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
33 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed on a Memorial for a WWII RAF Airman Killed in Active Service, Two Weeks After Hitler's Invasion of Poland

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,816.00
34 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Handwritten Statement as President-Elect (January 4, 1961) - Early Basis for His Inaugural Address

1961 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
35 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Signed Photograph, Quoting from His Address Nominating Adlai Stevenson at the 1956 DNC: "In the great traditions of Jefferson, Jackson, Wilson, Roosevelt and the man from Independence "I give you the man from Libertyville"

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 14,949.00
36 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy (9) Hand-Corrected Speech Pages on Labor Reform and Democratic Ideals: "We can wage unrelenting war against drought and poverty and illiteracy and illness and economic insecurity"

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,255.00
37 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Handwritten Notes and Signed Sketch of a Pasture - PSA GEM MINT 10

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,250.00
39 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Signed Photograph as a Massachusetts Senator - Presented to the President of the Worcester Brewing Company

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,505.00
40 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Signed Photograph as President

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,500.00
41 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed as President

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
42 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Oversized Signed Photograph, Presented to His Aunt and Uncle

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,176.00
43 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Signed Physics Laboratory Worksheet from Choate

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,756.00
44 John F. Kennedy:

John F. Kennedy: Presidential China from the 'Honey Fitz' (4-Piece Tea Cup and Saucer Set)

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,336.00
45 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Signed Photograph

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,069.00
46 John F. Kennedy: Inga Arvad

John F. Kennedy: Inga Arvad Letter and Document Collection - The Nazi Party Investigates Her Claimed Meetings with Hitler

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,880.00
47 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Typed Draft Letter as President - "Laos is still full of danger"

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,251.00
48 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed, Thanking a Boston News Publisher for Support on His Stand Against Communism

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,756.00
50 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Assassination: (950+) Newspapers from November 1963

1963 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 9,493.00
51 Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson (13) Typed Letters Signed to the Executive Secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council: "You have helped us pioneer on the frontiers of space"

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,781.00
52 Gerald Ford

Portrait of a President

NY 1975 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
53 George Bush and Congressional Leaders

George Bush and Congressional Leaders Signed Stamp Sheet

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
54 Four Presidents

Four Presidents Signed Photograph - Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Carter

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,069.00
56 White House

White House Telephone

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,709.00
62 Chester A. Arthur

Chester A. Arthur Document Signed as President, Sending Condolences to German Emperor William I

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 639.00
63 Chester A. Arthur

Chester A. Arthur Document Signed as President

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 584.00
64 Joe Biden

Joe Biden Signed Photograph

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 446.00
66 James Buchanan

James Buchanan Document Signed as President

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 723.00
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    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.