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Nate D. Sanders Auctions: May 2025 Auction

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Auction Name May 2025 Auction Total Sales (USD) 48,309.00
Auction Date May 29, 2025 - May 29, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #52925 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 104
Sold Lots 11.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 10.58% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 93 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
14 George Washington

George Washington Autograph Letter Signed from Philadelphia on 8 June 1787, Just Days After Washington Was Elected President of the Constitutional Convention -- With Charles Hamilton COA

 1787 Not Available USD 31,250.00
120 Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini Signed Stock Certificate to the Houdini Picture Corporation with Extremely Bold Signature -- With University Archives COA

 1921 Not Available USD 3,661.00
121 Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini Signed Stock Certificate to the Houdini Picture Corporation -- With University Archives COA

 1921 Not Available USD 3,025.00
79 Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin Signed Photo as ''The Tramp''

 N/A Not Available USD 2,269.00
18 Harper Lee

Harper Lee Autograph Letter Signed from NYC After 9/11 -- ''...when you're walking around down there, every step you take is on a pulverized human being. To know what hell is like, go take a look...''

 2002 Not Available USD 2,000.00
6 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Letter Signed as U.S. Senator -- With University Archives COA

 1954 Not Available USD 1,875.00
9 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Note Signed as U.S. Senator -- With University Archives COA

 1954 Not Available USD 1,875.00
112 Gus Grissom

Lot of Items Personally Owned by Mercury 7 and Apollo 1 Astronaut Gus Grissom -- Includes Handwritten & Signed Check, Grissom's Textbook with Handwritten Notes, His Life Preserver & More

 1965 Not Available USD 916.00
60 Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Signed Lithograph of His Famous Painting ''Marriage License'' -- Measures 19'' x 25''

 1972 Not Available USD 625.00
61 Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Signed Lithograph of His Famous Painting ''The Truth About Santa'' -- Measures 19'' x 25''

 1972 Not Available USD 625.00
72 Scott Weinger

'Aladdin'' Photo Signed by Scott Weinger Who Voiced the Character of Aladdin and Linda Larkin Who Voiced Princess Jasmine -- With Beckett COA

 1992 Not Available USD 188.00
  • 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.