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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | J. Carl Mueller | WWI HERO LAND BRITISH TANK POSTER BY CARL MUELLER |
New York | 1917 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 442.00 |
| 201 | Joseph Pennell (1857-1926) | WWI SHIPS FOR UNCLE SAM JOSEPH PENNELL 6-SHEET POSTER |
1917 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 202 | Haskell Coffin (1871-1941) | WWI THIRD RED CROSS ROLL CALL POSTER - HASKELL COFFIN |
N.Y. | 1918 | USD 140.00 - 240.00 | Not Sold |
| 203 | Arthur E. Rice (1869-1951) | WWI UNCLE SAM BEAT THE HUN POSTER BY ARTHUR RICE |
Albany, N.Y. | N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 204 | Wladyslaw T. Benda (1873-1948) | YOU CAN HELP AMERICAN RED CROSS WWI POSTER - W.T. BENDA |
N.Y. | 1917 | USD 140.00 - 200.00 | USD 130.00 |
| 205 | Harrison Fisher (1875-1934) | WWI RED CROSS CHRISTMAS ROLL CALL POSTER |
1918 | USD 180.00 - 260.00 | USD 286.00 | |
| 206 | Henry P. Raleigh (1880-1944) | MUST CHILDREN DIE WWI LIBERTY BONDS POSTER HENRY RALEIGH |
New York | N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 207 | Llyod Burton Myers (1892-1955) | BRITISHERS YOU'RE NEEDED WWI RECRUITMENT POSTER - LLYOD MYERS |
New York | 1916 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 208 | V. Southey | ENLIST TO-DAY WWI BRITISH RECRUITMENT POSTER |
1914 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 286.00 | |
| 209 | Charles Waldo Love (1881-1967) | IF YOU CAN'T GO ACROSS WITH A GUN WWI RED CROSS POSTER |
N.Y. | N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 312.00 |
| 210 | Paul Haase (1890 - 1925) | PAUL HAASE 1919 GERMAN POSTER ERICH KUTTNER WIE WERDEN WIR WIEDER REICH |
Berlin | 1919 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 520.00 |
| 211 | Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947) | LES SOLDAT DES REGIONS ENVAHIES - LUCIEN HECTOR JONAS |
c. 1917 | USD 160.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 212 | George Roepp | FIND YOUR WAR JOB WWII HOME FRONT WAR EFFORT POSTER |
1943 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 213 | Martha Sawyers (1902-1988) | WWII FIRST TO FIGHT! UNITED CHINA RELIEF POSTER BY MARTHA SAWYERS |
1940 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 214 | Ben Shan (1898 - 1969) | WWII WE FRENCH WORKERS WARN YOU BEN SHAHN |
1942 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 215 | Walter Beach Humphrey (1892 - 1966) | AMERICAN JUNIOR RED CROSS WWII POSTER |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 286.00 | |
| 216 | WWII NORWEGIAN RELIEF WAR FUND POSTER |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 217 | WWII UNCLE SAM 6TH WAR LOAN BONDS POSTER |
1944 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 65.00 | ||
| 218 | James Montgomery Flagg | 4 WWII LICK RUNAWAY PRICES CAMPAIGN SERIES POSTERS |
1942-1943 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 219 | Douglass Crockwell (1904 - 1968) | WWII RED CROSS POSTER - YOUR RED CROSS IS AT HIS SIDE |
1944 | USD 160.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 220 | Lejaren Hiller (1880-1969) | WWII U.S. ARMY NURSE CORPS POSTER BY LEJAREN HILLER |
1945 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 221 | UNCLE SAM FIRE PREVENTION WWII POSTER |
1941 | USD 160.00 - 300.00 | USD 117.00 | ||
| 222 | James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960) | WWII UNCLE SAM WAR JOB JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG POSTER |
1943 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 130.00 | |
| 223 | MINUTEMEN PROTECT YOUR FUTURE WWII BOND POSTER |
1946 | USD 100.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 224 | Spencer Douglass Crockwell (1904-1968) | WWII WORK ON A FARM THIS SUMMER WAR EFFORT CROP CORPS POSTER BY D. CROCKWELL |
1943 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,690.00 |
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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.