RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts - onlilne 3/22, 689, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 17, 2024 - April 17, 2024
Page Size: 799 items in 32 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 George Washington

George Washington Document Signed for the Potomac Company

1787 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 18,089.00
2 George Washington

George Washington Revolutionary War-Dated Signed Free Frank (1778)

1778 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 13,589.00
3 George Washington

George Washington Hand-Addressed Envelope Panel

no date but circa 1776 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
4 John Adams

John Adams Autograph Letter Signed to a Reverend, Acknowledging His "Love of Country"

1813 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,074.00
5 John Adams

John Adams Signed Four-Language Ship's Passport as President

1797 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,249.00
6 John Adams

John Adams Autograph Endorsement Signed

1768 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,441.00
7 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Signed Free Frank as President

1804 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,470.00
8 Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Document Signed, Appointing a Founder as Commissioner of Loans

1804 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,948.00
9 Dolley Madison

Dolley Madison Autograph Poem Signed

no date USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
10 James Madison

James Madison Signed Check as President

1813 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
11 James Madison

James Madison Document Signed as President, Appointing the Sailmaker of the USS Constitution

1812 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,950.00
12 James Madison

James Madison Autograph Letter Signed

1828 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,033.00
13 Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson Signed Check as President for Horse Training

1835 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,538.00
14 James K. Polk

James K. Polk Autograph Letter Signed as President, Mentioning Jefferson Davis and Mississippi's Foreign Debt

1847 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,386.00
15 James K. Polk

James K. Polk Document Signed as President

1846 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,888.00
16 Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor Letter Signed

1828 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
17 Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor Document Signed - Fort Crawford Supplies Requisition

1832 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,059.00
18 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Signed Check - PSA MINT 9 - to a Springfield book publisher, who he approached about publishing his historic debates with Stephen Douglas

1859 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 Not Sold
19 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Naval Document Signed as President (1861)

1861 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 13,749.00
20 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Signature with Handwritten Address for Charles Sumner

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,615.00
21 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President, Pardoning a Mutiny Leader

1861 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 11,060.00
22 Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson Civil War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed on a Colonel's Appointment

1862 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,756.00
23 U. S. Grant

U. S. Grant Document Signed as President to End Ku Klux Klan Violence

1871 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,553.00
24 President U. S. Grant

President U. S. Grant Sends a Congratulatory Letter to Queen Victoria

1870 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,165.00
25 U. S. Grant

U. S. Grant Autograph Telegram Signed as President

1875 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,165.00
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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