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May 2026 Auction Ends Thursday, May 28th, 5pm Pacific

Auction closed on 5/28/2026. Final prices include buyers premium.

• Lot #1: Chester Arthur Military Commission Signed as President

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $756

• Lot #2: Bill Clinton White House China Salad Plate to Honor the 200th Anniversary of the White House

  

  Min Bid: $800

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #3: U.S. Grant Civil War Autograph Endorsement Signed -- Also Signed by Generals Henry Halleck, William Rosencrans, Edward Townsend & Peter Watson, Responding to General Charles Hamilton's Leave Request

  

  Min Bid: $2,600

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #4: Ulysses S. Grant Military Commission Signed as President

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,375

• Lot #5: Andrew Johnson Military Commission with Stamped Signature

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #6: Seven Pieces of Tableware Owned by the Kennedy Family -- From Sotheby's 2005 Sale, ''Property From Kennedy Family Homes''

  

  Min Bid: $600

  Final Price: $750

• Lot #7: Abraham Lincoln Autograph Legal Manuscript Signed -- Lengthy Legal Judgement Contains 394 Words in Lincoln's Hand

  

  Min Bid: $36,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #8: Executioner of the Lincoln Conspirators, Christian Rath Autograph Letter Signed -- ''...I build the gallows and conducted the execution of Mrs. Surratt, Payne, Herold, and Atzerott...''

  

  Min Bid: $14,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #9: General David Hunter Signed Pass to the Military Commission of the Abraham Lincoln Assassination Conspirators

  

  Min Bid: $11,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #10: Lincoln Assassination Prosecutor Joseph Holt Autograph Letter Signed Regarding Sec. of War Stanton's Suppression of Evidence at the Trial of the Lincoln Conspirators -- ''...a sad, sad mockery...''

  

  Min Bid: $6,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #11: Bronze Restrike of U.S. Congressional Medal Awarded to George F. Robinson for Saving the Life of William Seward on 14 April 1865

  

  Min Bid: $5,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #12: Lincoln Conspirators Trial Prosecutor Henry Burnett Autograph Letter Signed -- Burnett References the Mary Surratt Mercy Petition Controversy

  

  Min Bid: $2,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #13: Louis Weichmann Letter Signed Regarding His Book About the Lincoln Conspirators Trial -- Weichmann Was Star Witness for the Prosecution

  

  Min Bid: $1,500

  Final Price: $1,875

• Lot #14: George P. Fisher Autograph Letter Signed Just 5 Days After John Surratt's Mistrial -- As the Presiding Judge on the Case, Fisher Denounces the Conduct of Surratt's Defense Attorney & the Chief Justice

  

  Min Bid: $1,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #15: 1896 Letter Regarding Presidential Succession in the Case of Abraham Lincoln

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #16: Louis Weichmann Autograph Letter Signed -- Weichmann Was the Star Witness Against the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $625

• Lot #17: Louis Weichmann Autograph Letter Signed Regarding Persecution by the Democratic Party & His Church After the Lincoln Assassination Trial -- Weichmann Was the Star Witness Against the Conspirators

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $625

• Lot #18: Reverdy Johnson Autograph Note Signed & CDV -- Johnson Defended Lincoln Assassination Conspirator Mary Surratt

  

  Min Bid: $400

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #19: Joseph Holt Signature Affixed to His CDV -- Holt Served as Lead Prosecutor of the Abraham Lincoln Assassination Conspirators Trial

  

  Min Bid: $300

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #20: Mary Todd Lincoln Autograph Lincoln Signed in 1865 After the Death of Abraham Lincoln: ''...my precious Willie broke my heart and since my beloved husband was taken away I do not desire to live...''

  

  Min Bid: $22,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #21: Mary Todd Lincoln Autograph Letter Signed as First Lady on Mourning Stationery, Regarding the Death of Her Son Willie a Year Prior: ''...a very painful winter to me...''

  

  Min Bid: $22,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #22: James Madison Signed Four-Language Ship's Papers During the War of 1812 -- Countersigned by James Monroe as Secretary of State

  

  Min Bid: $3,600

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #23: William McKinley Assassination Letter by the Nurse Who Attended to Him That Night -- ''...If he only gets well. So far it is hard to tell, but from my experience it would seem almost impossible...''

  

  Min Bid: $6,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #24: William McKinley Military Commission Signed as President

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $625

• Lot #25: William McKinley Military Commission Signed as President

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #26: James K. Polk Certificate of Merit Signed as President -- Polk Awards the Certificate to a Soldier Who Distinguished Himself at the Battle of Cerro Gordo During the Mexican-American War

  

  Min Bid: $3,300

  Final Price: $4,125

• Lot #27: Franklin D. Roosevelt 1941 Inaugural Address Signed as President -- ''...our strong purpose is to protect and to perpetuate the integrity of democracy...''

  

  Min Bid: $7,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #28: Theodore Roosevelt Signed 5'' x 8'' Photo -- PSA Encapsulated with Grade 7

  

  Min Bid: $2,200

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #29: Theodore Roosevelt Military Commission Signed as President

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #30: Theodore Roosevelt Military Appointment Signed as President -- Roosevelt Appoints a Brigadier General

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,250

• Lot #31: Theodore Roosevelt Military Commission Signed as President -- Roosevelt Confirms a Brigadier General

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #32: George Washington Signed Society of Cincinnati Document Issued on 4 July 1786, the 10th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

  

  Min Bid: $20,000

  Final Price: Pass