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RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Auction Reports

Auction Name	Fine Autographs and Artifacts	Total Sales (USD)	958,787.00
Auction Date	December 10, 2025 - November 10, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	532,700.00
Sale Number	#731	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	787,900.00
Total Lots	766
Sold Lots	438.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	1,405,250.00
% of Lots Sold	57.18%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	1,971,000.00
Unsold Lots	328	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	48.64%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
701		Mickey and Minnie Mouse production drawings (8) from Plane Crazy - Disney's First Finished Mickey Mouse Short		USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 32,240.00
508	Samuel L. Clemens	Samuel L. Clemens Autograph Letter Signed with Sketch, Criticizing Mrs. Thomas Bailey Aldrich: "This vacant hellion, this clothes-rack, this twaddling, blethering, driveling blatherskite!"		USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	USD 32,050.00
218	Isaac Newton	Isaac Newton Signature		USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 28,200.00
60	Donald Trump	Donald Trump Signed Uncut $2 Dollar Bills - PSA GEM MINT 10		USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 27,188.00
776	Eyvind Earle	Eyvind Earle panoramic concept painting of Maleficent and Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty		USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 25,629.00
769	Mary Blair	Mary Blair panoramic concept painting of Cinderella and Prince Charming from Cinderella		USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 20,423.00
705		Mickey Mouse production drawing from Steamboat Willie		USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 18,568.00
951	Alexander Hamilton	Alexander Hamilton Handwritten Manuscript on Taxes		USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 17,504.00
3	James Madison	James Madison Letter Signed as Secretary of State, Appointing an Agent in Havana: "You will subserve the views of the President in attending to every violation of the laws prohibiting the Slave Trade"		USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 15,000.00
767	Mary Blair	Mary Blair panoramic concept painting of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad		USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 15,000.00
223	Nikola Tesla	Nikola Tesla Signature - "Better late than never!"		USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 13,753.00
509	F. Scott Fitzgerald	F. Scott Fitzgerald Autograph Letter Signed: "I hope that girl isn't putting him through any special hells"		USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 12,079.00
768	Mary Blair	Mary Blair concept painting of Cinderella as a scullion from Cinderella		USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 11,778.00
546	Marilyn Monroe	Marilyn Monroe Signed Photograph by Frank Powolny		USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 11,344.00
12	Richard Nixon	Richard Nixon Typed Letter Signed to Spiro T. Agnew, Sending the Disgraced VP His Cabinet Chair: "The chair you occupied across from mine at the Cabinet table is, to me, a symbol of the strength and wisdom you brought to that task"		USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 10,799.00
499	Louis Vuitton	Louis Vuitton Rare Autograph Document Signed, Sending "a second-hand trunk" to a Russian Count		USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 10,048.00
710		Dwarfs rough production drawings (43) from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Celebrating Snow White's Revival After the Prince's Kiss		USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 9,999.00
549	Marilyn Monroe	Marilyn Monroe Oversized Signed Photograph by Frank Powolny		USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 9,983.00
6	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Civil War-Dated Document Signed as President, Commissioning an Assistant Quartermaster		USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 9,625.00
87	Sun Yat-sen	Sun Yat-sen Signature (November 20, 1911) - Dated to His Fateful Return to China After 10 Years in Exile	1911	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 9,625.00
495	Wernher von Braun	Wernher von Braun Signed Photograph to the Leader of Nazi Germany's V-2 Rocket Program		USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 9,181.00
265	Titanic -4	Titanic (4) White Star Line Pre-Launch Promotional Items (1910-1911)	1910-1911	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 9,074.00
708		Peg Leg Pete production drawings (2) and character model drawing from Steamboat Willie		USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 9,074.00
213	Gilbert U-238	Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory - 'The Most Dangerous Toy in History'		USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 8,860.00
282	American History	American History Artifacts (23) with Keys, Nails, and Flag Fragment		USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 8,659.00

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.