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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 158 | Joe Louis (1914-1981) | Joe Louis World War II propaganda poster |
1942 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 508.00 | |
| 159 | Joe Louis (1914-1981) | Joe Louis World War II propaganda poster |
1942 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 508.00 | |
| 161 | Melvin Purvis (1903-1960) | John Dillinger wanted poster, Melvin Purvis signed check, and photograph |
1934 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 952.50 | |
| 162 | John Herbert Dillinger (1903-1934) | FBI wanted poster for John Dillinger |
1934 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,905.00 | |
| 163 | Hubert Geroid Brown (1943-2025) | FBI wanted poster for Hubert Geroid "H. Rap" Brown |
1970 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 190.50 | |
| 164 | Patricia C. Hearst (born 1954); Emily Harris (born 1979); William Taylor Harris (born circa 1944) | Patty Hearst, Emily Harris, and William Harris FBI wanted poster |
1974 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 444.50 | |
| 166 | Jean Paul Getty (1892-1976) | J. Paul Getty signed Oklahoma Oil Corporation stock certificate |
1933 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 635.00 | |
| 167 | Wanted poster for the kidnapping of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. |
1932 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,206.50 | ||
| 168 | Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974) | Autograph letter signed by Charles A. Lindbergh |
Switzerland | 1971 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 635.00 |
| 169 | Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974) | Charles Lindbergh ephemera group |
1957; 1927 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,397.00 | |
| 170 | Amelia Earhart (1897-disappeared 1937) | Amelia Earhart autographed photograph |
ND | USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 | USD 3,810.00 | |
| 171 | Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) | Ernest Hemingway signed and inscribed photograph |
N/A | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,762.50 | |
| 172 | Helen Keller (1880-1968) | Helen Keller signed letters |
1937; 1946; 1954 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,032.00 | |
| 173 | Helen Keller | Helen Keller signed 'The Story of My Life' |
Garden City; New York | 1913 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 635.00 |
| 174 | Helen Keller; Anne Sullivan Macy (1866-1936) | Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy signed photograph |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,159.00 | |
| 175 | Mother Teresa (1910-1997) | Mother Teresa ephemera group |
1990 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,540.00 | |
| 176 | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) | George Bernard Shaw signed letter |
1917 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,397.00 | |
| 203 | Albert Goodwill Spalding (1850-1915) | Albert Goodwill Spalding signature and postcard |
N/A | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,270.00 | |
| 204 | Old Timers' Home Run Baseball Punchboard |
20th century; Late 1930s | USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 762.00 | ||
| 205 | Oval daguerreotype of two baseball players |
late 19th century | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 762.00 | ||
| 206 | Honus Wagner (1874-1955) | Honus Wagner tintype with friend and dog in costume |
c. 1890 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 12,065.00 | |
| 207 | A. Ottavino Memorial Studios | Blueprint for the granite monument of George Herman "Babe" Ruth |
1949 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,016.00 | |
| 208 | George H. Ruth (1895-1948) | Fordham Rams versus University of Alabama program signed by Babe Ruth |
c. 1930s | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,715.00 | |
| 209 | George H. Ruth (1895-1948) | Photograph of Babe Ruth signed and inscribed to Ed Wells |
c. 1930s | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 | |
| 210 | George H. Ruth (1895-1948) | Check signed by Babe Ruth to Charles Weisbecker |
1941 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
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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.