RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifacts Featuring Science & Technology and Animation, 705, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 11, 2024 - December 11, 2024
Page Size: 819 items in 33 pages

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

John Adams Partial Document Signed as President

1798 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
2

John Adams Third-Person Autograph Document Signed

1764 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,505.00
3

Thomas Jefferson Autograph Letter Signed to Dr. David Hosack, Attending Physician to Alexander Hamilton, Remitting Payment to an English Sculptor

1821 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,999.00
4

James Madison Autograph Letter Signed, Honoring General John Stark

1809 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,503.00
5

James Madison Autograph Letter Signed as President to Attorney General Caesar A. Rodney

1809 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,411.00
6

James Madison Document Signed as President

1813 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,553.00
7

James Madison and James Monroe Document Signed as President and Secretary of State

1815 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,130.00
8

James Monroe Autograph Document Signed as Secretary of State (1812)

1812 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 723.00
9

James K. Polk Signed Free Frank

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,411.00
10

Zachary Taylor Letter Signed, Defying His Superiors After the Battle of Buena Vista

1847 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
11

Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President, Appointing a First Cavalry Officer as Second Lieutenant

1864 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,435.00
12

President U. S. Grant Seeks Foreign Compliance with Canadian Fishing Laws

1873 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 889.00
14

U. S. Grant Document Signed as President, Recognizing a Cavalryman "for gallantry in charging a band of Indians, killing and capturing more of the enemy than he had men"

1869 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,214.00
15

James A. Garfield Signature as President

1939 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
16

President William McKinley Ratifies the Treaty of Peace Between the United States and Spain

1899 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 64,111.00
17

Woodrow Wilson: Family Correspondence Archive with President Wilson's 1917 'War Message' Cue Cards, Letters by Woodrow Wilson, Edith Bolling Wilson, and Others - 125+ Pieces

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,605.00
18

John F. Kennedy Autograph Letter Signed as President (as "Louis B. Mayer") to Peter Lawford

no date but circa 1961 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
19

John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed as President to Hon. John Snyder, Thanking Him for Support During the Berlin Crisis

1961 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,395.00
20

Kennedy Assassination: United Press International Teletype Roll (Approx. 15 Feet in Length)

1963 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 6,250.00
21

Ronald Reagan Autograph Letter Signed and Early Original Photograph - "I'm holding the dog"

1957, 1922 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 491.00
22

First Ladies (6) Signed Photograph

1994 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 875.00
23

Four Presidents Signed Photograph - Ford, Carter, Clinton, and Bush

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,505.00
24

John Quincy Adams Document Signed as President

1825 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 656.00
25

John Quincy Adams Hand-Addressed Mailing Envelope

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
26

Chester A. Arthur Signed Executive Mansion Card

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 491.00
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