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Auction Name Autumn Majestic - Day 1 Total Sales (USD) 19,606.25
Auction Date November 06, 2025 - November 06, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 18,925.00
Sale Number #110625 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 27,325.00
Total Lots 38
Sold Lots 29.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 24,775.00
% of Lots Sold 76.32% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 36,075.00
Unsold Lots 9 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 54.35%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1030

RARE CIVIL WAR AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, MANY UNION LUMINARIES

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,687.50
1034

(4 PCS) RARE LINCOLN MEMORABILIA

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,375.00
1031

GROUP OF CIVIL WAR LETTERS HOME FROM SGT. JOHN EMERSON ANDERSON, 2ND MASS VOLS

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,875.00
1073 NORMAN ROCKWELL (NY/MA, 1894-1978)

"Freedom of Speech", one of "The Four Freedoms" of 1943

 1943 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,625.00
1002

RARE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1777 ALBANY RECEIPT FOR TORY PRISONERS

1777 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 875.00
1072 NORMAN ROCKWELL (NY/MA, 1894-1978)

"Freedom of Worship", one of "The Four Freedoms" of 1943

 1943 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 625.00
1223

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT HISTORICAL PUZZLE ROOSEVELT & BRYANT 1916

1916 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 562.50
1028

CIVIL WAR DIARY JULY 1864 HAGERSTOWN MARYLAND CITIZEN

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 531.25
1222

IDENTIFIED MAINE 1ST VETERANS REGT DOCUMENTS & FAMILY LINEAGE

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 531.25
1018

COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS & PHOTOS MAINE 6TH REGT UNION VETERAN

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 312.50
1131

WWII AAF PILOT'S "SHORT SNORTER", MEDITERRANEAN & BAHAMAS, EARLIEST DATE 12/7/41

1941 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 312.50
1225

PRESIDENT TAFT SIGNED YALE FIELD DAY PROGRAM

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 312.50
1219

AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF "THE MEMOIRS OF RICHARD NIXON", ALONG WITH A PHOTO OF THE RECIPIENT WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 250.00
1016

RARE MAINE CIVIL WAR ROSTER BOOK, FIRST EDITION

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 187.50
1017

(2) ORIGINAL GEORGIA & VIRGINIA JAN & MAY 1865 NEWSPAPERS W/ MAINE 6TH REGT STORIES

1865 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 187.50
1027

COLLECTION OF (26) CIVIL WAR NEWSPAPERS

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
1227

TLS LETTER FROM PRESIDENT TAFT & CARTOON OF NY SENATOR GEORGE BLAUVELT

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 187.50
1220

(11) 1950'S VINTAGE USAF EVASION & ESCAPE PILOT'S RAYON MAPS

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 156.25
1226

SONS OF THE REVOLUTION MEMBERSHIP, 1892

1892 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 112.50
1232

(5) FRAMED 1870'S "HARPER'S WEEKLY" ILLUSTRATIONS

USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 87.50
1233

(4) FRAMED "HARPERS WEEKLY" (3) DOUBLE-PAGE & (2) COVERS IN ONE FRAME, VARIOUS FRAMES

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
1037

(12) TITLES IN (17) VOLS ON LINCOLN, MID 20TH C.

MID 20TH C. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 75.00
1038

(6) TITLES IN (7) VOLS ON LINCOLN BY WILLIAM E BARTON

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 75.00
1040

(14) BOOKS ON LINCOLN, LATE 20TH C.

LATE 20TH C. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 75.00
1035

(16) BOOKS ON LINCOLN, MID-20TH C.

MID-20TH C. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 62.50
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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