Christies: Vintage Sports and Hollywood Online: The Dr. G.B. Espy Collection, 24365, New York

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Auction Report
Auction Date
October 24, 2025 - October 24, 2025
Page Size: 156 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
241 BABE RUTH AND OTHERS

BABE RUTH AND OTHERS AUTOGRAPHED ALBUM PAGE (PSA/DNA 7 NM)

 CIRCA 1930'S USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,445.00
243 CONNIE MACK

CONNIE MACK AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPH BY H.M. WAGNER (PSA/DNA: SIG. NM, PHOTO EX)

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 381.00
244

THREE PHOTOGRAPHS OF BABE RUTH WITH THE BROOKLYN DODGERS PHOTOGRAPHS

 CIRCA 1938 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 635.00
245 PHIL RIZZUTO

TWO PHIL RIZZUTO AUTOGRAPHED HIGH SCHOOL REPORT CARDS (PSA/DNA 8 NM-MT AND 9 MINT)

 1936 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 508.00
247 BABE AND CLAIRE RUTH

BABE AND CLAIRE RUTH PHOTOGRAPH (PSA/DNA "TYPE I")

 CIRCA 1929 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 762.00
248 BABE RUTH

BABE RUTH PHOTOGRAPH (PSA/DNA "TYPE I")

 CIRCA 1931 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,794.00
249 RUTH AND LOU GEHRIG

BABE RUTH AND LOU GEHRIG PHOTOGRAPH (PSA/DNA "TYPE I")

 CIRCA 1933 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,905.00
250 TY COBB AND TRIS

TY COBB AND TRIS SPEAKER PHOTOGRAPH (PSA/DNA "TYPE I")

 CIRCA 1928 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,143.00
251 LOU GEHRIG

LOU GEHRIG PHOTOGRAPH (PSA/DNA "TYPE I")

 CIRCA 1930 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 889.00
252 BABE RUTH AND LOU GEHRIG

BABE RUTH AND LOU GEHRIG BARNSTORMING PHOTOGRAPH (PSA/DNA "TYPE I")

 CIRCA 1931 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,016.00
253 LOU GEHRIG

SIX LOU GEHRIG ACTING RELATED PHOTOGRAPHS

 1937-1938 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 381.00
254 LOU AND ELEANOR GEHRIG

THREE LOU AND ELEANOR GEHRIG RELATED PHOTOGRAPHS

 1930'S USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 127.00
255 FOURTEEN LOU

FOURTEEN LOU AND/OR ELEANOR GEHRIG PHOTOGRAPHS

 1930'S-1940'S USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 381.00
256 LOU GEHRIG AND JACOB RUPPERT

LOU GEHRIG AND JACOB RUPPERT PHOTOGRAPH (PSA/DNA "TYPE I")

 CIRCA 1935 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 381.00
257 LOU GEHRIG

LOU GEHRIG MONUMENT PARK PLAQUE UNVEILING PHOTOGRAPH

 1941 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 381.00
258 LOU GEHRIG

FIVE LOU GEHRIG PHOTOGRAPHS

 1939 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 381.00
259 LOU GEHRIG

FIVE LOU GEHRIG AND/OR HIS MOTHER PHOTOGRAPHS

 1930'S-1940'S USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 127.00
260 LOU GEHRIG

FOUR LOU GEHRIG PHOTOGRAPHS AS MEMBER OF NEW YORK CITY PAROLE BOARD

 1939-1940 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 127.00
261 LOU GEHRIG

LOU GEHRIG PHOTOGRAPH (PSA/DNA "TYPE I")

 CIRCA 1930 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 635.00
262 LOU GEHRIG

LOU GEHRIG PHOTOGRAPH (PSA/DNA "TYPE I")

 CIRCA 1930 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,778.00
263 LOU GEHRIG

FIVE LOU GEHRIG PHOTOGRAPHS

 1938-1939 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 127.00
264 LOU GEHRIG

SIX LOU GEHRIG RELATED PUBLICATIONS

 1930'S-1940'S USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 381.00
265 LOU GEHRIG

LOU GEHRIG "PARALYSIS VICTIM" NEWSPAPER

 1939-06-22 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 381.00
266 JOE DIMAGGIO

JOE DIMAGGIO AUTOGRAPHED LIFE MAGAZINE (PSA/DNA: SIG. NM, MAGAZINE VG)

 1949 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 508.00
271 GEORGE BURKE

CHICAGO WHITE SOX TEAM SIGNED LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPH BY GEORGE BURKE (PSA/DNA: SIGS. VG-EX/MT, PHOTO VG)

 1934 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 254.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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