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Morton Subastas: Saturday Sale
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Saturday Sale | Total Sales (MXN) | 197,250.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 02, 2026 - May 02, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) | 118,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #1332 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) | 193,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 63 | ||
| Sold Lots | 37.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (MXN) | 225,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 58.73% | High Estimate of All Lots (MXN) | 374,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 26 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 52.67% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974) | Tehuanas |
1970 | MXN 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | MXN 42,500.00 |
| 81 | David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974) | Familia |
1970 | MXN 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | MXN 23,750.00 |
| 1 | Xavier Moyssen; Agustin Cristobal Ruiz | Ernesto Icaza 1866 - 1926 |
1984 | MXN 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 | MXN 15,000.00 |
| 40 | Lote de billetes |
Siglo XX | MXN 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | MXN 11,875.00 | |
| 44 | Andy Warhol (1928-1987) | Campbell's Soup II, Chicken n' Dumplings |
N/A | MXN 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | MXN 8,750.00 |
| 5 | Ludovico Pastor | Historia de los Papas |
ND | MXN 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 | MXN 6,250.00 |
| 79 | Raul Anguiano (1915-2006) | Mujer sentada |
1974 | MXN 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 | MXN 6,250.00 |
| 18 | Emilio Salgari | Coleccion de Obras Completas |
ND | MXN 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | MXN 5,625.00 |
| 28 | El Mundo |
1896-1899 | MXN 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | MXN 5,625.00 | |
| 51 | Jose Luis Cuevas (1934-2017) | Sin titulo |
N/A | MXN 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | MXN 5,000.00 |
| 53 | Three Mexican Painters. Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros |
N/A | MXN 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | MXN 4,000.00 | |
| 29 | Coleccion de obras de FCE, Historia, Sociologia, Literatura |
N/A | MXN 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | MXN 3,750.00 | |
| 66 | Raymundo Martinez (1938-2023) | Sin titulo |
N/A | MXN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | MXN 3,750.00 |
| 86 | Francisco Corzas (1936-1983) | Guerrero de nostalgias |
1973 | MXN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | MXN 3,750.00 |
| 3 | Ignacio Bernal; E. Lafuente Ferrari; Juan Antonio Gaya Nuno | Coleccion Aguilar de Museos |
ND | MXN 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | MXN 3,500.00 |
| 16 | Raquel Tibol; Pedro Rojas; Raul Flotes Guerrero | Los grandes maestros de la pintura universal; Coleccion de Historia General del Arte Mexicano |
1962; 1963; 1964 | MXN 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | MXN 3,500.00 |
| 70 | Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) | Amazona I / Jacqueline en caballo blanco |
1961 | MXN 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | MXN 3,500.00 |
| 24 | Publicaciones Especiales del Primer Congreso Nacional de Historia para el Estudio de la Guerra de Intervencion |
1962-1963 | MXN 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | MXN 2,750.00 | |
| 25 | Residentes Prominentes de la Ciudad de Mexico |
ND | MXN 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | MXN 2,750.00 | |
| 32 | Pablo Neruda; Mijail Sholojov; Romain Rolland | Obras completas; El Don Apacible; Juan Cristobal |
1957; 1956; 1966 | MXN 1,500.00 - 4,000.00 | MXN 2,750.00 |
| 78 | Trinidad Osorio (1929-2002) | Vendedora de flores |
N/A | MXN 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | MXN 2,750.00 |
| 6 | Victoriano Salado Alvarez | Episodios Nacionales. Santa Anna, la Reforma, la Intervencion, el Imperio |
1945 | MXN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | MXN 2,500.00 |
| 35 | Flores |
N/A | MXN 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | MXN 2,500.00 | |
| 36 | Flores |
N/A | MXN 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | MXN 2,500.00 | |
| 50 | Trinidad Osorio (1929-2002) | Desiree |
1988 | MXN 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | MXN 2,500.00 |
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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.