Litchfield County Auctions: Summer Antiques & Estates Auction, 62426, Litchfield

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 24, 2026 - June 24, 2026
Page Size: 98 items in 4 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
400

16 Books, including: Ida Kohlmeyer: Thirty Years

1930s-1940s USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 357.50
401 Christo; Katz Alex; Escher M.C.; Shahn Ben

20 Books, including: Christo: Store Fronts

Wichita 1930-1948; 1939 USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 292.50
402

23 Books, including: The Kariye Djami

N/A USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
403 Picasso Pablo

7 Books, including: Picasso Sculpture

N/A USD 80.00 - 150.00 USD 65.00
404 Cassatt Mary; Degas Edgar; Cezanne Paul; Prendergast Maurice; Seurat Georges; Rodin Auguste; Bonnard Pierre; Signac Paul; Gauguin Paul; Morisot Berthe; Van Gogh Vincent; Dufy Raoul; Bosch Hieronymus; Braque Georges; Soutine Chaim; Rouault Georges; Pissarr

25 Books, including: Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonne

N/A USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 195.00
405 Giotto; Leonardo da Vinci; Murillo Bartolome Esteban; Rembrandt; Bruegel Pieter; Michelangelo; Rubens Peter Paul; Zuccaro Taddeo; Bernini Gian Lorenzo; Durer Albrecht; Tiepolo Domenico; Guercino; Botticelli Sandro; Lorrain Claude; Veronese Paolo; Piero de

37 Books, including: The Dutch Painters

Chicago; Boston; New York 1953; 1961 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 260.00
406 Rumfod Beatrix T.; Weekley Carolyn J.; Kiehl David W.; Mathews Nancy Mowll; Warhol Andy; Stella Frank; Sargent John Singer; Arbus Diane; Graves Morris; Demuth Charles; De Kooning Willem; Johns Jasper; Hopper Edward; Rosenthal Nan; Fine Ruth; Prather Marla

25 Books, including: Treasures of American Folk Art

Williamsburg; New York; Washington DC; San Jose 1957; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1974; 1977; 1979; 1980; 1982; 1983; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1998 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 260.00
407 Bilski Emily; Marin Vivian B.; Cohen Richard I.; Rubin William; Shattuck Roger; Behar Henri; Hoog Michael; Lanchner Carolyn; Cottino Alberto; Geist Sidney; Spies Werner; Rewald Sabine; Coward Jack; Scheider Pierre; Elderfield John; Kostnevich Albert; Coyl

12 Books, including: Berlin Metropolis

Rome 1969; 1984; 1987; 1989; 1990; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1999; 2002; 2005 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 130.00
408 Peter John; Popper Frank; van Bruggen Goosje; Yelavich Susan; Doyle Stephen

4 Books, including: The Oral History of Modern Architecture

1976; 1994; 1997; 1998 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 78.00
409 Proddow Penny; Healy Debra; Fasel Marion; Behl Daria; Papi Stefano; Rhodes Alexandra; Gregorietti Guido; Field Leslie

4 Books, including: Hollywood Jewels

London 1969; 1987; 1992; 1999 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 91.00
410 John; Baker; Garmon Lee; Frizzell Doris; Mudge Jean McClure; Greer Georgeanna H.; Gibson Michael; Kovel Ralph; Kovel Terry; Williams Petra; Cunningham Jo; Allen Bob; Lehner Lois; Coben; Ferster; Robacker; Florence Gene; Wetherbee Jean; Esten John; Van Pat

35 Books, including: Old English Lustre Pottery

New York 1930-1940; 1930-1953; 1988 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
411 Makinson; Ragheb J. Fiona; Duchscherer; Keister; Krautheimer; Smith; Vertikoff; Crossman Carl L.; Cathers; Winter; Schmutzler

14 Books, including: Greene & Greene

N/A USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 52.00
412 Hokusai; Delacroix Eugene; Daumier Honore; West Benjamin; Watteau Jean-Antoine; Constable John; Boudin Eugene

9 Books, including: Hokusai

N/A USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 26.00
413 McCaughey Patrick; Gere Charlotte; Vaizey Marnia; Alpatov M.W.; Ernould-Gandouet Marielle; Eliot Alexander; Granin Daniel; Mindrov Juri; Campbell Joseph; Hawars Zahi; Wheeler Mortimer; Watt James C.Y.; Topsfield Andrew; Beach Milo Cleveland; Grossman Robe

16 Books, including: Fred Williams

St Petersburg; Cairo 1963; 1965; 1969; 1974; 1979; 1980; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1995; 1998; 1999; 2004; 2022 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 65.00
414

Art Reference Books

20th century USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 130.00
415 Markham Felix; Butterfield Herbert; Costain Thomas B.; Horne Alistair; Blunt Wilfrid; Lachouque Henry; Brown Anne S. K.; Baring-Gould S.; Hortense Queen; Vishnevskaya Galina; Delderfield R. F.; Mitford Nancy; Castelot Andre; Herold J. Christopher; Merezhk

23 Books, including: Napoleon and the Awakening of Europe

20th century USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
416 Wright Richard; Baldwin James

12 Black & Hispanic Literature Books

N/A USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 162.50
417

Biography and Other Factual Works

20th century USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
418 Asimov Isaac; Dunsany Lord; Moorcock Michael; Garner Alan

20 Speculative and Science Fiction Books

20th century USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 975.00
419

Vintage Detective Fiction

1950-1970 USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
420 Thurber James; Nash Ogden; Benchley Robert; Parker Dorothy; Marquis Don

29 Books on Humor

USA 20th century USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
421 Burgess Anthony; Murdoch Iris; Ishiguro Kazuo; Thirkell Angela

Modern First Editions

20th century USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
422

96 Modern First Editions

N/A USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’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, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, 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.