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International Autograph Auctions Europe SL: Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts - Timed Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts - Timed Auction | Total Sales (EUR) | 304,787.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 12, 2026 - May 12, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 91,710.00 |
| Sale Number | #51226 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 125,610.00 |
| Total Lots | 465 | ||
| Sold Lots | 103.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 322,220.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 22.15% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 431,010.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 362 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 70.71% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 311 | Claude Monet (1840-1926) | A.L.S., Claude Monet |
1912 | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 52,500.00 |
| 312 | Claude Monet (1840-1926) | A.L.S., Claude Monet |
1912 | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 52,500.00 |
| 310 | Claude Monet (1840-1926) | A.L.S., Claude Monet |
1910 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 50,000.00 |
| 314 | Claude Monet (1840-1926) | A.L.S., Claude Monet |
1917 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 40,000.00 |
| 313 | Claude Monet (1840-1926) | A.L.S., Claude Monet |
1914 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 37,500.00 |
| 368 | James Joyce (1882-1941) | A.L.S. |
1939 | EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 18,750.00 |
| 290 | Franz Liszt (1811-1886) | Letter to Victor Wilder |
1886 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,250.00 |
| 99 | Maria Callas (1923-1977); Giuseppe Di Stefano (1921-2008); Tito Gobbi (1913-1984); Rolando Panerai (1924-2019) | Signed photograph |
1954 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 4,000.00 |
| 410 | Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) | Typed letter signed |
1942 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | EUR 4,000.00 |
| 308 | Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) | A.L.S., C. Pissarro |
1897 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 3,000.00 |
| 339 | Le Corbusier (1887-1965) | Un Homme Chez Lui |
1938 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 3,000.00 |
| 409 | Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945) | Service contract |
1935 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 3,000.00 |
| 102 | Maria Callas (1923-1977) | Signed photograph |
N/A | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,750.00 |
| 259 | Bosco John (1815-1888) | A.L.S. to Countess Callori |
1870 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,500.00 |
| 438 | Alexander II of Russia (1818-1881) | Decree bestowing the Royal Order of Saint Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Prince Vladimir |
1864 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,500.00 |
| 437 | Wladyslaw IV Vasa (1595-1648) | Letter to Archbishop of Larissa |
1635 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,187.50 |
| 439 | Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) | Letter to Madame Velly |
1830 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,062.50 |
| 66 | Gottfried John; John Cleese; Jonathan Pryce; Diana Rigg; Christopher Lee; Honor Blackman; Jane Seymour; Claudine Auger; Judi Dench; Louis Jourdan; Jeroem Krabbe; Richard Kiel; Burt Kwouk | 13 Books, including: Signed photographs by various James Bond film actors |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 1,000.00 |
| 315 | John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) | A.L.S., John S. Sargent |
1914 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,000.00 |
| 58 | Louis de Funes (1914-1983) | Vintage signed photograph |
1967 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 937.50 |
| 13 | Charles Chaplin (1889-1977) | Signed photograph of Charles Chaplin |
ND | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 812.50 |
| 244 | Agnetha Faltskog; Bjorn Ulvaeus; Benny Andersson; Anni-Frid Lyngstad | Set of four individually signed photographs by ABBA members |
N/A | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 812.50 |
| 131 | Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) | Autograph letter signed |
1879 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 687.50 |
| 65 | Gert Frobe (1913-1988) | Signed postcard photograph of Gert Frobe as Auric Goldfinger |
1964 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | EUR 625.00 |
| 376 | Henry Miller (1891-1980) | T.L.S. |
1937 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 575.00 |
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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.