RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts, 735, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 11, 2026 - February 11, 2026
Page Size: 547 items in 22 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

George Washington Document Signed as President - Three-Language Ship's Papers for a Trade Voyage

1794 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Unknown
5

Thomas Jefferson Document Signed as Secretary of State, Granting a Pension to a Revolutionary War Officer "shot through the body at the battle of Monmouth"

1791 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
6

Thomas Jefferson Document Signed as Secretary of State, Promoting Desalination of Sea Water for American Ships

1792 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
7

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Document Signed as President and Secretary of State, Granting Land to Former President of the Confederation Congress Elias Boudinot

1804 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
8

Thomas Jefferson Document Signed as President, Appointing a Midshipman in the United States Navy

1804 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
9

Thomas Jefferson: Kentucky's Electors Cast Their Votes in the 1800 Presidential Election

1800 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
10

James Madison Autograph Letter Signed on US Constitution, Declining to Opine on "Numerous Amendments"

1833 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
11

James Madison Signed Check as President (1815)

1815 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
12

Louisiana Purchase: James Monroe, Robert R. Livingston, and Francois Barbe-Marbois (2) Documents Signed for the Ratification of the Louisiana Purchase Treaty

1803 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Unknown
13

Louisiana Purchase: James Monroe Autograph Letter Signed, Preparing to Depart for France to Negotiate the Purchase of New Orleans: "You know how sudden my appointment was"

1803 USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
15

John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay Document Signed as President and Secretary of State, Appointing a Marshal of the United States

1829 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
16

James Monroe Letter Signed as Secretary of State, to Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry, Transmitting Census Data

1811 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
17

James Monroe and John Quincy Adams Document Signed as President and Secretary of State, Appointing the U.S. Consul to Cape Verde

1818 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Unknown
18

John Quincy Adams Autograph Letter Signed on the Louisiana Purchase: "The great question upon the Louisiana Treaty was decided before I got here"

1803 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Unknown
19

Andrew Jackson Third-Person Autograph Letter Signed as President, Urging the Nomination of a Diplomat to Mexico

1830 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
20

Andrew Jackson Document Signed as President, Appointing the Receiver of Public Moneys for St. Louis

1837 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
21

William Henry Harrison Autograph Letter Signed on the Recapture of Detroit in the War of 1812

1820 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
22

William Henry Harrison Document Signed as Governor of the Indiana Territory, Appointing a Militia Major in the Year of Tecumeh's Defeat

1811 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
23

William Henry Harrison Document Signed - Four Months Before the 1836 Presidential Election

1836 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
24

John Tyler Document Signed as President, Appointing a Naval Officer for the District of New York

1844 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
25

James K. Polk Document Signed as President, Exchanging Ratifications of the Treaty of Wanghia - The First Formal Treaty Between China and the United States

1845 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Unknown
26

James K. Polk Document Signed as President, Appointing a Professor of Mathematics in the Navy

1848 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
27

James K. Polk and James Buchanan Document Signed as President and Secretary of State, Appointing the White House Architect's Son as U.S. Attorney

1845 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
28

Zachary Taylor Document Signed as President, Appointing a Justice of the Peace for Washington, D.C.

1849 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
29

Zachary Taylor Document Signed as President - Unissued Four-Language Ship's Pass

no date USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.