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January 2017 Auction Ends Thursday, January 26th, 5pm Pacific

Auction closed on 1/26/2017. Final prices include buyers premium.

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Lot #1: Charles Darwin Autograph Letter Signed -- Darwin Orders a Book on Evolutionary Theory Predating "Origin of the Species"

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $29,500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #2: The Earliest Known Signature of Galileo Galilei -- One of Only 4 Signatures Sold at Auction of the "Father of Science"

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,000,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #3: Sigmund Freud Signed Physician's Oath -- "…I do hereby swear to fulfil precisely…"

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $195,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #4: Sigmund Freud Autograph Letter Signed on Dreams & How Long They Last -- "…the question of the real duration of dreams…which I have described as at present unsettled…"

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $95,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #5: Australian National University Award Medal -- Presented to Nobel Prize Winner Kenneth G. Wilson

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #6: First Ever Boltzmann Medal Awarded to Physicist & Nobel Prize Winner Kenneth G. Wilson in 1975

# Bids: 19

Min Bid: $500

Final Price: $7,499
Lot #7: Caltech Distinguished Alumni Medal Awarded to Physicist & Nobel Prize Winner Kenneth G. Wilson in 1981

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #8: Dirac Prize Medal Awarded to Theoretical Physicist Kenneth Wilson

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #9: Franklin Institute Medal Awarded to Theoretical Physicist Kenneth Wilson -- America's Oldest Ongoing Science Award Program

# Bids: 2

Min Bid: $5,000

Final Price: $6,875
Lot #10: Leroy Randle Grumman Award Medal Presented to Theoretical Physicist Kenneth G. Wilson

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #11: Drum Kit Used to Record The Beatles' Very First Single ''Love Me Do'', on Their Debut Album ''Please Please Me'' -- Also Used on ''P.S. I Love You''

# Bids: 1

Min Bid: $54,000

Final Price: $67,500
Lot #12: Stunning Victoria Beckham Worn Christian Dior Dress

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,250

Final Price: Pass
Lot #13: Johnny Cash Handwritten Set List from Mid 1990s -- Includes ''Ring of Fire'', ''I Walk the Line'', ''Hey Porter'' and ''Casey Jones'' -- With Sotheby's Provenance

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $2,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #14: Cher Worn Dolce & Gabbana Pants -- From Photo Shoot for Her Living Proof Tour

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #15: Creed's 1998 Billboard Award for ''Rock Artist of the Year''

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $2,500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #16: Sheryl Crow Personally Owned & Worn Special Occasion Dress by ''Alice + Olivia''

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $2,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #17: Sheryl Crow Personally Owned & Worn Black Beaded Romper

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #18: Grammy Signature Book From the 2015 Award Show -- Signed by 71 Celebrities Including Paul McCartney, Madonna, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, Adam Levine, Tony Bennett & More

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $10,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #19: Ariana Grande Crown Worn for ''Dangerous Woman'' Promo Campaign -- With LOA From the Designer

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $6,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #20: Michael Jackson Personally Owned Trademark White Sequined Glove -- Gifted to the Artist He Commissioned for Neverland, Circa 1984

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $75,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #21: Alicia Keys Worn Silk Kimono, With Stunning Peacock Feather Design -- With a COA From the Singer

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $2,500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #22: ''Kool and the Gang'' 1986 American Music Award for Favorite Soul Group -- Awarded to Founding Member Ronald Bell

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $8,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #23: John Lennon Signed ''Bag One'' Print Depicting Lennon & Yoko Ono -- Limited Edition #48 of 300 -- With COA From Roger Epperson

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $2,250

Final Price: Pass
Lot #24: Don McLean Handwritten Lyrics to His Iconic ''American Pie'' -- The Only Lyrics Ever Sold at Auction Apart From the Original Draft

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $100,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #25: Rod Stewart Owned Turquoise Necklace From the Early 1970s

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,250

Final Price: Pass
Lot #26: Historic ''USA for Africa'' Poster Signed by 18 Musical Artists From the 1985 Charity Single ''We Are The World'' -- Including Michael Jackson & Billy Joel -- With Epperson COA

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $2,500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #27: Very Rare Led Zeppelin 1980 Tour Jacket

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #28: Enrico Caruso Original Watercolor Painting -- With LOA From Enrico Caruso, Jr.

