Top 100 Supreme Court Auction Items

Lot #181 John Marshall: “The original theory or

181. John Marshall: “The original theory or creed of these ignorant savages approaches so nearly that of the most polished & enlightened nations”

Sold For: $16,904 (w/BP)

Estimate: $5,000+

Auction #491 - January 11, 2017

Closed

Lot #7338 William H. Taft Supreme Court Signed

7338. William H. Taft Supreme Court Signed Photograph

Sold For: $11,086 (w/BP)

Estimate: $5,000+

Auction #1008 - May 21, 2020

Closed

Lot #162 John Jay: Every man of every color and

162. John Jay: "Every man of every color and description has a natural right to freedom"

Unsold

Estimate: $5,000+

Auction #495 - March 15, 2017

Closed

Lot #166 John Marshall Autograph Letter Signed on

166. John Marshall Autograph Letter Signed on Supreme Court Opinion

Sold For: $7,155 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,000+

Auction #670 - July 12, 2023

Closed

Lot #86 John Jay: John Jay's handwritten list of

86. John Jay: John Jay's handwritten list of claims from New York Loyalists—including British officers and a "negroe" spy

Sold For: $6,873 (w/BP)

Estimate: $5,000+

Auction #643 - September 14, 2022

Closed

Lot #167 Bushrod Washington Autograph Letter

167. Bushrod Washington Autograph Letter Signed on Supreme Court Decisions

Sold For: $6,196 (w/BP)

Estimate: $600+

Auction #670 - July 12, 2023

Closed

199. Burger Court Signed Photograph

Sold For: $5,913 (w/BP)

Estimate: $600+

Auction #545 - February 6, 2019

Closed

85. John Jay Document Signed

Sold For: $5,558 (w/BP)

Estimate: $5,000+

Auction #643 - September 14, 2022

Closed

Lot #118 John Marshall Autograph Letter Signed on

118. John Marshall Autograph Letter Signed on "Habeas Corpus" Opinion

Sold For: $4,886 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,000+

Auction #674 - September 13, 2023

Closed

Lot #207 John Marshall: Chief Justice Marshall

207. John Marshall: Chief Justice Marshall applauds a law professor for his “Very valuable treatise ‘on the principles of pleading in civil actions’”

Sold For: $4,716 (w/BP)

Estimate: $6,000+

Auction #477 - June 15, 2016

Closed

Lot #221 Supreme Court: White Court Oversized

221. Supreme Court: White Court Oversized Signed Photograph, with Oliver Wendell Holmes and Louis Brandeis

Sold For: $4,441 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,000+

Auction #715 - April 10, 2025

Closed

Lot #208 John Marshall: “The original theory or

208. John Marshall: “The original theory or creed of these ignorant savages approaches so nearly that of the most polished & enlightened nations”

Sold For: $4,288 (w/BP)

Estimate: $5,000+

Auction #477 - June 15, 2016

Closed

Lot #153 Rehnquist Court Oversized Signed

153. Rehnquist Court Oversized Signed Photograph

Sold For: $3,933 (w/BP)

Estimate: $500+

Auction #665 - May 10, 2023

Closed

Lot #125 John Jay: As president of the Continental

125. John Jay: As president of the Continental Congress, John Jay welcomes Delaware's newly elected delegate

Sold For: $3,690 (w/BP)

Estimate: $3,000+

Auction #537 - October 10, 2018

Closed

Lot #100 John Marshall: I congratulate on the

100. John Marshall: "I congratulate on the progress of the constitution," writes Marshall, "The adoption by New York seems to have given the finishing blow to opposition"

Sold For: $3,735 (w/BP)

Estimate: $4,000+

Auction #645 - October 12, 2022

Closed

129. Warren Court Signed Photograph

Sold For: $3,670 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,000+

Auction #637 - June 15, 2022

Closed

Lot #153 John Jay: Jay to his wife, sending word

153. John Jay: Jay to his wife, sending word of his delay due to "Roads rendered bad by Snow and Ice"

Sold For: $3,575 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,000+

Auction #633 - April 13, 2022

Closed

167. Burger Court Signed Photograph

Sold For: $3,336 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,000+

Auction #563 - August 7, 2019

Closed

168. Hughes Court Signed Photograph

Sold For: $3,268 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,000+

Auction #563 - August 7, 2019

Closed

Lot #187 Supreme Court: Burger Court Signed

187. Supreme Court: Burger Court Signed Photograph

Sold For: $3,126 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,500+

Auction #610 - June 16, 2021

Closed

Lot #192 John Marshall: Legal document signed a

192. John Marshall: Legal document signed a month before the 'XYZ Affair'

Sold For: $3,126 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,500+

Auction #585 - June 10, 2020

Closed

Lot #204 John Marshall: Sought-after 1821

204. John Marshall: Sought-after 1821 recommendation for a midshipman-to-be

Sold For: $3,063 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Auction #473 - April 13, 2016

