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
31 Chester A. Arthur

Chester A. Arthur Signature

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 491.00
32 President James

President James Buchanan Ratifies the 1855 Yakama Treaty

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,475.00
33 James Buchanan

James Buchanan Document Signed as Secretary of State

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 750.00
34 Barbara Bush

Barbara Bush Signed White House Engraving

USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
35 George Bush

A World Transformed

NY 1998 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 491.00
36 George Bush

Destiny and Power (Ltd. Issue of 250 Copies)

Norwalk, CT 2018 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 446.00
37 George Bush

George Bush Signature

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
38 George Bush

George Bush Signed Book - Speaking of Freedom (Collector's Edition)

Norwalk, CT 2009 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
40 George W. Bush

George W. Bush Signed Campaign Letter by Barbara Bush: "As President, George W. will restore dignity to the White House"

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
41 George W. Bush

George W. Bush Signed Book - Portraits of Courage

NY USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 334.00
42 George W. Bush

George W. Bush Signed Book - Portraits of Courage

NY USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 275.00
43 George W. and Laura Bush

George W. and Laura Bush Signed Photograph as President and First Lady

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 125.00
44 Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter (7) Signed Collector's Edition Books from Easton Press

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 596.00
45 Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter Typed Letter Signed

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
46 Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter Signed Book - White House Diary (Collector's Edition)

Norwalk, CT 2010 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 275.00
47 Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter Signed Photograph

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 125.00
48 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter (3) Signed Photographs

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
49 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Signed Book - Everything to Gain (Ltd. Ed. #380/500)

NY 1987 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 275.00
50 President Grover Cleveland

President Grover Cleveland Sends a Condolence Letter to Franz Joseph I of Austria

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 808.00
51 Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland Document Signed as President, Suspendind a U.S. Attorney

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,165.00
52 Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton Signed Engraving

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 368.00
54 Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton Signed Book - An Invitation to the White House

NY 2000 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
55 Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky

Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky Signatures

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 875.00
56 Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge Signed Photograph

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 334.00
57 Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge Signed White House Card

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 530.00
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