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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 175 | James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960) | 1917 UNCLE SAM I WANT YOU JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG |
1917 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 78.00 | |
| 176 | Richard Filipkowski (1927 - 2008) | FLANDERS FIELDS THE TORCH WWII POSTER BY RICHARD FILIPOWSKI |
Ottawa | N/A | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 177 | Howard Chandler Christy (1872-1952) | 1918 CHRISTY GIRL BUY BONDS MCCALLS COVER BY HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY |
1918 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 178 | James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960) | WWI UNCLE SAM WSS ENLISTMENT POSTER JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG |
N.Y. | c. 1918 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 364.00 |
| 179 | 2 AMERICAN ARMY RECRUITMENT POSTERS |
1917; 1920s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 180 | 2 AMERICAN WWI WAR EFFORT POSTERS |
1918 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 181 | Alfred Everitt Orr (1886-1927) | 3 WWI AMERICAN BOND POSTERS |
N.Y. | 1918 | USD 120.00 - 200.00 | USD 117.00 |
| 182 | J. E. Sheridan; Frederick G. Cooper (1883-1962); L. N. Britton | 3 WWI US FOOD ADMINISTRATION POSTERS |
N.Y. | 1917; 1918 | USD 140.00 - 240.00 | Not Sold |
| 183 | Gerrit A. Beneker (1882-1934); Sidney H. Riesenberg (1885-1971); Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952) | 4 WWI AMERICAN LIBERTY LOAN POSTERS |
Chicago; Philadelphia; Boston | 1918; 1919 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 130.00 |
| 184 | L. N. Britton | EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION WWI AMERICAN POSTER BY BRITTON |
1918 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 598.00 | |
| 185 | Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952) | FIGHT OR BUY WAR BONDS WWI LIBERTY LOAN POSTER - HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY |
1917 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 208.00 | |
| 186 | FOR HOME AND COUNTRY WWI POSTER BY JAMES LEE |
Chicago | 1917 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 78.00 | |
| 187 | Henry P. Raleigh (1880-1944) | HALT THE HUN WWI POSTER WWI POSTER BY HENRY RALEIGH |
1918 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 188 | Howard Chandler Christy (1872-1952) | I WANT YOU FOR THE NAVY WWI POSTER - HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY |
1917 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 975.00 | |
| 189 | William Haskell Coffin (1878-1941) | JOAN OF ARC SAVED FRANCE WWI WSS POSTER - HASKELL COFFIN |
New York | 1918 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 286.00 |
| 190 | Joseph Pennell (1857-1926) | LAUNCHING ANOTHER VICTORY SHIP WWI POSTER - JOSEPH PENNELL |
Philadelphia | 1918 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 234.00 |
| 191 | Louis Remy Sabattier | ON WITH THE TANKS! LIBERTY LOAN POSTER WWI |
Philadelphia | 1919 | USD 100.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold |
| 192 | Sidney Riesenberg (1885-1971) | OVER THE TOP FOR YOU WWI POSTER - SIDNEY RIESENBERG |
Philadelphia | 1918 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 286.00 |
| 193 | Edwin F. Bayha | PUT THIS FLAG IN YOUR HOUSE WWI LIBERTY BOND POSTER |
1918 | USD 140.00 - 180.00 | USD 130.00 | |
| 194 | Harrison Fisher (1875-1934) | RED CROSS CHRISTMAS ROLL CALL WWI POSTER - HARRISON FISHER |
1918 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 130.00 | |
| 195 | RED CROSS WWI POSTER |
N/A | USD 140.00 - 240.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 196 | SUCCESS IN WAR- FORT FACTORY WWI AMERICAN POSTER |
New York City | 1918 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 197 | TEN WWI RED CROSS CHRISTMAS ROLL CALL LONG POSTER BANNERS |
N/A | USD 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 198 | James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960) | UNCLE SAM I WANT YOU 1917 JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG |
1917 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 199 | Owen Earl Duvall (1898-1950) | WWI ANTI-GERMAN ORIGINAL CARTOON ART - EARL DUVALL |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 715.00 |
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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.