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	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.