RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts, 735, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 11, 2026 - February 11, 2026
Page Size: 547 items in 22 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
30

Franklin Pierce Document Signed as President, Appointing an Inspector of Revenue for the Port of San Pedro, California

1853 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,081.00
31

Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President, Appointing a "Superintendent of Indian Affairs, for the Territory of New Mexico"

1864 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 13,590.00
32

Abraham Lincoln Signature as President

1861 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 12,080.00
33

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Endorsement Signed as President, Endorsing Former Ohio Governor David Tod

1865 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,499.00
34

Mary Todd Lincoln Autograph Letter, Inaugural Gown Relic, and Hair Strands

[1864] USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,298.00
35

Abraham Lincoln: Ford's Theatre

1865 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,496.00
36

President U. S. Grant Corresponds with Isma'il Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt, Following the Opening of the Suez Canal

1870 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,385.00
37

U. S. Grant Document Signed as President, Appointing a Second Lieutenant in the Revenue Service

1876 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,458.00
38

U. S. Grant Signature

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 929.00
40

Benjamin Harrison Document Signed as President

1891 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,836.00
41

William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt Original 1900 Campaign Poster (22.5E x 15.5E)

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,950.00
42

Theodore Roosevelt Archive of (4) Signed Letters to His Cousin, a Fellow Rough Rider, with Rare Medal Collection - Three Letters Signed as President

1898 and 1906 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,785.00
43

Theodore Roosevelt Signed White House Card

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,709.00
44

Theodore Roosevelt Document Signed as President, Appointing an Assistant Surgeon

1906 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,516.00
45

Theodore Roosevelt Signed Oversized Pach Bros. Photograph as President

1904 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,886.00
46

William H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson (2) Signed 1913 Inaugural Parade Photographs

1913 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,078.00
47

Woodrow Wilson Signed Book as President - The President's War Message

1917 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,750.00
48

Woodrow and Edith Wilson (2) Signed Passport Applications - Preparing for the Paris Peace Conference and Treaty of Versailles

no date but circa 1918 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,756.00
49

Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Photograph as President

1926 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,078.00
50

Harry S. Truman Archive of (27) Typed Letters Signed, Including (12) as President

1938 and 1951 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
51

Harry S. Truman Oversized Original Painting by Norman Garbo

1937 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 400.00
52

Harry S. Truman: 'Dewey Defeats Truman' Chicago Tribune Newspaper aEU" Complete Issue

1948 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 10,478.00
53

John F. Kennedy Signed Photograph to His Presidential Portraitist, Fabian Bachrach

1959 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
54

John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed on Danger in Vietnam (1954): "We would have firmly urged the French then, instead of now when it may be too late, to grant final independence to the Vietnamese in order to win their support"

1954 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,756.00
55

John F. Kennedy Signature

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,880.00
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000