Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper, 52826, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 28, 2026 - May 28, 2026

Page Size: 264 items in 11 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26		Teny Soa	Antananarivo	1870-1900	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,588.80
27	Avetaranian Johannes	Holy Bible in Eastern (Kashgar) Turki	Cairo	1950	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 794.40
28	Siebmacher Johann Ambrosius	Das grosse und vollstandige Anfangs Siebmacherische, hernacher Furstische und Helmerische	Nuremberg	1734	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 662.00
29	Zakhir Abdallah	Kitab al-Burhan as-Sarih fi haqiqat sirrai din al Masih	Dair as-Shuwair	1764	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,383.20
30	Paciaudi Paolo Maria	Descrizzione delle Feste Celebrate in Parma l'Anno MDCCLXIX	Parma	1769	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,250.80
31		Kitab al-hurulugiyun	Dair as-Shuwair	1787	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
32	Lavedan Antonio	Tratado de los usos, abusos, propiedades y virtudes del tabaco, cafe, te y chocolate	Madrid	1796	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
33	Bach Johann Sebastian	Vingt-Quatre Preludes et Fugues pour le Clavecin ou Piano-Forte	Zurich	1801	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,324.00
34	Cooper James Fenimore	The Water Witch; or the Skimmer of the Seas	Dresden	1830	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
35	Holberg Ludvig	Comoedier	Copenhagen	1883-8	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 635.52
36		Leaves from an English medieval Bible		thirteenth century	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 728.20
37		Leaf from an commentary on a Computus text	England	late fourteenth or early fifteenth century	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 728.20
38	Lemoine Jean	Small collection of leaves or cuttings from medieval manuscripts	France	fourteenth to fifteenth century	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 794.40
39		St. Mary Magdalene	Flanders	c. 1430-50	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 1,721.20
40		The Flight into Egypt	France	c. 1450	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,456.40
41		Calendar leaf for the month of November	northern France	c. 1470-80	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,257.80
42	Master of Edward IV	The Christ Child holding a crystal orb	Southern Netherlands	last decades of the fifteenth century	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,574.80
43		God appearing to Solomon at Gibeon	France	thirteenth century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,191.60
44		Leaf from the ‘Rheims Psalter’	northern France	mid-thirteenth century	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 463.40
45		A bifolium and a leaf from Italian copies of the Decretals	Italy	fourteenth century	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 926.80
46		Leaf from an early Italian Book of Hours	Italy	last quarter of the fourteenth century	GBP 1,800.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
47		Leaf from a Breviary	Croatia	fifteenth century	GBP 1,800.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
48		Cutting from a pocket-sized English liturgical manual	England	first half of the fifteenth century	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 370.72
49		Leaf from a large Book of Hours	France; Paris	c. 1430	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 662.00
50		Leaf from a Book of Hours	France	c. 1450	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 503.12

Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30

Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] 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: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000

Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30

Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000
Sotheby’s
Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
Live Sale 24 June

Sotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.