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RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Auction Name Fine Autographs and Artifacts Total Sales (USD) 990,560.00
Auction Date February 11, 2026 - February 11, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 528,400.00
Sale Number #735 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 749,400.00
Total Lots 547
Sold Lots 477.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 718,800.00
% of Lots Sold 87.20% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,016,200.00
Unsold Lots 70 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 97.48%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
12

Louisiana Purchase: James Monroe, Robert R. Livingston, and Francois Barbe-Marbois (2) Documents Signed for the Ratification of the Louisiana Purchase Treaty

 1803 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 82,394.00
317

Stephen Hawking Signed Book - The Archaeology of the Industrial Revolution

 1973 USD 18,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 24,956.00
251

Louisiana: John Law Document Signed, Initiating the Transport of Settlers from France Under His Mississippi Scheme

 no date but circa December 1717 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 24,630.00
608

Beatles (2) Signed Parlophone UK First Pressing Single Records of 'Love Me Do'

 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 21,889.00
1

George Washington Document Signed as President - Three-Language Ship's Papers for a Trade Voyage

 1794 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,751.00
276

Grigori Rasputin Autograph Letter Signed

 1905 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 15,101.00
309

Thomas Edison Autograph Letter Signed on the Installation of Electric Lighting in New York City

 1882 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 14,815.00
743

Marilyn Monroe Signed Oversized Photograph by Frank Powolny - "It's a pleasure to work with you"

 1953 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 14,309.00
31

Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President, Appointing a "Superintendent of Indian Affairs, for the Territory of New Mexico"

 1864 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 13,590.00
305

Marie Curie Document Signed - Radioactivity Results from Curie's Lab

 1931 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 13,389.00
32

Abraham Lincoln Signature as President

 1861 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 12,080.00
6

Thomas Jefferson Document Signed as Secretary of State, Promoting Desalination of Sea Water for American Ships

 1792 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,344.00
306

Marie Curie Autograph Letter Signed, Dated Shortly After the Reception of Her Second Nobel Prize

 1912 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,543.00
52

Harry S. Truman: 'Dewey Defeats Truman' Chicago Tribune Newspaper aEU" Complete Issue

 1948 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 10,478.00
612

Beatles: John Lennon Signed Book with Sketches - The Penguin

 1965 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,208.00
448

Napoleon's Personally-Owned Book from His Library at St. Helena - L'Art de VA(c)rifier les Dates des Faits Historiques

 1818 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,186.00
237

John Hancock Document Signed, Endorsing Castle Island Court Martial Sentences for a Prison Arsonist and Would-Be Escapees

 1790 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,250.00
537

Salvador Dali Autograph Letter Signed with Sketch: "Preparing an unprecedented exhibition of my work"

 1952 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 9,196.00
13

Louisiana Purchase: James Monroe Autograph Letter Signed, Preparing to Depart for France to Negotiate the Purchase of New Orleans: "You know how sudden my appointment was"

 1803 USD 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 USD 9,074.00
314

Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed to an Aryan German on the Rise of Nazism (1933): "The people in Germany are not as bad as the behavior of the state..However, there is a great danger"

 1933 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,074.00
66

Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and Mikhail Gorbachev Signed Photograph

 1988 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 8,848.00
42

Theodore Roosevelt Archive of (4) Signed Letters to His Cousin, a Fellow Rough Rider, with Rare Medal Collection - Three Letters Signed as President

 1898 and 1906 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,785.00
446

Jefferson Davis Document Signed as President of CSA

 1863 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,316.00
313

Albert Einstein Signed Photograph: "With a strong curse"

 1933 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,249.00
395

Ray Kroc Signed Hamburger Sketch

 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 7,871.00
  • <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> AUGUSTIN (Saint). <i>De civitate Dei.</i> Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000. <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. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> CAUS (SALOMON DE). <i>La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs.</i> Londres, John Norton, 1612. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). <i>La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique.</i> Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000. <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. <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. <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. <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.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. 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 <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 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: 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
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000