Litchfield County Auctions: Summer Antiques & Estates Auction, 62426, Litchfield
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 24, 2026 - June 24, 2026
| 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 |
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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.