RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts, 723, Amherst

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Auction Report
Auction Date
August 13, 2025 - August 13, 2025
Page Size: 816 items in 33 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
637 Truman Capote:

In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences by Truman Capote. First edition, first printing.

NY 1965 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
638 Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler Contract Signed - Granting TV and Radio Rights for 'Philip Marlowe'

 1951 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
639 Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler Letter Signed to His Literary Agent: "The idea of exclusive agency falls to pieces so far as I am concerned. In saying this I do not speak for writers as a class; I speak for one writer in his own individual circumstances"

 1948 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 523.00
640 Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie Signature

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 556.00
641 Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie Typed Letter Signed: "I am not very interested in horoscopes"

 1955 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 875.00
642 Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke Autograph Letter Signed

 1980 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
643 Samuel L. Clemens:

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. First American edition, early state.

NY 1885 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,020.00
644 James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper Autograph Letter Signed

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
645 Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle Signature

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 875.00
646 Alexandre Dumas, pere

Alexandre Dumas, pere Autograph Note Signed

 no date. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 500.00
647 William Faulkner:

Doctor Martino and Other Stories by William Faulkner. First edition, first printing.

NY 1934 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
648 William Faulkner and Fred Zinnemann

William Faulkner and Fred Zinnemann Document Signed for 'The Old Man'

 1952 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 596.00
649 William Faulkner:

Go Down, Moses and Other Stories by William Faulkner. First edition, first printing.

 NY 1942 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
650 William Faulkner:

The Wild Palms by William Faulkner. First edition, first printing.

NY 1939 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 491.00
651 Eugene Field

Eugene Field (3) Signed Items - Photograph and Two-Volume Book Set (From His Personal Library)

 1895 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
652 F. Scott Fitzgerald:

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald. First edition, first printing.

NY 1920 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,516.00
653 F. Scott Fitzgerald:

Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald. First edition, first printing.

NY 1934 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,378.00
654 Camille Flammarion

Camille Flammarion Autograph Letter Signed: "Saturn is superb right now and Jupiter also"

 1897 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
655 E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster Autograph Letter Signed

 1937 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 138.00
656 Robert Frost

Robert Frost Signature

 1931 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 3,033.00
657 Alex Haley

Roots, hardcover with dust jacket, A Different Kind of Christmas, hardcover with dust jacket

 1976, 1988 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 275.00
658 Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway Signed Check to His Cuban Friend

 1954 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 4,441.00
659 Ernest Hemingway:

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. First edition, first printing (with "A" and Scribner's seal on copyright page).

NY 1952 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,330.00
660 Ernest Hemingway:

Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway. First edition, first printing.

NY 1935 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
661 Ernest Hemingway:

Winner Take Nothing by Ernest Hemingway. First edition, first printing.

NY 1933 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 250.00
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  • <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
  • <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> NEWTON, ISAAC. <i>Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica.</i> London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. <i>Theatrum orbis terrarum.</i> 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> BECKMANN, MAX. <i>Apokalypse.</i> Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. <i>Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln.</i> AND: <i>Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln…</i> CHF 30,000 to 50,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. <i>Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten.</i> Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ian Fleming. <i>Casino Royale,</i> London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. <i>Winnie The Pooh,</i> United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000. <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> L. Frank Baum. <i>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,</i> Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Man Ray. <i>Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934,</i> Hartford, 1934. $7,860. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Thomas Pennant. <i>Zoologia Britannica,</i> Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
    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.