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
372 George S. Patton

George S. Patton Typed Letter Signed on Hunting and Raising Children

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
373 Robert Stobo

French and Indian War: Certified True Copy of Robert Stobo's Letter from Captivity at Fort Duquesne, Following George Washington's Only Surrender

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,748.00
399 John V. Bedell:

John V. Bedell: Archive of (8) Civil War-Dated Autograph Letters Signed on Ironclad Gunboats, Marches, and Battles

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
400 Pappy Boyington and Masajiro Mike' Kawato

Pappy Boyington and Masajiro 'Mike' Kawato Signed Book - Baa Baa Black Sheep

Fresno, CA 1958 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
401 Simon Bolivar

Simon Bolivar Buckner Signature

USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
402 Charles H. Burd

Charles H. Burd Archive - Union Soldier Held at Libby Prison, Shot in the Head at Bull Run: "He says he went away a democrat, a pro-slavery man, he comes back a rank abolitionist"

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
403 Benjamin Butler

Benjamin Butler Signed Photograph

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 275.00
404 Benjamin Butler

Benjamin Butler Signature

USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
408

Civil War: Confederate Generals (3) Cabinet Card and Carte-de-Visite Portraits

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
409

Civil War: Confederate Soldier's Letter on the Siege of Petersburg

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
410

Civil War: (9) Issues of the New York Herald (JanuaryaEU"June 1861)

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
411

Civil War: Union Generals (11) Cabinet Card and Carte-de-Visite Portraits

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
413

Civil War: Union Soldier's Letter on Action at James Island/Battle of Secessionville

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
414

Civil War: Union Soldier's Letter on the Siege of Vicksburg: "The slaughter was awful on the rebel side, their dead and wounded was laid in heaps all over the battle field"

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 446.00
415 Mark W. Clark

Mark W. Clark Signed Photograph and Typed Letter Signed

USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
417

Confederate Bond (1863)

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
418

Confederate Enlistment Document (1864)

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 470.00
419 Elizabeth B. Custer

Elizabeth B. Custer Autograph Letter Signed on George A. Custer's Little Bighorn Memorials: "Our heroic dead will not be forgotten"

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,240.00
420 George A. Custer

George A. Custer Hand-Addressed Envelope to "Mrs. Genl. Custer"

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 6,715.00
421 George A. Custer

George A. Custer Carte-de-Visite Photograph - Custer's Last Portrait

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 908.00
422 Elizabeth B. Custer and John Burroughs

Elizabeth B. Custer and John Burroughs Signed Book - Wake-Robin

Boston 1899 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 368.00
423 [George A. Custer]

[George A. Custer] Broadside Circular of the "Congratulatory Order from General Custer" (April 9, 1865): "You have passed through the series of battles which to-day resulted in the surrender of the enemy's entire army"

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
424 [George A. Custer]

[George A. Custer] Ephemera Lot with The Illustrated Weekly (July 15, 1876), Reporting on the Battle of the Little Bighorn

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
425 [George A. Custer]

[George A. Custer] General Orders No. 181, Listing Custer's Promotion to 1st Lieutenant (November 1, 1862)

USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
427 Varina Davis

Varina Davis Autograph Letter Signed on Behalf of Jefferson Davis, Correcting the Record on His Relationship with Robert E. Lee: "He was an honest man, a fearless man, and was my friend"

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 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.