RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts, 725, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 10, 2025 - September 10, 2025
Page Size: 777 items in 32 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
307 Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II Signed Christmas Gift Tag Presented to Her Royal Dresser

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 541.00
308 Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II Document Signed

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 979.00
309 Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan Signed Book - Broca's Brain

NY 1979 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 499.00
310 Pierre Salinger

Pierre Salinger Signature

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 151.00
311 Jonas Salk

Jonas Salk Signed First Day Cover

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 185.00
312 Colonel Harland

Colonel Harland Sanders Signed Photograph

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 405.00
313 Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Autograph Quote Signed from Ralph Waldo Emerson's 'The American Scholar'

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
314 Billy Sunday

Billy Sunday Autograph Letter Signed

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 349.00
315 Roger B. Taney

Roger B. Taney Autograph Document Signed Three Times

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 656.00
316 Edward Teller

Edward Teller (2) Signed Items - Book and Photograph

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 334.00
317 Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher Signed First Day Cover

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
318 Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher Signed Commemorative Cover

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
319 Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher Signed Commemorative Cover

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
320 Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher Signed Book - Statecraft

Norwalk, CT 2002 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
322 J. D. Vance

J. D. Vance Signed Book - Hillbilly Elegy

NY 2016 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 656.00
323 Fred M. Vinson

Fred M. Vinson Signed Photograph

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
324 Carl Mayer von Rothschild

Carl Mayer von Rothschild

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
327 Gideon Welles

Gideon Welles (2) War-Dated Letters Signed as Secretary of the Navy

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
328 Simon Wiesenthal

Simon Wiesenthal (3) Signed Items - FDC and Photographs

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
334 James Buchanan

James Buchanan Document Signed as President for a Treaty with the "Delaware Tribe of Indians"

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
335 Chief Gall

Chief Gall Original Photograph by D. F. Barry

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 766.00
336 Chief Low Dog

Chief Low Dog Original Photograph by D. F. Barry

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,059.00
337

Crazy Horse: New-York Tribune from September 7, 1877

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 151.00
338 Curly, Crow Scout

Curly, Crow Scout Original Stereoview Photograph

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 446.00
339 Edward S. Curtis

Edward S. Curtis Typed Letter Signed on His Magnum Opus, "The North American Indian"

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.