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $250

Final Price: Pass
Lot #29: Scarce Mt. Rushmore Photograph Signed by Its Designer Gutzon Borglum -- 10'' x 12.75''

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,250

Final Price: Pass
Lot #30: Large Watercolor by Howard Chandler Christy of His Famous ''Christy Girl''

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $2,500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #31: Ink and Watercolor Drawing by E.H. Shepard of Winnie-the-Pooh & Piglet -- Extraordinarily Scarce Drawing by Shepard of the Most Famous Children's Character -- With Provenance From Sotheby's

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $45,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #32: Andy Warhol Large Signed Poster of Marilyn Monroe

# Bids: 3

Min Bid: $5,000

Final Price: $8,319
Lot #33: Andy Warhol Signed Poster of His Famous Elizabeth Taylor Masterpiece

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $3,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #34: Garth Williams Hand-Drawing for the Cover Art of ''Emmett's Pig'' -- Signed by Williams on Verso

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $600

Final Price: Pass
Lot #35: Walter Lantz Signed Sketch of Woody Woodpecker Juggling Pineapples

# Bids: 1

Min Bid: $500

Final Price: $625
Lot #36: Sketch of ''Pluto'' by Famed Disney Animator James Shamus Culhane

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $300

Final Price: Pass
Lot #37: Early 1957 ''Peanuts'' Comic Strip Hand-Drawn by Charles Schulz -- Starring Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus & Linus' Blanket

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $15,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #38: Charles Schulz Hand-Drawn Comic Strip From 1974 Featuring Snoopy

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $11,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #39: Charles Schulz Hand-Drawn Comic Strip From October 1963 -- The First Appearance of Character ''555 95472'', Schulz's Tongue-in-Cheek Protestation of Zip Codes & 7 Digit Phone #'s

# Bids: 1

Min Bid: $10,000

Final Price: $12,500
Lot #40: Charles Schulz Hand-Drawn ''Peanuts'' Comic Strip From 1986 -- Charlie Brown & Snoopy Negotiate His Treats

# Bids: 1

Min Bid: $10,000

Final Price: $12,500
Lot #41: Snoopy Plays Pirate With Woodstock Helping in This 1972 Charles Schulz Hand-Drawn ''Peanuts'' Strip

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $9,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #42: Charles Schulz Hand-Drawn ''Peanuts'' Strip From 1992 Featuring Snoopy's Brother Spike

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $7,500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #43: ''Superman From the 30s to the 70s'' -- Signed by 9 of Superman's Contributors Including Illustration Team Curt Swan & Murphy Anderson & ''Death of Superman'' Artists Janke and Bogdanove

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $750

Final Price: Pass
Lot #45: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Owned 14k Gold Longines Watch -- With Her Engraving & Crest -- Gifted to Secret Service Agent Henry W. Rodney, Who Was Part of the Security Detail for Madame Kai-Shek

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $4,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #46: The First Account of the Discovery of the New World -- Christopher Columbus' 1494 Book With His Letter of the Discovery to Ferdinand & Isabella & Woodcuts of America

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $750,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #47: King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella Rare Signed Royal Decree From 1491 During Their Reign as King & Queen of Spain -- Regarding Land Dispute for a Soldier -- With COA From University Archives

# Bids: 4

Min Bid: $5,000

Final Price: $10,068
Lot #48: The Battle of Dublin & Start of The Irish Civil War Announced in This Broadside -- 28 June 1922

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,250

Final Price: Pass
Lot #49: Benito Mussolini Autograph Letter Signed as Prime Minister and Duce of Fascism -- ''...Two rapier thrusts, and it breaks my heart...''

