Sothebys: Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone, L26402, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 07, 2026 - July 07, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Gluck Christoph Willibald | Autograph manuscript of part of the celebrated air 'J’ai perdu mon Eurydice' from Orphee et Eurydice |
1774 | GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | GBP 76,800.00 | |
| 62 | Goursat Georges Sem | Maharajah Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala acquiring an automobile |
1923 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 768.00 | |
| 63 | Goya y Lucientes Francisco Jose | Le Lealtad |
Madrid | 1864 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 896.00 |
| 64 | Goya y Lucientes Francisco Jose | De que mal morira? |
Madrid | 1799 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 7,680.00 |
| 65 | Grahame Kenneth | The Wind in the Willows |
London | 1908 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,840.00 |
| 66 | Pausanias | Atticae descriptio |
Venice | c. 1500 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 12,160.00 |
| 67 | Gubitz Friedrich Wilhelm | Junge Mutter mit Kind; Die Nacht |
1806; 1810 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 128.00 | |
| 68 | Shakespeare William | Tragedy of Hamlet |
London | 1915 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 3,840.00 |
| 69 | Haggard H. Rider | She |
1886 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 7,680.00 | |
| 70 | Hardy Thomas | Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman |
London | 1891 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 7,680.00 |
| 71 | Hogarth William (1697–1764) | The Reward of Cruelty |
1751 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 512.00 | |
| 73 | Master of the Chronique Scandaleuse | The Annunciation to the Shepherds |
Paris | c.1500 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 3,584.00 |
| 74 | da Villafora Antonio Maria (1469–1511) | Initial ‘D’ |
Padua | 15th century | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 2,432.00 |
| 75 | Gautier Pierre | The Defeat of Antiochus, King of Syria at the Battle of Magnesia |
c.1480 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,400.00 | |
| 76 | Master of the Dresden Prayer Book | Labours of the Month and Zodiac signs |
Ghent; Bruges | c.1500 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 11,520.00 |
| 77 | Mazarine Master | Book of Hours |
Paris | c.1420 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 3,328.00 |
| 78 | Joyce James | Ulysses |
Paris | 1922 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 10,240.00 |
| 79 | Kolbe Carl Wilhelm (1759–1835) | Satyr and Nymph in a Swamp; Youth Playing Pipes of Pan |
c.1796-1800 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 384.00 | |
| 80 | La Fontaine Jean de | Contes et nouvelles |
Paris | 1762 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,920.00 |
| 81 | Griggs Frederick Landseer Maur (1876–1938) | The Almonry |
1925 | GBP 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 3,840.00 | |
| 82 | Lanyon Peter | The Beast |
1957 | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | GBP 1,024.00 | |
| 83 | Lawrence D.H. | Lady Chatterley's Lover |
Florence | 1928 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 3,072.00 |
| 84 | Lennon John | Imagine |
USA | ND | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 25,600.00 |
| 85 | Lucas David; Constable John | The Rainbow, Salisbury Cathedral |
1837 | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | GBP 10,880.00 | |
| 88 | Autograph album |
1936-1954 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 896.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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