RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifacts Featuring John F. Kennedy, 729, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 12, 2025 - November 12, 2025
Page Size: 818 items in 33 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
330 Dalai Lama

Ethics for the New Millennium

NY 1999 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,165.00
331 Clarence Darrow

Farmington

NY 1919 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 825.00
332 James D. Watson

DNA: The Secret of Life

NY 2003 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 413.00
333 William Ellery

William Ellery Autograph Document Signed - PSA NM-MT 8

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 303.00
335 Frederick the

Frederick the Great Letter Signed

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,250.00
336 Funding Act

Funding Act of 1790: The Connecticut Gazette from August 20, 1790

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
337 William Lloyd Garrison

William Lloyd Garrison Autograph Quote Signed - "Liberty for each, for all, and for ever!" (April 11, 1865)

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 688.00
338 Bill Gates

Bill Gates Signed Magazine Cover - Newsweek

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 688.00
339 Bill Gates

Bill Gates Signature

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
340 Bill Gates

Source Code: My Beginnings

NY 2025 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
341 John Paul Getty

John Paul Getty Twice-Signed Check

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 125.00
342 Marie Louise Gonzaga

Marie Louise Gonzaga Autograph Letter Signed

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
343 Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev Signed Oversized Photograph

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
344 Wilfred T. Grenfell

Tales of the Labrador and Northern Neighbors,

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 125.00
345 John F. W. Herschel

John F. W. Herschel Document Signed

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
346 Edmund Hillary

Edmund Hillary Autograph Quotation Signed: "Because it was there!"

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 525.00
347 Edmund Hillary

Edmund Hillary Signed Book - View from the Summit

Norwalk, CT 1999 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
348

Hillsborough Convention: The Salem Mercury from September 9, 1788

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
349 J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover Signed Photograph

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
350 J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover Typed Letter Signed

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 125.00
351 J. Edgar Hoover

Attack on Terror

NY 1970 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 125.00
352 Johns Hopkins

Johns Hopkins Document Signed

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
353

Independence Hall Wood Relic - Limited Edition

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 344.00
354

Indian War and Wild West-Era Newspapers and Articles

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
355 William Samuel Johnson

William Samuel Johnson Autograph Document Signed

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
  • 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.