RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring World War II, 743, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 10, 2026 - June 10, 2026
Page Size: 427 items in 18 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
88 Erskine George

George Erskine Signed Souvenir Copy of 'The Surrender of the German Armed Forces'

1945 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
89

V-E Day: The Guernsey Star Newspaper Broadside (May 8, 1945) - "The War Is Over for Guernsey"

Guernsey 1945 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 446.00
90 Stalin J; Voronov Nikolai

Joseph Stalin World War II-Dated Document Signed for the Defense of Liberated Eastern Europe

1944 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,764.00
91 Friedeburg Hans-Georg von

Hans-Georg von Friedeburg Hand-Drawn Seating Chart for the German Surrender at LI_neburg Heath (May 4, 1945)

1945 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
92

Anne Frank: Dutch Telephone Directory (1942) - The Final Public Record of Anne Frank and Her Family Within a Vanishing Jewish World

Amsterdam 1942 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,276.00
93 Schindler Oskar

Oskar Schindler Autograph Letter Signed as a 12-Year-Old

Zwittau 1920 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
94 Wallenberg Raoul

Raoul Wallenberg Signed Schutz-Pass Document (September 15, 1944)

1944 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,240.00
95 Cherwell Frederick Lindemann

Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell Typed Letter Signed on His Secret 1944 Visit to Los Alamos, ‰UIthe town without a name‰U

Washington 1944 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,034.00
96 Chadwick James

James Chadwick Autograph Letter Signed to Leslie Groves, Director of the Manhattan Project

Cambridge 1970 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
97 Oliphant Mark

Mark Oliphant Autograph Letter Signed on Atomic Bombs - "We can only work to see that it is used, not to make war, but to prevent it forever"

1945 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
98 Groves Leslie

Leslie Groves War-Dated Typed Letter Signed at the Height of the Manhattan Project (October 31, 1944)

1944 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,255.00
99 Kirkpatrick Elmer E.

Elmer E. Kirkpatrick War-Dated Typed Letter Signed as Special Assistant to Manhattan Project Director Leslie Groves

1944 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
100 Oppenheimer J. R.

Robert Oppenheimer Typed Letter Signed to a WAC Master Sergeant at Los Alamos on Her ‰UIcontribution to the development of the atomic bomb‰U

Santa Fe 1945 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,760.00
101 Fermi Enrico

Enrico Fermi Typed Letter Signed on Institute for Nuclear Studies Letterhead

Chicago 1948 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,003.00
102 Conant James Bryant

James B. Conant Autograph Letter Signed on the Atomic Bomb - "Without taking Winston Churchill‰Uªs words too literally we can believe that a great many American lives were saved"

Randolph 1945 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
103 Ashbridge Whitney

Whitney Ashbridge War-Dated Document Signed - Transportation Request between Los Alamos and Oak Ridge (October 1944)

Santa Fe 1944 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
104 Rush Joseph H.

Oak Ridge: Joseph H. Rush Typed Letter Signed - "Most of us who worked on the atomic project are not great men and women; we just happened to be working on a great job"

Oak Ridge 1945 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
105 Tibbets Paul;Ferebee Tom;Van Kirk Dutch

Enola Gay Signed Photograph

N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 446.00
106 Tibbets Paul;Parsons William S.;Lewis Robert;Jeppson Morris;Ferebee Thomas;Van Kirk Theodore;Nelson Richard;Stiborik Joe S.;Duzenbury Wyatt E.;Caron Robert H.;Beser Jacob;Buckley Edward K.;Gallagher Raymond C.;DeHart Albert T.;Spitzer Abe M.;Olivi Fred J.

Enola Gay and Bockscar Crew-Signed Short Snorter - Autographs Obtained in 1945 by Tail Gunner Bob Caron

1945 USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 37,551.00
107 Chadwick Aileen

Aileen Chadwick War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed Five Days After Nagasaki - "There is no doubt Japan must give in no matter how long they try to stall saving face"

Washington 1945 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 939.00
108 Fuchs Klaus

Klaus Fuchs Typed Letter Signed on 'Atomic Energy Research Establishment' Letterhead

1948 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,516.00
111 Hayes Ira H.;Bradley John H.;Gagnon R. A.

Iwo Jima Flag-Raisers Signed '7th War Bond' Poster (18.5e x 26e)

1945 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,441.00
112 Rosenthal Joe

Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal Signed Photograph

N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 723.00
113 Sousley Franklin

Iwo Jima: Franklin Sousley Signature

N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,276.00
114 Hayes Ira H.

Iwo Jima: Ira Hayes Hand-Addressed and Signed Envelope

1946 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,690.00
  • Sotheby’s Geek Week
    14-15 July
    Sotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000