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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Winston Churchill, 1910-1913 | Two letters on naval affairs |
London, | 7 November 1913. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,715.00 |
| 152 | Winston Churchill, May 1943 | Signed Photograph of Winston Churchill |
May 1943. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,826.00 | |
| 153 | Winston Churchill, 19 October, 1933 | To the future Edward VIII |
Westerham, | 19 October 1933. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 154 | Winston Churchill, 1942 | A large signed photograph of Winston Churchill |
Washington, | 1942 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 155 | Amelia Earhart, 1929-1933 | Three typed letters signed |
1929-1933 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 | |
| 156 | Amelia Earhart, 31 August 1933 | A typed letter signed by Amelia Earhart |
New York, | 31 August 1933. | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 157 | Albert Einstein, 12 December 1923 | On his inability to visit de Haas in Groningen on his return to Berlin |
Lieden,] | 12 December 1923. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,096.00 |
| 158 | Albert Einstein, 1933 | A engraved portrait, signed |
n.p., | 1933 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,445.00 |
| 159 | Albert Einstein, 1934-1950 | Three letters including a complaint of pro-German bias at the New School |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 11,430.00 | ||
| 160 | Albert Einstein, January 1938. | The Gravitational Equations and the Problem of Motion |
January 1938. | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 | |
| 161 | Albert Einstein, 1950-1954 | On a mechanical proof for the theory of relativity |
Princeton, | 22 January 1950-15 September 1954. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 50,800.00 |
| 162 | Ernest Hemingway, 22 December 1936 | Typed letter signed |
Key West, | 22 December 1936. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 163 | Ernest Hemingway, 16 February 1920 | Typed letter signed |
Toronto, | 16 February 1920. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 6,096.00 |
| 164 | Ernest Hemingway, 6 June 1956 | Autograph letter signed to Bumby, with a sketch |
Cuba, | [June 1956]. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 165 | Franklin D. Roosevelt, 6 February 1943 | On the Sullivan Brothers |
Washington, | 6 February 1943. | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 48,260.00 |
| 166 | Dwight Eisenhower, May 18 1943 | Typed letter signed quoting Stephen Decatur |
Algiers, | 18 May 1943. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 167 | John F. Kennedy, 1 October 1943 | On the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty |
Washington | 1963 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 |
| 168 | Martin Luther King Jr., 25 April 1961 | On the justification of sit-ins |
Atlanta, Georgia, | 25 April 1961. | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 169 | Martin Luther King Jr., 12 May 1961 | On receiving an honorary degree from the University of Bridgeport. |
Atlanta, | 1 May 1961. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,715.00 |
| 170 | Martin Luther King Jr., 27 April 1964 | On civil rights for Indigenous Americans |
Atlanta, | 27 April 1964. | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 |
| 171 | Martin Luther King Jr., 25 March 1964 | On being named Time's Man of the Year. |
Atlanta, | 25 March 1964. | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
![<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")
