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Bonhams

Auction Info

Auction Name
Fine Books and Manuscripts
Auction Date
06/24/2025 - 06/24/2025
Sale Number
#30815
Total Lots
78
Sold Lots
61
Lots Sold
78.21%
Unsold Lots
17
Total Sales (USD)
368,797.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
191,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
291,700.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
358,400.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
543,800.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
67.82%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1069 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. 1809-1865. BRADY, MATTHEW, photographer.

Original portrait photograph of Lincoln seated with a book and his son Tad, taken February 9, 1864, at Brady's studio by Superintendent Anthony Berger,

1864 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 76,700.00
1058 BIBLE - GOSPEL OF JOHN.

St. John's Gospel, in Greek, fragment of an early codex manuscript on vellum,

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 70,350.00
1024 BRONTE, CHARLOTTE. 1814-1855.

Autograph Letter Signed ("C. Bronte"), to John White, Esquire, on being unable to visit because of her father and commenting on her former charges when she was a governess for the White family,

USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 28,160.00
1072 ROCKEFELLER, JOHN DAVID. 1839-1937.

Document Signed ("J.D. Rockefeller") issuing five thousand shares of Standard Oil Trust stock to himself,

USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 25,600.00
1059 FERDINAND II, KING OF ARAGON. 1452-1516

Document Signed ("Yo el rey"), a privilege for his bodyguard Sancho Sanchez of Avila

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 10,240.00
1054 EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955. GRAUDENZ, JOHN, photographer.

Original portrait photograph of Einstein at 50, inscribed in the mount, in German, "For beloved Aunt Sophie Lehmann on her 80th birthday,"

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,960.00
1065 WASHINGTON, GEORGE. 1732-1799. KNOX, HENRY. 1750-1806.

Partly Engraved Document Signed ("G Washington") as President of the Society of the Cincinnati, certifying Gurdon Bill,

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,960.00
1056 EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955.

Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist.

1949 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,960.00
1044 FLEMING, IAN. 1908-1964.

You Only Live Twice.

1964 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,320.00
1029 BRONTE, EMILY. 1818-1848.

Wuthering Heights.

1848 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,680.00
1066 JEFFERSON, THOMAS. 1743--1826. MADISON, JAMES. 1751--1836. ELLERY, WILLIAM. 1727-1820.

Partly Engraved Document on Vellum Signed by Thomas Jefferson ("Thomas Jefferson") as President, and James Madison ("James Madison"), as Secretary of State,

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,040.00
1073 ROCKEFELLER, JOHN DAVID. 1839-1937.

Document Signed ("J.D. Rockefeller") issuing fifty thousand shares of Standard Oil Trust stock to founding partner Stephen V. Harkness,

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,144.00
1063 GANDHI, MOHANDAS K. 1869-1948.

Typed Letter Signed ("M.K. Gandhi"), to "[Shrimati] Janammal," on the fast and care of Ambujammal Desikachari,

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,888.00
1027 BRONTE, CHARLOTTE. 1814-1855.

Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell.

1848 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,376.00
1031 BRONTE, CHARLOTTE. 1814-1855.

Villette.

1853 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,120.00
1071 LEE, ROBERT E. 1807-1870.

Photograph Signed ("RE Lee"), a carte de visite by Michael Miley from his last photographic sitting,

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,864.00
1033

A group of American imprints of the works of the Bronte sisters.

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 4,864.00
1040 JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941.

Ulysses ... with an Introduction by Stuart Gilbert and Illustrations by Henri Matisse.

1935 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,352.00
1070 JOHNSON, ANDREW. 1808-1875.

Document Stamp-Signed by Andrew Johnson ("Andrew Johnson") as President, and by William Hunter ("WHunter"), acting Secretary of State, a Presidential pardon for Captain Elijah Hawkins,

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,584.00
1034

BRONTE SISTERS - EPHEMERA. [Spine title:] "The Bronte Family - Sales of Mss. Relics, etc, and Catalogue of the Bronte Museum at Haworth."

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,328.00

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