Christies: Photographs, 24333, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 17, 2026 - April 17, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAVID OCTAVIUS HILL (1802–1870) & ROBERT ADAMSON (1821–1848) | Lady Isabella Elizabeth (Norman) Grant. Wife of Sir Francis Grant, 1843-1847 |
1843-1847, printed c. 1847 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,540.00 | |
| 2 | E. J. BELLOCQ (1873–1949) | Untitled, Plate 27, from Storyville Portraits, 1911 |
1911, printed c. 1949 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 | |
| 3 | EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973) | Road Into the Valley – Moonrise, 1904 |
1904 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 4 | EUGENE ATGET (1857–1927) | The Water Parterres, 1900 |
1900 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 | |
| 5 | FREDERICK H. EVANS (1853–1943) | Gloucester Cathedral, Cloisters, Interior of Lavatorium, 1890 |
1890 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 | |
| 6 | EUGENE ATGET (1857–1927) | Boutique d'articles pour hommes, 16 rue du Petit-Thouars, 1911 |
1911 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 | |
| 7 | EUGENE ATGET (1857–1927) | Bouillon Blanc En Fleur, c. 1896 |
c.1896 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 | |
| 8 | EUGENE ATGET (1857–1927) | Notre Dame, 1923 |
1923 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 9 | FREDERICK H. EVANS (1853–1943) | Gloucester Cathedral, Crypt, 1890 |
1890 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,540.00 | |
| 10 | FREDERICK H. EVANS (1853–1943) | St. Bartholomew’s South Side Chancel to West, 1911 |
1911 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 11 | EUGENE ATGET (1857–1927) | Parc De St. Cloud, 1904 |
1904 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,065.00 | |
| 12 | EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958) | Portrait of Virginia 'Mimi' Whitehead, 1917 |
1917 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 22,860.00 | |
| 13 | FRANTIŠEK DRTIKOL (1883-1961) | Nude, c. 1914 |
c.1914 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,048.00 | |
| 14 | FRANTIŠEK DRTIKOL (1883-1961) | Untitled, c. 1925 |
c.1925 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 | |
| 15 | MARGRETHE MATHER (1885-1952) | Frayne Williams, as Anatol, 1920 |
1920 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 16 | ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946) | Georgia O'Keeffe—Torso, 1918 |
1918 | USD 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 17 | ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946) | Portrait of Georgia, No.1, 1923 |
1923 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 50,800.00 | |
| 18 | PAUL STRAND (1890-1976) | Rebecca, 1930 |
1930 | USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 19 | EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958) | Nude (Sonya Noskowiak), 1934 |
1934 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 20,320.00 | |
| 20 | IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM (1883–1976) | Her and Her Shadow 2, 1931 |
1931, printed 1930s | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 21 | EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973) | Advertisement for Cannon Towels, 1935 |
1935 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 19,050.00 | |
| 22 | EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958) | Ruby, 1934 |
1934 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 24,130.00 | |
| 23 | EDWARD WESTON (1886–1958) | Nude on Sand, Oceano, 1936 |
1936, printed later | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,715.00 | |
| 24 | EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958) | Legs of a Dancer (Bertha Wardell), 1927 |
1927 | USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 25 | IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM (1883–1976) | Triangles, 1928 |
1928, printed later | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
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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.