Swann Galleries: Autographs, 2735, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date
April 09, 2026 - April 09, 2026
Page Size: 185 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela — Large color Photograph Signed

1998 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
52 Napoleon

Napoleon — Document Signed

1798 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
53 Napoleon

Napoleon — Letter Signed

1802 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
54 Josephine Bonaparte

Josephine Bonaparte — Letter Signed

1808 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
55 Emma Hamilton

Emma Hamilton — Autograph Letter Signed

1813 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
56 Horatio Nelson

Horatio Nelson — Autograph Letter Signed

1803 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Unknown
57 Horatio Nelson

Horatio Nelson — Fragment of Document Signed

1804 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
58 Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel — Autograph Note

1895 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Unknown
59 Henri Becquerel

Henri Becquerel — Autograph Letter Signed

N/A USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
60 Louis de Broglie

Louis de Broglie — Two items, each Signed

1973 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
61 Louis de Broglie

Louis de Broglie — Autograph Letter Signed

1977 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
62 Paul A.M. Dirac

Paul A.M. Dirac — Autograph Manuscript Signed

1980 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
63 Paul A.M. Dirac

Paul A.M. Dirac — Autograph Letter Signed

1979 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
64 Albert Einstein; Underwood & Underwood

Albert Einstein — Photograph dated and Signed

1921 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Unknown
65 Albert Einstein; Underwood & Underwood

Albert Einstein — Photograph Signed

c. 1921 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
66 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein — Signature and date

1935 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
67 Enrico Fermi

Enrico Fermi — Autograph Letter Signed on postcard

1923 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
68 Richard Feynman

Richard Feynman — Color Photograph Signed

ND USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
69 Werner Heisenberg; Tita Binz

Werner Heisenberg — Photograph Signed

ND USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
70 Gustav Ludwig Hertz; James Franck

Gustav Ludwig Hertz; James Franck — Signed Items

ND(1964) USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
71 Max von Laue

Max von Laue — Photograph Signed

ND USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
72 Tsung-Dao Lee; Chen-Ning Yang

Tsung-Dao Lee; Chen-Ning Yang — Signed Items

nd; 1958 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
73 Wolfgang Pauli; Pleyer-Foto

Wolfgang Pauli — Photograph Signed

ND USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
74 Roger Penrose

Roger Penrose — Signature and date

1996 USD 500.00 - 750.00 Unknown
75 Max Planck

Max Planck — Signature and date

1927 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.