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $800

Final Price: Pass
Lot #50: Japanese Emperor Taisho Signed Military Certificate -- Beautifully Housed in Wooden Presentation Box

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $4,500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #51: King Charles II Restoration Period Letter Signed

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #52: Princess Diana and Prince Charles Signed Royal Christmas Card From 1981 -- The First Year of Their Marriage

# Bids: 1

Min Bid: $1,100

Final Price: $1,375
Lot #53: Tiepin With the Royal Cypher of George V as The Prince of Wales -- Owned by The Duke of Windsor

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $3,500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #54: Prince of Wales Feather & Crown Jewelry Owned by The Duke & Duchess of Windsor

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $2,500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #55: Wallis Simpson's Personally Owned Qing Dynasty Goldfish Jewelry -- Ornate Articulated Brooch Made of Filigree & Enamel

# Bids: 1

Min Bid: $2,500

Final Price: $3,125
Lot #56: Duke & Duchess of Windsor Owned Bulova Accutron Watch

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $3,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #57: Prince Edward VIII's Royal Tiepin -- The Prince's ''Most Noble Order of the Garter'' Pin, the Highest Order of Chivalry

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $3,500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #58: Napoleon III Royal China From Tuileries Palace

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #59: 1843 Force Declaration of Independence From Original Copper Plate

# Bids: 1

Min Bid: $15,000

Final Price: $18,750
Lot #60: John Hancock Letter Signed Regarding Native-Americans -- "…The People…are obliged to Suffer toil, hunger, and all the hardships which are incident to the Settlement of a new country…"

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $15,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #61: Extremely Rare John Hancock Signed Book, From His Library -- One of Only a Handful of Signed Books From Hancock's Library Sold at Auction

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $10,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #62: John Adams Autograph Letter Signed -- Exceptional Content During War of 1812: ''It is of no other use to ruminate upon the faults, Errors & blunders of Washington in the revolutionary War...''

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $45,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #63: John Adams Ship's Papers Signed as President

# Bids: 3

Min Bid: $2,500

Final Price: $3,781
Lot #64: Chester A. Arthur Signed Program as President -- For the Unveiling of the Statue of George Washington on Wall Street

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #65: George H.W. Bush Custom-Made Watch With a Handwritten Letter by Bush Attesting to its Authenticity -- Watch Has Gold ''George Bush'' Lettering

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $5,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #66: Dwight Eisenhower's Personally Own & Worn Stetson Hat -- Worn by Eisenhower While Hunting & Fishing

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $12,500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #67: General Dwight Eisenhower WWII Autograph Letter Signed to His Wife, Mamie -- ''...Don't tell Gen. Marshall about such a schedule or he'll give me hell...''

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #68: Eisenhower Letter Signed as President: ''...If you are so cowardly...as to agree...to this atrocious amendment, I shall regard you as practically a traitor...'' & ''...This is a slaves life...''

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,250

Final Price: Pass
Lot #69: Thomas Jefferson's 1st U.K. Edition of ''Notes on the State of Virginia'' -- From 1787

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $6,500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #70: Norman Rockwell Signed Lithograph of JFK -- Appeared as the Cover of ''The Saturday Evening Post'' in 1960

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $800

Final Price: Pass
Lot #71: JFK During the Cuban Missile Crisis -- ''...Boy, if Fidel Castro had something like you, he would think more about making Love, and less about making war...''

# Bids: 5

Min Bid: $500

Final Price: $916
Lot #72: Lot of 25 Invitations to the Dinner Welcoming President Kennedy to Texas the Night of His Assassination

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $5,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #73: Lot of 25 Press Badges for President Kennedy's Texas Welcome Dinner, Slated for the Night He Was Assassinated

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $4,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #74: Abraham Lincoln Military Appointment Signed as President -- Lincoln Appoints a Brigadier General, Union General Speed S. Fry -- Signed With Full ''Abraham Lincoln'' Signature

# Bids: 3

Min Bid: $7,000

Final Price: $10,588
Lot #75: Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President -- Near Fine With Full, ''Abraham Lincoln'' Signature

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $7,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #76: WITHDRAWN

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $3,750

Final Price: W/D
Lot #77: Abraham Lincoln Signature as President -- Lincoln Issues Amnesty to Confederate Soldier

# Bids: 1

Min Bid: $3,500

Final Price: $4,375
Lot #78: Lincoln Assassination Letter Regarding the Guilt of Father Walter -- ''...It has been claimed by some not familiar with the history of the assassination...that it was a Catholic plot...''

