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| Auction Name | Premier Collections Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 36,237.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 17, 2026 - April 17, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 22,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #41726 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 33,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 25 | ||
| Sold Lots | 23.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 23,600.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 92.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 36,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 2 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 100.66% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 317 | Joan Miro | Je Travaille Comme un Jardinier (No. IV) |
1963 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,225.00 |
| 329 | George Rodrigue | Head Shot: White |
1998 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,225.00 |
| 147 | Toole, John Kennedy, | A Confederacy of Dunces |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 2,730.00 |
| 326 | Rufino Tamayo | Juglar |
1979 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,730.00 |
| 320 | Salvador Dali | Le Giraffe en Feu , from "La Jungle Humaine" suite |
1976 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,600.00 |
| 205 | Pompeo Mariani | Group of Eleven Monotypes |
N/A | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,340.00 |
| 321 | Salvador Dali | The Celestial StairCase, Beatrice and Rachele, The Fraudulent Ones and The Blashemers , from "The Divine Comedy" |
1960-1964, | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,820.00 |
| 327 | Sue Jane Mitchell Smock | Those from Jigjiga |
1978 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,690.00 |
| 331 | George Rodrigue | Argus |
2002 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
| 332 | George Rodrigue | Throw Me Something F.E.M.A. |
2006 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
| 322 | Salvador Dali | Pastorale , from "Historia de Don Quichotte de la Mancha" |
1981 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,170.00 |
| 330 | George Rodrigue | Washington Blue Dog |
1993 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,170.00 |
| 325 | After Pablo Picasso | Femme au Balcon |
1979-1982 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,040.00 |
| 266 | Danny Fitzgerald | Richard Bennett (Recumbent) and Richard Bennett (Contrapposto) |
c. 1960, unknown print dates | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 975.00 |
| 269 | George Valentine Dureau | Whatever You Do Mask For Mardi Gras |
1987, printed 1987 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 910.00 |
| 323 | Salvador Dali Charles Sorlier (French, 1921-1990), | Le Miroir de la Chevalerie , from "Historia de Don Quichotte de la Mancha" |
1981 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 910.00 |
| 328 | James Michalopoulos | Memory for Constance |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 910.00 |
| 88 | John James Audubon | Traill's Fly-Catcher Plate 43, from "The Birds of America", Havell edition |
N/A | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 318 | Marc Chagall | Jeremie and David et Absalom , from "La Bible" series |
1956 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 319 | Marc Chagall | L'Homme et Son Image , from "Les Fables de la Fontaine", |
1927-1930, 1952 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 715.00 |
| 324 | After Bernard Buffet | Affiche D'Exposition - le Pain et le Vin |
1964 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 650.00 |
| 87 | John James Audubon | Wilson's Plover Plate 209, from The Birds of America, Havell edition, |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 520.00 |
| 102 | Knute Heldner | A Mule |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 227.50 |
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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.