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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107 | Harper Lee (1926-2016) | To Kill a Mockingbird |
Philadelphia; New York | 1960 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 5,715.00 |
| 108 | Harper Lee (1926-2016) | To Kill a Mockingbird |
Philadelphia; New York | 1960 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 19,050.00 |
| 109 | Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) | Margaret Mitchell funeral program and signed letter |
1949 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 571.50 | |
| 110 | Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) | Margaret Mitchell signed letter on Gone With the Wind sequel |
1940 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,492.50 | |
| 111 | Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) | Gone with the Wind |
New York | 1936 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 |
| 112 | Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) | Gone with the Wind |
New York | 1936 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
| 113 | Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) | Gone with the Wind |
New York | 1936 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 6,350.00 |
| 114 | Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) | Gone with the Wind |
New York | 1936 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 115 | Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) | Gone with the Wind |
New York | 1936 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,540.00 |
| 116 | Gone With the Wind Gettysburg Montage Script |
1939 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 508.00 | ||
| 117 | Gone With the Wind Production Sheets |
N/A | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,651.00 | ||
| 118 | Gone With the Wind Ephemera |
1939; 1936; c. 1930s-1990s | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 444.50 | ||
| 119 | Gone with the Wind Program and Playbill |
1939 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 285.75 | ||
| 121 | Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) | Robert E. Lee Carte de Visite |
Lynchburg, VA | N/A | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 3,175.00 |
| 122 | Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) | Washington College Diploma |
1868 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 8,890.00 | |
| 123 | Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863) | Letter to George Gibson |
1847 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,762.50 | |
| 124 | Alabama Secession Letter |
1861 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 635.00 | ||
| 125 | George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) | Letter to Major Carland |
c. 1875 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 4,127.50 | |
| 126 | Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) | Letter to Surgeon Lawson |
1854 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 889.00 | |
| 127 | Florida Civil War Bank Notes |
1861 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,651.00 | ||
| 128 | Georgia $500 Bank Note |
Milledgeville | 1864 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 952.50 | |
| 129 | Georgia Broken Bank Notes |
1862; 1860; 1856; 1855; 1859; 1858; 1861 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,159.00 | ||
| 130 | Joseph Smith Jr. (1805-1844); S. Rigdon | Kirtland Safety Society $5 Note |
Kirtland, Ohio | 1937 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 131 | Mississippi Bank Notes |
1862 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,016.00 | ||
| 132 | Georgia Notes |
1864-1865 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,270.00 |
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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.