RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts, 737, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 18, 2026 - March 18, 2026

Page Size: 614 items in 25 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
1	George Washington	George Washington Signed 1768 Mountain Road Lottery Ticket	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Unknown
2	Thomas Jefferson	Thomas Jefferson Letter Signed as Secretary of State, Forwarding Thomas Mifflin Legislation Allowing Slavery in Tennessee Territory	USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00	Unknown
3	John Quincy Adams	John Quincy Adams Autograph Letter Signed on Europe and the War of 1812: "She has burst asunder the adamantine chains of Buonaparte, to be pinioned by the rags and tatters of Monkery and Popery"	USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00	Unknown
4	Andrew Jackson	Andrew Jackson Document Signed as President - 1834 Consulary Appointment	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
5	John Tyler	John Tyler Autograph Letter Signed as President on His Nominee for Secretary of the Treasury	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Unknown
6	Zachary Taylor	Zachary Taylor Document Signed, Enumerating the Strength of His 'Army of Occupation' at the Outset of the Mexican-American War	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
7	Zachary Taylor	Zachary Taylor Autograph Letter Signed from Fort Crawford	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
8	James Buchanan	James Buchanan Autograph Letter Signed, Defending His Presidency: "The Charleston authorities were directly notified over & over again that if they attacked Fort Sumter I should consider this attack as the commencement of a civil war"	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Unknown
9	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Civil War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed as President to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, Interceding for a "devoted Union man"	USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	Unknown
10	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Signature - PSA NM-MT 8	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Unknown
11	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President, Appointing a First Cavalry Officer as Second Lieutenant	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Unknown
13	Theodore Roosevelt	Theodore Roosevelt Signed and Hand-Edited Manuscript: "The Progressive Party; A movement to relate Democratic Government to the economic and social needs of a Democracy," Referencing Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Unknown
14	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Franklin D. Roosevelt World War II-Dated Typed Letter Signed to Lord Beaverbrook, Committing to Opening a Second Front Against Nazi Germany	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	Unknown
15	Harry S. Truman	Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed as President on Day of Germany's Unconditional Surrender (May 7, 1945) - "It is helpful indeed to know that you liked my Message to the Congress"	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	Unknown
16	John F. Kennedy	John F. Kennedy Signed Engraving - 1962 Christmas Gift to a White House Staffer	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
17	John F. Kennedy	John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed as President	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
18	Four Presidents	Four Presidents Oversized Signed Photograph - Reagan, Nixon, Carter, and Ford	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
24	James Buchanan	James Buchanan Document Signed as President for a Treaty with the "Delaware Tribe of Indians"	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
25	George Bush	George Bush (3) Signed Photographs	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
26	George Bush	George Bush Oversized Signed Photograph	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
27	George and Barbara Bush	George and Barbara Bush Signed White House Christmas Card Print (1990)	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
28	Grover Cleveland	Grover Cleveland Document Signed as President, Appointing a Chief Justice of Samoa	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
29	Grover Cleveland	Grover Cleveland Autograph Letter Signed	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
30	Bill Clinton	Bill Clinton Signed Book - My Life	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
31	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Dwight D. Eisenhower Document Signed as President	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown

Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 March

Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000

Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
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.