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
234 Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping Signed Photograph

USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
235 Leon Trotsky

Leon Trotsky War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed - Written the Day After His Release from the Amherst Internment Camp in Nova Scotia

USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 4,375.00
236 WWII: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin

WWII: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin (2) Signed 'Short Snorter' Banknotes from the Historic Tehran Conference

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 27,495.00
242 King Charles II:

King Charles II: Broadside Proclaiming the 1674 Treaty of Westminster, Which Returned New York to Great Britain

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
243 King Francis I

King Francis I Letter Signed

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,313.00
244 Nicholas II

Nicholas II Autograph Note Signed to His Sister, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna - Said to Be His Last Written Words

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
245 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Christmas Card to Charles and Diana, from "Mummy" and "Papa"

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,250.00
246 Queen Mary I

Queen Mary I Rare Letter Signed (1556)

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 41,825.00
252 Martin Luther

Martin Luther Partial Autograph Letter Signed on Religion: "It is still decreed by God...Amen"

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 Not Sold
258 Steve Biko

Steve Biko Typed Letter Signed on Police Harassment: "We are not criminals and have never been proved guilty of criminal acts before any law court"

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 2,625.00
259 Mohandas Gandhi

Mohandas Gandhi Autograph Letter Signed from Yerawada Prison: "Try your maximum to be pure and be a true devotee"

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,018.00
260 Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed 1964 'Man of the Year' Time Magazine Front Cover

1964 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,604.00
261 Malcolm X

Malcolm X Signed Page for Alex Haley's Playboy Interview - PSA MINT 9

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 19,375.00
262 Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela Signed Lithograph - 'The Tennis Court' (Ltd. Ed. # 152/350) (20E x 16E)

USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
268 Ettore Bugatti

Ettore Bugatti Archive: Typed Letter Signed on 500-HP, 16-Cylinder Engine, with Photographs and Supplements

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,256.00
274 Marie Curie

Marie Curie Autograph Letter Signed, Dated Shortly After the Reception of Her Second Nobel Prize

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,973.00
275 Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin Autorgaph Letter Signed on His Horticultural Studies: "I am convinced that orchids have a wicked power of witchcraft"

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
276 Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison (3) Original Sketches, including an Incandescent Light Bulb

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 8,813.00
277 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Signed Photograph: "With a strong curse"

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

Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed - PSA GEM MINT 10

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

Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed, Sending Thanks for "the wonderful Vivaldi record"

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,975.00
280 Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur Autograph Letter Signed on a Workman Bitten "by a rabid dog"

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
289 William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

The Last of the Great Scouts

London 1903 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,875.00
296 Al Capone

Al Capone Original Photograph - PSA Type I

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 446.00
297 Al Capone

Al Capone Original Photograph - PSA Type I

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 596.00
  • 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.