Christies: Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, including Americana, 23758, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026
Page Size: 171 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
151 Winston Churchill, 1910-1913

Two letters on naval affairs

London, 7 November 1913. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
152 Winston Churchill, May 1943

Signed Photograph of Winston Churchill

May 1943. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
153 Winston Churchill, 19 October, 1933

To the future Edward VIII

Westerham, 19 October 1933. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
154 Winston Churchill, 1942

A large signed photograph of Winston Churchill

Washington, 1942 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
155 Amelia Earhart, 1929-1933

Three typed letters signed

1929-1933 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
156 Amelia Earhart, 31 August 1933

A typed letter signed by Amelia Earhart

New York, 31 August 1933. USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
157 Albert Einstein, 12 December 1923

On his inability to visit de Haas in Groningen on his return to Berlin

Lieden,] 12 December 1923. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
158 Albert Einstein, 1933

A engraved portrait, signed

n.p., 1933 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
159 Albert Einstein, 1934-1950

Three letters including a complaint of pro-German bias at the New School

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
160 Albert Einstein, January 1938.

The Gravitational Equations and the Problem of Motion

January 1938. USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
161 Albert Einstein, 1950-1954

On a mechanical proof for the theory of relativity

Princeton, 22 January 1950-15 September 1954. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Unknown
162 Ernest Hemingway, 22 December 1936

Typed letter signed

Key West, 22 December 1936. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
163 Ernest Hemingway, 16 February 1920

Typed letter signed

Toronto, 16 February 1920. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Unknown
164 Ernest Hemingway, 6 June 1956

Autograph letter signed to Bumby, with a sketch

Cuba, [June 1956]. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
165 Franklin D. Roosevelt, 6 February 1943

On the Sullivan Brothers

Washington, 6 February 1943. USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 Unknown
166 Dwight Eisenhower, May 18 1943

Typed letter signed quoting Stephen Decatur

Algiers, 18 May 1943. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
167 John F. Kennedy, 1 October 1943

On the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Washington 1963 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
168 Martin Luther King Jr., 25 April 1961

On the justification of sit-ins

Atlanta, Georgia, 25 April 1961. USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
169 Martin Luther King Jr., 12 May 1961

On receiving an honorary degree from the University of Bridgeport.

Atlanta, 1 May 1961. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
170 Martin Luther King Jr., 27 April 1964

On civil rights for Indigenous Americans

Atlanta, 27 April 1964. USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
171 Martin Luther King Jr., 25 March 1964

On being named Time's Man of the Year.

Atlanta, 25 March 1964. USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
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