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 Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
515 Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais Letter Signed

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
516 Truman Capote

Truman Capote Autograph Letter Signed

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
517 James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper Autograph Letter Signed

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
518 Robert Frost

Robert Frost Signature

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
519 L. Ron

L. Ron Hubbard Typed Letter Signed

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
520 Jack London

Jack London Autograph Letter Signed on Police Judges: "The trouble is that they are very small and insignificant cogs in a large and powerful machine"

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
521 Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker Signed Book- The Viking Portable Library

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
522 Robert Ripley

Robert Ripley Signed Book - Believe It or Not!

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
523 Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss Signed Sketch in Book - The King's Stilts

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
524 Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss Signature

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
525 Thomas W. Streeter

Thomas W. Streeter: The Streeter Collection (8 Volumes)

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
526 Eudora Welty

Eudora Welty (10) Signed Unused Book Pages

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
527 Thornton Wilder

Thornton Wilder Signed Book - Our Town (Ltd. Ed. of 2000, Presentation Copy)

2000 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
529 Anton Bruckner

Anton Bruckner Autograph Note Signed on Calling Card

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
530 Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy Autograph Note Signed on Calling Card

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
531 Edouard Manet

Edouard Manet Handwritten Note on Calling Card

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
532 Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini Signed Postcard Photograph with Autograph Musical Quotation from 'La Tosca'

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
533 Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann Autograph Note Signed on Calling Card

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
534 Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi (8) Hand-Annotated Calling Cards, with Envelope and Telegram

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Unknown
535 Franz Joseph

Franz Joseph Haydn Engraved Visiting Card

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
536 Jascha Heifetz

Jascha Heifetz Signature

USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
537 Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Erich Wolfgang Korngold Autograph Musical Quotation Signed

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
538 Fritz Kreisler

Fritz Kreisler (6) Signed Items

USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
539 Franz Lehar

Franz Lehar Autograph Note SIgned

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
540 Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini Autograph Note Signed on Calling Card

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
  • 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.