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RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Auction Name Fine Autographs and Artifacts Total Sales (USD) 958,787.00
Auction Date December 10, 2025 - November 10, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 532,700.00
Sale Number #731 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 787,900.00
Total Lots 766
Sold Lots 438.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,405,250.00
% of Lots Sold 57.18% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,971,000.00
Unsold Lots 328 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 48.64%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
701

Mickey and Minnie Mouse production drawings (8) from Plane Crazy - Disney's First Finished Mickey Mouse Short

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 32,240.00
508 Samuel L. Clemens

Samuel L. Clemens Autograph Letter Signed with Sketch, Criticizing Mrs. Thomas Bailey Aldrich: "This vacant hellion, this clothes-rack, this twaddling, blethering, driveling blatherskite!"

 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 32,050.00
218 Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton Signature

 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 28,200.00
60 Donald Trump

Donald Trump Signed Uncut $2 Dollar Bills - PSA GEM MINT 10

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 27,188.00
776 Eyvind Earle

Eyvind Earle panoramic concept painting of Maleficent and Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty

 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 25,629.00
769 Mary Blair

Mary Blair panoramic concept painting of Cinderella and Prince Charming from Cinderella

 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,423.00
705

Mickey Mouse production drawing from Steamboat Willie

 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 18,568.00
951 Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton Handwritten Manuscript on Taxes

 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 17,504.00
3 James Madison

James Madison Letter Signed as Secretary of State, Appointing an Agent in Havana: "You will subserve the views of the President in attending to every violation of the laws prohibiting the Slave Trade"

 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 15,000.00
767 Mary Blair

Mary Blair panoramic concept painting of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 15,000.00
223 Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla Signature - "Better late than never!"

 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 13,753.00
509 F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald Autograph Letter Signed: "I hope that girl isn't putting him through any special hells"

 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 12,079.00
768 Mary Blair

Mary Blair concept painting of Cinderella as a scullion from Cinderella

 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 11,778.00
546 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Signed Photograph by Frank Powolny

 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 11,344.00
12 Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon Typed Letter Signed to Spiro T. Agnew, Sending the Disgraced VP His Cabinet Chair: "The chair you occupied across from mine at the Cabinet table is, to me, a symbol of the strength and wisdom you brought to that task"

 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,799.00
499 Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton Rare Autograph Document Signed, Sending "a second-hand trunk" to a Russian Count

 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,048.00
710

Dwarfs rough production drawings (43) from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Celebrating Snow White's Revival After the Prince's Kiss

 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,999.00
549 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Oversized Signed Photograph by Frank Powolny

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 9,983.00
6 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Civil War-Dated Document Signed as President, Commissioning an Assistant Quartermaster

 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 9,625.00
87 Sun Yat-sen

Sun Yat-sen Signature (November 20, 1911) - Dated to His Fateful Return to China After 10 Years in Exile

 1911 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 9,625.00
495 Wernher von Braun

Wernher von Braun Signed Photograph to the Leader of Nazi Germany's V-2 Rocket Program

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 9,181.00
265 Titanic -4

Titanic (4) White Star Line Pre-Launch Promotional Items (1910-1911)

 1910-1911 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 9,074.00
708

Peg Leg Pete production drawings (2) and character model drawing from Steamboat Willie

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 9,074.00
213 Gilbert U-238

Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory - 'The Most Dangerous Toy in History'

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,860.00
282 American History

American History Artifacts (23) with Keys, Nails, and Flag Fragment

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 8,659.00
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
  • <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.