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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Alfonso V, King of Aragon & Sicily | Alfonso V — Vellum Document Signed |
1435 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,905.00 | |
| 27 | Roald Amundsen | Sydpolen: Den Norske Sydpolsfaerd med Fram 1910-1912 — Signed |
1912; 1913 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,032.00 | |
| 28 | Susan B. Anthony | Susan B. Anthony — Photograph Signed and Dated |
1887 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,651.00 | |
| 29 | Benedict XV, Pope | Benedict XV — Photograph Dated and Signed |
1914 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 762.00 | |
| 30 | Benedict XV, Pope | Benedict XV — Photograph Dated and Signed |
1917 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 476.00 | |
| 31 | James Buchanan Brady | James Buchanan Brady — Typed Document Signed |
1909 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 32 | Andrew Carnegie | Andrew Carnegie — Photograph dated and Signed |
1919; 1918 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,413.00 | |
| 33 | Andrew Carnegie | Andrew Carnegie — Typed Letter Signed |
1901 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,452.00 | |
| 34 | Chiang Kai-Shek | Chiang Kai-Shek — Signature |
1964 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 698.00 | |
| 35 | Winston S. Churchill | Winston S. Churchill — Typed Letter Signed |
1946 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,048.00 | |
| 36 | Charles Cornwallis | Charles Cornwallis — Autograph Letter Signed |
1789 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 952.00 | |
| 37 | Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre | Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre — Autograph Letter Signed |
1839 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 38 | Charles Darwin | Charles Darwin — Letter Signed |
1876 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,588.00 | |
| 39 | Benjamin Disraeli | Benjamin Disraeli — Small archive of 8 Autograph Letters |
1834-48 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,056.00 | |
| 40 | Benjamin Disraeli | Benjamin Disraeli — Two Autograph Letters Signed |
1859; 1871 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 429.00 | |
| 41 | Amelia Earhart | Amelia Earhart — Signature |
N/A | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,848.00 | |
| 42 | Thomas A. Edison | Thomas A. Edison — Document Signed |
1881 | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 | |
| 43 | Thomas A. Edison; Hudson Maxim | Thomas A. Edison; and Hudson Maxim — Photograph Signed |
1921 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,524.00 | |
| 44 | Thomas A. Edison | Thomas A. Edison — Brief Typed Letter Signed |
1911; 1912 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,320.00 | |
| 45 | Edward VII | Edward VII — Brief Autograph Letter Signed |
1850; 1883 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,540.00 | |
| 46 | Ferdinand I | Ferdinand I — Letter Signed and Inscribed |
1835 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,056.00 | |
| 47 | Henry Ford | Henry Ford — Signature |
1934 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,848.00 | |
| 48 | Warren Hastings | Warren Hastings — Three items, each Signed |
1774; 1776; 1782 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 726.00 | |
| 49 | Charles Evans Hughes | Charles Evans Hughes — Group of 5 Photographs Signed |
1921 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 50 | Alfred Kinsey | Alfred Kinsey — Four Typed Letters Signed |
1949-51 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 349.00 |
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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