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| Auction Name | Autographs | Total Sales (USD) | 467,086.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 09, 2026 - April 09, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 263,750.00 |
| Sale Number | #2735 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 410,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 185 | ||
| Sold Lots | 162.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 307,650.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 87.57% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 481,050.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 23 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 97.10% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 163 | Friedrich Nietzsche | Friedrich Nietzsche — Photograph Signed and Inscribed |
1884-1900 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 40,640.00 |
| 101 | Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson — Letter Signed |
1781 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 |
| 174 | Maurits Cornelis Escher | Maurits Cornelis Escher — Archive of 8 items Signed |
1963-70 | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 108 | Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln — Autograph Note Signed |
1863 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 12,065.00 |
| 18 | Gilbert du Motier Lafayette | Gilbert du Motier Lafayette — Autograph Letter Signed |
1782 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 11,220.00 |
| 16 | Elbridge Gerry | Elbridge Gerry — Autograph Letter Signed |
1776 | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 42 | Thomas A. Edison | Thomas A. Edison — Document Signed |
1881 | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 7 | Babe Ruth | Babe Ruth — Signature |
N/A | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 96 | Chuck Close; Hillary Clinton | Hillary Clinton; and Chuck Close — Signed Portrait |
2016 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 102 | Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson — Autograph Letter Signed |
1815 | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 168 | Rabindranath Tagore | Rabindranath Tagore — Autograph Letter Signed |
1915 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 100 | Andrew Jackson | Andrew Jackson — Autograph Letter Signed |
1821 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 117 | Zachary Taylor | Zachary Taylor — Autograph Letter Signed |
1841 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 17 | Alexander Hamilton | Alexander Hamilton — Autograph Note Signed |
1781 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 64 | Albert Einstein; Underwood & Underwood | Albert Einstein — Photograph dated and Signed |
1921 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 58 | Alfred Nobel | Alfred Nobel — Autograph Note |
1895 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 7,112.00 |
| 125 | Johannes Brahms | Johannes Brahms — Autograph Letter Signed |
1873 | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,112.00 |
| 179 | Sol LeWitt | Sol LeWitt — Three items: Ink drawing, catalogue, poster |
1974; 1976 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 6,350.00 |
| 175 | Maurits Cornelis Escher | Maurits Cornelis Escher — Brief Autograph Note Signed |
1967 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 5,842.00 |
| 38 | Charles Darwin | Charles Darwin — Letter Signed |
1876 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,588.00 |
| 107 | John F. Kennedy | John F. Kennedy — Small Archive of 4 Typed Letters Signed |
1951; 1954; 1956 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 5,588.00 |
| 109 | Leon Czolgosz | Leon Czolgosz — Autograph Letter Signed |
1899 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 5,334.00 |
| 62 | Paul A.M. Dirac | Paul A.M. Dirac — Autograph Manuscript Signed |
1980 | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,280.00 |
| 180 | Sol LeWitt | Sol LeWitt — Three postcards with drawings Signed |
1981 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,016.00 |
| 150 | T.S. Eliot | T.S. Eliot — The Waste Land |
1961 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 4,826.00 |
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Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.” -
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950