Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper, 41826, Franklin

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 18, 2026 - April 18, 2026

Page Size: 147 items in 6 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
9476	Miro	Miro, Rare, Signed - Illustration of the Childhood of Ubu	Paris	1975	USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
9477	Barbier	Barbier - Pair of Pochoir Illustrations		1928	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 192.60
9478	Barbier	Barbier - Pair of Theater Costume Lithographs (Une Ombre)	Paris	1927	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 214.00
9479	Maitres Affiches	Maitres Affiches - 9 Poster Lithographs	Paris	1896-1900	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 321.00
9480	Maitres Affiches	Maitres Affiches - 4 Poster Lithographs	Paris	1896-1900	USD 500.00 - 1,500.00	USD 192.60
9481	Sponsel by McNairi & MacDonald	Sponsel by McNairi & MacDonald - The Glasgow Institue of the Fine Arts	Dresden	1897	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 347.75
9482	Sponsel by Rhead	Sponsel by Rhead - Cassell's Magazine	Dresden	1897	USD 400.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
9483	Sponsel by Leyendecker	Sponsel by Leyendecker - The Century	Dresden	1897	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 160.50
9484	Sponsel by Toulouse-Lautrec	Sponsel by Toulouse-Lautrec - Le Revue Blanche	Dresden	1897	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 374.50
9485	Van Houtte	Van Houtte - 4 Gloxinia Prints		1845-1883	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 117.70
9486	Van Houtte	Van Houtte - Pair of Primula or Auricula Prints		1845-1883	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 80.25
9487	Van Houtte	Van Houtte - Carnivorous Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes)		1845-1883	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 160.50
9488	Van Houtte	Van Houtte - Water Lily		1845-1883	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 181.90
9489	Van Houtte	Van Houtte - 3 Cactus Prints		1845-1883	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 85.60
9490	Curtis	Curtis - Pair of Lily Engravings		N/A	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 128.40
9491	Curtis	Curtis - 3 Magnolia Engravings		1787-mid1800s	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 246.10
9492	Curtis	Curtis - 4 Iris or Flag Engravings		1787-mid1800s	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 278.20
9495	Trew	Trew - Indian Mallow. 91	Nuremberg	1750	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 160.50
9496	Trew	Trew - Rhododendrum. 66	Nuremberg	1750	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 214.00
9497	Bertuch	Bertuch - 4 Moth Engravings	Weimar, Germany	1792-1810	USD 400.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
9498	Audubon	Audubon - Canada Porcupine. 36	New York	1849-1854	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 128.40
9499	Audubon	Audubon - Rocky Mountain Sheep. 73	New York	1849-1854	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 107.00
9500	Audubon	Audubon - American Elk or Wapiti Deer. 62	New York	1849-1854	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 117.70
9501	Audubon	Audubon - American Red Fox. 87	New York	1849-1854	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 117.70
9502	Dresser	Dresser - Pair of Saker Prints	London	1871-1896	USD 200.00 - 500.00	USD 90.95

Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7

Sotheby’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, 2026

Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000

Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000

Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000

Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000

Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500

Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000

Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000

Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000

Forum, 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.