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RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 8/20

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Auction Name Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 8/20 Total Sales (USD) 1,055,397.00
Auction Date September 15, 2021 - September 15, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 620,250.00
Sale Number #616 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 932,000.00
Total Lots 891
Sold Lots 681 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,202,100.00
% of Lots Sold 76.43% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,741,500.00
Unsold Lots 210 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 60.60%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
27 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Letter Signed as President

1862 USD 35,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 47,500.00
159 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed

1939 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 32,050.00
830

Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics Torch

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 32,050.00
129 John Hancock

John Hancock Autograph Document Signed

1774 USD 35,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 31,625.00
14 Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson Document Signed as President

1836 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 28,875.00
704 Rod Serling's

Rod Serling's Personally-Owned and -Used Typewriter

1975 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 24,809.00
2 George Washington

George Washington Autograph Letter Signed

1799 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 23,160.00
6 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Document Signed as Secretary of State

1791 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 23,028.00
7 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson White House China Dessert Bowl

circa1790s USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,836.00
3 George Washington

George Washington Signed Free Frank

USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 19,965.00
31 Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson Autograph Letter Signed

1850 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 19,625.00
147 Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton Document Signed as Commanding General

1799 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,750.00
834 Christy Mathewson

Christy Mathewson Signed Check - PSA/DNA MINT 9

1922 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 18,750.00
698 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Signed Oversized Photograph

USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,256.00
130 John Hancock

John Hancock Signed Lottery Ticket

USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,790.00
380 Joseph-Michel and Pierre Montgolfier

Joseph-Michel and Pierre Montgolfier Auotgraph Letters Signed

1800 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 15,558.00
565 John Pasche

Rolling Stones: John Pasche Original Artwork

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 15,516.00
174 David Hume

David Hume Autograph Letter Signed

1747 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 15,129.00
684 James Dean

James Dean Original Photograph by Roy Schatt

USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 13,081.00
9 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Document Signed

1791 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,625.00
197 Jack Phillips

Titanic: Jack Phillips

1911 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,343.00
553 Beatles

Beatles Signed 1963 Program

1963 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 9,376.00
832 Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig Signature

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,375.00
457 Walt Disney

Walt Disney Typed Letter Signed

1942 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,125.00
420 Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso Signed Exhibition Catalog with Sketch

1969 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,563.00
  • 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
  • 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.
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