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RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 6/21

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Auction Name	Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 6/21	Total Sales (USD)	1,110,877.00
Auction Date	July 10, 2024 - July 10, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	643,600.00
Sale Number	#695	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	983,400.00
Total Lots	970
Sold Lots	689.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	1,201,000.00
% of Lots Sold	71.03%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	1,797,200.00
Unsold Lots	281	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	61.81%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
249	Sigmund Freud	Sigmund Freud Autograph Letter Signed: "I am a pacifist"	1931	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 31,625.00
240	Albert Einstein	Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed, Explaining Special Relativity	1931	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 31,245.00
164		Declaration of Independence Force Print	1848	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 29,136.00
176	John Hanson	John Hanson Rare Continental Army Appointment for a Captain in the 7th Massachusetts Regiment, Signed as President of the Confederation Congress (1782)	1782	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 27,869.00
162	Benjamin Franklin	Benjamin Franklin Document Signed as President of Pennsylvania, Overseeing an Early Bankruptcy Case (1786)	1786	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 27,453.00
1	George Washington	George Washington Signed Revolutionary War Discharge Certificate (1783)	1783	USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 26,250.00
179	Thomas Paine	Thomas Paine Autograph Letter Signed - Likely to President Jefferson	1806	USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 25,469.00
243	Isaac Newton	Isaac Newton Handwritten Scientific Notes on Alchemy	no date.	USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	USD 24,956.00
224	Frederick Douglass	Frederick Douglass Historic Autograph Note Signed: "The Constitution written by John Brown at my house, is not for sale"	1874	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 23,153.00
376	Revolutionary War:	Revolutionary War: Continental Congress Appoints George Washington as General and Commander-in-Chief of American Forces	no date (circa late June 1775)	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 18,568.00
738	Beatles	Beatles Signed 'Star Pics' Photograph - Obtained at the Imperial Ballroom on May 11, 1963	1963	USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 16,499.00
428	Robert Gould	Robert Gould Shaw Signed Photograph - Rare Portrait of the Commander of the All-Black 54th Massachusetts	N/A	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 16,079.00
927	Marilyn Monroe	Marilyn Monroe Signed Photograph, Presented to the Owner of the Bluebook Modeling Agency	N/A	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 15,495.00
442	Edward Preble	Edward Preble Letter Signed from the USS Constitution on the First Barbary War: "I shall commence an attack on Tripoli"	1804	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 14,949.00
739	Beatles	Beatles Signed 1963 Parlophone Promo Card - The First to Show New Drummer Ringo Starr (PSA NM-MT 8)	1962	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 14,949.00
926	Marilyn Monroe	Marilyn Monroe Signed Oversized Photograph - "I love you, Marilyn"	N/A	USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	USD 13,589.00
184	Charles Thomson	Charles Thomson Scarce Document Signed as Secretary of the Continental Congress, Outlining the Duties of the Secretary	1785	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 12,973.00
612	Apollo 11	Apollo 11 Signed Photograph	N/A	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 12,905.00
20	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Autograph Endorsement Signed as President (1864) - Approving a Sawmill for Jacksonville, Florida	1864	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 11,006.00
385	Revolutionary War:	Revolutionary War: Letters on the Fall (1779) and Evacuation (1782) of Charleston by Gen. Gates and Col. Simons	1779	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 10,980.00
18	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Autograph Endorsement Signed as President - PSA GEM MT 10	1863	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 10,941.00
19	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Autograph Noted Signed as President to Surgeon General Joseph Barnes (1865) - PSA NM-MT 8	1865	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 10,941.00
147	Harry S. Truman, Henry A. Wallace, and Sam Rayburn	Harry S. Truman, Henry A. Wallace, and Sam Rayburn Signed Congressional Resolution Declaring War on Italy	1941	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 10,553.00
175	Alexander Hamilton	Alexander Hamilton Autograph Letter Signed as Treasury Secretary, Advancing Payment for a Government Clothing Contract	1793	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 10,208.00
193	Simon Bolivar	Simon Bolivar Document Signed, Opening Diplomatic Relations Between Colombia and Mexico	1821	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 10,068.00

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.