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Auction Name
Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
Auction Date
11/19/2025 - 11/19/2025
Sale Number
#111925
Total Lots
462
Sold Lots
450.0
Lots Sold
97.40%
Unsold Lots
12
Total Sales (USD)
828,254.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
506,550.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
681,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
530,150.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
711,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
116.49%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
455 Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! Over 350 Words in his Hand, Extraordinary Content!

 n.d. USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 87,500.00
308 Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" w/ Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication

 ca. 2013 USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 56,250.00
447 Einstein

Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, Over 260 Words, With 18 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation," Superb!

 ca. early 1940s USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
448 Einstein

Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, Over 180 Words + 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"

 ca. early 1940s USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
418 Edgar Allen Poe

Edgar Allen Poe CDV by Brady, Incredibly Rare, Possibly Unique in Format!

 ca. 1861 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 20,000.00
152 G. Washington

G. Washington Signed Discharge for MA Solider Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!

 June 9, 1783 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,000.00
449 Albert Einstein & Alfred Einstein

Albert Einstein & Alfred Einstein Signed Book On Mozart! Beckett LOA

 ca. 1947 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 13,750.00
84 Lee Harvey Oswald

Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important

 1961-11-20 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,500.00
88 Lincoln Fully

Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman

 March 4, 1862 USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 11,250.00
456 Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer Writes Secretary About Recent Meeting of Physicists and Los Alamos History

 Ocober 10, 1947 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,880.00
175 Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso PSA GEM MT 10 Rare ALS In Blood-Red Paint? Dated Just After Beginning "Luncheon on the Grass"

 1959-08-22 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,625.00
397 Earl George Macartney, (3)

Earl George Macartney, (3) ALS re: Cornwallis, Tipu Sultan & Treaty of Mangalore

 ca. 1784-1795 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 10,625.00
324 John Lennon

John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known

 1971-06-16 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,000.00
68 T. Jefferson

T. Jefferson PSA GEM MT 10 Free Frank to Robert Fulton, Napoleon's Submarine Engineer

 March 20 [1810] USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 9,375.00
363 Horatio Nelson

Horatio Nelson Rare ALS To Emma Hamilton Re: A "Damned pimping Bitch" Daring To Compete With His Incomparable Emma!

 n.d. but ca. late August 1803 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,750.00
188 Apollo XI

Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Sign Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, Superb and Unique. Photo Signed At Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour, Pre-Cert Zarelli

 ca. September 29-30, 1969 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,750.00
194 All 3

All 3 Apollo XI Astronauts Uninscribed Signed Official NASA Photo! Pre-Cert Zarelli

 n.d. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,125.00
86 Mary Lincoln

Mary Lincoln Owned & Signed "Life of George Washington," From Lincoln Family Library, Dated 1860, During Presidential Campaign & Cooper Union Speech

 ca. 1860 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,500.00
310 Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan TDS Re: Last Will and Testament 4 Months Before Release of "Blood on the Tracks", PSA Authenticated

 1975-09-22 USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 7,500.00
66 T. Jefferson

T. Jefferson on Aurora Borealis: "These phenomena proceed doubtless from... reflection and refraction..." Important Scientific Content!

 [January 28, 1826] USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,875.00
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