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
101	Thomas Jefferson	Thomas Jefferson — Letter Signed	1781	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Unknown
102	Thomas Jefferson	Thomas Jefferson — Autograph Letter Signed	1815	USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00	Unknown
103	Andrew Johnson	Andrew Johnson — Document Signed	1865	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
104	John F. Kennedy	John F. Kennedy — Photograph Signed and Inscribed	N/A	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
105	John F. Kennedy	John F. Kennedy — Typed Letter Signed	1947	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
106	John F. Kennedy	John F. Kennedy — Typed Letter Signed	1947	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
107	John F. Kennedy	John F. Kennedy — Small Archive of 4 Typed Letters Signed	1951; 1954; 1956	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	Unknown
108	Abraham Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln — Autograph Note Signed	1863	USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	Unknown
109	Leon Czolgosz	Leon Czolgosz — Autograph Letter Signed	1899	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	Unknown
110	James Monroe	James Monroe — Autograph Letter Signed	1822	USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00	Unknown
111	Richard M. Nixon	Richard M. Nixon — Two Autograph Letters Signed	1980	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
112	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Franklin D. Roosevelt — Two Signed Items	1920	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
113	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Franklin D. Roosevelt — Typed Letter Signed	1918; c. 1918	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
114	Theodore Roosevelt	Theodore Roosevelt — Photograph Signed and Inscribed	1918	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
115	Theodore Roosevelt	Theodore Roosevelt — Typed Letter Signed	1905	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
116	William Howard Taft	William Howard Taft — Two Photographs Signed	1919	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
117	Zachary Taylor	Zachary Taylor — Autograph Letter Signed	1841	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	Unknown
118	Harry S. Truman	Harry S. Truman — Typed Letter Signed	1969	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
119	John Tyler	John Tyler — Autograph Letter Signed	1841	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
120	Woodrow Wilson; Raymond Poincare	Woodrow Wilson; and Raymond Poincare — Photograph Signed	1918	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
121	Harry S. Truman; Woodrow Wilson; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Dwight D. Eisenhower	Harry S. Truman; Woodrow Wilson; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Dwight D. Eisenhower — Signed Group	1927; 1915; 1932; 1957	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
122	Clinedinst; Edmonston; Garo; Underwood & Underwood	Woodrow Wilson; Warren G. Harding; Calvin Coolidge; Herbert Hoover — Signed Photographs	c. 1920	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
123	James Buchanan; William H. Taft; Woodrow Wilson; Herbert Hoover	James Buchanan; William H. Taft; Woodrow Wilson; Herbert Hoover — Signed Group	ND; 1909; 1913; 1931	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
124	Hector Berlioz	Hector Berlioz — Autograph Letter Signed	1855	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
125	Johannes Brahms	Johannes Brahms — Autograph Letter Signed	1873	USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00	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.