Fairhill Auction: Vintage Posters, Politics & Erotica, 42326, Elkton
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 23, 2026 - April 23, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1968 GOP ELEPHANT REPUBLICAN PARTY POSTER |
Washington, D.C. | 1968 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 104.00 | |
| 2 | Art Bevacqua | 1970 RAT MAN & BOOBIN IDENTITY EXPOSED NIXON SPIRO POSTER |
L.A., CA | 1970 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 3 | LBJ DO IT AGAIN IN 68 HEADSHOP POSTER |
1967 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 4 | GUN CONTROL BEGINS IN THE WHITE HOUSE LBJ LEE HARVEY OSWALD POSTER |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 5 | Gavin Jay | 1970 RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON POSTER BY J. GAVIN SIGNED |
1970 | USD 160.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 6 | UNITED CITIZENS FOR NIXON-AGNEW CAMPAIGN POSTER |
1968 | USD 100.00 - 160.00 | USD 104.00 | ||
| 7 | DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER - RICHARD NIXON INAUGURAL INVITATIONS |
1957 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 91.00 | ||
| 8 | 3 REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE POSTERS |
1989; 1964; 1980s | USD 60.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 9 | 4 DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE POSTERS |
1964 | USD 80.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 10 | BARRY GOLDWATER 1964 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN POSTER |
1964 | USD 60.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 11 | BARRY GOLDWATER FOR PRESIDENT 1964 ELECTION POSTER |
Jamaica, New York | 1964 | USD 30.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 12 | Dan Flavin; Barbara Duff | DAN FLAVIN - I BELIEVE HIM - GEORGE MCGOVERN CAMPAIGN POSTERS [2 PCS] |
1972 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 13 | Richard Serra | STOP B S ANTI-WAR PROTEST POSTER BY RICHARD SERRA |
2004 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 14 | FAMOUS BLACK AMERICANS POSTER CIVIL RIGHTS - BLACK HISTORY |
1984-1985 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 15 | REGISTER YOUR DISCONTENT. VOTE. 1972 ELECTION RIGHTS POSTER |
1972 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 16 | GENERAL MOTORS AMERICAN DUTY REGISTER AND VOTE POSTER |
Detroit, Michigan | N/A | USD 80.00 - 100.00 | USD 52.00 | |
| 17 | SAN FRANCISCO1984 NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION POSTER |
1984 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 156.00 | ||
| 18 | LYNDON LAROUCHE 1992 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN POSTER |
1992 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 19 | PAUL O'DWYER FOR SENATOR PSYCHEDELIC POSTER |
c. 1970 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 20 | MARTIN LUTHER KING 20TH ANNIVERSARY CIVIL RIGHTS POSTER [BLACK HISTORY] |
1988 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 130.00 | ||
| 21 | DICK GREGORY NEEDED POSTER |
1969 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 65.00 | ||
| 22 | ROBERT F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN POSTER |
1968 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 182.00 | ||
| 23 | JOHN F. KENNEDY EPHEMERA AND COLLECTIBLES |
1964; 1965; 1966; 1992 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 130.00 | ||
| 24 | Fabian Bachrach | 5 ORIGINAL JONH F. KENNEDY PHOTOGRAPHS BY FABIAN BACHRACH |
1947, printed 1961; 1951; 1958; 1963 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 338.00 | |
| 25 | Bradford Bachrach; Fabian Bachrach | ORIGINAL KENNEDY PHOTOGRAPHS BY BACHRACH |
1958; 1953 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 494.00 |
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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.