RR Auction: Olympics, 736, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 19, 2026 - February 19, 2026

Page Size: 65 items in 3 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
3105	Athens 1896 Olympics (3) Official Invitation Letters from the Inaugural Modern Games	1896	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 22,651.00
3157	Zappas 1889 Olympics Winner's Diploma	1889	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
3158	Paris 1900 Olympics Participation Diploma for Shooting	1900	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
3159	Paris 1924 Summer Olympics Participation Diploma	1924	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 941.00
3160	St. Moritz 1928 Winter Olympics Participation Diploma for IOC Member Charles H. Sherrill	1928	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
3161	Amsterdam 1928 Summer Olympics Participation Diploma	1928	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
3162	Winter Olympics Participation Diplomas (4) for Lake Placid 1932, Lake Placid 1980, Sarajevo 1984, and Albertville 1992	1932	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
3163	Los Angeles 1932 Summer Olympics Participation Diploma	1932	USD 750.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
3164	Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics Silver Winner's Medal Diploma Presented to a Legendary Swiss Gymnast	1936	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 750.00
3165	St. Moritz 1948 Winter Olympics Silver Medal Winner's Diploma for Cross-Country Skiing	1948	USD 750.00 - 1,000.00	USD 250.00
3166	London 1948 Summer Olympics Silver Medal Winner's Diploma for Wrestling	1948	USD 300.00 - 900.00	USD 625.00
3167	Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympics Participation Diploma for Gymnastics	1952	USD 750.00 - 900.00	USD 833.00
3168	Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics Silver Medal Winner's Diploma for Pole Vault	1956	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
3169	Innsbruck 1964 Winter Olympics Gold Medal Winner's Diploma for Cross-Country Skiing	1964	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
3170	Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics Participation Diploma for Athletics	1964	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
3171	Mexico City 1968 Summer Olympics (4) Participation Diplomas	1968	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
3172	Sapporo 1972 Winter Olympics Winner's Diploma	1972	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
3173	Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics Bronze Medal Winner's Diploma for Handball	1988	USD 300.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
3174	Albertville 1992 Winter Olympics Participation Diploma	1992	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
3255	Garmisch 1936 Winter Olympics Poster (Reproduction) - 25.5" x 39.75"	1936	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
3256	Helsinki 1940 Summer Olympics Poster [Canceled Games]	1940	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,251.00
3257	Squaw Valley 1960 Winter Olympics Poster (24.75" x 37")	1960	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
3258	Sapporo 1972 Winter Olympics Poster (28.5" x 40.75")	1972	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
3259	Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics (4) Posters	1996	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 148.00
3260	Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics (2) Posters (28.5" x 40.5")	2020	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.