• Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.
    Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.
  • Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300.
  • Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
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RR Auction: Space Exploration

Auction Reports

Auction Name Space Exploration Total Sales (USD) 721,633.00
Auction Date October 16, 2025 - October 16, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 410,400.00
Sale Number #728 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 593,400.00
Total Lots 435
Sold Lots 297 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 731,300.00
% of Lots Sold 68.28% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,051,600.00
Unsold Lots 138 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 68.62%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
8390 Gene Cernan's

Gene Cernan's Apollo 17 Lunar Surface-Flown 'LM Data Card Book' - All (20) Pages Signed and Flight-Certified by CDR Cernan

USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 73,219.00
8369

Charlie Duke's A7LB EVA Glove TMG Assembly

USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 53,594.00
8032 Wally Schirra"s

Wally Schirra"s Omega Speedmaster "Ed White" Professional Moonwatch (105.003-64) with Rare "True Blue" Bezel - Presented to a Project Gemini Medical Director

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 49,156.00
8175 Apollo 11

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed 'Type 1' Quarantine Cover, aEUoeCarried to the Moon on Apollo 11aEU - Flown Cover from the Personal Collection of Buzz Aldrin

USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 45,125.00
8313

Apollo 14 Collection of (36) Flown Lunar Bible 50-Page Text Fragments Carried to the Surface of the Moon

USD 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 41,023.00
8177

Apollo 11 Flown Flight Plan Page Twice-Signed by Buzz Aldrin, with In-Flight Notations by Aldrin and Collins

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 33,273.00
8121 Apollo 1

Apollo 1 Signed Oversized Photograph - From the Estate of a North American Aviation Employee

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 26,121.00
8431 Lindbergh, Aldrin, Collins, Irwin, Cernan, Sagan, and Roddenberry

National Air and Space Museum Signed Guestbook with Lindbergh, Aldrin, Collins, Irwin, Cernan, Sagan, and Roddenberry

USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 25,000.00
8181 Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong Signed Copy of His Scientific Article - "Lunar Surface Exploration" (1969)

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 14,949.00
8132 Apollo 7

Apollo 7 Flown Cue Card from the First Live Television Broadcast from an American Spacecraft

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,589.00
8180

Apollo 11 Flown Flight Plan Page Signed by Buzz Aldrin - From the Personal Collection of Buzz Aldrin

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,589.00
8143 Apollo 8

Apollo 8 Crew-Signed Photograph - 'Earthrise'

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,731.00
8004 Wright Brothers

Wright Brothers Signed Menu Page from an Honorary Banquet Hosted by the Aero Club of Sarthe (May 1, 1909)

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,364.00
8185 Apollo 11

Apollo 11 Signed Book - First on the Moon

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 9,983.00
8191 Apollo 11 and Wernher von Braun

Apollo 11 and Wernher von Braun Signed "Splashdown Party" Program - Presented to the NASA Scientist Who Helped Save the Apollo 13 Astronauts

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,529.00
8183 Apollo 11

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed 'Type 3' Insurance Cover

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,504.00
8184 Apollo 11

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed 'Type 1' Insurance Cover

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,308.00
8029 Mercury 7

Mercury 7 Fully Signed Book - The Astronauts

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,043.00
8189

Neil Armstrong's Aviation Hall of Fame 10K Gold Medal - NGC MS 64

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,499.00
8190 Apollo 11

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed $1 Dollar Bill

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,320.00
8007 William E. Boeing

William E. Boeing Typed Letter Signed, Preceding the Founding of Boeing: "In the past few months I have taken a great deal of interest in aviation"

USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 7,155.00
8079

Gemini 9 Flown Spacecraft ID Plate - From the Personal Collection of Gene Cernan

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,265.00
8122 Apollo 1

Apollo 1 (3) Signed Photographs - Grissom,White, and Chaffee

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,813.00
8449

Apollo 15, 16, and 17 Training-Used "LM Data Card Book" Manuals - Signed and Certified by Dave Scott, Charlie Duke, and Gene Cernan

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,623.00
8367 Charlie Duke

Charlie Duke Handwritten Apollo 16 Training Notebook: "Our really intensive training starts next month with the beginning of spacecraft checkout"

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,530.00
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  • Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950