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RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifacts Featuring John F. Kennedy

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Auction Name Fine Autograph and Artifacts Featuring John F. Kennedy Total Sales (USD) 910,134.00
Auction Date November 12, 2025 - November 12, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 544,300.00
Sale Number #729 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 838,100.00
Total Lots 819
Sold Lots 567.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,009,600.00
% of Lots Sold 69.23% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,528,000.00
Unsold Lots 252 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 59.56%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
246 Queen Mary I

Queen Mary I Rare Letter Signed (1556)

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 41,825.00
236 WWII: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin

WWII: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin (2) Signed 'Short Snorter' Banknotes from the Historic Tehran Conference

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 27,495.00
2 George Washington

George Washington Revolutionary War-Dated Document Signed, Discharging a Patriot with the "Badge of Merit"

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 24,079.00
660 Frederic Chopin

Frederic Chopin (2) Documents Signed, Selling Copyright to Five Famous Piano Compositions - Including Polonaise in A-flat major, Ballade No. 4, and Nocturnes

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 23,153.00
261 Malcolm X

Malcolm X Signed Page for Alex Haley's Playboy Interview - PSA MINT 9

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 19,375.00
21 Jacqueline Kennedy

Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States from George Washington 1789 to John F. Kennedy 1961.

1961 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 18,149.00
830

Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical - Presented to Ray Bolger for His Role in Where's Charley?

USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 17,503.00
220 William Seward

William Seward Letter Signed on the Alaska Purchase, Referring to "the acquisition already made and that proposed, to our national domain"

USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,740.00
35 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Signed Photograph, Quoting from His Address Nominating Adlai Stevenson at the 1956 DNC: "In the great traditions of Jefferson, Jackson, Wilson, Roosevelt and the man from Independence "I give you the man from Libertyville"

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 14,949.00
23 Jacqueline Kennedy

Jacqueline Kennedy Autograph Letter Signed as First Lady, Imagining the JFK Library in Early 1963: "There must be a private part...where he can work "as that will be his office "& he will be writing a book or something"

1963 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 12,500.00
15 James A. Garfield

James A. Garfield Document Signed as President for the Ratification of "a treaty relating to Chinese immigrationaEU

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,353.00
666 Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett Original Painting of a San Franciso 'Cityscape' - Presented to Doris Day

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 12,179.00
669 Beatles: John Lennon and George Harrison

Beatles: John Lennon and George Harrison Signed 'Christmas Time (Is Here Again)' 7-Inch Single Record - Obtained at the Magical Mystery Tour Private Movie Screening (December 1967)

1967 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 12,079.00
243 King Francis I

King Francis I Letter Signed

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,313.00
446 Erwin Rommel

Erwin Rommel World War II-Dated Autograph Letter Signed, Preparing to Invade France: "The new Panzer Division has the most up-to-date equipment. If only we'd had weapons like that in 1917!"

1917 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,309.00
227 Mustafa Kemal

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Signature

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 10,195.00
50 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Assassination: (950+) Newspapers from November 1963

1963 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 9,493.00
810 Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger Rare Signed Photograph as The Joker: "Big smile!"

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,493.00
662 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Autograph Letter Signed on Performing Bach, Beethoven, and Handel, with AMQ and Partial ALS (Lot of 3): "It seems to be so timely to at last use one of Bach's great chorales besides Handel's music"

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 9,389.00
503 Apollo 11

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed 'Type 1' Insurance Cover - From the Buzz Aldrin Family Space Collection

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 9,363.00
3 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Letter Signed as Secretary of State, Transmitting an Act of Congress Organizing Rhode Island's US District Court, Weeks After Ratification of the Constitution

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 9,151.00
276 Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison (3) Original Sketches, including an Incandescent Light Bulb

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 8,813.00
279 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed, Sending Thanks for "the wonderful Vivaldi record"

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,975.00
318 Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett Signature

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 7,871.00
302 Lee Harvey

Lee Harvey Oswald Autograph Letter Signed to His Mother - Written from Hawaii During His First Deployment as a U.S. Marine

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 7,854.00
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