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RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 10/22

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Auction Name Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 10/22 Total Sales (USD) 1,430,476.00
Auction Date November 10, 2021 - November 10, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 978,550.00
Sale Number #620 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,398,850.00
Total Lots 1121
Sold Lots 713 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,505,850.00
% of Lots Sold 63.60% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,138,450.00
Unsold Lots 408 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 66.89%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
220 Lee Harvey Oswald

Lee Harvey Oswald's US Marine Corps Rifle Score Book (Warren Commission Exhibit No. 239)

1956 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 75,000.00
633 J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien Autograph Letter Signed

1957 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 59,139.00
497 Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong Signed Photograph

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 42,660.00
505 Buzz Aldrin's

Buzz Aldrin's Flown Apollo 11 Flight Plan Page

USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 39,086.00
194 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed

1945 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 32,439.00
218 Eliot Ness

Eliot Ness Autograph Letter Signed with (8) Seized Poker Chips from the Last Capone Mob Raid

no date USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 32,283.00
1035 Mary Blair

Mary Blair concept storyboard painting from Peter Pan

1953 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 25,944.00
1 George Washington

George Washington Letter Signed

1782 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,469.00
172 Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin Document Signed

1785 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 24,079.00
587 Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin Autograph Letter Signed

1882 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 22,836.00
1101 Frank Follmer

Frank Follmer panoramic color concept drawing from Fantasia

1940 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 21,180.00
1034 Mary Blair

Mary Blair concept panorama storyboard painting from Peter Pan

1953 USD 13,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 20,804.00
69 Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton Typed Letter Signed to Frank Sinatra

1997 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 20,625.00
1036 Mary Blair

Mary Blair concept storyboard painting of the Indian Village from Peter Pan

1953 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 20,101.00
1040 Eyvind Earle

Eyvind Earle concept panorama storyboard painting of Prince Philip, Samson, and Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty

1959 USD 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 19,940.00
223 Jack Ruby

Jack Ruby Signed Fingerprint Card from Nov. 25, 1963

1963 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,308.00
1037 Eyvind Earle

Eyvind Earle concept panorama storyboard painting from Lady and the Tramp

1955 USD 12,500.00 - 15,000.00 USD 17,394.00
1033 Mary Blair

Mary Blair original concept painting of Playing Card guards for Alice in Wonderland

1953 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 17,045.00
1030 Mary Blair

Mary Blair concept panorama storyboard painting from Cinderella

1950 USD 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 16,250.00
684 Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini Autograph Musical Quotations Signed

23.3.06 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 15,503.00
40 Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman Autograph Letter Signed as President

1948 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 15,365.00
693 Beatles: Paul McCartney

Beatles: Paul McCartney Signed Check

1971 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 14,743.00
1029 Mary Blair

Mary Blair concept storyboard painting of Ichabod and the Headless Horseman from from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

1949 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 14,648.00
1038 Eyvind Earle

Eyvind Earle concept panorama storyboard painting from Lady and the Tramp

1955 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 14,375.00
181 Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton Letter Signed as Treasury Secretary

1790 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 14,086.00
  • 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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