RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts, 725, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 10, 2025 - September 10, 2025

Page Size: 777 items in 32 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	George Washington	George Washington Signed Revolutionary War Discharge Certificate (1783)			USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 56,783.00
2	George Washington	George Washington Handwritten Docketing Notation (November 26, 1785)			USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 4,886.00
3	John Adams	John Adams Signature as President (1799)			USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 6,041.00
4	Thomas Jefferson	Thomas Jefferson Document Signed as Secretary of State - Act of Congress to Promote the Progress of Useful Arts (Patent Act of 1793)			USD 35,000.00 - 40,000.00	USD 58,243.00
5	Thomas Jefferson	Thomas Jefferson Document Signed as Secretary of State, Setting a Day for the First Annual Meeting of Each Future Congress			USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 24,996.00
6	Thomas Jefferson and James Madison	Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Document Signed as President and Secretary of State, Granting Land to Former President of the Confederation Congress Elias Boudinot			USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
7	Thomas Jefferson:	Thomas Jefferson: Kentucky's Electors Cast Their Votes in the 1800 Presidential Election			USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
8	Zachary Taylor	Zachary Taylor Document Signed - Dated to the Black Hawk War			USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,774.00
9	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln Autograph Endorsement Signed as President, Endorsing Former Ohio Governor David Tod			USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
10	Mary Todd Lincoln	Mary Todd Lincoln Autograph Letter, Inaugural Gown Relic, and Hair Strands			USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
11	U. S. Grant	U. S. Grant Civil WaraEU"Dated Autograph Letter Signed, Announcing Rep. Washburne's Arrival at His City Point Headquarters for a Gold Medal Presentation			USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
12	U. S. Grant	U. S. Grant Signed Portrait Engraving			USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 3,395.00
13	President U. S. Grant	President U. S. Grant Signed Maritime Document on Consular Jurisdiction in American Waters			USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,176.00
14	U. S. Grant	U. S. Grant Document Signed as President - Naval Promotion for a Noted Civil War Leader			USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 963.00
15	James A. Garfield	James A. Garfield Document Signed as President - Dated Two Weeks Before His Assassination			USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 6,970.00
16	William McKinley	William McKinley Document Signed as President, Ratifying a Peace Treaty with Spain to End the SpanishaEU"American War			USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
17	Theodore Roosevelt	Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed			USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 4,533.00
18	Theodore Roosevelt	Through the Brazilian Wilderness (First Edition)	NY	1914	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,829.00
19	Theodore Roosevelt	The Wilderness Hunter (Alleghany Edition)	NY	1901	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,756.00
20	Theodore Roosevelt	Hunting Trips of a Ranchman (Alleghany Edition)	NY	1902	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,880.00
21	Harry S. Truman	Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed as President on Day of GermanyaEUs Unconditional Surrender (May 7, 1945) - aEUoeIt is helpful indeed to know that you liked my Message to the CongressaEU			USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
22	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed 'Shoulder Sleeve Insignia' Presentation Sheet - Dated One Day Before Germany's Unconditional Surrender (May 6, 1945)			USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 6,018.00
23	President John F. Kennedy	President John F. Kennedy Appoints an FCC Member Renowned for Devising the 9-1-1 Emergency Number			USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 3,125.00
24	Barack Obama	Barack Obama Signed 'Friends of Barack Obama' Check (September 1, 2001)			USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,313.00
30	John Quincy	John Quincy Adams Document Signed as President			USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 656.00

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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
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.
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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.

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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.