RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Sports and Encapsulation, 727, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025
Page Size: 726 items in 30 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
105 Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Photograph

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,145.00
106 Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV Single-Signed Baseball - Rare Autographed Format from the Head of the Catholic Church

USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
107 Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed Photograph - Handsome Portrait of 'Montgomery, Alabama's Rev. Martin Luther King' (PSA NM-MT 8)

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 12,513.00
109 Marie Curie

Marie Curie Twice-Signed Document

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,196.00
110 Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin Autograph Letter Signed to an Editor, Ensuring that "the name of the Trichoptera are correctly spelt"

USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
112 Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison Document Signed - Annual Report Extract of the Edison Electric Light Company of Europe (1895)

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,503.00
113 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Autograph Poem Signed with Quantum Theory Calculations

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
114 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Handwritten Draft Paragraph on the Theory of Relativity: "The general field laws are not sufficiently determined by the general principle of relativity alone"

USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
115 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Signed 'Type I' Photograph, Pictured During His First Visit to the California Institute of Technology

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
116 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Signed Photograph to Economist and Executor Otto Nathan

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
117 Albert Einstein:

Albert Einstein: 1933 Royal Albert Hall Ticket Stub - His Last Public Appearance in Europe

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
118 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Signed 'Light's Golden Jubilee' Air Mail Cover - PSA NM-MT 8

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
119 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Autograph Note Signed: "You can tell at first glance that they weren't chosen like presidents!" - PSA MINT 9

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,654.00
120 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed - PSA GEM MINT 10

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,040.00
125 Robert Oppenheimer

Robert Oppenheimer Autograph Letter Signed After His Visiting Fellowship at Phillips Exeter Academy (1955) - PSA MINT 9

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,470.00
126 Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla Signature

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,499.00
127 Johann Gottlieb Fichte

Johann Gottlieb Fichte Autograph Letter Signed on a Philosophical Mix-up: "The reviewer has the malicious audacity to claim that I deliberately imitated Kant's style to play a joke on the public!"

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
128 Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud Typed Letter Signed - PSA NM-MT 8

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,129.00
129 1899 Peary

1899 Peary Relief Expedition Photograph Archive (175) with Incredible Arctic Imagery and Rare Photos of Robert E. Peary and Matthew Henson

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 9,746.00
130 Nimrod Expedition:

Nimrod Expedition: Ernest Shackleton and Shore Party (16) Signatures

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,038.00
131 Henry M. Stanley: Robert Henry Nelson

Henry M. Stanley: Robert Henry Nelson Letter and Document Archive for the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition

USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
133

Bechunaland Chiefs and Colonial Administration Archive of (30+) Letters and Documents

USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
134 James Bowie

James Bowie Signature - The Famed Knife Fighter and Alamo Defender - PSA MINT 9

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 14,641.00
135 David Crockett

David Crockett Signature, Certified by His Son

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,750.00
136 Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson Twice-Signed Photograph - "Will be along some of these days, Brother Bat" - Exceedingly Rare Portrait of the Dodge City Lawman

USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 10,316.00
  • 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.