Christies: Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, including Americana, 23758, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 | Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1864 | Five appointment documents |
USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 33,020.00 | ||
| 128 | Abraham Lincoln, 21 December 1863 | Pardoning the treasurer of the Confederate government of Kentucky |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 | ||
| 129 | Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, and others | Notable twentieth-century presidents and politicians |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 | ||
| 130 | Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and others, 1879-1923 | Presidential appointment documents |
USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 | ||
| 131 | Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, n.d. | An unpublished maxim on Christian theology |
n.p., | n.d. | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 132 | Winston Churchill, 8 December 1942 | "Keep right on to the end of the road." |
Whitehall, | 8 December 1942. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 27,940.00 |
| 133 | Mahatma Gandhi, 12 November 1947 | On the complex relationship between "carnal desires and nationalism." |
n.p., | 12 October 1947, | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 21,590.00 |
| 134 | Albert Einstein, 10 June 1939 | On supporting Jewish refugees |
Princeton, | 10 June 1939. | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 19,050.00 |
| 135 | Albert Einstein, 4 September 1942 | On Hitler's handwriting |
n.p., n.d. [postmarked Saranac Lake, | 4 September 1942]. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 136 | EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Draft autograph letter signed ("A. Einstein") to the Reichsdruckerei (German National Printing House), Berlin, 20 February 1925. The verso bearing autograph equations and calculations related to his article, "Quantentheorie d |
1925 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 24,130.00 | ||
| 137 | Stephen Hawking. 12 February 1968 | On his new posting, and a new singularity theorem |
Cambridge, | 12 February 1968. | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 19,050.00 |
| 137A | COMPUTER SPACE ARCADE GAME | NUTTING ASSOCIATES, 1971 |
USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 138 | Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, 1995 | Renovation plans for Windows on the World |
New York, | 17 July 1995. | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,350.00 |
| 139 | Signed by Steve Jobs | Toy Story |
New York | [1995]. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 21,590.00 |
| 140 | George Washington, 24 August 1775 | To Richard Dodge |
1775 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 50,800.00 | |
| 141 | Marie Antoinette, 12 December 1775 | To Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies |
Versailles, | 12 December 1775. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 19,050.00 |
| 142 | Benjamin Franklin, 15 May 1780 | To John Jay |
Philadelphia, | 15 May 1786. | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 |
| 143 | Daniel Boone, 28 December 1782 | Certifying horse ownership in a campaign against the Shawnee |
[Boone's Station,] | 28 December 1782. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 144 | Jonathan Palmer Webster, 1849-1850 | A correspondence from the California Gold Rush |
various places including New York, Panama, San Francisco, and Sacramento, | 29 January 1849 to 29 March 1850. | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 279,400.00 |
| 145 | J. Goldsborough Bruff and Dempsey & O'Toole, 1865 | An invitation to Lincoln's second Inaugural Ball |
[Washington, | 1865.] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,810.00 |
| 146 | Abraham Lincoln, March 2 1863 | To Salmon P. Chase |
Washington, | 2 March 1863. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 30,480.00 |
| 147 | Samuel Clemens, 1893 & 1887 | Two autograph letters |
no year [c.1893] | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,080.00 | |
| 148 | Samuel Clemens, 30 October 1908 | To Margery Clinton |
Redding, | 30 October 1908. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 |
| 149 | Thomas Edison, 17 September 1896 | Autograph Document Signed ('Thomas A Edison') |
Orange, | 17 September 1896. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,048.00 |
| 150 | Thomas Edison, 1899-1926 | Three letters |
Orange, | 6 February 1899. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 |
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cbc8d1a4-d991-48c7-b788-7554a6774b0e.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/21ad2e05-5544-44aa-887d-76df423e17af.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/855dc2c0-17e3-4562-a1cc-2e7265c3769c.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")
![Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0372eeb9-97e1-47b2-baca-b3287d4704ee.jpg "Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8f9ce440-b420-4407-8293-eb8e1b38ca19.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/71bb9667-5d66-4aa8-96a2-9880c74a7a26.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000")