Closed

Lot #239 Women of the Supreme Court Multi-Signed

239. Women of the Supreme Court Multi-Signed Photograph: Ginsburg, O’Connor, Sotomayor, and Kagan

Sold For: $3,033 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,000+

Auction #687 - February 14, 2024

Closed

1084. John Jay Autograph Letter Signed

Sold For: $2,826 (w/BP)

Estimate: $3,000+

Auction #649 - December 7, 2022

Closed

Lot #208 James Iredell Autograph Endorsement

208. James Iredell Autograph Endorsement Signed - Rare Document from an Original Supreme Court Justice

Sold For: $2,810 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,000+

Auction #713 - March 12, 2025

Closed

Lot #119 John Jay Autograph Letter Signed to His

119. John Jay Autograph Letter Signed to His Wife on Elections and Education: "In this as in almost everything else, we may expect to reap as we plant"

Sold For: $2,771 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,000+

Auction #705 - December 11, 2024

Closed

Lot #113 John Jay Handwritten Manuscript on

113. John Jay Handwritten Manuscript on Legislation

Sold For: $2,756 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,000+

Auction #659 - March 8, 2023

Closed

150. Burger Court Signed Photograph

Sold For: $2,756 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,000+

Auction #633 - April 13, 2022

Closed

270. John Marshall Autograph Document Signed

Sold For: $2,746 (w/BP)

Estimate: $800+

Auction #739 - April 16, 2026

Closed

127. Burger Court Signed Photograph

Sold For: $2,550 (w/BP)

Estimate: $3,000+

Auction #637 - June 15, 2022

Closed

Lot #124 John Jay: Scarce 1779 handwritten letter

124. John Jay: Scarce 1779 handwritten letter from John Jay to his wife: "I confess the tale of my two letters to you which fell into the enemy's hands at Elizabethtown tends to reconcile me not a little to that caution in writing"

Sold For: $2,520 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,500+

Auction #641 - August 10, 2022

Closed

Lot #258 John Marshall: The chief justice to

258. John Marshall: The chief justice to George Washington's nephew

Sold For: $2,465 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,000+

Auction #539 - November 7, 2018

Closed

Lot #7345 Fred M. Vinson Supreme Court Signed

7345. Fred M. Vinson Supreme Court Signed Photograph

Sold For: $2,505 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,000+

Auction #1008 - May 21, 2020

Closed

Lot #275 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signed Book - My Own

275. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signed Book - My Own Words

Sold For: $2,276 (w/BP)

Estimate: $600+

Auction #699 - September 11, 2024

Closed

Lot #282 John Marshall: Scarce 1829 land deal in

282. John Marshall: Scarce 1829 land deal in the chief justice’s hand

Sold For: $2,231 (w/BP)

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Auction #471 - March 9, 2016

Closed

Lot #180 John Jay: On a grand Jury and Judge

180. John Jay: On a "grand Jury" and "Judge Cushing," one of the original six Supreme Court justices

Sold For: $2,240 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,500+

Auction #535 - September 12, 2018

Closed

154. Burger Court Oversized Signed Photograph

Sold For: $2,276 (w/BP)

Estimate: $500+

Auction #665 - May 10, 2023

Closed

Lot #206 John Jay: “The Treaty being finished,”

206. John Jay: “The Treaty being finished,” Jay hopes to sit for a portrait

Sold For: $2,205 (w/BP)

Estimate: $3,500+

Auction #477 - June 15, 2016

Closed

282. Thomas Johnson Document Signed

Sold For: $2,069 (w/BP)

Estimate: $200+

Auction #614 - August 11, 2021

Closed

165. John Jay Handwritten Letter Signed

Sold For: $2,036 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,500+

Auction #541 - December 5, 2018

Closed

Lot #124 John Marshall: Chief Justice Marshall

124. John Marshall: Chief Justice Marshall deals with his "Genesee lands"

Sold For: $2,065 (w/BP)

