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Fairhill Auction: Vintage Posters, Politics & Erotica
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Vintage Posters, Politics & Erotica | Total Sales (USD) | 42,289.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 23, 2026 - April 23, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 29,220.00 |
| Sale Number | #42326 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 47,310.00 |
| Total Lots | 310 | ||
| Sold Lots | 159.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 49,630.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 51.29% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 81,230.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 151 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 52.06% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Theodore Roosevelt | THEODORE ROOSEVELT SIGNED LIMITED ED - BIG GAME HUNTING IN THE ROCKIES AND ON THE GREAT PLAINS |
1899 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,575.00 |
| 224 | Spencer Douglass Crockwell (1904-1968) | WWII WORK ON A FARM THIS SUMMER WAR EFFORT CROP CORPS POSTER BY D. CROCKWELL |
1943 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,690.00 |
| 174 | ANTIQUE ANIMATED EUROPEAN BATTLE MAP |
c. 1820s-1840s | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,235.00 | |
| 64 | Lois George; Frank Kirk; Andy Warhol; Marshall McLuhan; Brian O'Doherty | ASPEN MAGAZINE BOX COLLECTION NO. 1-6 |
1965; 1966 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,105.00 |
| 291 | Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) | NORMAN ROCKWELL FOUR FREEDOMS FULL SET |
1943 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,105.00 |
| 300 | WWII JAPANESE-AMERICAN INTERNMENT ORDER POSTER |
1942 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,105.00 | |
| 188 | Howard Chandler Christy (1872-1952) | I WANT YOU FOR THE NAVY WWI POSTER - HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY |
1917 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 975.00 |
| 239 | James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960) | I WANT YOU FOR THE U.S. ARMY POSTER WWII BY JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG |
1940 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 975.00 |
| 309 | UNTEROFFIZIER IM HEER WWII GERMAN RECRUITMENT POSTER |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 845.00 | |
| 281 | John Steuart Curry (1897-1946) | OUR GOOD EARTH - JOHN CURRY LARGE WWII BOND POSTER |
1942 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 199 | Owen Earl Duvall (1898-1950) | WWI ANTI-GERMAN ORIGINAL CARTOON ART - EARL DUVALL |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 715.00 |
| 244 | Charles Coiner (1898-1989) | WWII GIVE IT YOUR BEST PROPAGANDA POSTER CHARLES COINER |
1942 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 715.00 |
| 32 | Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832-1918); Will Hicok Low (1853-1932) | THE BOOK OF WEALTH - HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT CYGNE NOIR BOOK |
1896 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 598.00 |
| 184 | L. N. Britton | EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION WWI AMERICAN POSTER BY BRITTON |
1918 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 598.00 |
| 59 | Ron Cobb (1937-2020) | UNCLE TOM GHETTO FIRES POSTER - RON COBB CIVIL RIGHTS |
1967 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 572.00 |
| 293 | J. Edgar Hoover | WWII WAR AGAINST SPIES - HOOVER FBI POSTER |
1944 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 546.00 |
| 60 | WOMEN OF THE EARTH CALL FOR PEACE - RUSSIAN ANTI-NUCLEAR POSTER |
c. 1984 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 520.00 | |
| 106 | BONNIE AND CLYDE FAMOUS OUTLAWS 1935 MOVIE HANDBILL |
c. 1935 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 520.00 | |
| 210 | Paul Haase (1890 - 1925) | PAUL HAASE 1919 GERMAN POSTER ERICH KUTTNER WIE WERDEN WIR WIEDER REICH |
1919 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 520.00 |
| 25 | Bradford Bachrach; Fabian Bachrach | ORIGINAL KENNEDY PHOTOGRAPHS BY BACHRACH |
1958; 1953 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 494.00 |
| 158 | 1938 MICKEY MOUSE TRAVEL CLUB PREMIUM MAP COMPLETE |
1938 | USD 400.00 - 700.00 | USD 494.00 | |
| 200 | J. Carl Mueller | WWI HERO LAND BRITISH TANK POSTER BY CARL MUELLER |
1917 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 442.00 |
| 238 | ALL WORKING FOR VICTORY WWII INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER FARMALL TRACTOR POSTER |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 442.00 | |
| 101 | Julius Henry 'Groucho' Marx (1890-1977) | GROUCHO MARX |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 416.00 |
| 234 | KEEP 'EM ROLLING WWII UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD POSTER |
1944 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 390.00 |
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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.