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Auction Name Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books - Just In Time For The Holidays! Total Sales (USD) 1,460,917.40
Auction Date December 11, 2024 - December 11, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 821,480.00
Sale Number #121124 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,087,400.00
Total Lots 518
Sold Lots 498 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 927,980.00
% of Lots Sold 96.14% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,237,200.00
Unsold Lots 20 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 118.08%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
146

G. Washington As Pres. 1st Congress, 1st Federal Budget! Including the Judiciary Act of 1789 & Establishment of Troops

 October 3, 1789 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 162,500.00
52

William Henry Harrison As President Signed Ship's Passport for Doomed Whaling Ship. Finest Example of Few Known! True Rarity

 April 30, 1841 USD 90,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 118,750.00
147

Washington and Jefferson Signed Appt for First U.S. Customs Collector...For Port Near Washington's Birthplace!

 March 21, 1791 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 53,125.00
297

Marilyn Monroe PSA Certified CT Driver's License Signed "Marilyn Monroe Miller"

 1958-07-08 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 43,750.00
84

Lincoln Signed Draft Call, Three Weeks after Gettysburg, Needs More Pennsylvania Troops, Superb!

 July 24, 1863 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 34,375.00
262

Ben Franklin Signed as President of PA, Regarding the Famous Somers Family of Egg Harbor

 December 7, 1787 USD 14,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 34,375.00
63

Rare Jefferson Signed Transmission of Acts of Congress: 1st Penny, Copper Coinage Act, Frontier Protection, Whiskey Rebellion

 May 21, 1792 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 31,250.00
53

William Henry Harrison 1835 ALS Re: Anti-Masons & Preparing for Presidential Campaign

 November 25, 1835 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 25,000.00
387

Castro Letter To Khrushchev for Creating the Powerful Cuba-Russia Alliance

 1960-05-27 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
160

Salvador Dali Incredible Signed Sketch!

 November, 1975 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 23,750.00
2

John Adams As Pres. Lauds Senate's Support of Troops to Stop Rebellion!

 December 10, 1799 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 22,500.00
61

Jefferson As Pres. Circulates 12th Amendment for Ratification to Avoid a Crisis Like the 1801 Election

 December 13, 1803 USD 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 22,500.00
149

A Lock of George Washington's Hair, Displayed at Mount Vernon

 n.d. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 21,250.00
432

Ayn Rand 11pp Handwritten Draft on Political Elections in 1962, For Her Column in the Los Angeles Times

 1962-11-10 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 21,250.00
148

George Washington FF To Elias Boudinot - Handsome Display!

 n.d. USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 18,750.00
32

Gerald Ford TLS on Pardoning Nixon, Superb Content!

 1974-09-19 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 17,500.00
466

Albert Einstein Signed Photo, Among Best Extant! Signed for Pioneer of History of Science - Extraordinary!

 ca. 1947 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 17,500.00
508

1927 Ruth Signed Ball PSA/DNA to Vaudeville Beauty, He Hit a HR That Day, Greatest Baseball Team of All Time!

 2027-06-05 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 17,500.00
62

Thomas Jefferson Signed Printed Act Addressing National Debt

 March 2, 1791 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 16,250.00
176

Pablo Picasso PSA GEM MT 10 Rare ALS Addressed to Art Collector, Discussing Another One!

 1958-10-16 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 16,250.00
268

Lafayette ALS in English, He is "an American"!, Also Discusses July Revolution

 October 28, 1831 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 13,750.00
369

Stalin Best WWII Content DS Siege Leningrad, Op. Barbarossa, He Defends Moscow, Incredible!

 1941-09-15 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 13,750.00
456

John Marshall Entirely on Slave Dealings as Chief Justice: "The negroes were sold to him at his particular request..."

 June 25, 1823 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 13,750.00
72

Riveting Contemporary Eyewitness and Sheriff's Office Reports of John F. Kennedy's Assassination. Unique!

 ca. November 22-27, 1963 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 11,875.00
68

Jacqueline Kennedy's School Life in Farmington! Two Remarkable Yearbooks From Her Underclassmen Years, 1945-46

 ca. 1945-46 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 11,250.00
  • <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines<br>and Machine Manuals<br>December 24 to January 9</b> <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”. <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines<br>and Machine Manuals<br>December 24 to January 9</b> <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company . <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines<br>and Machine Manuals<br>December 24 to January 9</b> <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program. <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines<br>and Machine Manuals<br>December 24 to January 9</b> <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> The American printer, July 1910. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> William Shakespeare.<br><i>The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare,</i> 1960. 7,210 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Charles Dickens.<br><i>A Christmas Carol,</i> First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> William Golding.<br><i>Lord of the Flies,</i> First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll.<br><i>Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There,</i> Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> J.R.R. Tolkien.<br><i>The Hobbit,</i> First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> John Milton.<br><i>Paradise Lost,</i> 1759. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD