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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Theodore Roosevelt | THEODORE ROOSEVELT SIGNED LIMITED ED - BIG GAME HUNTING IN THE ROCKIES AND ON THE GREAT PLAINS |
New York | 1899 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,575.00 |
| 27 | Harris & Ewing | CALVIN COOLIDGE |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 312.00 | |
| 28 | Howard Renwick | THOMAS E. DEWEY - JOHN W. BRICKER 1944 JUGATE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN POSTERS |
1944 | USD 80.00 - 140.00 | USD 104.00 | |
| 29 | THOMAS DEWEY - EARL WARREN VERY LARGE JUGATE |
1948 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 260.00 | ||
| 30 | NEW ENGLAND HOMESTEAD POLITICAL WALL MAPS 1940 |
Chicago | 1940s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 338.00 | |
| 31 | 2 WWII FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT POSTERS |
1942; 1943 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 32 | Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832-1918); Will Hicok Low (1853-1932) | THE BOOK OF WEALTH - HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT CYGNE NOIR BOOK |
1896 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 598.00 | |
| 33 | Professor Henry Foster Smith | PHRENOLOGICAL AND TEMPERAMENTAL CHART - HENRY FOSTER SMITH |
Louisville, Kentucky | N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 130.00 |
| 34 | Paul Laurence Dunbar | PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR - POEMS OF CABIN AND FIELD |
New York | 1900 | USD 160.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 36 | William D. Berkompas | NORFOLK AND WESTERN CLASS J STEAM LOCOMOTIVE/TENDER DRAWING WILLIAM D. BERKOMPAS |
1982 | USD 60.00 - 80.00 | USD 78.00 | |
| 37 | Nathaniel Currier | A MAIN OF COCKS - THE FIRST BATTLE CURRIER AND IVES |
New York | 1856 | USD 160.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 38 | 15 VINTAGE JAPANESE SILK TRADE LABELS |
Japan | N/A | USD 60.00 - 90.00 | USD 65.00 | |
| 39 | 13 VINTAGE CIGARETTE AND ALCOHOL ADVERTISING POSTCARDS |
N/A | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 65.00 | ||
| 40 | Albert Henry Barnes (1876-1920) | ALBERT HENRY BARNES - MT. RAINIER ORIGINAL VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPH |
c. 1910-1920 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 41 | 1968 LYNDON JOHNSON - LADY BIRD - HUBERT HUMPHREY BONNIE AND CLYDE POSTER |
New York | 1968 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 156.00 | |
| 42 | 2 ANTI VIETNAM WAR POSTERS |
c. 1972 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 182.00 | ||
| 43 | Helmi El Touni (1934-2024) | 2 VINTAGE PRO PALESTINE POSTERS |
1979 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 156.00 | |
| 44 | ANTI VIETNAM WAR STUDENT PROTEST POSTER |
Washington, D.C. | 1970 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 208.00 | |
| 45 | David Nordahl | ANTI-VIETNAM PROTEST POSTER 1968 |
1968 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 46 | ATTICA PRISON RIOT 3RD ANNIVERSARY POSTER |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 312.00 | ||
| 47 | END THE WAR! 1968 ANTI-VIETNAM WAR PROTEST POSTER |
New York City | 1968 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 130.00 | |
| 48 | Paul Rebeyrolle (1926-2005) | FRENCH MAY 68 PROTEST POSTER BY PAUL REBEYROLLE |
France | 1968 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 49 | MARTIN LUTHER KING JR 1973 NAACP MEMORIAL DAY POSTER |
1973 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 260.00 | ||
| 50 | Ben Shahn (1898-1969) | MCCARTHY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN PEACE POSTER BY BEN SHAHN |
1968 | USD 160.00 - 240.00 | USD 234.00 | |
| 51 | MEXICAN 1940s POLITICAL POSTER |
Mexico | c. 1940s | USD 80.00 - 140.00 | USD 117.00 |
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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.