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Auction Name Relics, Autographs, Photos & Ephemera Total Sales (USD) 845,502.50
Auction Date January 16, 2020 - January 16, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 682,140.00
Sale Number #11620 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 853,780.00
Total Lots 284
Sold Lots 244 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 867,840.00
% of Lots Sold 85.92% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,071,780.00
Unsold Lots 40 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 78.89%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
177 A. Lincoln

A. Lincoln Signed Book Formative to his Views on Slavery Later Presented and Inscribed by His Law partner Herndon with Fantastic 100 years of Provenance

 n.d. USD 100,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 175,000.00
174 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Among Finest Known Signed Photo Given to Soldier, Defender of Washington, D.C. PSA Mint 10, Incredible Provenance!

 Ca. 1863 USD 50,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 75,000.00
41 Arthur Middleton

Arthur Middleton and John Rutledge, Extremely Rare DS

 May 20, 1782 USD 32,500.00 - 35,000.00 USD 40,625.00
227 FDR

FDR Signed Declaration of War "Date of Infamy" Inscribed to Eleanor. A monumental Roosevelt Item Which Includes Other Important Addresses of FDR and Churchill And a Huge Tipped In Facsimile

 Ca. 1942 USD 20,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 34,375.00
226 Franklin Roosevelt

Franklin Roosevelt Display on the New Deal of 3 items on WH Stationary

 1930s USD 24,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 20,000.00
60 George Taylor

George Taylor Fantastic War Date War Content ALS, One of Only a Few Known

 May 31, 1779 USD 20,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 16,250.00
90 Winston Churchill’s

Winston Churchill’s Monumental Work of Marlborough, First Edition. Inscribed to His Publisher Harrap, Fantastic Association

 n.d. USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 15,000.00
268 G. Washington

G. Washington Slave Content 1p. ALS as President

 February 11, 1797 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 15,000.00
39 Thomas Lynch

Thomas Lynch Superb Signature with Fantastic Provenance

 n.d. USD 13,000.00 - 14,000.00 USD 13,750.00
136 Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway Owned and Presented Matador Outfit of Antonio Ordonez, the Greatest Bullfighter in History, Given to his Best Friend, Biographer A. E. Hotchner

 Ca. 1960 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 13,750.00
37 Francis Lewis

Francis Lewis 1776 Twice Signed, One of Only Two Known of this Date, Signed Only by Lewis

 October 1775; February 5, 1776 USD 8,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 11,250.00
171 Abraham Lincoln,

Abraham Lincoln, Near 200 Photos of the 16th President, Mary Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, and many associates

 Ca. 1910 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,250.00
139 King Henry VIII

King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon's Book, A Beautiful Blind Tooled 16th Century Binding With Their Arms, Bradley Martin Copy

 16th Century USD 18,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 11,000.00
34 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Pristine 2nd Congress Document for a Lighthouse at Cape Fear

 April 2, 1792 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,625.00
66 John Witherspoon

John Witherspoon Super Rare ALS Re: Education

 March 21, 1787 USD 6,000.00 - 6,500.00 USD 10,625.00
13 Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin Bold Signature on ADS_x000D_

 December 19, 1786 USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD 10,000.00
168 Lee to Longstreet

Lee to Longstreet During the Siege of Petersburg, Superb ALS!

 September 28, 1864 USD 9,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,000.00
226A FDR

FDR Signed Book to His Son "From His Affectionate Father" A Gorgeous Presentation of His Speeches

 Ca. 1937 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,750.00
265 George Washington

George Washington Rare Journal on Mt. Vernon Crops. Authenticated in 1832, 3 times, About 200 Words in His hand_x000D_

 C. 1790 USD 7,500.00 - 8,500.00 USD 8,125.00
196 Georgia O'Keefe

Georgia O'Keefe Personally Owned and Signed Book, With Excellent Associations

 November 29, 1916 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 7,500.00
234 Teddy Roosevelt

Teddy Roosevelt to FDR unique letter with great World War I content. No other examples have ever been auctioned! Signed “Your uncle, Theodore Roosevelt”._x000D_

 May 15, 1917 USD 8,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,500.00
73

Apollo 11 Type 1 Insurance Cover, Pristine!

 July 20, 1969 USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,250.00
76 The Beatles

The Beatles Signed Vintage Photo Circa 1962, Authenticated and Encapsulated by Beckett_x000D_

 Ca. 1962 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,250.00
236 Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt manuscript introduction to E. Wartons "The Book of the Homeless" with Fantastic WWI content

 October 1, 1915 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,000.00
32 Jefferson & Madison

Superb Jefferson & Madison Signed Ship Passport_x000D_

 February 16, 1804 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,937.50
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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