Brunk Auctions: Photography, Native American Art, Emporium , 18198, Asheville, NC
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 23, 2026 - April 23, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | E. Boubat (1923-1999) | Partition |
Paris | 1982 | USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 502 | Basic Instinct |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 503 | J.N.U. (1932-2022) | Untitled (Homage to the daguerreotype) |
1969 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 845.00 | |
| 504 | Cole Weston (1886-1958) | Bertha, Glendale (62N, Dancer's knees) |
1927, printed later | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,210.00 | |
| 505 | Avedon (1923-2004) | Sicily, Italy, #19, Boy in Tree, Noto |
Sicily, Italy; Noto | 1947, printed later | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 506 | William Klein (1926-2022) | Smoke and Veil, Paris (vogue) |
Paris | 1958, printed later; possibly 1972 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 507 | E. Teske (1911-1996) | In the Garden at Murray Dr.; Sherrie; Grant Maiben, L.A. Calif; Untitled nude |
1962; 1970; 1983 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 508 | Dahlia Collanette 'Mans' |
2001 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 195.00 | ||
| 509 | Carrie M Weems (born 1954) | Untitled (Woman and daughter with Makeup) |
New York City | 1990/2010 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,525.00 |
| 510 | Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006) | Nude In the Box, Horizontal |
Carmel California | 1962, printed 1988 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
| 511 | Untitled, from the "Chicago Loop Series" |
1976-1978, printed 2001 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 650.00 | ||
| 512 | Castle of Dreams |
1920 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,080.00 | ||
| 513 | Horst (1906-1999) | Birthday Gloves |
1947, printed later | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 514 | Walker Evans (1903-1975) | Hudson Street Boarding House Detail, New York; Vicksburg Battlefield Monument, Mississippi |
New York; Mississippi | 1931; 1936 | USD 1,800.00 - 2,800.00 | USD 1,170.00 |
| 515 | Walker Evans (1903-1975) | Farmer's Kitchen, Hale County, Alabama (Washroom in the Dog Run of Floyd Burroughs' Home) |
Hale County, Alabama | 1936 | USD 2,400.00 - 3,400.00 | USD 1,690.00 |
| 516 | Hine (1874-1940) | Vera Hill, 5 years old, Cotton Picker, Comanche County, Oklahoma |
Comanche County, Oklahoma | 1920/30 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 517 | Weegee (1913-2009) | New York (Kids with Masks) |
New York | 1940 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 518 | Hine (1874-1940) | Girls at Weaving Machine, Lincoln Cotton Mills, Evansville, Indiana |
Evansville, Indiana | 1908, printed 1920/30 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 519 | H. Niedecken (1898-1995) | Untitled (Skating Waiters, St. Moritz) |
St. Moritz | 1934 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 520 | Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995) | Monks along the Arnot River, Florence |
Florence | 1935, printed 1993 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 521 | Walker Evans (1903-1975) | Faces, Pennsylvania town |
Pennsylvania; Louisiana | 1936; 1935 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 522 | Louis Faurer (1916-2001) | George Barrows in Robert Frank's Loft, New York, NY |
New York, NY | 1947, printed 1991 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 910.00 |
| 523 | Old Order Amish Children Haying, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 195.00 | |
| 524 | Arthur Rothstein (1915-1985); Russell Lee (1903-1986) | Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama |
Alabama; Hidalgo County Texas | 1937, printed later; 1939 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,950.00 |
| 525 | Eugene Atget |
1927 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,080.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.