Estimate: $3,000+

Auction #565 - September 12, 2019

Closed

Lot #205 Supreme Court: Over 50 justices of the

205. Supreme Court: Over 50 justices of the Supreme Court

Sold For: $2,020 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,000+

Auction #576 - February 5, 2020

Closed

182. John Marshall Autograph Letter Signed

Sold For: $1,935 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,000+

Auction #694 - June 12, 2024

Closed

1086. John Marshall Autograph Letter Signed

Sold For: $1,930 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,500+

Auction #649 - December 7, 2022

Closed

190. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Book

Sold For: $1,914 (w/BP)

Estimate: $400+

Auction #585 - June 10, 2020

Closed

Lot #165 John Jay: Leaders who propose such

165. John Jay: "Leaders who propose such measures to their Party will be in Danger of losing their confidence"

Sold For: $1,850 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,500+

Auction #500 - May 10, 2017

Closed

128. Vinson Court Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,880 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,500+

Auction #637 - June 15, 2022

Closed

Lot #164 John Jay: Jay writes about the doubtful

164. John Jay: Jay writes about "the doubtful state of health at N. York" during the 1819 yellow fever scare

Sold For: $1,850 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,500+

Auction #541 - December 5, 2018

Closed

147. Salmon P. Chase (2) ALSs and (1) DS

Sold For: $1,875 (w/BP)

Estimate: $400+

Auction #672 - August 16, 2023

Closed

75. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,739 (w/BP)

Estimate: $400+

Auction #602 - February 10, 2021

Closed

Lot #183 John Marshall Signed Free Frank to James

183. John Marshall Signed Free Frank to James Monroe - PSA MINT 9

Sold For: $1,709 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,000+

Auction #694 - June 12, 2024

Closed

Lot #190 John Jay Autograph Letter Signed as Chief

190. John Jay Autograph Letter Signed as Chief Justice - "My Robe may become useless, and it may not"

Sold For: $1,709 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,000+

Auction #695 - July 10, 2024

Closed

Lot #177 Oliver Ellsworth: Ellsworth orders

177. Oliver Ellsworth: Ellsworth orders payment to a captain for raising "50 minute men" in 1776

Sold For: $1,709 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,500+

Auction #639 - July 13, 2022

Closed

134. Burger Court Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,660 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,200+

Auction #481 - August 10, 2016

Closed

125. John Jay Signed Document

Sold For: $1,653 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,500+

Auction #547 - March 6, 2019

Closed

125. Warren Court Oversized Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,553 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,000+

Auction #723 - August 13, 2025

Closed

253. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,553 (w/BP)

Estimate: $500+

Auction #622 - December 8, 2021

Closed

Lot #114 Rehnquist Court Oversized Signed

114. Rehnquist Court Oversized Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,553 (w/BP)

Estimate: $800+

Auction #659 - March 8, 2023

Closed

Lot #280 Burger Court: Fully signed Supreme Court

280. Burger Court: Fully signed Supreme Court decision in US v. Nixon

Sold For: $1,521 (w/BP)

Estimate: $600 - $800

Auction #471 - March 9, 2016

Closed

Lot #204 Salmon P. Chase: “What I desire for the

204. Salmon P. Chase: “What I desire for the Southern states is peace & prosperity; with all disfranchisements & disabilities removed; and all rights returned to all citizens”

Sold For: $1,486 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,500+

Auction #477 - June 15, 2016

Closed

283. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,411 (w/BP)

Estimate: $800+

Auction #627 - January 12, 2022

Closed

7374. George Sutherland Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,411 (w/BP)

Estimate: $200+

Auction #1008 - May 21, 2020

Closed

280. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,399 (w/BP)

Estimate: $100+

Auction #589 - August 12, 2020

Closed

Lot #181 John Jay Document Signed, Dated to His

181. John Jay Document Signed, Dated to His Tenure as Chief Justice - PSA MINT 9

Sold For: $1,378 (w/BP)

Estimate: $800+

Auction #694 - June 12, 2024

Closed

152. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signed Stamp Block

Sold For: $1,378 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,000+

Auction #665 - May 10, 2023

Closed

7310. David Davis Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,375 (w/BP)

Estimate: $300+

Auction #1008 - May 21, 2020

Closed

Lot #189 Hugo Black: Internal Supreme Court

189. Hugo Black: Internal Supreme Court memo—“There was no question of civil liberties involved”

Sold For: $1,317 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,000+

Auction #489 - December 7, 2016

Closed

246. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,344 (w/BP)

