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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | 18 VINTAGE CRUISE LINE TRAVEL BAGS AND APPAREL |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 126 | 1954 CUNARD'S LINE MAURETANIA II SHIP MAP POSTER |
1954 | USD 100.00 - 140.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 127 | 9 ANTIQUE CRUISE LINE MENUS AND PASSENGER LISTS |
1888; 1927; 1884; 1886 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 156.00 | ||
| 128 | VINTAGE CRUISE SHIP MEMORABILIA 13 PIECES |
1979 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 129 | VINTAGE CRUISE SHIP EPHEMERA |
1955; 1960; 1933; 1935; c. 1950s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 130 | LARGE COLLECTION OF VINTAGE CRUISE SHIP MENUS |
c. 1999; 1975; 1989 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 131 | Captain John H. Kilpack; John D. MacDonald; Robert Wechsler; John Maxtone-Graham | COLLECTION OF CRUISE SHIP EPHEMERA |
1981; 1988 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 132 | J.C. | VINTAGE 1947 JUCY ORANGE JUICE ADVERTISEMENT CARD |
1947 | USD 100.00 - 160.00 | USD 65.00 | |
| 133 | Emil Cardinaux (1877-1936) | 1939 SWISS NATIONAL EXPO POSTER - EMIL CARDINAUX |
Zurich | 1939 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 134 | Bernard Villemot (1911-1989) | SPAIN TRAVEL POSTER FLAMENCO DANCERS BY BERNARD VILLEMOT 1957 |
1957 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 312.00 | |
| 135 | Edmond Delescluze (1905-1993) | BELGIUM SPA TRAVEL POSTER BY EDMOND DELESCLUSE 1948 |
1948 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 130.00 | |
| 136 | Louis Schell (1924-?) | CITIES OF ART BELGIUM TRAVEL POSTER LOUIS SCHELL |
Belgium | c. 1951 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 137 | Louis Schell (1924-?) | VISIT BELGIUM TRAVEL POSTER LOUIS SCHELL |
Belgium | c. 1951 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 234.00 |
| 138 | Frederic Conrad (1916-1982) | BELGIUM TRAVEL POSTER FREDERIC CONRAD |
c. 1950 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 130.00 | |
| 139 | Jaques-Henry Delpy (1877-1957) | SPAIN TRAVEL POSTER BY JACQUES-HERNY DELPHY 1944 |
1944 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 140 | Reinhard Bartsch (1925-1990) | BERLIN TRAVEL POSTER BY REINHARD BARTSCH |
c. 1955 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 156.00 | |
| 141 | Hubert Lechner (1903-1990) | GROSSGLOCKNER AUSTRIA 1950S TRAVEL POSTER |
c. 1950 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 142 | Dean Clark | 4 EXPO 67 INTERNATIONAL AND UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION MONTREAL POSTERS |
Canada | c. 1963 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 143 | Otto Nielsen (1916-2000) | SAS SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES TRAVEL POSTER 1960s |
c. 1960s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 144 | K. Kostich | VINTAGE VACATION IN DENMARK POSTER |
c. 1950s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 145 | 2 ROYAL VIKING LINE CRUISE ADVERTISING POSTERS |
N/A | USD 80.00 - 140.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 146 | George Chapman (1908-1993) | LONDON TRANSPORT SCULPTURE CONTEST POSTER GEORGE CHAPMAN |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 140.00 | Not Sold | |
| 147 | David Lewis | 2 LONDON TRANSPORT POSTERS DAVID LEWIS 1953 |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 130.00 | |
| 148 | Denys Nicholls (1914-1996) | LONDON TRANSPORT DOME OR STEEPLE 1954 POSTER DENYS NICHOLLS |
1954 | USD 100.00 - 140.00 | Not Sold | |
| 149 | William Fenton; Denys Nicholls (1914-1996) | LONDON TRANSPORT TRAVEL POSTERS FLOWERS / OUT & ABOUT BY WILLIAM FENTON |
1952; 1950 | USD 100.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold |
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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.