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $2,500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #79: Nancy Reagan Formal Evening Purse by Renaud Pellegrino

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $8,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #80: Nancy Reagan Personally Owned Addex Mini Pen

# Bids: 1

Min Bid: $2,500

Final Price: $3,125
Lot #81: Ronald Reagan Mont Blanc Meisterstuck Engraved Pen -- Personally Owned & Used by Ronald Reagan, The Great Communicator

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $8,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #82: Ronald & Nancy Reagan Personally Owned Russian Box -- Displayed at the White House

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $4,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #83: Theodore Roosevelt Signed Collection of His Writings -- Signed as President, With PSA/DNA COA

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,250

Final Price: Pass
Lot #84: Harry Truman Letter Signed as President With Rare Communist Content -- ''...to the charges of the Un-American Activities Committee...communism has not infiltrated the churches of this Nation...''

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,500

Final Price: Pass
Lot #85: ''Dewey Defeats Truman'' Newspaper -- The Most Famous Newspaper Mistake of All Time

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #86: 81 Letter Lot by Civil War Soldier -- Gettysburg Content -- ''...I have almost forgotten what it is that has brought me here; to kill and destroy human beings...''

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $12,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #87: John Bradley's Personally Owned U.S. Marines-Issued Combat Boots -- Used at Iwo Jima -- From John Bradley's Estate

# Bids: 1

Min Bid: $2,000

Final Price: $2,500
Lot #88: Dachau Concentration Camp Letter From 1942 -- With Censor's Stamp

# Bids: 1

Min Bid: $400

Final Price: $500
Lot #89: Bell Street Baptist Church Bombing Debris -- One of the Four Churches Bombed After the Supreme Court Ruling That the Montgomery Bus Segregation System Was Unconstitutional

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #90: Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed Copy of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Program Where King Was Awarded the Prize -- Possibly the Only One Extant

# Bids: 1

Min Bid: $10,500

Final Price: $13,125
Lot #91: Scarce Civil Rights Artwork Given to Attendees at the ''March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom'' -- Stunning Images

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $800

Final Price: Pass
Lot #92: Nelson Mandela Signed Luxury First Edition of His Celebrated Autobiography ''Long Walk to Freedom'' -- Fine Condition

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $2,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #93: Scarce Flyer Issued by the Black Opposition to the Montgomery Bus Boycott -- ''...There isn't a chance in the world of breaking segregation in Montgomery...''

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $2,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #94: Ben Affleck Screen-Worn ''Hero'' Costume From the Climactic Ending of ''Dogma'' -- With the Director's COA

# Bids: 7

Min Bid: $600

Final Price: $1,330
Lot #95: Jessica Alba Costume From ''Into The Blue'' Co-Starring Paul Walker -- Eye-Catching Top of Dolphins & Sun Setting Over the Ocean

# Bids: 4

Min Bid: $600

Final Price: $999
Lot #96: Julie Andrews Floor Length Coat From the Epic Drama ''Hawaii''

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #97: Julie Andrews Dress From the 7 Academy Award Nominated Film ''Hawaii''

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #98: Julie Andrews Dress From the 7 Academy Award Nominated Film ''Hawaii''

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #99: Jennifer Aniston Movie Wardrobe From ''Just Go With It''

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $700

Final Price: Pass
Lot #100: Lucille Ball Worn & Signed Costume in a Desilu Production -- Signed by Lucille Ball, ''Love Lucy'' -- Provenance from Christie's

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $4,000

Final Price: Pass
Lot #101: Lucille Ball's Corset From Her Second Wedding to Desi -- With a COA From Lucie Arnaz

# Bids: 0

Min Bid: $1,250

Final Price: Pass

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