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Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper | Total Sales (USD) | 74,627.15 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 154,400.00 |
| Sale Number | #62026 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 305,350.00 |
| Total Lots | 150 | ||
| Sold Lots | 140.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 161,800.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 93.33% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 319,750.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 10 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 23.34% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1041 | Laurie Robert; Whittle James | Map of the United States |
1814 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,049.50 |
| 1140 | Thornton Robert John | Linnaeus in his Lapland Dress |
1787-1812 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,049.50 |
| 1020 | Galli Stan (1912-2009) | Tourism Poster of Hawaii |
circa 1960 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,728.50 |
| 1042 | Laurie Robert; Whittle James | The World, on Mercator's Projection |
1814 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,354.00 |
| 1069 | Miro Joan (1893-1983) | L'Enfance d'Ubu |
1975 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 1,765.50 |
| 1150 | Catesby Mark | Flamingo |
1754 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,605.00 |
| 1063 | Bonne Rigobert; Desmarest Nicolas | Atlas Encyclopedique |
1787-1788 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 1,551.50 |
| 1121 | Elliot Daniel Giraud | The New and Heretofore Unfigured Species of the Birds of North America |
1866-1869 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,444.50 |
| 1058 | De La Croix Antoine Pherotee (1640-1715) | Geographia Universalis |
1705 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,337.50 |
| 1060 | Van Der Aa Pieter (1659-1733) | Naaukeurige Versameling der Gedenk-waardigste Zee en Land-reysen, na Oost en West-Indien |
1706-1707 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,337.50 |
| 1062 | Desnos Louis-Charles | L'Amerique Meridionale et Septentrionale |
1766 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,337.50 |
| 1066 | Curtis Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) | Acoma Water Carriers |
1930 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,337.50 |
| 1050 | Ortelius Abraham (1527-1598) | Map of the North Sea |
1575 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,284.00 |
| 1126 | Sharpe Richard Bowdler | Elliot's Bird of Paradise |
1891-1898 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,230.50 |
| 1071 | Steinlen; Mucha; Toulouse-Lautrec; Bonnard; Forain; Grasset; Meunier; Rhead Louis; Hardy Dudley; Beggarstaff; Penfield Edward | Lait Pur Sterilise |
1896-1900 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 1,177.00 |
| 1139 | Brookshaw George | Melon |
1804-1812 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,177.00 |
| 1142 | Thornton Robert John | A Group of Auriculas |
1787-1812 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,070.00 |
| 1149 | Catesby Mark | Little White Heron |
1754 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,070.00 |
| 1133 | Rabel Daniel | 6 Tulip Engravings |
1771 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 963.00 |
| 1137 | Redoute Pierre Joseph | Rose |
1827-1833 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 909.50 |
| 1018 | Rothschild Lionel Walter;Keulemans J. G.;Frohawk F. W. | Black Mamo or Honeycreeper |
1893-1900 | USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 856.00 |
| 1019 | Rothschild Lionel Walter;Keulemans J. G.;Frohawk F. W. | Hawai'I o'o' or Honeyeater |
1893-1900 | USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 856.00 |
| 1061 | Jansson Jan | Nova Hispania, et Nova Galicia |
1636; 1652-1658 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 856.00 |
| 1148 | Catesby Mark | Cardinal or Red Bird with Hiccory Tree & Pignut Tree |
1754 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 856.00 |
| 1007 | Piranesi Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) | Colosseum – View of the Arch of Constantine and the Flavian Amphitheatre |
c1778-1800s | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 802.50 |
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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.