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Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Comic Art Original and rare comic plates | Total Sales (EUR) | 504,345.60 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 19, 2026 - April 19, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 269,170.00 |
| Sale Number | #767 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 409,310.00 |
| Total Lots | 298 | ||
| Sold Lots | 201.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 401,320.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 67.45% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 604,380.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 97 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 83.45% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204 | Mr Garcin | Spider Eye |
2011 | EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | EUR 52,480.00 |
| 6 | Herge (1907-1983) | Ensemble de lithographies WWF |
N/A | EUR 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 | EUR 32,000.00 |
| 144 | Jean-Claude Mezieres (1938-2022) | Valerian |
1994 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 28,160.00 |
| 1 | Benjamin Rabier (1864-1939) | Gedeon, Alfred et Roudoudou |
1923; 1941 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 26,880.00 |
| 76 | Jean-Claude Gal (1942 -1994); Jean-Pierre Dionnet | La vengeance d'Arn |
1981 | EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 12,800.00 |
| 79 | Jean-Pierre Gibrat (ne en 1954) | Le Sursis, Tome 1 |
1997 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 12,800.00 |
| 87 | Jean Giraud (1938 - 2012) | Blueberry Arizona Love |
1990 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 11,776.00 |
| 141 | Ralph Meyer (Ne en 1971) | Undertaker, Tome 4, L'ombre d'Hippocrate |
2017 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 7,936.00 |
| 63 | Derib (Claude De Ribaupierre, ne en 1944) | Buddy Longway, T.14, La robe noire |
1985 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 7,040.00 |
| 5 | Herge | Les aventures de Tintin reporter en Extreme-Orient, Le Lotus bleu |
1936 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 6,784.00 |
| 88 | Marcel Gotlib (1934-2016); Rene Goscinny | Les Dingodossiers. Les etrangers en vacances |
1965; 1995 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 6,400.00 |
| 135 | Milo Manara (ne en 1945) | Le declic, Une femme sous influence |
N/A | EUR 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 6,400.00 |
| 142 | Ralph Meyer (ne en 1971) | Undertaker, Tome 2, La danse des vautours |
2015 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,760.00 |
| 220 | Luis Royo (ne en 1954) | Evolution - Prophecy |
1999; 2001 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,760.00 |
| 118 | Daniel Kox (ne en 1952) | L'Agent 212 |
1980 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,632.00 |
| 2 | Benjamin Rabier (1864-1939) | La Java |
1930 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,120.00 |
| 24 | Matthieu Bonhomme (ne en 1973); Trondheim | Texas Cow boys |
2014 | EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,120.00 |
| 38 | Paul Cauuet | Les vieux Fourneaux |
2015 | EUR 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 5,120.00 |
| 47 | Cosey (Bernard Cosandey) | A la recherche de Peter Pan |
1984-1985 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,120.00 |
| 64 | Derib (Claude De Ribaupierre, ne en 1944) | Yakari et les bisons |
1997 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,120.00 |
| 188 | William Van Cutsen (1935-2018) | La ou va l'Indien |
1985 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 4,864.00 |
| 229 | Milo Manara (Ne en 1945) | Quarantasei, Pagina 46 |
2006 | EUR 4,500.00 - 6,500.00 | EUR 4,864.00 |
| 29 | Francois Boucq (ne en 1955) | Bouncer, L'Echine du dragon |
2018 | EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,096.00 |
| 192 | Bernard Vrancken (ne en 1965) | H.ELL, Tome 2, La nuit royaume des assassins |
2015 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 4,096.00 |
| 197 | Etienne Willem (1972-2024) | L'Epee d'Ardenois |
2010-2015 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,096.00 |
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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.