RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring World War II, 719, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 11, 2025 - June 11, 2025

Page Size: 840 items in 34 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	George Washington	George Washington Document Signed as President - Three-Language Ship's Papers for a Trade Voyage	1794	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	Not Sold
2	John Adams	John Adams Document Signed as President - Ship's Pass for the Brig Thomas	1798	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 12,974.00
3	Thomas Jefferson	Thomas Jefferson Signed American Philosophical Society Certificate	1792	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 13,753.00
4	Andrew Jackson	Andrew Jackson Third-Person Autograph Letter Signed as President, Urging the Nomination of a Diplomat to Mexico	1830	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
5	Andrew Jackson	Andrew Jackson Autograph Letter Signed: "Your horse has improperly got into the possession of the quartermaster & has been sold by him for the benefit of the states"	1816	USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	USD 2,015.00
6	John Tyler	John Tyler Autograph Letter Signed Twice on the 1848 Presidential Election - "You may be disappointed if the barnburners adhere to Van Buren"	1848	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,755.00
7	Millard Fillmore	Millard Fillmore Letter Signed as President to Ferdinand II, Sending Condolences on the Death of an Infant Prince	1851	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 875.00
8	James Buchanan	James Buchanan Autograph Letter Signed: "I have great confidence in the prudence & wisdom of James K. Polk"	1844	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 875.00
9	James Buchanan and Cabinet	James Buchanan and Cabinet Signatures - Never Before Seen on a Single Page	1858	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
10	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Signature		USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 8,435.00
11	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President, Appointing a "Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers"	1865	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 7,499.00
12	Abraham Lincoln:	Abraham Lincoln: Maine State Electors (8) Multi-Signed Envelope for the 1860 Presidential Election	1860	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
13	Andrew Johnson	Andrew Johnson Document Signed as President, Pardoning Confederate Rebel and Former 'Border Ruffian' Commander - to be voided if he should acquire "slaves, or make use of slave labor"	1865	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 3,750.00
14	President Andrew	President Andrew Johnson Proclaims the Tragic Ponca Treaty of 1865	1867	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 3,336.00
15	President U. S. Grant	President U. S. Grant Reinforces American Neutrality Toward the Franco-Prussian War	1870	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,330.00
16	James A. Garfield	James A. Garfield Autograph Letter Signed as President	1881	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
17	James A. Garfield	James A. Garfield Document Signed as President	1881	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 16,251.00
18	Theodore Roosevelt	Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Signed "Your Uncle," Recommending a US Navy Propaganda Artist	1917	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
19	Woodrow Wilson	Woodrow Wilson Typed Letter Signed on the United States' "fatuous refusal to enter the League of Nations"	1922	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,563.00
23	John F. Kennedy	John F. Kennedy 1961 White House Christmas Gift Print	1961	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,505.00
24	Lyndon B. Johnson	Lyndon B. Johnson Signed White House Card		USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 2,069.00
26	Ronald Reagan	Ronald Reagan Autograph Letter Signed: "I'm saying some prayers for you"	1991	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
32	John Quincy Adams	John Quincy Adams Signed Free Frank		USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 875.00
33	John Quincy Adams	John Quincy Adams Land Document Signed as President	1828	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 875.00
34	President Chester A. Arthur	President Chester A. Arthur Appoints the 16th Quartermaster General of the United States Army	1882	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 795.00

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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