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Auction Info

Sale Name
Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs, online bidstart 1/25
Auction Date
02/13/2013 - 02/13/2013
Year of Sale
2013
Sale Number
#21313
Total Lots
1549
Sold Lots
1098
Lots Sold
70.9%
Unsold Lots
451
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
693,441.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
164,300.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
164,300.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
252,900.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
252,900.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
274.20%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
737,375.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
156 George Washington Remarkable and very early ADS in Washington's hand, signed "G. Washington," two pages on two adjoining sheets, 12 x 7.25, April 3, 1752

1752

 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 54,237.00
643 Wilbur and Orville Wright Breathtaking vintage matte-finish 14.5 x 11 photo of the Wright brothers' airplane soaring above two ox carts in Pau, France, signed and inscribed

1909

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 25,640.00
272 Wyatt Earp Endorsement Exceedingly rare and very early handwritten endorsement, signed "W. S. Earp, Const," on the reverse of a subpoena from the state of Missouri.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 25,640.00
802 Henry David Thoreau ALS signed "D. H. Thoreau," one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.5, Cambridge, June 22, 1837

1837

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 23,309.00
1451 Muhammad Ali Green satin boxing robe, with white trim and Ali's name sewn on the back in large white letters, signed in black felt tip on a white pocket flap, "Ali alternate robe, Angelo Dundee." Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Dundee which reads, "Date:

1975

 USD 500.00 - 500.00 12,863.00
348 Joseph Smith Exceedingly rare Kirtland Safety Society $2 bank note, 6.75 x 3, January 4, 1837, issued to Newel K. Whitney, signed

1837

 USD 500.00 - 500.00 10,630.00
281 Sigmund Freud Rare ALS in English signed "Sigm. Freud," one page, 5.5 x 9, Hampstead, July 18, 1938

1938

 USD 500.00 - 500.00 9,663.00
316 Marie Antoinette Manuscript DS, in French, signed "Payez, Marie Antoinette," one page, 9.5 x 14.25, July 1, 1786

1786

 USD 300.00 - 300.00 8,316.00
289 Che Guevara Vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo of Guevara, in his beret, and Fidel Castro lighting up a cigar, signed and inscribed on the reverse in black ink in Spanish

USD 300.00 - 300.00 7,755.00
152 Harry S. Truman Rare partly-printed DS as president, signed "Harry S. Truman," one page, 23 x 19, June 12, 1946

1946

 USD 200.00 - 200.00 7,357.00
351 Joseph Stalin ANS in Russian, signed "Daddy Stalin," one page, 5 x 7.5, September 1937

1937

 USD 300.00 - 300.00 7,050.00
82 Abraham Lincoln Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, September 12, 1861

1861

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 6,134.00
13 Civil War-Era Autograph Album Vintage hardcover autograph album, 8 x 5, signed inside by 96 politicians and military officers,

USD 500.00 - 500.00 5,999.00
62 Thomas Jefferson Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed "Th: Jefferson," one page, 13.5 x 17, April 2, 1804

1804

 USD 500.00 - 500.00 5,999.00
791 J. D. Salinger Two items: Typed letter, signed in type "J," one page, 8.25 x 11, not dated, but postmarked November 18, 1952

1952

 USD 300.00 - 300.00 5,826.00
2 John Adams Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.75 x 17, September 11, 1800

1800

 USD 300.00 - 300.00 5,826.00
470 Abner Doubleday ALS signed "A. Doubleday, Capt. U. S. A.," two pages, lightly-lined both sides, 5.25 x 8, Fort Sumter, January 6, 1861

1861

 USD 300.00 - 300.00 5,826.00
725 Victor Hugo Draft autograph poem,

USD 200.00 - 200.00 5,724.00
80 Abraham Lincoln Handwritten endorsement, as president, signed "A. Lincoln," dated April 3, 1863, written vertically on an off-white 8.25 x 3.5 mailing envelope, addressed in an unknown hand to Lincoln, "His Excellency, A. Lincoln, President U.S."

1863

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 5,576.00
489 J. Johnston Pettigrew Civil War-dated ALS signed "J. Johnston Pettigrew, Brig. Gen. P. A. C. S.," one page, lightly-lined, 5.75 x 9, Magnolia, February 1, 1863

1863

 USD 200.00 - 200.00 5,453.00
573 Challenger Color 10 x 8 NASA photo of the crew of Mission 51-L in their blue flight suits and holding their helmets, signed

USD 500.00 - 500.00 5,317.00
249 Richard Cromwell Rare ALS in Old English, signed "Crandberry," one page, 6.5 x 9, dated "27th 87."

USD 300.00 - 300.00 5,296.00
884 Antonin Dvorak Rare AMQS on an off-white 5.75 x 3.75 gilt-edged card. Dvorak pens seven bars of music from the first movement of his Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81, boldly signed below, "Antonin Dvorak," and dated March 25, 1896

1896

 USD 300.00 - 300.00 4,814.00
315 Malcolm X Press release, signed at the top in blue ballpoint, "Bro Malcolm X," headed "Malcolm X Supports Mississippi Challenge," one page, 7.5 x 9.75, no date, but January 1965

1965

 USD 300.00 - 300.00 4,814.00
387 DNA: Watson and Crick Outstanding satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Watson and Crick with a large molecular model, signed in the lower border in black ballpoint, "James D. Watson," and black felt tip, "Francis Crick."

USD 200.00 - 200.00 4,659.00
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  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.