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Auction Info

Auction Name
Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
Auction Date
02/18/2026 - 02/18/2026
Sale Number
#21826
Total Lots
385
Sold Lots
367.0
Lots Sold
95.32%
Unsold Lots
18
Total Sales (USD)
1,134,830.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
700,800.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
928,160.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
754,300.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
994,660.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
114.09%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
246

The Book of Mormon, 1st Ed., Palmyra, 1830, With Exciting Ownership Record & Notes: "The coming of Christ... Plates"

ca. 1830 USD 200,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 250,000.00
41 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Signed Foundational Act of Congress, Alexander Hamilton's Financial Revolution!

March 2, 1791 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 40,625.00
177 Armstrong, Aldrin

Armstrong, Aldrin & Collins Signed Yousuf Karsh Crew Portrait, "With the Best Wishes of Apollo 11" - Ex. Karsh Estate, With Zarelli Cert!

n.d. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 31,250.00
131 George Washington

George Washington & Hamilton Direct Major Who Fought Under Arnold to Send Clothing for Cold Troops In Winter 1778

November 29, 1778 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 28,125.00
58 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Writes to Future Biographer & Nominator, Appoints Illinois Supporter Who Later Worked in West - Superb Example as President!

May 6, 1861 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 25,000.00
286 John Lennon

John Lennon 8pp Signed & Annotated TDS re: Paul, Linda, Yoko, Brian Epstein & Allen Klein

1971-08-31 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
400 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Formalizing Final Approach To Unified Field Theory, With 13 Mathematical Equations! PSA Slabbed

ca. 1940s USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 25,000.00
57

Unique Set of 5 CDVs of the Execution of the Conspirators by Alexander Gardner

July 7, 1865 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 20,000.00
132 George Washington

George Washington Addresses Letter to Alexander Hamilton & Gen. Duportail on a Mission in Southern New Jersey

ca. October-November 1779 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 20,000.00
70

Earliest Known Abraham Lincoln Cabinet Card Photograph as Congressmen-Elect! Extreme Rarity! ex. Harpers Weekly Archives

ca. 1846 USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 USD 20,000.00
401 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Signed 'Philosopher-Scientist' & Vintage Photograph Presented to Photographer Yousuf Karsh, Ex. Karsh Estate

ca. 1949 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 20,000.00
40 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson as Pres. to Robert E. Lee's Father-In-Law Re: Potomac Bridge to His Plantation With 60 Slaves!

February 23, 1804 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,250.00
97 Mary Lincoln

Mary Lincoln as 1st Lady Orders Fancy Hat from New York City Milliner

November 22, 1861 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 12,500.00
352 Ferdinand & Isabella

Ferdinand & Isabella 1493 Decree 1 Week After Columbus Returns From New World Re: Valladolid, Where He Died!

January 22, 1493 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 12,500.00
2 J.Q. Adams

J.Q. Adams 4x Signed ALS, With Scathing Dismissal of Jefferson's Govt.: "As popularity is the fundamental principle both of our Legislature and Executive, they will be satisfied to provide for the occasions of the day, and leave future times to take care

January 18-25, 1802 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 11,875.00
59 Lincoln & Stanton

Lincoln & Stanton DS Appointing Assistant Quartermaster of 15th Ohio, With Brevet by Johnson

April 21, 1862 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 11,250.00
155 Man Ray

Man Ray Original Abstract Painting, 1959, Ex. Karsh Estate

ca. 1959 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 11,250.00
323 Charles Alexander

Nuremberg Trials Photo Album by Official U.S. Photographer Charles Alexander, 90 Images

ca. 1945-46 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 10,000.00
136 Wilson, Lloyd George & Clemenceau!

"The Big Four" at Paris Peace Conference, Signed by Wilson, Lloyd George & Clemenceau!

ca. 1919 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,000.00
324 George Patton

George Patton TLS During Battle of Metz Amid "vicious fighting" & Weather Making It "hard to use tanks"

2044-10-04 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 10,000.00

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