Estimate: $200+

Auction #597 - December 9, 2020

Closed

150. Warren Court Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,283 (w/BP)

Estimate: $800+

Auction #589 - August 12, 2020

Closed

187. John Jay Signed Document

Sold For: $1,262 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,000+

Auction #510 - October 11, 2017

Closed

182. Supreme Court Group Lot

Sold For: $1,283 (w/BP)

Estimate: $400+

Auction #558 - June 12, 2019

Closed

178. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signature

Sold For: $1,283 (w/BP)

Estimate: $400+

Auction #674 - September 13, 2023

Closed

165. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signature

Sold For: $1,283 (w/BP)

Estimate: $400+

Auction #672 - August 16, 2023

Closed

247. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,283 (w/BP)

Estimate: $200+

Auction #595 - November 11, 2020

Closed

258. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,259 (w/BP)

Estimate: $600+

Auction #618 - October 13, 2021

Closed

Lot #261 Louis Brandeis Autograph Letter Signed on

261. Louis Brandeis Autograph Letter Signed on Zionist Activities: "When I entered upon the Jewish work, I concluded that my contributions, financial and otherwise, should be concentrated on Palestine"

Sold For: $1,251 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,000+

Auction #717 - May 14, 2025

Closed

154. Vinson Court Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,251 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,500+

Auction #633 - April 13, 2022

Closed

Lot #247 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr: Mr. Justice

247. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr: "Mr. Justice Holmes at Commencement, Harvard University, June 28, 1911"

Sold For: $1,231 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,000+

Auction #502 - June 14, 2017

Closed

288. John Marshall Signed Document

Sold For: $1,226 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Auction #469 - February 10, 2016

Closed

189. Warren Court Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,231 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,400+

Auction #504 - July 12, 2017

Closed

87. Warren Court Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,251 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,000+

Auction #643 - September 14, 2022

Closed

269. David Davis Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,165 (w/BP)

Estimate: $400+

Auction #620 - November 10, 2021

Closed

Lot #281 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Signed

281. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,142 (w/BP)

Estimate: $400 - $600

Auction #471 - March 9, 2016

Closed

Lot #380 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Autograph

380. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Autograph Letter Signed and Handwritten Note in Book

Sold For: $1,165 (w/BP)

Estimate: $400+

Auction #735 - February 11, 2026

Closed

101. Vinson Court Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,165 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,500+

Auction #635 - May 11, 2022

Closed

107. Hughes Court Signed Oversized Photograph

Sold For: $1,165 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,500+

Auction #685 - January 10, 2024

Closed

371. Supreme Court Group Lot

Sold For: $1,142 (w/BP)

Auction #456 - July 15, 2015

Closed

78. Hughes Court Oversized Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,165 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,500+

Auction #731 - December 10, 2025

Closed

247. John Jay Handwritten Letter Signed

Sold For: $1,107 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,200+

Auction #512 - November 8, 2017

Closed

195. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Group Lot

Sold For: $1,099 (w/BP)

Estimate: $200+

Auction #547 - March 6, 2019

Closed

264. Supreme Court First Day Covers

Sold For: $1,078 (w/BP)

Estimate: $200+

Auction #574 - January 8, 2020

Closed

284. John Jay Signed Document

Sold For: $1,038 (w/BP)

Estimate: $800 - $1,000

Auction #469 - February 10, 2016

Closed

Lot #151 John Jay Autograph Letter Signed as Chief

151. John Jay Autograph Letter Signed as Chief Justice - Written from London Two Weeks After the Signing of the Jay Treaty

Sold For: $1,059 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,000+

Auction #689 - April 17, 2024

Closed

242. John Marshall Signature

Sold For: $1,059 (w/BP)

Estimate: $600+

Auction #676 - October 11, 2023

Closed

102. Warren Court Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,059 (w/BP)

Estimate: $2,000+

Auction #635 - May 11, 2022

Closed

280. John Jay Signature

Sold For: $1,059 (w/BP)

Estimate: $300+

Auction #725 - September 10, 2025

Closed

126. John Marshall Signature

Sold For: $1,059 (w/BP)

Estimate: $500+

Auction #641 - August 10, 2022

Closed

152. John Jay Signed Document

Sold For: $1,059 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,000+

Auction #572 - December 4, 2019

Closed

190. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Signed Photograph

Sold For: $1,059 (w/BP)

Estimate: $500+

Auction #608 - May 12, 2021

Closed

181. Supreme Court Group Lot

Sold For: $1,059 (w/BP)

Estimate: $1,000+

Auction #595 - November 11, 2020

Closed