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Auction Name May Discovery: Sandwich Total Sales (USD) 7,000.50
Auction Date May 06, 2026 - May 06, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 7,400.00
Sale Number #50626 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 12,150.00
Total Lots 59
Sold Lots 32.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 14,325.00
% of Lots Sold 54.24% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 23,125.00
Unsold Lots 27 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 30.27%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
611 Ruth D Hogan

"Crabbing"

N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 520.00
589

TWO ITEMS PERTAINING TO THE U.S.S. "CONSTITUTION"

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 455.00
599 JOHN BURGUM

Lighthouse

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 422.50
749 MICHAEL WATERMAN

"The Rose"

1994 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 422.50
672 AFTER KITAGAWA UTAMARO

Diving for abalone

N/A USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 357.50
762 MONICA BROOK TANEY

Four street scenes and one woodland scene

N/A USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 357.50
572

ENGLISH PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK

19th Century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 325.00
638 Archibald Thorburn; A. Ackermann

FIVE SPORTING PRINTS

N/A USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 325.00
591 WENDELL FRANCIS COLLUM

Three-masted ship in heavy seas

N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 260.00
592 JOHN STOBART

"The Bark W.B. Flint at East Boston"

N/A USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 260.00
613 RICHARD MURCHAKE

Cat on a table

N/A USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 260.00
618 JEROME HOWES

Two snipe

N/A USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 260.00
663

THREE PERSIAN MOGHUL PAINTINGS

19th Century USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 260.00
601 JOHN MARCY MECRAY

"Coronet, America's Last Surviving 19th Century Grand Yacht"

N/A USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 227.50
530

THREE ALBUMS OF CARTE DE VISITES

19th Century USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 195.00
639 William P. Tyner; Robert Kennedy Abbett

TWO PRINTS OF WOODCOCKS

20th Century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 195.00
644 DOUGLAS TIBBITTS

Northern pike

Contemporary USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 195.00
754 KRISTIN WOODWARD

"Tired Out" and "Wishful Thinking"

Contemporary USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 195.00
598 ELLERY THOMPSON

"Maine Light"

1977 USD 250.00 - 400.00 USD 162.50
610 Elizabeth Mumford

Two daffodil-related prints

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 162.50
549 LEONETTO CAPPIELLO

"PATES BARONI" POSTER AFTER LEONETTO CAPPIELLO

20th Century USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 130.00
594 GORDON HOPE GRANT

"Sunday in Port" and "Gloucester Wharves"

N/A USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 130.00
602 JOHN MARCY MECRAY

"Reliance Leading Shamrock III in the Race for the America's Cup 1903"

1983 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 130.00
604 JOHN MARCY MECRAY

Two yachting scenes

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 130.00
571 Zoe Shippen

PORCELAIN PORTRAIT PLAQUE

Early 20th Century USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 117.00
  • 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.