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Heritage Auctions: Americana and Political Signature Auction

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Auction Name	Americana and Political Signature Auction	Total Sales (USD)	295,387.00
Auction Date	October 24, 2025 - October 25, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	154,520.00
Sale Number	#6324	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	231,780.00
Total Lots	147
Sold Lots	142.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	162,200.00
% of Lots Sold	96.60%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	243,300.00
Unsold Lots	5	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	121.41%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
43173	General Dwight D. Eisenhower	General Dwight D. Eisenhower: U.S. Army Uniform Insignia's and Signed Card From Navy Relief Fund Auction.		USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 32,500.00
43023	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln: Autograph Endorsement Signed.	1861	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 31,250.00
43180		California Gold Rush: January 1849 Constitution Broadside.	1849	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 15,000.00
43169		World War I: Iconic Uncle Sam Recruiting Poster By James Montgomery Flagg.	1917	USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00	USD 11,875.00
43144		Woman's Suffrage: Wonderful Die-Cut Window Display.	1913	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 10,625.00
43021	Lincoln & Johnson	Lincoln & Johnson: An Enormously Important 1864 Jugate Silk Campaign Ribbon.	1789-1896	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 9,375.00
43027	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln: Vice-Counsel of Prussia Signed Appointment.	1861	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	USD 8,750.00
43007	John Adams and Timothy Pickering	John Adams and Timothy Pickering: Duel-Signed Land Grant.	1800	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	USD 7,500.00
43101	Jacqueline Kennedy Bouvier	Jacqueline Kennedy Bouvier: Early ALS as Journalist, Referencing Future Husband John F. Kennedy and Rival Richard Nixon.		USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 7,500.00
43126		Panama Canal: Blueprints and Photographs.	1913	USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	USD 7,500.00
43011	Alexander Hamilton	Alexander Hamilton: 1792 Document Signed [DS].	1792	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 5,000.00
43009	Alexander Hamilton	Alexander Hamilton: 1792 Letter Signed [LS].	1792	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 4,375.00
43123		The Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia): George Washington Being Appointed Commander-In-Chief of the American Continental Army.	1775	USD 5,600.00 - 8,400.00	USD 4,375.00
43182		Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: November Issue of the Tombstone Daily Nugget.	1881	USD 5,600.00 - 8,400.00	USD 4,375.00
43090	Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy	Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy: Autograph Letter Signed "Lots of Love Jackie" as a Teenager, with Humorous Drawings.	1943	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,250.00
43088	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Dwight D. Eisenhower: Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force Signed Document.	1948	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 4,000.00
43102	John F. Kennedy	John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed As President with Holograph Notation.	1963	USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	USD 4,000.00
43137		Early New York Police Inspector Archive: Chief Inspector Moses W. Cortright.	1909	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 4,000.00
43010	Alexander Hamilton	Alexander Hamilton: 1792 Letter Signed [LS].	1792	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 3,750.00
43159		Revolutionary War: George Washington traps General Cornwallis at the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia marking the end of the Revolutionary War.	1781	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 3,750.00
43163	Robert Selden Garnett and Robert E. Lee.	Autograph Endorsements Signed by Robert Selden Garnett and Robert E. Lee.	1861	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 3,750.00
43254	Lincoln & Johnson	Lincoln & Johnson: Jugate Inauguration Ball Invitation.	1865	USD 560.00 - 840.00	USD 3,500.00
43158		Revolutionary War: Letter Written at Valley Forge announcing that France signs a Treaty with the United States during the Revolutionary War in the aftermath of the Surrender of General Burgoyne at the Battle of Saratoga.	1778	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 3,250.00
43167		Civil War: Iowa Recruiting Broadside.	1863	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 3,250.00
43002	George and Martha Washington	George and Martha Washington: Cased Daguerreotypes.	1796	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 3,125.00

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.
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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