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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | Green A.C. | Types of the British Navy |
early 20th century | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,584.00 | |
| 90 | Marlet Jean-Henri | Le pauvre malade conduit a l'Hopital |
1821 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 128.00 | |
| 91 | Martin John | Satan Arousing the Fallen Angels |
1824 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 2,048.00 | |
| 92 | Matania Fortunio | The Captive Mermaid |
N/A | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 9,600.00 | |
| 93 | McLachlan Edward Rolland | 3 Books, including: The one thing I hate about summer |
2019; 2020 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,408.00 | |
| 94 | Leiris Michel; Miro Joan | Marrons sculptes pour Miro |
Geneva | 1961 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 896.00 |
| 95 | Mitchell Margaret | Gone with the Wind |
New York | 1936 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 3,072.00 |
| 96 | London Jack; White T.H.; Forster E.M.; Wilde Oscar; Beaton Cecil; Lawrence D.H. | 5 Books, including: The Call of the Wild |
New York; London; Alexandria | 1903; 1938; 1922; 1960; 1934 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,048.00 |
| 98 | Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus | 3 Books, including: Idomeneo Re di Creta |
Bonn; Paris; Leipzig | 1805 or later; 1804 | GBP 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,432.00 |
| 99 | Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus | Cosi fan tutte |
Leipzig | 1810; 1819 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 6,400.00 |
| 101 | Madgett | Histoire de Jean Churchill, duc de Marlborough |
Paris | 1808 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 5,376.00 |
| 102 | Nicholson Ben (1894-1982) | Jug and Glass |
1965 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,072.00 | |
| 103 | Nicholson Ben (1894-1982) | Paros |
1965 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,024.00 | |
| 104 | Palmer Samuel (1805-1881) | Harvest under a Crescent Moon |
circa 1826 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 3,840.00 | |
| 105 | Phillips Tom | Inferno |
London | 1983 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,560.00 |
| 106 | Zervos Christian | Œuvres de 1895 a 1972 |
Paris | 1949-1978 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 19,200.00 |
| 107 | Picasso Pablo | Autograph note |
N/A | GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 5,376.00 | |
| 108 | Picasso Pablo | Picasso, 347 Engravings |
Paris | 1968 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 8,320.00 |
| 109 | Picasso Pablo | Grace et Mouvement |
Zurich | 1943 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 5,760.00 |
| 111 | Bloch Georges; Boeck Wilhelm; Czwiklitzer Christoph; Daix Pierre; Eluard Paul; Fernandez Justino; Geiser Bernhard; Baer Brigitte; McCully Marilyn; Parmelin Helene; Picasso Pablo; Ramie Suzanne; Ramie Georges; Rodrigo Luis Carlos; Soria Georges; Waldemar G | 1000 Books, including: Pablo Picasso: Catalogue de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie 1904–1967 |
Berne; Paris; Basel; London; Mexico; San Francisco; New York; Geneva; Malaga | 1968–1979; 1962; 1944; 1970; 1979; 1952; 1949; 1955–1996; 1993; 1964; 1937; 1932; c. 1999; 2003; 1995–2000; 1970; 1948; 1975; 1992; 1961; 1968; 1948; 1951; 1926; 1949 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 10,240.00 |
| 112 | Potter Beatrix | He lost one of his shoes among the cabbages... |
N/A | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 28,160.00 | |
| 113 | Potter Beatrix | The Tailor of Gloucester |
1902 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 15,360.00 | |
| 114 | Potter Beatrix | Four autograph letters signed |
1942-1943 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 5,376.00 | |
| 115 | Powell Anthony | Travels with my aunt |
1980 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 512.00 | |
| 116 | Chaucer Geoffrey; Lawson William; Sitwell George; Piper John; Walton Isaac; Genet Jean; Pope Alexander; Homer; Fagles Robert; Plath Sylvia; Gosse Edmund; Lewis Allen; Fouque F. De La Motte | 12 Books, including: Canterbury Tales |
London; New York; Paris | 1913; 1927; 1949; 1930; 1949; 1931; 1990; 1971; 1930 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,152.00 |
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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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