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Auction Name Fine Autographs and Artifacts Total Sales (USD) 1,121,371.00
Auction Date February 12, 2025 - February 12, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 639,200.00
Sale Number #711 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 955,700.00
Total Lots 757
Sold Lots 648 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 821,300.00
% of Lots Sold 85.60% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,220,700.00
Unsold Lots 109 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 91.86%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
58 President Theodore Roosevelt

President Theodore Roosevelt Ratifies a Treaty for the Construction of the Panama Canal (1904)

 1904 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 49,711.00
8 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Historic Letter Signed as Secretary of State, Announcing Ratification of the Bill of Rights to Governor Josiah Bartlett of New Hampshire

 1792 USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 43,751.00
10 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Autograph Letter Signed on Scientific Progress in Europe: "The mass of their people, within which term I include from the king to the beggar, is returning to Gothic darkness"

 1816 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 41,250.00
3 George Washington

George Washington Document Signed as President, Commissioning One of Sixteen Original US Marshals

 1789 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 25,000.00
38 President Abraham Lincoln

President Abraham Lincoln Appoints a Surveyor General "for the District of Illinois and Missouri," Four Days Before the First Battle of Bull Run

 1861 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 22,154.00
608 Walt Disney

Walt Disney Signed Disneyland Ticket Booklet Cover

 1955 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 21,996.00
86 Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter Correspondence Archive of (70) Signed Letters with Broad-Ranging Subject Matter on Religion, Israel and Palestine, Trump, Putin, Baseball, His Health, Billy Carter, and Much More

 2003 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 21,360.00
775 Actors and

Actors and Actresses (6) Autograph Albums with (200+) Signatures

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 16,879.00
332 Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping Signed Magazine - Time's Man of the Year

 1979 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,500.00
718 Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix Filled Out and Signed 1967 'Birth Certificate' Application, a Requisite for Musicians' Union Membership

 no date [circa September 1967] USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,444.00
346 Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin Autograph Letter Signed on The Descent of Man: "My book has been almost too much for me"

 1871 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 15,501.00
37 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Note Signed as President

 1863 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 14,473.00
348 Albert Einstein

Philosopher-Scientist (Ltd. Ed. #180/750)

 1949 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,750.00
85 Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson Rare Signed Check to the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop

 1972 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 12,501.00
4 George Washington

George Washington Hand-Addressed and Signed Free Frank

 1787 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,079.00
271 Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman Presidential Telegram to Dwight D. Eisenhower on the 1952 Election: "Congratulations on your overwhelming victory"

 1952 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 11,344.00
49 President James A. Garfield

President James A. Garfield Suspends Chinese Emigration and Restricts the Trade of Opium

 1881 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,208.00
765 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Signed Candid Photograph at Gladstone Hotel in New York City, 1955

 1955 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,208.00
15 James Madison

James Madison Letter Signed as Secretary of State on the Fruitless Monroe-Pinkney Treaty of 1806

 1807 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,375.00
67 Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Photograph to Captain Kay Summersby, His Intimate WWII Assistant

 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,068.00
350 Transatlantic Telegraph

Transatlantic Telegraph Cable Relic by Tiffany's

 1858 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 8,659.00
84 Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson Signed White House Card

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 8,249.00
355 Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull Signature

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,249.00
892 Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth Signed Olympic Airmail Cover

 1932 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,043.00
89 Ronald and Nancy Reagan

Ronald and Nancy Reagan (2) Signed White House Cards

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 7,871.00
  • <b>Leland Little, May 21:</b> Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental <i>G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.</i> <b>Leland Little, May 21:</b> Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including <i>The Recluse</i> Signed by Vincent Starrett. <b>Leland Little, May 21:</b> Two Issues of <i>The Vagrant,</i> Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven. <b>Leland Little, May 21:</b> Rare First Printing of <i>Anne of Green Gables,</i> With ALS from the Author. <b>Leland Little, May 21:</b> First Edition of Hemingway's <i>The Old Man and the Sea,</i> In First Issue Jacket. <b>Leland Little, May 21:</b> The Limited Paumanok Edition of <i>The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.</i> <b>Leland Little, May 21:</b> Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant. <b>Leland Little, May 21:</b> First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated <i>American Ornithology,</i> With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates. <b>Leland Little, May 21:</b> A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's <i>The Naturalist's Library,</i> With Hand-Colored Plates. <b>Leland Little, May 21:</b> Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865. <b>Leland Little, May 21:</b> A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's <i>Nobody Knows My Name.</i> <b>Leland Little, May 21:</b> Picasso's <i>Le Goût du Bonheur,</i> Limited Edition.
    Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
    Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.
    Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.
    Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.
    Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.
    Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.
    Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<BR>Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> William Blake | <i>Songs of Innocence and of Experience.</i> Sold: 4,320,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD <b><center>Sotheby's<BR>Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.</i> Sold: 1,920,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Machiavelli | <i>Il Principe,</i> a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Leonardo da Vinci | <i>Trattato della pittura,</i> ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Henri Matisse | <i>Jazz,</i> Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • <center><b>Gonnelli<br>Auction 59<br>Antique prints, paintings and maps<br>May 20th 2025</b></center> <b>Gonnelli:</b> Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€ <center><b>Gonnelli<br>Auction 59<br>Antique prints, paintings and maps<br>May 20th 2025</b></center> Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 € <b>Gonnelli:</b> Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€ <center><b>Gonnelli<br>Auction 59<br>Antique prints, paintings and maps<br>May 20th 2025</b></center> <b>Gonnelli:</b> Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€ <center><b>Gonnelli<br>Auction 59<br>Antique prints, paintings and maps<br>May 20th 2025</b></center> <b>Gonnelli:</b> Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€ <b>Gonnelli:</b> Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€
    Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€
    Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€
    Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€
    Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€
    Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
  • <center><b>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction May 26th</b></center> <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> Th. McKenney & J. Hall, <i>History of the Indian tribes of North America,</i> 1836-1844. Est: €50,000 <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> <i>Biblia latina vulgata,</i> manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000 <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> M. Beckmann, <i>Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen,</i> 1924. Est: €10,000 <center><b>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction May 26th</b></center> <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> A. Ortelius, <i>Theatrum orbis terrarum,</i> 1574. Est: €50,000 <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> M. S. Merian, <i>Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis,</i> 1717-18. Est: €6,000 <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> <i>PAN,</i> 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000 <center><b>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction May 26th</b></center> <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000 <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000 <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> E. Hemingway, <i>The old man and the sea,</i> 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000 <center><b>Ketterer Rare Books<br>Auction May 26th</b></center> <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> Flavius Vegetius Renatus, <i>De re militari libri quatuor,</i> 1553. Est: €3,000 <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> K. Marx, <i>Das Kapital,</i> 1867. Est: €30,000 <b>Ketterer, May 26:</b> Brassaï, <i>Transmutations,</i> 1967. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000
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