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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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