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Leland Little Auctions: Prints & Photographs Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Prints & Photographs Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 109,560.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 01, 2026 - May 01, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 0.00 |
| Sale Number | #50126 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 0.00 |
| Total Lots | 84 | ||
| Sold Lots | 84.0 | 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
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4028 | Small-format photogravure on Japanese tissue |
1907, printed 1911 | Not Available | USD 7,800.00 | |
| 4051 | Henri Matisse (France, 1869 - 1954), Odalisque (Nu pour Cleveland) |
1932 | Not Available | USD 6,000.00 | |
| 4017 | Lithograph in colors |
1976 | Not Available | USD 5,280.00 | |
| 4016 | Screenprint in colors on Arches paper |
1969 | Not Available | USD 5,040.00 | |
| 4021 | Robert Indiana | Screenprint in colors, on BFK Rives paper |
1994 | Not Available | USD 3,840.00 |
| 4009 | Evelyn Rumsey Cary; Frederic F. Helmer | Lithograph in colors |
1901 | Not Available | USD 3,600.00 |
| 4007 | Romare Bearden | Screenprint and photolithograph in colors |
1971 | Not Available | USD 3,000.00 |
| 4049 | Carlos Verger Fioretti | Barcelona, Ciudad de Invierno |
1911 | Not Available | USD 2,760.00 |
| 4025 | Curtis Centennial Project Inc. | Goldtone / orotone |
1904, printed 1999 | Not Available | USD 2,520.00 |
| 4042 | Jock Sturges | Jock Sturges (American, b. 1947), Mona, Montalivet, France, 1999 |
1999 | Not Available | USD 2,520.00 |
| 4004 | Claude Howell | Serigraph in colors |
1979 | Not Available | USD 2,400.00 |
| 4010 | Etching and drypoint in black ink |
1923 | Not Available | USD 2,400.00 | |
| 4002 | Claude Howell | Silkscreen in colors |
1996 | Not Available | USD 2,040.00 |
| 4036 | George Tice | George Tice (American, 1938-2025), Oak Tree, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1970 |
1970 | Not Available | USD 2,040.00 |
| 4054 | Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904–1989), Gala, Mon Seul Desir (La Dame a La Licorne) |
1965 | Not Available | USD 2,040.00 | |
| 4026 | Curtis Centennial Project Inc. | Goldtone / orotone |
1900, printed 1999 | Not Available | USD 1,920.00 |
| 4050 | World's Fair |
1910 | Not Available | USD 1,920.00 | |
| 4030 | Berenice Abbott | Gelatin silver print |
1936 | Not Available | USD 1,800.00 |
| 4032 | Berenice Abbott | Changing New York |
1936 | Not Available | USD 1,800.00 |
| 4038 | Metzner | Sheila Metzner (American, b. 1939), Calla Lily |
2000/2001 | Not Available | USD 1,800.00 |
| 4069 | Francisco Toledo | Unique stencil on handmade paper kite |
circa 2009 | Not Available | USD 1,800.00 |
| 4029 | Berenice Abbott | Gelatin silver print |
1938 | Not Available | USD 1,680.00 |
| 4031 | Berenice Abbott | Changing New York |
1936 | Not Available | USD 1,680.00 |
| 4001 | Harvey Littleton | Color vitreographs |
1983 | Not Available | USD 1,560.00 |
| 4043 | William Wegman | William Wegman (American, b. 1943), Two Polaroids for DIFFA |
1996 | Not Available | USD 1,560.00 |
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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.