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Auction Name Fall Sports Catalogue Auction Total Sales (USD) 23,748,494.88
Auction Date October 24, 2025 - October 26, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #50080 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 3943
Sold Lots 3905.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 99.04% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 38 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
80492

1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth Rookie SGC VG 3 -- Only One Superior in Any Population!

 1914 Not Available USD 4,026,000.00
82121

Signed 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #144 PSA Good 2, Auto 7.

 1933 Not Available USD 585,600.00
82444

Signed 1984 Star Co. Michael Jordan Rookie #101 PSA EX-MT 6, PSA/DNA Auto 8.

 1984 Not Available USD 439,200.00
81097

1956 Topps Mickey Mantle (Gray Back) #135 PSA Mint 9 -- Only Four Superior!

 1956 Not Available USD 414,800.00
80513

1916 M101-5 Blank Backs Babe Ruth Rookie #151 SGC Good 2.

 1916 Not Available USD 353,800.00
81869

1968 Topps Mickey Mantle #280 PSA Gem Mint 10.

 1968 Not Available USD 335,500.00
80287

1909-11 T206 White Border SGC Graded Near Set (518/524)!

1909-11 Not Available USD 268,400.00
82025

1996 Select Certified Mirror Gold Derek Jeter #100 PSA Gem Mint 10 -- Population Two!

 1996 Not Available USD 268,400.00
82906

1977 Topps Star Wars #1 "Luke Skywalker" #1 PSA Gem Mint 10.

 1977 Not Available USD 268,400.00
80791

1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 PSA EX-MT 6.

 1952 Not Available USD 213,500.00
80500

1915 Cracker Jack Ty Cobb #30 PSA NM-MT 8.

 1915 Not Available USD 195,200.00
81270

1963 Topps Baseball Complete Set (576) - Every Card PSA NM-MT 8 or Higher - Ranked #15 Current Finest On The PSA Set Registry!

1963 Not Available USD 189,100.00
81153

1959 Topps Mickey Mantle #10 SGC Mint+ 9.5 - Population One, None Superior!

 1959 Not Available USD 173,103.36
82114

2024 Topps 50/50 Shohei Ohtani (Autograph Relic FoilFractors) 1/1 #SOAR1 BGS NM-MT+ 8.5.

 2024 Not Available USD 164,700.00
82122

Signed 1933 Goudey Lou Gehrig #160 PSA Poor 1, Auto 8.

 1933 Not Available USD 164,700.00
83617

1979 Wayne Gretzky NHL Debut Ticket Stub, PSA Mint 9 - Pop One, None Superior!

 1979 Not Available USD 158,600.00
82455

1986 Fleer Basketball Wax Box with 36 Unopened Packs.

 1986 Not Available USD 146,400.00
81870

1968 Topps 3-D Prototype Brooks Robinson PSA Authentic - Pop Three PSA Graded Examples!

1968 Not Available USD 134,200.00
80501

1915 Cracker Jack Ty Cobb #30 PSA NM 7.

 1915 Not Available USD 122,122.00
82487

1950 Bowman Otto Graham #45 PSA Mint 9 -- Only One Superior!

 1950 Not Available USD 122,000.00
80344

1910 D322 Tip Top Bread Honus Wagner SGC VG-EX 4.

 1910 Not Available USD 109,800.00
83457

1984 Michael Jordan NBA Debut Chicago Bulls Ticket Stub, PSA VG-EX 4 - Pop Two, Three Higher.

 1984 Not Available USD 109,800.00
80787

1952 Topps Willie Mays #261 PSA NM-MT 8.

 1952 Not Available USD 106,750.00
81866

1968 Topps Nolan Ryan - Mets Rookie Stars #177 SGC Mint+ 9.5 -- Pop Four, Only Two Superior!

 1968 Not Available USD 103,700.00
80338

1910 E98 "Set of 30" Ty Cobb (Red, Black Swamp Find) SGC Gem Mint 10 - Pop Two!

1910 Not Available USD 100,650.00
  • <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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