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RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifacts Featuring Science & Technology and Animation

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Auction Name Fine Autograph and Artifacts Featuring Science & Technology and Animation Total Sales (USD) 1,327,865.00
Auction Date December 11, 2024 - December 11, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 837,100.00
Sale Number #705 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,248,700.00
Total Lots 819
Sold Lots 585 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,501,000.00
% of Lots Sold 71.43% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,224,400.00
Unsold Lots 234 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 59.70%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
158

Isaac Newton Handwritten Manuscript on Religion, Concerning a Translation of the Nicene Creed and the True Doctrine of Christ

no date. USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 69,870.00
16

President William McKinley Ratifies the Treaty of Peace Between the United States and Spain

1899 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 64,111.00
155

Nikola Tesla Autograph Letter Signed on Extraterrestrial Life: "In 1899 I detected feeble impulses emanating from Mars"

1937 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 55,000.00
150

Leonhard Euler Incredibly Rare Autograph Mathematical Manuscript Signed: "On the Resolution of the Differential Equation axadx = dy+yA2dx"

no date but likely circa 1730s USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 48,721.00
156

Steve Jobs Signed 1976 Apple Computer Check to Quement Electronics

1976 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 33,219.00
147

Albert Einstein Autograph Letter Signed on Unified Field Theory with Gravitational Equations (including his favorite, aEUoeRik =0aEU)

1929 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 32,050.00
476

Bruce Springsteen Handwritten Working Lyrics for the "E Street Shuffle"

1973 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 30,819.00
125

Marie Antoinette Rare Handwritten Letter on Russian Royalty to Her Sister, Marie-Christine d'Autriche

1782 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 25,460.00
148

Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed on the History of Special Relativity, Discussing the "Michelson Experiment" and Lorentz Transformations

1947 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,438.00
457

Hoagy Carmichael Signed Musical Manuscript for 'Stardust' - "The original manuscript of Stardust"

1928 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,060.00
117

John Hancock Rare Revolutionary War-Dated Triple-Signed Document, Countersigned by Samuel Adams

1779 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 23,293.00
813

Pirates of the Caribbean ride concept painting by Marc Davis

circa 1960s USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 18,995.00
814

Pirates of the Caribbean ride concept painting by Marc Davis

circa 1960s USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 18,995.00
157

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Autograph Letter Signed on the Mathematics of Determining the Astronomical Date of Easter

1700 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,750.00
812

Mary Blair concept painting of Native American children for the It's a Small World ride

circa 1963 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 18,750.00
152

Carl Friedrich Gauss Rare Autograph Letter Signed, Requesting a Theodolite: "Without it, I can do nothing"

1821 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,300.00
160

Robert Oppenheimer Typed Letter Signed to a Manhattan Project Employee "essential to the development of the atomic bomb"

1945 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 17,179.00
478

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Signed Album - Born to Run

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 17,179.00
789

Mary Blair concept painting of the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland

1951 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,613.00
800

Eyvind Earle panoramic concept painting of Lady and Tramp from Lady and the Tramp

1955 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 15,049.00
175

UNIVAC I Computer 'Ring Counter' Vacuum Tube Assembly and Brochure

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 13,949.00
799

Eyvind Earle panorama concept painting from Lady and the Tramp

1955 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,764.00
295

Napoleon Document Signed - Settling Debts During His Campaign in Egypt

1799 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,636.00
17

Woodrow Wilson: Family Correspondence Archive with President Wilson's 1917 'War Message' Cue Cards, Letters by Woodrow Wilson, Edith Bolling Wilson, and Others - 125+ Pieces

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,605.00
467

Janis Joplin Autograph Letter Signed on Family, Sobriety, and College: "I thought that I looked like everyone else sort of. But I'm still just sort of different somehow"

1965 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 11,229.00
  • 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”.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    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
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    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.
  • 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