Robert Siegel Galleries: Worldwide Stamps and Postal History, 1377, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 29, 2026 - May 01, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4001 | Great Britain | 1p Black (1; SG 2) |
Great Britain | 1840 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,534.00 |
| 4002 | Great Britain | 1p Black (1; SG 2) |
Great Britain | 1840 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 94,400.00 |
| 4003 | Great Britain | 1p Black (1; SG 2) |
Great Britain | 1840 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 118.00 |
| 4004 | Great Britain | 1p Red Brown, Printed From "Black Plate" (3 var; SG 7; SG Specialised AS59) |
Great Britain | 1840 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 4005 | Great Britain | 1sh Pale Green, Embossed (5; SG 54) |
Great Britain | 1847 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 944.00 |
| 4006 | Great Britain | 1sh Green, Embossed (5a; SG 55) |
Great Britain | 1854 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 442.50 |
| 4007 | Great Britain | 6p Lilac (27; SG 68) |
Great Britain | 1856 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 413.00 |
| 4008 | Great Britain | 1½p Lilac Rose, Bluish Paper (31; SG 53a) |
Great Britain | 1860 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,006.00 |
| 4009 | Great Britain | ½p Rose (58; SG 49) |
Great Britain | 1870 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 324.50 |
| 4010 | Great Britain | ½p Violet Postal Card |
Great Britain | 1870 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 212.40 |
| 4011 | Great Britain | 10sh Slate (74; SG 128) |
Great Britain | 1878 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 501.50 |
| 4012 | Great Britain | One-Penny Concessionary Rate Cover |
Great Britain | 1881 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 265.50 |
| 4013 | Great Britain | Hand-Illustrated Cover |
Great Britain | 1895 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 236.00 |
| 4014 | Great Britain | £5 Orange (93; SG 137) |
Great Britain | 1882 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,003.00 |
| 4015 | Great Britain | 5p Dull Green, Line under "d", Unissued (104 Footnote; SG 193 Footnote; SG Specialised K23a) |
Great Britain | 1884 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,800.00 |
| 4016 | Great Britain | £1 Brown Violet (123; SG 186) |
ND | 1891 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 4017 | Great Britain | 2sh6p-£1 Seahorses, Waterlow Printing, Specimen Overprints (173S-176S; SG 399s-404s) |
ND | 1913 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,003.00 |
| 4018 | Great Britain | 2sh6p-£1 Castles, De La Rue Printing (SG 536a-539a) |
ND | 1958 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 129.80 |
| 4019 | Great Britain | 3p Deep Lilac, Tete-Beche, Imprimatur (350pP; SG 615P) |
ND | 1960 | USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 4020 | Great Britain | 3p Post Office Tower, Yellow (Tower) Omitted (438a; SG 679a) |
ND | 1965 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,652.00 |
| 4021 | Great Britain | ½p-£1 Postage Due, Imprimaturs (J55P-J67P; SG D56-D68; SG Specialised Z17-Z29 Imprimaturs) |
ND | 1959-1963 | USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 4022 | Great Britain | £1 Green, Official (O26; SG O27) |
ND | 1902 | USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 9,440.00 |
| 4023 | Great Britain | 6p Violet on Rose, Army Official (O58; SG O45) |
ND | 1901 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 354.00 |
| 4024 | J. Valentine | Universal Brotherhood Illustrated Propaganda Design, J. Valentine |
ND | 1850 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,832.00 |
| 4025 | Elihu Burritt | Elihu Burritt Letter |
London | 1851 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 590.00 |
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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.