00
152 SANSON, HENRI. (1767-1840) Rare ALS of Marie Antoinette’s Executioner, Henri Sanson

USD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 3,304.00
7 BARBER, SAMUEL. (1910-1981) Excellent 4pp ALS by Samuel Barber About His Compositions and Mentioning Menotti

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 3,186.00
157 SCHUMANN, CLARA. (1819-1896) Clara Schumann ALS Praising Brahms to Conductor Herman Levi

USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 2,950.00
132 PROKOFIEV, SERGEI. (1891-1953) Stunning Prokofiev Quotation from His "Classical Symphony"

USD 2,800.00 - 3,000.00 2,950.00
185 WEBERN, ANTON VON. (1883-1945) Webern to Marya Freund on His Controversial Quartet & Milhaud’s Support

USD 2,800.00 - 3,000.00 2,950.00
35 CATHERINE II, CZARINA OF RUSSIA. (1729-1796) Catherine the Great Seeks Justice from General Ossipov

USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 2,832.00
144 ROEBLING, JOHN A. (1806-1869) Remarkable ALS by J. A. Roebling, Brooklyn Bridge Builder

USD 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 2,714.00
117 MONET, CLAUDE. (1840-1926) Monet Anxiously Plans 1889 Exhibit with Rodin at Georges Petit Gallery

USD 2,800.00 - 3,000.00 2,596.00
52 DEBUSSY, CLAUDE. (1862-1918) Genius to Genius: Debussy Writes Ravel

USD 2,500.00 - 2,800.00 2,596.00
63 DVORAK, ANTONIN. (1841-1904) Dvorak in NY Announces He is “Very Fond of Negro Melodies”

USD 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 2,478.00
56 DEWEY, MELVIL. (1851-1931) Outrageous Anti-Semitic Letter by Dewey Decimal System Inventor

USD 400.00 - 450.00 2,478.00
51 DEBUSSY, CLAUDE. (1862-1918) Debussy Thanks Duparc for Praising “Pelléas and Mélisande”

USD 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 2,419.00
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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.