Ahlers & Ogletree: The Estate of Dr. G. B. Espy, 42226, Atlanta
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 22, 2026 - April 22, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Marilyn Monroe 1955 wall calendar |
1955 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 444.50 | ||
| 73 | Tom Kelley Studio | Marilyn Monroe, A New Wrinkle, 1953 calendar |
Hollywood, CA | 1953 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 571.50 |
| 74 | Playboy #1 |
1953 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,857.50 | ||
| 75 | Playboy #1 |
1953 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,778.00 | ||
| 77 | Greta Garbo (1905-1990) | Greta Garbo signed letter with photograph and plaque |
Santa Monica, CA | 1936 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 825.50 |
| 78 | JEAN HARLOW'S DRESSING ROOM KEY SHADOW BOX |
1936 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 635.00 | ||
| 79 | Mae West (1893-1980) | Mae West check stubs |
1935 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 222.25 | |
| 80 | Bette Davis (1908-1989) | Bette Davis handwritten letter to daughter |
1968 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 444.50 | |
| 81 | Saponaro | Bette Davis ranch mink coat design sketch |
1982 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 285.75 | |
| 82 | Blaze Starr (1932-2015) | Blaze Starr personal handwritten letters |
1996 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 508.00 | |
| 83 | ESTATE OF LUISE RAINER, COROMANDEL CASED BOOK SET |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 571.50 | ||
| 90 | Fred Astaire; Ginger Rogers; Fay Wray; Robert Mitchum; Claire Trevor; Loretta Young; Marshall Thompson; Ruth Warrick; Terry Moore; Keye Luke; Ben Johnson; Regis Toomey; Lawrence Tierney; Lyle Talbot; Kenneth Tobey | RKO Radio Pictures autograph page |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 254.00 | |
| 91 | Buffalo Bill (1846-1917) | Group of Buffalo Bill signed ephemera |
1905; 1911 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,397.50 | |
| 92 | Norman Evans McLeod (1853-1915) | McLeod Wild West photograph |
1904 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 222.25 | |
| 93 | Thomas (1828) Stevens | THOMAS STEVENS, BUFFALO BILL SILK STEVENGRAPH |
Coventry, Eng. | N/A | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 317.50 |
| 95 | Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) | Two signed Louis Armstrong photographs |
1940s; early 1950s | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 825.50 | |
| 96 | Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) | Group of 3 signed letters by Louis Armstrong |
1938; 1939; 1945 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 3,492.50 | |
| 98 | Elvis Presley Christmas postcards and Paramount letterhead |
circa 1950s-60s | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 381.00 | ||
| 100 | Jackie Wilson (1934-1984) | Jackie Wilson autographed photo |
N/A | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 101 | Harry Houdini (1874-1926) | TLS signed by Harry Houdini |
1926 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,778.00 | |
| 102 | Harper Lee (1926-2016) | Harper Lee signed portrait photograph |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 381.00 | |
| 103 | Harper Lee (1926-2016) | ALS by Harper Lee |
2004 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,143.00 | |
| 104 | Harper Lee (1926-2016) | To Kill a Mockingbird |
Philadelphia; New York | 1960 | USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 34,925.00 |
| 105 | Harper Lee (1926-2016) | To Kill a Mockingbird |
Philadelphia; New York | 1960 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 30,480.00 |
| 106 | Harper Lee (1926-2016) | To Kill a Mockingbird |
Philadelphia; New York | 1960 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
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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.