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Auction Name The Kennedys Total Sales (USD) 160,686.00
Auction Date June 10, 2020 - June 10, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 125,140.00
Sale Number #61020 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 152,660.00
Total Lots 133
Sold Lots 110 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 211,240.00
% of Lots Sold 82.71% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 253,360.00
Unsold Lots 23 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 63.42%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
118

John F. Kennedy Assassination Presidential Limousine American Flag

 Ca. 1959 USD 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 56,250.00
120

LBJ Swearing-In, Original Photo Signed by New President, Photographer, & Air Force One Pilot!

 n.d. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,875.00
81

Young John Kennedy Boldly Signs and Inscribes a Photograph

 Ca. 1953 USD 2,000.00 - 2,400.00 USD 4,940.00
17

Jacqueline Kennedy Archive, Featuring Oleg Cassini Owned Dress Originally Designed for First Lady, Vintage Couture Sketches, and More!

 n.d. USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD 4,375.00
80

JFK White House Letter on “the National Cultural Center,” Which Would Take His Name After His Death

 November 30, 1962 USD 1,500.00 - 1,700.00 USD 3,500.00
45

JFK Amazing Inscribed and Signed Photo of the Highest Quality, by Jacques Lowe

 n.d. USD 2,000.00 - 2,400.00 USD 3,458.00
79

John F. Kennedy Signed Appointment of Female Conservationist to Land Management Task Force

 December 19, 1961 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,000.00
98

JFK Superb and Scarce Signed Campaign Handout

May 14, 1960 USD 800.00 - 900.00 USD 2,750.00
102

John F. Kennedy, Jr. Pale Blue Rosary Given to the Kennedys as a Baby Gift

 Ca. 1960 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,500.00
60

JFK Birthday Dinner Menu -- Later that Night, Marilyn Serenaded him with "Happy Birthday, Mr. President"-- the Only We've Ever Seen!

 May 19, 1962 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,375.00
89

JFK White House TLS to White House News Photographers Association

 November 27, 1961 USD 1,500.00 - 1,700.00 USD 2,250.00
95

Fabulous Signed and Inscribed John Kennedy Photo

 n.d. USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 USD 2,099.50
93

JFK Signed and Inscribed Fabulous WH Engraving

 n.d. USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 USD 2,000.00
4

A Dinner Plate From the Dinner of the Inter American Press Association President Kennedy's Last Official Dinner

 November 18, 1963 USD 2,400.00 - 2,600.00 USD 1,875.00
21

Jackie Kennedy's Oleg Cassini Designed Blue Suit, Original Fashion Sketch

 n.d. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,875.00
55

Jackie & JFK Family Owned And Used at the White House Rustic Farm Chair from the Sotheby's "Property from Kennedy Family Homes" Auction Impeccable Provenance

 Ca. Mid 20th Century USD 1,500.00 - 1,700.00 USD 1,875.00
86

JFK Rare Signed Restaurant Menu 1958

 July 15, 1958 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,875.00
115

Air Force One Signatures of LBJ, RFK & SC Justices!

 n.d. USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,875.00
119

John F. Kennedy, Original Blood-stained Leather Fragment from Dallas, Texas Limousine

November 22, 1963 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,875.00
129

L.H. Oswald Rare Book "Aftermath of an Execution" Written by Mother, Along with Her ALS Christmas Card Referring to its Publication

 Ca. 1965 USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 USD 1,875.00
130

L.H. Oswald Shooting by Ruby Eyewitness Account by Homicide Detective Pictured at Oswald's Right in the Iconic Photograph

 January 14, 1991 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,875.00
90

Superb “John F. Kennedy” Signature from a Presidential Document

n.d. USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,625.00
97

JFK Superb and Boldly Signed Photo of Him Receiving an Award

 n.d. USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 USD 1,625.00
27

Jackie Kennedy Remarkable ALS to Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Thanking Him for his Personally Dedicated Copy of "A Thousand Days", with Bonus Free Frank!

 January 3, 1966 USD 1,500.00 - 1,700.00 USD 1,375.00
46

John F. Kennedy's Personally Owned Cigar, Handsomely Presented

 Ca. 1961-1963 USD 700.00 - 800.00 USD 1,375.00
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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