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Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers: Mid-Week at STAIR | June 2026
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Mid-Week at STAIR | June 2026 | Total Sales (USD) | 33,558.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 10, 2026 - June 10, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 24,400.00 |
| Sale Number | #61026 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 37,100.00 |
| Total Lots | 53 | ||
| Sold Lots | 49.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 26,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 92.45% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 40,600.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 4 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 82.66% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Barney Tina (1945-) | The Dressing Room |
2006 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 2,856.00 |
| 215 | Link Ogel Winston (1914-2001) | Hot Shot, East Bound, Laeger, West Virginia |
1956, printed 1987 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,720.00 |
| 174 | Man on the Moon Photographic Postcards |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,448.00 | |
| 225 | Teller Grif (1899-1993) | Washington, The City Beautiful |
1935 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
| 46 | Whistler James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) | Hurlingham |
c. 1879 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,632.00 |
| 173 | Morrisroe Mark (1959-1989) | Untitled (Self-Portrait) |
1984 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,496.00 |
| 15 | Hutte Axel (1951-) | Portinho |
1991 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,224.00 |
| 219 | Cook Howard Norton (1901-1980) | Looking Up Broadway |
1937 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,224.00 |
| 245 | Large Group of Vintage Photographs of Sports Subjects |
N/A | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,224.00 | |
| 148 | Ruscha Ed | 14 Books, including: Then & Now: Ed Ruscha: Hollywood Boulevard: 1973-2004 |
2005; 2000; 1989; 1982; 1988; 1987; 1990; 2019; 1998; 1985; 1986 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,088.00 |
| 170 | Disfarmer Mike (1884-1959) | Untitled |
c. 1940 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,088.00 |
| 252 | Blair Hugh; Brown Horatio F.; Bull George; Campbell John; Carlyle Thomas; Dabney Robert L.; De Crequy Marchioness; De Maintenon Madame; De Sevigne Madame; Fielding Henry; Gibbs Philip; Goethe; Gustav III; Heliodorus; Irving Washington; Le Maitre Jules; Ly | 55 Books, including: Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres |
1793; 1864; 1846; 1867; 1866; 1834; 1764; 1923; c. 1930; 1934; 1908; c. 1889; 1804; 1895; 1860-69; 1865; c. 1923; 1776; 1846; 1824; 1826; c. 1920-30; 1818; 1764; 1904; 1779; 1826 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,088.00 |
| 250 | Balzac Honore de; Dodson Austin; Eliot George; Hugo Victor; Hutton Lawrence; Clement Erskine Clara; Kingsley Charles; Loti Pierre; Maeterlinck Maurice; Mendoza Mateo Aleman; Mickle William Julius; Rossetti William Michael; Swift Jonathan; Tinayre Marcelle | 42 Books, including: The Girl with the Golden Eyes |
1928; 1892; 1910; c. 1928; 1880; 1893; 1923; 1892; 1901; 1913; 1902; 1881; 1809; c. 1880; 1765; 1921; 1953; 1793 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 952.00 |
| 175 | Sansone Tony (1905-1987) | Progressive Home Physical Training by Tony Sansone: Seven Lessons |
1938 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 816.00 |
| 192 | Chermayeff Ivan (1932-2017) | Untitled |
1970 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 816.00 |
| 191 | Chermayeff Ivan (1932-2017) | Untitled (Blue); Untitled (Black) |
1973 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 680.00 |
| 211 | Miro Joan (1893-1983) | Recent Paintings |
1953 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 680.00 |
| 224 | Elam L. Vasser | Centenary Pagent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad |
1927 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 612.00 |
| 168 | Barker Stephen (1956-) | Night Swimming |
1994 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 544.00 |
| 172 | Glazer Milton (1929-2020) | Dylan |
1966 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 544.00 |
| 198 | Wols (1913-1951); Artschwager Richard (1923-2013); Immendorf Jorg (1945-2007) | N Books, including: Large Caterpillar |
c.1943-44; 2009; 1982 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 544.00 |
| 291 | Weegee (1899-1968) | Self-Portrait with Drink in Hand and Camera |
c. 1950 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 544.00 |
| 26 | Portrait of Somerset Maugham |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 408.00 | |
| 197 | Burden Chris (1946-2015); Chapman Jake (b. 1966); Chapman Dinos (b. 1962) | Married; Untitled |
2012 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 408.00 |
| 222 | Katz Alex (b. 1927) | Edwin Denby |
1983 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 408.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000