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Auction Name The Jim Irsay Collection: Hall of Fame Total Sales (USD) 17,964,700.00
Auction Date March 12, 2026 - March 12, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 4,860,000.00
Sale Number #24627 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 8,430,000.00
Total Lots 10
Sold Lots 10.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,860,000.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 8,430,000.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 213.10%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
43 KEROUAC, JEAN-LOUIS LEBRIS DE ("JACK") (1922-1969)

ORIGINAL TYPESCRIPT SCROLL FOR THE MONUMENTAL FIRST DRAFT OF ON THE ROAD, THE DEFINITIVE BEAT GENERATION NOVEL

 2-22 April 1951 USD 2,500,000.00 - 4,000,000.00 USD 12,135,000.00
19

BOB DYLAN: HANDWRITTEN LYRICS FOR 'THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN', 1964

 1964 USD 500,000.00 - 800,000.00 USD 2,515,000.00
14

THE BEATLES/PAUL MCCARTNEY: HANDWRITTEN LYRICS FOR 'HEY JUDE', 1968

 1968 USD 600,000.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD 1,016,000.00
35

ROCKY, 1976: SYLVESTER STALLONE'S HANDWRITTEN SCRIPT NOTEBOOK

 1976 USD 200,000.00 - 400,000.00 USD 508,000.00
1

BUDDY HOLLY: A RARE CONCERT POSTER FOR 3 FEBRUARY 1959, KNOWN AS 'THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED'

 1959 USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 USD 457,200.00
41 STEVE JOBS (1955-2011)

SPIRITUAL LETTER BY STEVE JOBS, POSTMARKED THE DAY BEFORE HIS 19TH BIRTHDAY

 23 February 1974 USD 200,000.00 - 500,000.00 USD 444,500.00
42 STEVE JOBS (1955-2011)

APPLE II MANUAL, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED

 1980 USD 300,000.00 - 800,000.00 USD 279,400.00
23

JIM MORRISON/THE DOORS: AN IMPORTANT HANDWRITTEN NOTEBOOK, CIRCA 1969

 CIRCA 1969 USD 100,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 266,700.00
12

THE BEATLES: A SIGNED POSTER, 1967

 1967 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 177,800.00
16

THE BEATLES: AN AFFIDAVIT FILED BY PAUL MCCARTNEY TO BREAK UP THE BEATLES, WITH JOHN LENNON'S HANDWRITTEN ANNOTATIONS, 1970

 1970 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 165,100.00
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.