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Nate D. Sanders Auctions: January 2025 Auction

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Auction Name	January 2025 Auction	Total Sales (USD)	96,154.00
Auction Date	January 30, 2025 - January 30, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#13025	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	89
Sold Lots	22.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	24.72%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	67	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
15	George Washington	George Washington Autograph Letter Signed from 1798 to Inventor Oliver Evans -- Washington Signed Evans' Patent for the First Automated Milling System as President and Adopted it at Mount Vernon	Not Available	USD 26,620.00
33		National Medal of Science Won by Walter Kohn, One of the Children Saved by Kindertransport During World War II -- Awarded by the President, This Medal Is the Highest Science Honor in the United States	Not Available	USD 12,500.00
59	Charles Schulz	Charles Schulz Original ''Peanuts'' Hand-Drawn Artwork Depicting Snoopy and the Gang at Christmas	Not Available	USD 12,479.00
3	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed D-Day Speech -- With University Archives COA	Not Available	USD 9,075.00
16	Golda Meir	Golda Meir Letter Signed from 1926 Regarding Immigration to Eretz Israel -- ''...Opening the gates of the Land for us is an urgent matter...''	Not Available	USD 7,500.00
20		Photo Signed by 17 Soldiers of ''Easy Company'', AKA the Band of Brothers, at the Battle of Carentan Awards Ceremony -- Includes Company Commander Dick Winters Who Writes His Motto ''Hang Tough''	Not Available	USD 5,000.00
57	Walt Disney	Walt Disney Signed Dye Transfer Print of Mickey Mouse for Mickey's 25th Anniversary -- With Phil Sears COA	Not Available	USD 4,688.00
21		Photo Signed by Six of ''Easy Company'', AKA the Band of Brothers at the Eagle's Nest in May 1945 -- Includes the Signature of Dick Winters, Commander of the Company	Not Available	USD 4,375.00
52	John Lennon	John Lennon Signed ''In His Own Write'' First U.S. Edition -- Uninscribed, With Roger Epperson COA	Not Available	USD 4,160.00
2		''Dewey Defeats Truman'' Newspaper -- The Most Famous Newspaper Mistake of All Time	Not Available	USD 2,000.00
77	Uma Thurman	Uma Thurman Signed Katana Sword, Her Weapon From ''Kill Bill''	Not Available	USD 1,500.00
13	Barack Obama	Barack Obama Check Signed from 1999 on the ''Friends of Barack Obama'' Bank Account -- Unendorsed & Without Bank Cancellation Marks	Not Available	USD 1,250.00
22		Photo Signed by 14 of the Famous WWII ''Black Sheep'' Including Its Leader, Medal of Honor Recipient & Fighter Ace Pappy Boyington	Not Available	USD 938.00
47	Wernher von Braun	Wernher von Braun Letter Signed from 1959 Before Joining NASA -- ''...College students who wish to prepare for a career in rocketry...''	Not Available	USD 756.00
73	William Shatner	William Shatner Gives Warm Praise to ''Star Trek'' Colleague Walter Koenig -- ''...Life is cruel - Some people get it worse than others. How do they endure?...I don't know that I could do it...''	Not Available	USD 750.00
25		Enola Gay and Bockscar Crew-Signed 10'' x 8'' Photo -- Lot Includes Signatures of the Complete 12-Person Enola Gay Crew Plus the Crew Chaplain William Downey	Not Available	USD 625.00
39		Apollo 15 Crew-Signed NASA Insurance Cover -- From Al Worden's Personal Collection, and Also With His Signed COA	Not Available	USD 500.00
46		Project Mercury ''Capsule Flight Operations Manual'' #SEDR 109-10, Dated May 1961 for Capsules 11 (Liberty Bell 7) and 15 (Scheduled for Mercury-Redstone 5) -- Very Rare Manual for These Two Capsules	Not Available	USD 500.00
35	Orville Wright	Orville Wright Check Signed and Handwritten to His Longtime Housekeeper Lottie Jones	Not Available	USD 313.00
4	Rutherford B. Hayes	Rutherford B. Hayes Signature	Not Available	USD 250.00
81		Original ''Jurassic Park'' Title Artwork Created in Development for the 1993 Film	Not Available	USD 250.00
26		Flag Raising at Iwo Jima Signed Lot -- Photographer Joe Rosenthal Signed Card, Flag Raiser John Bradley Signed Card and Sculptor Felix De Weldon Signed Program	Not Available	USD 125.00

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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