RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts, 753, Boston

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 11, 2026 - November 11, 2026

Page Size: 544 items in 22 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Washington George	George Washington War-Dated Letter Signed to Governor George Clinton on Defending the New York Frontier (July 30, 1782)		1782	USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	Unknown
2	Washington George	George Washington Document Signed as President		1795	USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00	Unknown
4	Jefferson Thomas	Thomas Jefferson Autograph Letter Signed on Military Instruction at the University of Virginia		1824	USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	Unknown
5	Jefferson Thomas; Randolph Thomas Jefferson	Thomas Jefferson Signed $5,000 Promissory Note from His Grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph (1824)	Lynchburg	1824	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Unknown
6	Jefferson Thomas; Madison James	Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Document Signed as President and Secretary of State		1801	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
7	Madison James	James Madison Document Signed as President - Scalloped-Top Passport Issued to the Ship Eleanor		1810	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
8	Monroe James	James Monroe Document Signed as President	Wooster	1822	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
9	Adams John Quincy	John Quincy Adams Autograph Letter Signed: "I can never again take an engagement to speak in public"		1841	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
10	Adams John Quincy	John Quincy Adams Document Signed as President		1827	USD 500.00 - 600.00	Unknown
11	Jackson Andrew	Andrew Jackson Autograph Letter Signed as President - "Let him pass without any notice whatever, and he will sink into oblivion"	Washington	1831	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
12	Jackson Andrew	Andrew Jackson Letter Signed as President on a Government Appointment Sought by Declaration Signer Charles Carroll	Washington	1831	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
13	Jackson Andrew	Andrew Jackson Autograph Letter Signed as President - Keeping His Administration Running Following the Petticoat Affair (1831)	Washington	1831	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
14	Van Buren Martin	Martin Van Buren Autograph Letter Signed as President on Labor Leader Ely Moore‰Uªs Federal Appointment - ‰UIHe is identified with a class (the working men)...for whom too much cannot be done‰U		1839	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
15	Harrison W. H.	William Henry Harrison Autograph Letter Signed on the Toledo War, Andrew Jackson, and the French Crisis (1836)	Cincinnati	1836	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
16	Tyler John	John Tyler Autograph Letter Signed on the 1861 Peace Conference - Thanking the Willards for Hosting the Failed Effort to Preserve the Union	Richmond	1861	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
17	Tyler John	John Tyler Autograph Letter Signed on a White House Wage Claim - ‰UIShe rendered not the slightest service but was an incumbrance‰U	Sherwood Forest	1845	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
18	Tyler John; Webster Daniel	John Tyler and Daniel Webster Document Signed as President and Secretary of State		1849	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
19	Polk James K.	James K. Polk Document Signed as President for Remission of "the penalty incurred by Hugh Anderson, Master of the British Ship Lady Sale"		1846	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
20	Polk James K.	James K. Polk Document Signed as President, Appointing an Assistant Surgeon		1847	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
21	Taylor Zachary	Zachary Taylor Letter Signed on the 1848 Presidential Election: "I esteem much...the assurance you give me of your support in the approaching canvass"		1848	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
22	Pierce Franklin	Franklin Pierce Autograph Letter Signed on Daniel Webster Three Days Before His Death	Concord	1852	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
23	Pierce Franklin	Franklin Pierce Autograph Letter Signed on a Copyright Case		1840	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
24	Pierce Franklin	Franklin Pierce Document Signed as President, Appointing a Captain in the Marine Corps		1854	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
25	Buchanan James	James Buchanan Autograph Letter Signed on Martin Van Buren‰Uªs Incoming Cabinet		1837	USD 500.00 - 600.00	Unknown
26	Buchanan James	James Buchanan Autograph Letter Signed: "The Report of the Committee was unanimous & will I presume meet the approbation of the House"	Washington	1826	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown

Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
October 24-25, 2026

Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
October 24-25, 2026
Sotheby’s
Reason and Revolution:
Extraordinary Works from a Distinguished Private Collection
Part I
Live Sale 20 October

Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Copernicus, Nicolaus. De revolutionibus orbium colestium, Nuremberg, 1543, first edition.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Newton, Isaac, Sir. Autograph manuscript worksheet, Cambridge, probably May 1694.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Euclid. Praeclarissimus Liber Elementorum in Artem Geometrie, Venice, Ratdolt, 25 May 1482, first edition of the first substantial mathematical work to appear in print, Durazzo copy.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Galilei, Galileo. Sidereus nuncius …, Venice, 1610, first edition of the foundation of modern astronomy.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Kepler, Johannes. Astronomia nova aitiologitos …, Prague or Heidelberg, 1609, first edition, contemporary vellum, the Chasles copy.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Cellarius, Andreas. Harmonia macrocosmica seu atlas universalis et novus ..., Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1661, brilliantly handcolored.