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Auction Name Fine Autographs and Artifacts Total Sales (USD) 899,625.00
Auction Date March 12, 2025 - March 12, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 563,400.00
Sale Number #713 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 848,000.00
Total Lots 628
Sold Lots 471 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,078,300.00
% of Lots Sold 75.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,557,700.00
Unsold Lots 157 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 57.75%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
622 Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan Handwritten and Signed Lyrics for 'All Along the Watchtower'

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 61,599.00
544 Bob Dylan's

Bob Dylan's First Demo Tape - Original Master Recorded at The Gaslight, NYC, September 6, 1961 - From the Collection of Terri Thal

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 39,325.00
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
586 Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan Oversized Signed Photograph (Ltd. Ed. #IV/IV) - Royal Albert Hall, 1966, by Barry Feinstein

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 20,788.00
33 James Buchanan

James Buchanan (2) Documents Signed for the Treaty of Tientsin, Negotiated with China

USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 17,858.00
43 Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison Letter Signed as President on Immigration: aEUoeWe do not treat any other people as we do the ChineseaEU

USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 17,379.00
237 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Signed Photograph to a Noted Peace Activist

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 15,881.00
473 Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee Autograph Letter Signed to Drug Dealer and Fist of Fury Co-Star Robert Baker: "I hope you will send me the 'quality' stuff"

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,753.00
35 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President, Appointing Eli Whitney III as American Commissioner to the 1862 London Exhibition of Industry

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 13,589.00
24 Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor Naval Document Signed as President

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 13,585.00
590 Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan Oversized Original Photograph by Barry Feinstein - 'Bowling for Dollars, Liverpool, 1966'

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,905.00
34 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President - Ten Days After the Battle of Fort Sumter

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 11,229.00
206 John Hancock

John Hancock Revolutionary War-Dated Document Signed as President of Congress (1777)

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,981.00
196 Donald Trump

Donald Trump Signed $2 Dollar Bill

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 9,694.00
331 War

World War II: Atomic Bomb and Manhattan Project Signature (35) Archive

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,383.00
690 Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin Oversized Signed Photograph to the Band's Attorney

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 9,318.00
50 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Original Sketches as a Massachusetts Senator

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,151.00
246 Red Cloud

Red Cloud Signature and Photograph

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 9,075.00
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
2 George Washington

George Washington Signature - Rare Full Signature

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 8,285.00
232 Pierre Curie

Pierre Curie Autograph Letter Signed, Replying to a Bacteriologist's Inquiry on Radium

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,250.00
645

The Day the Music Died: Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper Signatures

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 8,125.00
210 Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill Signed War-Dated Photograph (1942)

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,110.00
226 Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Signature - Dated to His 1966 Speech at the Stockholm Opera House

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,499.00
325 Raphael Semmes

Raphael Semmes Civil War-Dated Document Signed - Greensboro Parole, Citing the Johnston-Sherman Surrender

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,499.00
  • 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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