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RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 12/13

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Auction Name Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 12/13 Total Sales (USD) 1,374,743.00
Auction Date January 12, 2022 - January 12, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 689,750.00
Sale Number #627 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 993,800.00
Total Lots 1031
Sold Lots 680 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,035,150.00
% of Lots Sold 65.96% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,495,000.00
Unsold Lots 351 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 91.96%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
152 Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla Autograph Letter Signed

1901 USD 125,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 341,295.00
739 Prince

Prince Signed 'Purple Rain' Album

1980s and 1990s USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 73,699.00
749 Prince

Prince 1986 'Camille' Advance Pressing

1986 USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 49,375.00
758 Prince

Prince Guitar Pick Collection (22)

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 43,788.00
168 Queen Mary I

Queen Mary I Letter Signed

1556 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 30,990.00
147 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed

1950 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,781.00
101 Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton Letter Signed

1790 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 22,688.00
713

Beatles Signed Fan Club Promo Card

1963 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 21,889.00
642 Mary Blair

Mary Blair concept storyboard painting from Peter Pan

1953 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,625.00
711

Beatles Signed 1963 Harrogate Concert Program

1963 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,750.00
764 Prince:

Prince: Custom Handbuilt Cloud Electric Guitar

1984 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 17,688.00
722 Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (4) Signed 'Train Tracks' Lithographs

2018 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 17,045.00
639 Eyvind Earle

Eyvind Earle preliminary concept background painting from Lady and the Tramp ('Bella Notte')

1955 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,750.00
987 Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth Signed Oversized Photograph

2000 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,353.00
542 Georges Picquart

Georges Picquart Signed Photograph

1900 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 11,526.00
3 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President

1861 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,208.00
4 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Endorsement Signed

1863 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 9,279.00
988 Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth Signed Check

1935 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,074.00
732 Queen

Queen Signed 1974 Tour Flyer

1974 USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,689.00
1005 LeBron James

LeBron James Signed Basketball Card

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 8,281.00
121 John D. Rockefeller and Henry M. Flagler

John D. Rockefeller and Henry M. Flagler Document Signed

1875 USD 6,500.00 - 7,500.00 USD 8,125.00
673 Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick Typed Letter Signed

1981 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 7,684.00
167 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip Oversized Signed Photographs

1953 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,500.00
141 Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison Document Signed

1908 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,321.00
740 Prince

Prince Signed Album

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,909.00
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • 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
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • 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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