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
164	Albert Einstein	Albert Einstein Signed Photograph to a Member of the Intergovernmental Refugee Commission		USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
170	Albert Einstein	Albert Einstein Autograph Letter Signed, Thanking Baron Edmond de Rothschild for His Generosity: "Your words as a great Jewish guide whose intelligence is entirely at the service of his goodness will accompany me forever"		USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	Not Sold
171	Albert Einstein	Albert Einstein Signed 'Bust Sculpture' Photograph (1942)	1942	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
172	Albert Einstein	Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed and First English Edition of Relativity: The Special and the General Theory		USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
173	Albert Einstein	Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed - PSA MINT 9		USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,654.00
174	Albert Einstein	Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed on Refugee Immigration: "In general, it is impossible to advocate successfully on anyone's behalf before that person is in the country"		USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,760.00
175	Albert Einstein	Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed on a World Court: "Do you believe that such an allpowerful institution would be free of corruption and partiality?"		USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 5,250.00
207	Alexander Graham	Alexander Graham Bell Autograph Quotation Signed and Thomas A. Watson Autograph Letter Signed		USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 4,166.00
208	Charles Darwin	Charles Darwin Autograph Letter Signed and Signature in Book on Erasmus Darwin - Once the Property of Virginia Woolf		USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	Not Sold
209	Thomas Edison	Thomas Edison World War I-Dated Typed Letter Signed on Submarine Explosives		USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 3,033.00
210	Thomas Edison	Thomas Edison (2) Documents Signed - Meeting Minutes for Thomas A. Edison, Inc. and the Edison Manufacturing Company		USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,419.00
211	Thomas Edison	Thomas Edison Document Signed - Electric Vehicle Registration (1914) for His Detroit Electric Model 47 Brougham...an early example of an electric car, powered by Edison nickel-iron batteries	1914	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 5,030.00
212	Richard Gatling	Richard Gatling Signed Photograph		USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
213	Gilbert U-238	Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory - 'The Most Dangerous Toy in History'		USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 8,860.00
214	Joseph Guillotin	Joseph Guillotin Autograph Letter Signed		USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 2,859.00
215	Fritz Haber	Fritz Haber Signed Photograph - The Nobel Prize-Winning 'Father of Chemical Warfare'		USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,411.00
216	Antoine Lavoisier	Antoine Lavoisier Autograph Letter Signed		USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,411.00
217	Guglielmo Marconi:	Guglielmo Marconi: Official Act for Establishing a Chain of Imperial Wireless Stations (1912)	1912	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
218	Isaac Newton	Isaac Newton Signature		USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 28,200.00
219	[Isaac Newton]	[Isaac Newton] Sketch of a "Manubrium or Winch"		USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
220	Robert Oppenheimer	Robert Oppenheimer Typed Letter Signed: "I am pleased formally to offer you a membership in the Institute for Advanced Study"		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,445.00
221	Ivan Pavlov	Ivan Pavlov Autograph Letter Signed: "Only marriage, a family of one's own, makes a man's life complete"		USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 2,505.00
223	Nikola Tesla	Nikola Tesla Signature - "Better late than never!"		USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 13,753.00
224	Nikola Tesla	Nikola Tesla Typed Letter Signed (1898) - The Year That He Caused an Earthquake in Manhattan	1898	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
225	Nikola Tesla	Nikola Tesla Signed Waldorf-Astoria Menu (1899), Listing the Special Roast Entree, "Mignons de Filet A la Tesla"	1899	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 6,816.00

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.