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Auction Name: Rare Autographs and Documents
Auction Date: 05/29/2025 - 05/29/2025
Sale Number: #52925
Total Lots: 182
Sold Lots: 152
Lots Sold: 83.52%
Unsold Lots: 30

Total Sales (USD): 181,702.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 0.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 0.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 0.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 0.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: Inf%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Oliver Hazard Perry	An Extraordinary Archive of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry: Over 60 Historic Documents, Naval Commissions, Family Papers, and Photographic Material Spanning the 19th Century	19th Century	Not Available	USD 37,146.00
2	George Washington	George Washington Three Language Ship's Paper West Indies Trade Voyage		Not Available	USD 24,231.00
7	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Appointment for Vice-Consul of Russia		Not Available	USD 9,993.75
141		Incredible Apollo 12 Flown American Flag Personally Carried to the Moon & Signed Photo by Alan Bean		Not Available	USD 9,378.75
3	John Adams	John Adams Signed Mediterranean Scalloped Top ship's passport		Not Available	USD 6,918.75
4	Herman Melville	Herman Melville RARE -ALS (Moby Dick Author)		Not Available	USD 6,918.75
14	Thomas Jefferson and James Madison	Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Signed Ships Paper		Not Available	USD 4,458.75
60	John F. Kennedy	John F. Kennedy TLS : Referring to his brother in the postscript		Not Available	USD 3,474.75
25	William Henry Harrison	William Henry Harrison (Four Decades Before Presidency)		Not Available	USD 3,228.75
135	Walt Disney	Walt Disney Autograph over 7 inches in Length		Not Available	USD 3,228.75
9	WILBUR WRIGHT	WILBUR WRIGHT SIGNED AND INITIALED CHECK TO PATENT ATTORNEY H.A. TOULMIN		Not Available	USD 2,736.75
10	John Marshall	John Marshall, 1st Chief Justice ALS		Not Available	USD 2,490.75
134	Jean Renoir	Renoir Signed Art - Portrait of Jean Renoir		Not Available	USD 2,490.75
5		Apollo 10: Flown Flag and Patch Display with Crew-Signed Covers from the Collection of NASA Engineer Clark C. McClelland		Not Available	USD 2,490.75
8	James Garfield	James Garfield Rare Signature as President - Possibly the largest Autograph as President almost 6 inches long!		Not Available	USD 2,244.75
116	Victor Hugo	Victor Hugo ALS & Signed Photo		Not Available	USD 2,121.75
174		1984 Baseball Hall of Fame Yearbook Signed by Many HOFer's: Mickey Mantle, Ernie Banks, Bob Feller, Hank Aaron, Joe Dimaggio, Al Kaline, Whitey Ford, and more...	1984	Not Available	USD 1,875.75
23	James K. Polk / James Buchanan	James K. Polk / James Buchanan consular appointment signed		Not Available	USD 1,752.75
11	Jimmie Rodgers	Jimmie Rodgers RARE Signed & Dated Photograph plus Record		Not Available	USD 1,506.75
94	Sam Houston	Sam Houston's Large Bold Signature		Not Available	USD 1,506.75

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