RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts, 713, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 12, 2025 - March 12, 2025
Page Size: 628 items in 26 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 George Washington

George Washington Document Signed as President for a Land Deal with Valley Forge Veteran Col. Israel Shreve

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 22,144.00
2 George Washington

George Washington Signature - Rare Full Signature

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 8,285.00
3 John Adams

John Adams Twice-Signed Legal Document, Months Before the Boston Tea Party

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,028.00
4 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Letter Signed as Secretary of State, Forwarding Thomas Mifflin Legislation Allowing Slavery in Tennessee Territory (May 1790)

USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
5 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Document Signed as Secretary of State, Promoting Desalination of Sea Water for American Ships

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
6 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Signature as President

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,018.00
7 Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Document Signed as President and Secretary of State - On the Very Day Madison Was Voted as the Next U.S. President

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,748.00
8 James Madison

James Madison Signed Check as President

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,505.00
9 James Madison and James Monroe

James Madison and James Monroe Document Signed, Appointing Peace Commissioners after the Second Barbary War

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
10 James Monroe

James Monroe Autograph Letter Signed, Remarking on His Presidential Qualifications: "My public life ought to speak for itself"

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
11 John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams Franking Signature as Secretary of State

USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
12 John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams Autograph Letter Signed as a Massachusetts Congressman

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,411.00
13 Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson Autograph Letter Signed, Preceding a Duel: "It is difficult to find an appropriate epithet for a character who descents to stoke falsehoods in a situation, where the honour of a man is at stake"

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
14 Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson Autograph Letter Signed on the Missouri Compromise

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,583.00
15 Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson Document Signed as President, Issuing a Patent for "a machine for propelling timepieces by the Expansion & contraction of Atmospheric Air"

USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,271.00
16 William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison Autograph Letter Signed on the Recapture of Detroit in the War of 1812

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
17 William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison Signed Check

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,880.00
18 William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison Autograph Letter Signed, Recommending a Colonel: "Honest man & there is none better acquainted with military duty"

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,678.00
19 William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison Document Signed for Whiskey Rations

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,238.00
20 William Henry Harrison and John

William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (3) New York Electoral College Certification Documents

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,670.00
21 John Tyler

John Tyler Autograph Manuscript Speech - "Debate on the Tariff Bill"

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,375.00
22 John Tyler

John Tyler Autograph Letter Signed Twice on the 1848 Presidential Election

USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
23 James K. Polk

James K. Polk Document Signed as President, Ratifying an Extradition Treaty with France

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,756.00
24 Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor Naval Document Signed as President

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 13,585.00
25 Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore Letter Signed as President on His Last Day in Office, Arranging Shipment of Goods Home to Buffalo

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,505.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    27th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 27: Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 26 fine hand-painted miniatures, 17th century dark brown morocco, [Lyon], [c. 1475 and later c. 1490-1500]. £25,000 to £35,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Brontë (Emily) The North Wind, watercolour, [1842]. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Titanic.- Mudd (Thomas Cupper, one of the youngest victims of the sinking of the Titanic, 1895-1912) Autograph Letter signed on board RMS Titanic to his mother, April 11th 1912. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    27th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 27: [Austen (Jane)] Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, for John Murray, 1816. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Picasso (Pablo).- Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, one of 95 copies, signed by the artist, Lausanne, Albert Skira, 1931. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: America.- Ogilby (John) America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World..., all maps with vibrant hand-colouring in outline, probably by an early hand, 1671. £15,000 to £25,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard )and Edward Bird. Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Henry Holland and George Mackenzie, watercolours, [1810]. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Library of Barry Humphries
    26th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 26: Beckford (William) [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, first (but unauthorised) edition, Lady Caroline Lamb's copy with her signature and notes, 1786. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing the 6 suppressed poems, first issue, contemporary half black morocco, Paris, 1857. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum Auctions
    The Library of Barry Humphries
    26th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 26: Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1905-07. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Rodin (Auguste).- Mirbeau (Octave) Le Jardin des Supplices, one of 30 copies on chine with an additional suite, bound in dark purple goatskin, Paris, 1902. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Pellar (Hans) Eight original book illustrations for 'Der verliebte Flamingo' [together with] a published copy of the first edition of the book, 1923. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, Paris, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
  • Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
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