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