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RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts - onlilne 3/22

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Auction Name	Fine Autographs and Artifacts - onlilne 3/22	Total Sales (USD)	908,091.00
Auction Date	April 17, 2024 - April 17, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	506,700.00
Sale Number	#689	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	799,800.00
Total Lots	799
Sold Lots	623	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	802,500.00
% of Lots Sold	77.97%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	1,251,300.00
Unsold Lots	176	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	72.57%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51	President Grover	President Grover Cleveland Approves Statehood for Utah in 1896	1896	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 27,188.00
186	Robert Oppenheimer	Robert Oppenheimer Typed Letter Signed to a Manhattan Project Employee in the 'Explosives Division' - "Your personal accomplishments must remain a secret of the U.S. Government"	1945	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 21,421.00
179	Albert Einstein	Albert Einstein Signed Book - Philosopher-Scientist: Volume VII of the Influential Library of Living Philosophers Book Series	1949	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 19,899.00
159	Leon Trotsky	Leon Trotsky Document Signed for Publishing 'The History of the Russian Revolution' - Initialed 14 Times!	1931	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 18,769.00
1	George Washington	George Washington Document Signed for the Potomac Company	1787	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 18,089.00
172	Charles Darwin	Charles Darwin Letter Signed on "the new English edition of The Origin"	1866	USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 18,089.00
336	Douglas MacArthur	Douglas MacArthur Signed Typescript of Remarks on the Japanese Surrender, Given Aboard the USS Missouri		USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 16,444.00
649	The Who	The Who Signed Album - My Generation		USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 16,444.00
19	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Naval Document Signed as President (1861)	1861	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 13,749.00
2	George Washington	George Washington Revolutionary War-Dated Signed Free Frank (1778)	1778	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 13,589.00
39	Barack Obama	Barack Obama Rare Autograph Letter Signed as President on the "toxic political environment"	no date	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 12,501.00
21	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President, Pardoning a Mutiny Leader	1861	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 11,060.00
141	John Hancock	John Hancock Revolutionary-War Dated Signed Militia Commission	1781	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 11,006.00
641	Beatles: John	Beatles: John Lennon Signed Candid Photograph (1968) - Pictured at His Kenwood Home		USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 10,693.00
20	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Signature with Handwritten Address for Charles Sumner		USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 10,615.00
332	Robert E. Lee	Robert E. Lee Signed Photograph - Rare Full-Length Pose Dated to the Civil War	in 1864	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 9,981.00
4	John Adams	John Adams Autograph Letter Signed to a Reverend, Acknowledging His "Love of Country"	1813	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 9,074.00
5	John Adams	John Adams Signed Four-Language Ship's Passport as President	1797	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 8,249.00
224	Albert Einstein:	Albert Einstein: 1933 Royal Albert Hall Ticket Stub	1933	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 7,871.00
160	King Ludwig II	King Ludwig II of Bavaria Rare Signed Photograph		USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 7,500.00
147	George Mason	George Mason Third-Person Autograph Document Signed	1774	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 7,499.00
165	Martin Luther King, Jr.	Martin Luther King, Jr. Typed Letter Signed on Segregation in Higher Education: "It is unfortunate that in our great nation the citadels of higher learning are still the targets of defamation and segregationists"	1961	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 7,499.00
600	Walt Disney	Walt Disney Signed Photograph		USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 7,499.00
163	Mohandas Gandhi	Mohandas Gandhi Autograph Letter Signed	1940	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 7,355.00
334	William T. Sherman	William T. Sherman Autograph Letter Signed: "We did not dream in 1865, that we would have to apologize for our conduct in the War"	1887	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 7,199.00

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

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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
Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000

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