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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4126 | Canada, 1897, 2c, 3c, 8c, 20c, 50c Jubilee, Plate Proofs on India |
Canada | 1897 | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,540.00 | |
| 4127 | Canada, 1897, ½c-50c Jubilee |
Canada | 1897 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 354.00 | |
| 4128 | Canada, 1897, 1c-10c Jubilee |
Canada | 1897 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 383.50 | |
| 4129 | Canada, 1897, 3c Jubilee, Plate Proof on India |
Canada | 1897 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 649.00 | |
| 4130 | Canada, 1897, 8c Jubilee |
Canada | 1897 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 212.40 | |
| 4131 | Canada, 1897, 50c Jubilee, Plate Proof on India |
Canada | 1897 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,652.00 | |
| 4132 | Canada, 1897, $4.00 Jubilee |
Canada | 1897 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,720.00 | |
| 4133 | Canada, 1897, $4.00 Jubilee |
Canada | 1897 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 531.00 | |
| 4134 | Canada, 1897, $5.00 Jubilee, Plate Proof on India |
Canada | 1897 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 413.00 | |
| 4135 | Canada, 1897, $5.00 Jubilee |
Canada | 1897 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,006.00 | |
| 4136 | Canada, 1898-1902, ½c-8c Numerals, Small Die Proofs on India |
Canada | 1898-1902 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 472.00 | |
| 4137 | Canada, 1908, ½c-20c Tercentenary |
Canada | 1908 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 413.00 | |
| 4138 | Canada, 1908, ½c-20c Tercentenary, Imperforate |
Canada | 1908 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,006.00 | |
| 4139 | Canada, 1924, 2c Yellow Green, Coil |
Canada | 1924 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 224.20 | |
| 4140 | Canada, 1995, $2.00 Truro Normal School, Inscriptions Inverted |
Canada | 1995 | USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 12,980.00 | |
| 4141 | Sandford Fleming | Canada, 1894 Black Frank, Canadian Pacific Railways Telephone & Telegraph Frank |
Canada | 1894 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 590.00 |
| 4142 | Cape of Good Hope, 1853, 1p Brick Red on Bluish Paper |
Cape of Good Hope | 1853 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 708.00 | |
| 4143 | Cape of Good Hope, 1861, 1p Vermilion, 4p Blue, Wood Blocks |
Cape of Good Hope | 1861 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 590.00 | |
| 4144 | Cape of Good Hope, 1861, 4p Milky Blue, Wood Block |
Cape of Good Hope | 1861 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 383.50 | |
| 4145 | Cape of Good Hope, 1861, 4p Deep Bright Blue, Wood Block |
Cape of Good Hope | 1861 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 590.00 | |
| 4146 | Cape of Good Hope, 1864, 4p Dark Blue |
Cape of Good Hope | 1864 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 1,298.00 | |
| 4147 | Ceylon, 1857, 5p Orange Brown |
Ceylon | 1857 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 649.00 | |
| 4148 | Ceylon, 1859, 1sh9p Green |
Ceylon | 1859 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 442.50 | |
| 4149 | Cyprus, 1902, ½p Green & Carmine Rose on picture postcard |
Cyprus | 1902 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 295.00 | |
| 4150 | Falkland Islands, 1892, ½p Green, Watermark Inverted and Reversed |
Falkland Islands | 1892 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 165.20 |
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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.