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Grant Zahajko Auctions: Books: Antiquarian, Manuscripts, Maps, Book Presses, Bookends & More!
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books: Antiquarian, Manuscripts, Maps, Book Presses, Bookends & More! | Total Sales (USD) | 80,153.60 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 11, 2026 - February 11, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 42,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #21126 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 73,850.00 |
| Total Lots | 306 | ||
| Sold Lots | 305.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 43,100.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 99.67% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 74,600.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 1 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 107.45% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 158 | [Declaration of Independence]. Peter Force |
(ca. 1833) | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 35,840.00 | |
| 154 | 1787 GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE 1st Printing US Constit |
1787 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,088.00 | |
| 16 | Willard F. Clark (1910-1992) | Willard Clark Recuerdos Santa Fe 1928-1943 S/N |
1990 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 1 | William Shakespeare | William Shakespeare Works (40 Vol) 1893-95 LTD |
1893-1895 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 67 | Marc Chagall Julien Cain | The Lithographs 1960 |
1960 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 287 | Peter Capstick | (10 V) Set SIGNED #1102 Buckingham |
1977 - 91 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 177 | Antique Persian Poetry Manuscript Diwan, Divan |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 832.00 | ||
| 66 | Gordon DeWolf | Jacques Hnizdovsky-Flora Exotica S/N 1972 |
1972 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 704.00 |
| 169 | 1837-1867 United States Maps |
1837-1867 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 704.00 | |
| 120 | Jose Guadalupe Posada | 100 Woodcuts by Jose Guadalupe Posada 1947 |
1947 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 640.00 |
| 202 | Large Antique Illuminated Manuscript Leaf |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 640.00 | ||
| 176 | Antique Leather Bound Persian Poetry Manuscript |
1975 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 608.00 | |
| 138 | 1 of only 26 Copies of the First Edition SIGNED |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 576.00 | ||
| 175 | 1672 Edition Philippi Cluverii Introductionis MAPS |
1672 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 576.00 | |
| 77 | Jean Charlot | PICTURE BOOK II 1973 SIGNED 60/1000 |
1973 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 544.00 |
| 155 | [Francis Scott Key] | [The Star-Spangled Banner] |
1814 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 544.00 |
| 56 | Samuel Taylor Colerigde | Rime of the Ancient Mariner David Jones 1929 #412 |
1929 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 512.00 |
| 248 | Otto Dix: Matthaus Evangelium |
1960 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 512.00 | |
| 188 | (2) Nuremberg Chronicle Incunable 1493 Leaves |
1493 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 480.00 | |
| 30 | Sam Gilliam | 3 Limited Ed. Prints 2004 COA w/ Book |
2004 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 448.00 |
| 136A | Books Leaded Glass Hanging Sign |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 448.00 | ||
| 205 | (3) Nuremberg Chronicle Incunable 1493 Leaves |
1493 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 448.00 | |
| 25 | Herman Melville | Moby Dick |
1930 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 416.00 |
| 71 | Gladys A. Richard | Navajo Medicine Man Sandpaintings and Legends of Miguelito |
1939 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 416.00 |
| 189 | (5) Nuremberg Chronicle Incunable 1493 Leaves |
1493 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 416.00 |
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![<b>Chiswick, Mar. 12:</b> Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/004c032b-da4d-428e-811b-e5a8e80376a2.jpg "<b>Chiswick, Mar. 12:</b> Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.")
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800. -
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![<b>Forum, Mar. 25:</b> Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. <i>Histoire des Plantes, nouv...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a2a2dbe-8edf-4091-9a08-800f7aba747e.jpg "<b>Forum, Mar. 25:</b> Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. <i>Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,</i>, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier <i>L'Histoire des plantes,</i> second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.")
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000. -
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, mai...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [ver...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les ...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodram...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. M...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin ori...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.