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
421 Samuel L. Clemens

Samuel L. Clemens Autograph Letter Signed to Artist Francis Davis Millet

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 875.00
422 Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed - "All that I could say of my books, I have said in them"

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,973.00
423 Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,553.00
424 Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming Typed Letter Signed with TWO Rare Full "James Bond" Mentions (Uncommon 'Old Mitre Court' Letterhead)

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
425 Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming Typed Letter Signed - "James Bond must emulate that exploit"

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
426 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Autograph Note Signed

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
427 Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway Signature

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,125.00
428 Federico Garcia Lorca

Federico Garcia Lorca Extremely Rare Handwritten Poem - 'The Bitter Root'

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
429 Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Typed Letter Signed on 'Gone With the Wind' and Speaking Engagements

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,411.00
430 Mario Puzo

Mario Puzo Autograph Letter Signed - "I'm tired of the Goddamn Godfather"

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
431 Eben E. Rexford

Eben E. Rexford Autograph Lyrics Signed - "Silver Threads Among the Gold"

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
432 Dr. Seuss Signed

The King's Stilts

NY: 1939 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,251.00
433 John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck Autograph Letter Signed - Mere Days Before His Trip to the Soviet Union

USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
434 J. R. R. Tolkien Typed

J. R. R. Tolkien Typed Letter Signed with Original Rally Magazine Sketch

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
435 Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy Signed Photograph

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
436 Ivan Turgenev

Ivan Turgenev Autograph Letter Signed, Months After the Publication of Fathers and Sons (1862)

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
437 Maya Angelou

All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes

Franklin Center, PA: 1986 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 275.00
438 Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury Typed Letter Signed

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
439 Edgar Rice Burroughs:

Edgar Rice Burroughs: Tarzan Triumphant Original Unused Dust Jacket

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 313.00
440 Edgar Rice Burroughs:

Edgar Rice Burroughs: Back to the Stone Age Original Unused Dust Jacket

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
441 Edgar Rice Burroughs:

Edgar Rice Burroughs: Pirates of Venus Original Unused Dust Jacket

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
442 Edgar Rice Burroughs:

Edgar Rice Burroughs: Synthetic Men of Mars Original Unused Dust Jacket

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
443 John W. Campbell, Jr.:

John W. Campbell, Jr.: Who Goes There? Original Unused Dust Jacket

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
444 Karel Capek

Karel Capek Signed Photograph - The Inventor of the Word 'Robot'

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
445 Truman Capote

In Cold Blood (Ltd. Ed. # 165/500)

NY: 1965 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,283.00
  • 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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