RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts, 731, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 10, 2025 - November 10, 2025

Page Size: 766 items in 31 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Abigail Adams	Abigail Adams Third-Person Autograph Letter Signed: "The President and Mrs. Adams ask the pleasure of Mr. and Mrs. Tufts company to dinner"		USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	USD 2,723.00
2	Thomas Jefferson	Thomas Jefferson Signature to Dr. Bancroft		USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 6,746.00
3	James Madison	James Madison Letter Signed as Secretary of State, Appointing an Agent in Havana: "You will subserve the views of the President in attending to every violation of the laws prohibiting the Slave Trade"		USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 15,000.00
4	Anna Harrison	Anna Harrison Autograph Letter Signed		USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,553.00
5	John Tyler and John C. Calhoun	John Tyler and John C. Calhoun Document Signed as President and Secretary of State		USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,503.00
6	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Civil War-Dated Document Signed as President, Commissioning an Assistant Quartermaster		USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 9,625.00
7	U. S. Grant	U. S. Grant Document Signed as President, Congratulating the New President of El Salvador		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,613.00
8	President William McKinley	President William McKinley Ceases All Sales of Public Lands in the Hawaiian Islands		USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 3,853.00
9	Theodore Roosevelt	Theodore Roosevelt Signed Book as President - Oliver Cromwell		USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,963.00
10	Theodore Roosevelt	Theodore Roosevelt Signed Book - American Statesmen: Thomas Hart Benton		USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	USD 7,321.00
11	Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Notables	Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Notables (190+) Signed Letters in Scrapbook		USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 2,505.00
12	Richard Nixon	Richard Nixon Typed Letter Signed to Spiro T. Agnew, Sending the Disgraced VP His Cabinet Chair: "The chair you occupied across from mine at the Cabinet table is, to me, a symbol of the strength and wisdom you brought to that task"		USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 10,799.00
13	Four Presidents	Four Presidents Signed Photograph		USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 3,674.00
19		John Adams and Thomas Jefferson: Colombian Centinel from July 15, 1826 - Reporting on the Presidents' Deaths	1826	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 500.00
20	James Buchanan	James Buchanan Document Signed as President - Ratifying an Amended Extradition Document with France		USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,283.00
21	George Bush	George Bush Typed Letter Signed: "When NRA attacks our law enforcement people as 'Nazis,' 'lawbreakers' and 'jackbooted thugs,' that is outrageous and cannot be condoned"		USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
22	George Bush	George Bush Oversized Signed Photograph		USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 250.00
23	George Bush	George Bush Signed Book - Speaking of Freedom (Collector's Edition)		USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 151.00
24	George W. Bush	George W. Bush (2) Signatures		USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 875.00
25	Frances F. Cleveland	Frances F. Cleveland Signature		USD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
26	Frances F. Cleveland	Frances F. Cleveland Signed Photograph as First Lady		USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
27	President Grover Cleveland	President Grover Cleveland Congratulates Queen Victoria on the Historic Marriage of King George V and Queen Mary of Teck		USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,283.00
29	Bill Clinton	Bill Clinton Signature and Impeachment Trial Ticket		USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 446.00
30	Hillary Clinton	Hillary Clinton Signed Book - An Invitation to the White House		USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 138.00
31	Calvin Coolidge	Calvin Coolidge 1929 Calendar (18.75E x 27E)	1929	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 250.00

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.