Swann Galleries: Autographs, 2735, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 09, 2026 - April 09, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Warhol; Robert Rauschenberg | Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg — Exhibition Invitation Signed |
1982 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 889.00 | |
| 2 | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin — Signature |
circa 1937 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 762.00 | |
| 3 | James Jones | From Here to Eternity — Signed by Film Stars |
1952 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,159.00 | |
| 4 | John Williams; Peter Benchley | John Williams and Peter Benchley — Two Items Signed |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,980.00 | |
| 5 | James Gandolfini; Paul Newman | Group of 6 Photographs Signed and Inscribed |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 762.00 | |
| 6 | Al Hirschfeld | Two Books Signed and Inscribed |
1961; 1970 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 476.00 | |
| 7 | Babe Ruth | Babe Ruth — Signature |
N/A | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 | |
| 8 | Connie Mack; Joe Louis; Alice Marble; Jack Dempsey; George Zaharias; Babe D. Zaharias; Suzanne Lenglen; Grover Cleveland Alexander; Helen Wills Moody; Jim Braddock; Tony Galento; Bob Shawkey; Tommy Burns | Group of 12 Items Signed or Signed and Inscribed |
N/A | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,302.00 | |
| 9 | Shirley Temple | Shirley Temple — Group of 5 Photographs Inscribed and Signed |
1940s | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 10 | Robert Anderson | Robert Anderson — Photograph Signed |
1861-1865 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,270.00 | |
| 11 | Aaron Burr | Aaron Burr — Partly-printed Document Signed |
1800 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,143.00 | |
| 12 | Jefferson Davis | Jefferson Davis — Three Checks and Photograph |
1871; 1873; circa 1859 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,286.00 | |
| 13 | David G. Farragut | David G. Farragut — Photograph Signed |
1864-1866 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,397.00 | |
| 14 | William Henry Furness | William Henry Furness — Autograph Letter Signed |
1892 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 15 | Robert Fulton | Robert Fulton — Autograph Manuscript with Ink Drawing |
circa 1813 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,540.00 | |
| 16 | Elbridge Gerry | Elbridge Gerry — Autograph Letter Signed |
1776 | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 | |
| 17 | Alexander Hamilton | Alexander Hamilton — Autograph Note Signed |
1781 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 7,620.00 | |
| 18 | Gilbert du Motier Lafayette | Gilbert du Motier Lafayette — Autograph Letter Signed |
1782 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 11,220.00 | |
| 19 | John Marshall | John Marshall — Letter Signed |
1801 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 20 | Philip Henry Sheridan | Philip Henry Sheridan — Photograph Signed |
1864-1869 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,651.00 | |
| 21 | Josiah Wedgwood | Josiah Wedgwood — Autograph Letter Signed |
1790; 1824 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,413.00 | |
| 22 | Mark Twain; William Lloyd Garrison; Oliver Wendell Holmes; Henry Ward Beecher; Henry W. Longfellow; Franklin Pierce; Wendell Phillips; Richard Henry Dana, Sr; Richard Henry Dana, Jr; Louis Agassiz; Charles Sumner; Jared Sparks; Joaquin Miller; Josiah Quin | Autograph Album Containing 38 Items Signed |
1857-84 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,413.00 | |
| 23 | Franklin D. Roosevelt; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Calvin Coolidge; Grace Coolidge; Harry Truman; Herbert Hoover; Will Rogers; Gary Cooper; Mary Pickford; Douglas Fairbanks; Spencer Tracy; Ed Wynn; Frederic March; Robert Ripley; Nell Brinkley; Bing Crosby; Dixi | Autograph Album Containing Over 30 Items |
1934-42 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,159.00 | |
| 24 | Grover Cleveland; Thomas F. Bayard; William Crowninshield Endicott; William Collins Whitney; William F. Vilas; Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar; Augustus H. Garland; Morrison Waite; Samuel Freeman Miller; Stephen Johnson Field; Joseph P. Bradley; John Mar | Autograph Album Containing Over 300 Signatures |
circa 1886 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 3,432.00 | |
| 25 | Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria of England | Prince Albert — Autograph Letter Signed |
1833 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,651.00 |
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Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.” -
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950