International Autograph Auctions Europe SL: Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts - Timed Auction, 51226, Malaga
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 12, 2026 - May 12, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 431 | Marie Therese of France (1778-1851) | Letter to Baron Theodore Charlet |
Gorizia | 1842 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 432 | Napoleon I (1769-1821) | Letter to Prince Eugene Beauharnais |
Fontainebleau | 1807 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 433 | Louis Philippe I (1773-1850) | Letter to Emile de Girardin |
Paris | 1835 | EUR 120.00 - 180.00 | EUR 237.50 |
| 434 | Napoleon III (1808-1873) | Letter to Mrs Mary Georgina Damer |
London | 1846 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 435 | Leopold I (1790-1865) | Letter to Ferdinand II, King of the Two Siciles |
Brussels | 1857 | EUR 350.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 436 | Wilhelm II (1859-1941) | Patent appointing Captain of artillerie Von Bauer first Lieutenant |
Wilhelmshohe | 1907 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 162.50 |
| 437 | Wladyslaw IV Vasa (1595-1648) | Letter to Archbishop of Larissa |
Royal Palace | 1635 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,187.50 |
| 438 | Alexander II of Russia (1818-1881) | Decree bestowing the Royal Order of Saint Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Prince Vladimir |
Livadia, Crimea | 1864 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,500.00 |
| 439 | Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) | Letter to Madame Velly |
Paris | 1830 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,062.50 |
| 440 | Klemens von Metternich (1773-1859) | Letter to Ambassador Baron Von Neumann |
Vienna | 1848 | EUR 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 441 | Erich Ludendorff (1865-1937) | Letter to Otto Schmidt-Gibichenfels |
Munich | N/A | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 442 | Edvard Benes (1884-1948) | Signed photograph of Edvard Benes |
Prague | 1945 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 443 | Milan Hodza (1878-1944) | Portrait drawing of Milan Hodza |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 444 | Gustav Husak (1913-1991) | Signed photograph of Gustav Husak |
N/A | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 445 | Antonio Hercolani Fava Simonetti (1883-1962) | Signed photograph of Antonio Hercolani Fava Simonetti |
Rome | 1955 | EUR 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 446 | Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980) | Letter to Colonel-General Miloje Milojevic |
Belgrade | 1964 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 447 | William Smith O'Brien (1803-1864) | Letter to Leon Gozlan |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 448 | Earl of Bute (1713-1792) | Letter to the Duke of Ancaster |
N/A | EUR 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 449 | Earl of Liverpool (1770-1828) | Letter regarding the death of Lady Catherine Stewart |
Downing Street | 1812 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 450 | George Canning (1770-1827) | Letter to the Marquis de Lally-Tollendal |
Paris | 1821 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 451 | Wellington Duke of (1769-1852) | A.L.S. |
London | 1841 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 162.50 |
| 452 | Derby Earl of (1799-1869) | A.L.S. |
St. James's Square | 1838 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 453 | Thatcher Margaret (1925-2013) | Signed card with portrait |
ND | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 112.50 | |
| 454 | Truman Harry S. (1884-1972) | Typed Memorandum Signed |
Washington | 1947 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 275.00 |
| 455 | Powell Colin (1937-2021) | Two signed photographs |
ND | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | 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.