RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 2/23, 688, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 13, 2024 - March 13, 2024
Page Size: 611 items in 25 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
85 Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle Typed Letter Signed

1941 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 750.00
86 Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini Signed '1925 Locarno Treaties' Photograph with Signatures of (3) Nobel Peace Prize Laureates

1925 USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
87 Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin: Original Time Magazine Cover Painting by Ernest Hamlin Baker

1945 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,500.00
88 Sun Yat-sen

Sun Yat-sen Rare Signature

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,336.00
90 King Henry VII

King Henry VII Document Signed for Accounts of Land Confiscated from Enemies - One Portrayed in Shakespeare

1506-1507. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
91 King James V

King James V Document Signed

1526 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,328.00
92 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip (2) Oversized Signed Photographs

1959 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,756.00
94 Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II Signed Photograph

1980 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,410.00
95 Brigham Young

Brigham Young Document Signed for "Census Fund" in the State of Deseret

1852 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,553.00
97 Malcolm X

Malcolm X Autograph Note Signed as "El-Hajj Malik"

1964 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
98 Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale Autograph Letter Signed

1878 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,505.00
99 Raoul Wallenberg

Raoul Wallenberg Document Signed (1944) - Schutz-Pass Related

1944 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,546.00
101 Bernie Madoff

Bernie Madoff Rare, Early Signed Stock Certificate

1969 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,505.00
103 Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison Signed Photograph

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
104 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed on the "Propagation of Light"

1931 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 12,499.00
105 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed on the Theory of Relativity

1935 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,313.00
106 Oppenheimer, Fermi, Chadwick, and Lawrence

Manhattan Project Atomic Bomb Report Signed by (24), with Oppenheimer, Fermi, Chadwick, and Lawrence

1940-1945 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 53,594.00
107 Robert Oppenheimer

Robert Oppenheimer Typed Letter Signed on Russia and the Atomic Bomb: "It is a weapon for aggressors"

1952 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 17,270.00
113 John Wesley Hardin

John Wesley Hardin Autograph Letter Signed from Jail: "It is true that I am convicted for 25 yr...there is no evidence there"

1878 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,089.00
114 Cole Younger

Cole Younger Rare Oversized Signed Photograph

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
123 Lee Harvey Oswald

Lee Harvey Oswald Autograph Letter Signed to Brother from USSR - Warren Commission Exhibit No. 313: "I really do not trust these people"

1962 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 24,370.00
125 Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell Rare Signed Check

1909 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,756.00
127

Bonnie and Clyde Original 1934 Wanted Poster

1934 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,829.00
128 Aaron Burr

Aaron Burr Autograph Letter Signed

n.d. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 541.00
129 Camilla, Queen Consort

Camilla, Queen Consort Signed Coronation Card

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 596.00
  • Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
    London auction, 11 June
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    Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
  • Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.
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