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Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 07, 2026 - May 07, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120 | Japanese Reproduction Print |
N/A | USD 20.00 - 30.00 | USD 39.00 | ||
| 123 | George Francois Mugnier; Samuel T. Blessing; Theodore Lilienthal; Henry Mancel | Eight Antique Stereographs of New Orleans & History Books |
late 19th/early 20th c. | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 422.50 | |
| 124 | Collection of French Royalty Books Courtiers and Favorites of Royalty; Memoirs of the Courts of Europe; Marie Antoinette; Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte |
N/A | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 585.00 | ||
| 125 | Huey Long | My First Days in The White House |
Harrisburg, PA | 1935 | USD 50.00 - 75.00 | USD 585.00 |
| 126 | Charles Dickens | A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being A Ghost Story of Christmas |
Boston | 1869 | USD 50.00 - 75.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 308 | George Rodrigue (1944-2013) | A Night at the Opera |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 650.00 | |
| 309 | Frances Swigart Steg (b. 1942) | Carnivale, Fantasy II; Carnivale, Pantaloon I |
2001 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 357.50 | |
| 310 | George Valentine Dureau (1930-2014) | Big Beach with Seven |
1985 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 617.50 | |
| 311 | Knute Heldner (1875-1952) | Brulator Courtyard, Old New Orleans; Landscape; Venus and Cupid; St. Louis Cathedral, Old New Orleans |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,235.00 | |
| 312 | George Rodrigue (1944-2013) | Jolie Blonde in the Garden |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 617.50 | |
| 313 | Virginia Barnes (1895-1984) | Untitled: Red Tree; Untitled: Bouquet; Untitled: 3 Spirits; Untitled: Orange Flowers in Vase |
1983 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 715.00 | |
| 314 | Virginia Barnes (1895-1984) | Untitled: Red Flowers in Vase; Untitled: Floral Study; Untitled: Abstracted Grass; Elderberry in Bud |
1977; 1982 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 715.00 | |
| 315 | American School | Baby Doll Heads |
20th c. | USD 20.00 - 30.00 | USD 13.00 | |
| 316 | Joseph Demarais (1927-1971) | Owl |
1969 | USD 25.00 - 50.00 | USD 292.50 | |
| 317 | Gad Almaliah (d. 2007) | House Blessing |
1999 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 195.00 | |
| 318 | Benjamin Holl (1808-1884) | A Study of Heads |
London | N/A | USD 25.00 - 50.00 | USD 13.00 |
| 319 | After Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) | Le Portrait du Peintre A. Guillaumin au Pendu |
Baltimore, MD | 1873 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 65.00 |
| 320 | Charles Bragg (1931-2017) | Monkey; Kid Lips Kaplan; Jury |
N/A | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 520.00 | |
| 321 | Raymond Douillet-Chevoleau (b. 1947) | Checkmate |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 1,430.00 | |
| 322 | After Georges Rouault (1871-1958) | Les Visages |
New York | 1932; 1968 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 357.50 |
| 323 | Morris Henry Hobbs (1892-1967) | Patio Royal, Old New Orleans; Iron Lace, Old New Orleans |
1943 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 910.00 | |
| 324 | George Rodrigue (1944-2013) | Roadside Market |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 650.00 | |
| 325 | Philip Sage (b. 1942) | Baton Rouge 1887; St. Charles Avenue Street Car; Roman Candy; The Piano Bar at Pat O'Brien's; Saturday Afternoon |
1974-1980 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 617.50 | |
| 326 | Henry Alvin Sharpe (1910-1982) | Brulatour Court; Beside the Still Waters - Old Louisiana; A Millions Years Before Your Eyes - in Old Louisiana |
Metairie, LA | N/A | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 325.00 |
| 327 | After Albert Francis King (1854-1949) | Pabst and Oysters on the Half Shell |
c. 1900 | USD 25.00 - 50.00 | USD 227.50 |
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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.