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Fleischer's Auctions: Rick Carlile Collection of Civil War Photography

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Auction Name Rick Carlile Collection of Civil War Photography Total Sales (USD) 346,551.25
Auction Date June 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #22699 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 240
Sold Lots 240.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
74 Ellis Spear

Stand Firm, Ye Boys From Maine: Signed CDV of Maj. Ellis Spear, 20th ME

1864 Not Available USD 9,525.00
71 Holman S. Melcher

The Hero of Little Round Top: 2-Piece Identified Holman S. Melcher CDV Lot

N/A Not Available USD 8,255.00
79 Augustus Van Horne Ellis

Killed at Devil's Den: RARE, IDed CDV of Col. A. Van Horne Ellis, 124th NY

ca. 1862-3 Not Available USD 8,255.00
238

Guard of Honor for a Fallen General: Identified 10th Ohio Infantry Albumen

1863 Not Available USD 8,255.00
134

Flag of the Avengers: Gettysburg WIA Portrait of Sgt. James B. Stormes, 44th N.Y.

1865 Not Available USD 6,985.00
82 Whipple John Adams

CDV of Paul Revere's Grandson, Col. Paul J. Revere, KIA

ca. 1862 Not Available USD 5,715.00
195

The Sentinels of Salem: 21-Image Visual History of Soldiers at Winter Island & Fort Pickering

ca. 1864-1865 Not Available USD 5,397.50
214

Defense of Their Backyard: Tyson Brothers Gettysburg Company Album, 21st Pa. Cavalry

N/A Not Available USD 5,397.50
146 Brady Mathew

Col. Francis M. Cummins, 124th New York, WIA

ca. 1863 Not Available USD 5,080.00
73 Adelbert Ames

The Maker of the 20th Maine: CDV of Gen. Adelbert Ames

ca. 1863-5 Not Available USD 4,445.00
239

Elite Firepower: Large Albumen Portrait of Six Soldiers with Rare Colt Revolving Rifles

1864 Not Available USD 4,445.00
98

Staff Officers and Line Commanders: Archive of 25 Union CDVs

1861-1865 Not Available USD 3,810.00
99

Cavalry Casualties and Commanders: 27 Images of Union Officers

1861-1865 Not Available USD 3,810.00
100

Commanding the Ranks: 25 IDed Union Portraits

1861-1865 Not Available USD 3,810.00
101 Brady, Mathew; Fredricks, Charles; Ball & Thomas

25 CDVs Featuring Brady Imprints, IDed Officers & Medals

N/A Not Available USD 3,810.00
19 Enderlin Richard

A Presidential Connection: Richard Enderlin, Medal of Honor Recipient

ca. 1863-5 Not Available USD 3,492.50
30 Hall, Henry Seymour (1835-1917)

Signed CDV of Double Medal of Honor Recipient Henry Seymour Hall

ca. 1863 Not Available USD 3,492.50
67 Robinson John Cleveland

CDV of Hero Gen. John C. Robinson

ca. 1862-4 Not Available USD 3,492.50
68

Wolverines in the Wheatfield: 7 CDVs of 4th and 5th Michigan

ca. 1861-5 Not Available USD 3,492.50
103 Kimball & Son; Brady, Mathew; Mowrey, F.; Yeaw & Co.

The Marksmen Elite: Identified 1st & 2nd United States Sharp Shooters Officer Collection

1862 Not Available USD 3,492.50
119

Armed for the Mounted Service: Union Cavalryman with Spencer Carbine

circa 1864 Not Available USD 3,492.50
97

25 CDVs Featuring Signed Portraits & Elite Cavalry Commanders

N/A Not Available USD 3,175.00
78 James Cromwell

Killed at Devil's Den: IDed CDV of Maj. James Cromwell, 124th NY

ca. 1862-3 Not Available USD 2,857.50
180 Brady Mathew

Union High Command: Lot of Seven Northern "Notables"

ca. 1862-3; ca. 1861-2; ca. 1864 Not Available USD 2,857.50
181 Ball James Presley

The Soldier-Poet of Ohio: 4 J.P. Ball CDVs of William Haines Lytle

ca. 1862 Not Available USD 2,857.50
  • 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.