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University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Sports Memorabilia

Auction Reports

Auction Name Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Sports Memorabilia Total Sales (USD) 587,830.15
Auction Date September 06, 2023 - September 06, 2023 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 463,340.00
Sale Number #90623 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 594,690.00
Total Lots 479
Sold Lots 437.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 579,840.00
% of Lots Sold 91.23% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 736,990.00
Unsold Lots 42 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 79.76%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
214 Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan Handwritten Signed Lyrics to Counterculture Anthem "Subterranean Homesick Blues" w/ Jeff Rosen COA

ca. 2013 USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 41,600.00
444 Einstein

Einstein on "Theory of Relativity" to Scientist Who Hosted His 1st Public Lecture on Same. Also Discusses Clock to Illustrate His Theory!

February 9, 1920 USD 28,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 31,250.00
55 Signed Album

Signed Album 290+ Signatures: 5 Pres. Lincoln, Johnson, Buchanan, Polk, J.Q. Adams + Jeff Davis, & More!

ca. 1847-48 USD 20,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 25,000.00
198 William Stone/Peter Force

Declaration of Independence, William Stone/Peter Force Facsimile, Along With 4 Vols. "American Archives" Incl. 1 Ex-James A. Garfield

ca. 1846-1853 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 18,750.00
170

Giant Archive of Pinkerton Crime, Posters, Tintypes, Photos, Etc. An Amazing Group!

ca. 1875-1929 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 15,360.00
368 F Scott Fitzgerald

F Scott Fitzgerald ALS, He Quotes Mark Twain on Aging Prior to Publication of "Benjamin Button" Among the Best Extant!

April 19, [1922] USD 9,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 11,250.00
71 Lincoln

Lincoln Endorsement for "Lady…wife of a preacher…Captain in the 126th NY" Shows Lincoln Early Proponent of Women in Workplace

August 18, 1863 USD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,000.00
379 Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway "The Old Man and the Sea" Film Rights Signed & Dated 1 Month Before Receiving Nobel Prize For Book

September 24, 1954 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,000.00
61 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln PSA NM 7 Full Signature

n.d. USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,750.00
74 A. Lincoln

A. Lincoln Appointment Promoting Lieutenant Just After Antietam and Weeks Before Battle of Fredericksburg. A Low Point for the Union in the Civil War

November 6, 1862 USD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,125.00
397

1st Ed., 1st Printing of "Gone With the Wind", Beautifully Signed

ca. 1936 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,680.00
316

'The Red Baron' Manfred von Richthofen Fantastic LS on Photograph, Signed a Year Before His Death

April 12, 1917 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,500.00
1 John Adams

John Adams Ship's Papers Captain Captured twice By Brits in Rev War, Was in NY Prison Ship. Boldest Sig We've Encountered

May 26, 1798 USD 6,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 6,875.00
387 Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia Signed Telegram 6 Months Prior to Arab Revolt

January 3, 1916 USD 2,000.00 - 2,400.00 USD 6,875.00
433 John Marshall

Chief Justice John Marshall Mentions Slave “Dick”. Fabulous

ca. January 1810 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,250.00
394 Herman Melville

Herman Melville ALS to Editor and Book Lover!

ca. 1847-48 USD 7,500.00 - 9,000.00 USD 5,937.50
402 J.D. Salinger

J.D. Salinger TLS Re: That Other "Catcher": Red Sox's Carlton Fisk!

November 16, 1989 USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD 5,937.50
420 Virgil Earp

Virgil Earp DS as Tax Collector 1 Month Before Shootout at O.K. Coral

September19, 1881 USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,467.50
323 Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte War of the Fourth Coalition LS Outlining a Grueling Marching Schedule

May 15, 1807 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,312.50
348

Schindler’s List of Translations for Argentine Exile and 8 Gifted Jewelry Items!

ca. 1930s-1950s USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,312.50
164

1901 $10 Bison Note, Near Fine and Very Beautiful

ca. 1901 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,000.00
226 Walt Disney

Walt Disney Signed Issue of "Duck Album" Comic ft. Donald Duck & Family

ca. 1954 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
401

Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone Signed 1st U.S. Printing

ca. October 1998 USD 2,800.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,500.00
492 Gary Carter

Gary Carter 1979 Game Worn Montreal Expos Jersey

ca. 1979 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,480.00
115 Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor Rare Appointment Signed As President

June 4, 1849 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,375.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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